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Current · Arkansas
Last published
2026
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2026-10-05
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Mollee K. Steely Smith's research focuses on the intersection of trauma, substance use, and mental health within carceral settings, with a particular emphasis on pregnant and postpartum individuals. She has investigated the experiences of incarcerated individuals, including male sex offenders with histories of childhood sexual abuse and professionals providing end-of-life care in correctional institutions. Her work includes a participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated individuals experiencing posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms.
Smith has also examined state laws related to substance use treatment for incarcerated pregnant and postpartum people and characterized the outcomes for women and infants receiving prenatal care within the Arkansas State Prison System. Her scholarship includes an integrative literature review on substance use treatment for pregnant and postpartum populations in carceral settings. She has published 23 papers, accumulating 102 citations and an h-index of 6.
Metrics
- h-index: 6
- Publications: 23
- Citations: 111
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2023–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatry ORCID
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Postdoctoral Fellow 2021–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Science Psychiatric Research Institute ORCID
Selected Publications
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287 Translation to practice: Tailoring a parenting education program for postpartum parenting women receiving medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in outpatient clinics (2026)
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Federal and State Laws on Mental Health Care for Incarcerated Pregnant and Postpartum People (2026)
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A qualitative analysis of formerly incarcerated women’s perspectives on a prison-based perinatal support program (2025)
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It’s a Piece that Helps Them Stay Connected to Their Child: Facilitators and Barriers to Lactation Support Programs in Seven State Prisons (2025)
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Treatment Works, Behaviors Change: Investigating the Impact of Trauma Focused Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Disciplinary Infractions Among Women in Prison (2025)
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256 Identifying causes of parenting stress among postpartum mothers receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) (2025)
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A Novel Exploration of Women’s Pathways Through Prison and the Roles of Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health (2025)
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Custodial and perinatal care patterns of women who received prenatal care while incarcerated in the Arkansas state prison system, 2014–2019 (2024)
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Sexual Grooming Behavior and Processes of Women Who Commit Sexual Offenses Against Children (2024)
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Women and Infants Who Received Prenatal Care While Incarcerated in Arkansas State Prison System, 2014–2019 (2024)
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State Laws on Substance Use Treatment for Incarcerated Pregnant and Postpartum People (2023)
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Justice-Involved, Sexually Victimized Women's Perspectives on the Acceptability of Receiving Trauma-Focused Therapy in Prison (2023)
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Dying in Prison: End-of-Life Care Services in a State Correctional Facility (2023)
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An integrative literature review of substance use treatment service need and provision to pregnant and postpartum populations in carceral settings (2023)
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Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation (2022)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Melissa J. Zielinski
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
12 shared publications
In database
- An integrative literature review of substance use treatment service need and provision to pregnant and postpartum populations in carceral settings
- A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: study protocol and rationale
- Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Women and Infants Who Received Prenatal Care While Incarcerated in Arkansas State Prison System, 2014–2019
- A Novel Exploration of Women’s Pathways Through Prison and the Roles of Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Tusty ten Bensel
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
4 shared publications
In database
- Child Sexual Abuse within Educational Settings: A Qualitative Study on Female Teachers Who Sexually Abuse Their Students
- All part of the process? A qualitative examination of change in online child pornography behaviors
- “We Are All Humans and Deserve a Decent Way to Go”: Examining Professional’s Experiences With Providing End-of-Life Care in Correctional Institutions
- The Right to Life, Liberty and Security for Prostitution: Canada v. Bedford
Rebecca J. Shlafer
University of Minnesota (US)
3 shared publications
- State Laws on Substance Use Treatment for Incarcerated Pregnant and Postpartum People
- It’s a Piece that Helps Them Stay Connected to Their Child: Facilitators and Barriers to Lactation Support Programs in Seven State Prisons
- Federal and State Laws on Mental Health Care for Incarcerated Pregnant and Postpartum People
Tabrina M. Bratton
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
2 shared publications
- All part of the process? A qualitative examination of change in online child pornography behaviors
- History of Prostitution
Robert Lytle
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 shared publications
In database
- All part of the process? A qualitative examination of change in online child pornography behaviors
- History of Prostitution
Marley F. Fradley
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Recommendations for conducting longitudinal studies with people who are justice involved
- Justice-Involved, Sexually Victimized Women's Perspectives on the Acceptability of Receiving Trauma-Focused Therapy in Prison
Nickolas Zaller
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: study protocol and rationale
- Recommendations for conducting longitudinal studies with people who are justice involved
Debra Kaysen
Palo Alto University (US)
2 shared publications
- A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: study protocol and rationale
- Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation
Geoffrey M. Curran
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: study protocol and rationale
- Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation
JoAnn E. Kirchner
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
2 shared publications
In database
- A participant-randomized pilot hybrid II trial of group cognitive processing therapy for incarcerated persons with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorder symptoms: study protocol and rationale
- Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation
M. Kathryn Allison
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation
- Justice-Involved, Sexually Victimized Women's Perspectives on the Acceptability of Receiving Trauma-Focused Therapy in Prison
Rain Carei
Washington State Department of Health (US)
2 shared publications
- A Novel Exploration of Women’s Pathways Through Prison and the Roles of Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health
- Treatment Works, Behaviors Change: Investigating the Impact of Trauma Focused Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Disciplinary Infractions Among Women in Prison
Haley Church
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
2 shared publications
- A Novel Exploration of Women’s Pathways Through Prison and the Roles of Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health
- Treatment Works, Behaviors Change: Investigating the Impact of Trauma Focused Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Disciplinary Infractions Among Women in Prison
Courtney Bagdon-Cox
Washington State Department of Health (US)
2 shared publications
- A Novel Exploration of Women’s Pathways Through Prison and the Roles of Trauma, Addiction, and Mental Health
- Treatment Works, Behaviors Change: Investigating the Impact of Trauma Focused Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Disciplinary Infractions Among Women in Prison
Natalie M. Snow
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (US)
1 shared publication
- The Right to Life, Liberty and Security for Prostitution: Canada v. Bedford
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