Professor | School of Health and Sciences
Ext. 5295
amelissey.dejesus@sagrado.edu
Dr. De Jesús completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree with a specialization in Social Policy Analysis and Administration, a Master of Social Work degree with a specialization in Social Services Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Social Welfare. All of these degrees were obtained from the Beatriz Lassalle Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. She has more than 20 years of experience as a professor of Social Work, teaching courses on social policy, oppression, human rights, group method, and community organization. In addition, she has extensive experience supervising students in supervised internships and research projects, both at the bachelor's and master's levels. For more than a decade, she has led academic efforts as coordinator of the Bachelor of Social Work program at our institution.
Arbitrary publications
By Jesús Dávila, Amelisse. 2023. Syndemic, state and social policies: Reflection from the Puerto Rican experience. Reflections Magazine.102. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/54606
De Jesús Dávila, AY (2021). The 2030 agenda for sustainable development: Reflections for Social Work in Puerto Rico. Analysis, 17 (1), 15. https://doi.org/10.54114/revanlisis.v17i1.17556
De Jesús Dávila, A. (2017). The challenge of facing the feminization of poverty in Puerto Rico. Rich. Ceteris Paribus. (7). https://www.uprm.edu/ceterisparibus/el-reto-de-enfrentar-la-feminizacion-de-la-pobreza-en-puerto-rico/
From Jesus Davila, A. (2012). Diversity by socioeconomic status: the challenge of facing poverty in Puerto Rico. In Lopez Ortiz, M. (2012). Human diversity: challenges and Social Work CommitmentsPuerto Rican publications.
De Jesús Dávila, A. (2011). The application of the qualitative case study in the analysis of the Social policy: The Las 400 Community and the implementation of the Law for Integral Development of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico. Qualitative Research Journal. 1(1).
De Jesús Dávila, A. (2008). Public policy of working with poor communities in Puerto Rico: contradictions between the discourse and the philosophical principles that support it. Analysis Magazine. (9).