Recovery School Reference is intended to make historical information about recovery high schools accessible, organized, and easy for everyone to navigate. Founded in 2026, the website is dedicated to comprehensively documenting recovery high schools by offering quick access to school datelines, locations, and descriptions.
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Dr. Andy Finch, Lead Historian
Dr. Andy Finch, Lead Historian
Dr. Andy Finch is a Professor of the Practice at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. He is a core faculty member for the Human Development Counseling Program in the Department of Human & Organizational Development. Dr. Finch co-founded the Association of Recovery Schools in 2002, and for nine years, Dr. Finch worked for Community High School in Nashville, one of the early schools for teens recovering from alcohol and other drug addictions - a school he helped design and open in 1997. Dr. Finch also helped found Vanderbilt University’s collegiate recovery program in 2007 and currently serves on its advisory committee. Dr. Finch has been a lead researcher on two national studies of recovery high schools, both funded by NIDA. He co-wrote the Standards for Accreditation for recovery high schools and was one of the lead developers of the Systematic Evaluation for Adolescent Recovery Services (SEARS) instrument. Dr. Finch most recent book is Salvaging a Teenage Wasteland: Origins of the Recovery High School Movement.
Traci Bowermaster, Archivist
Traci Bowermaster, Archivist
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