Professional Experience: 

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• Director of Social Work 

  • Supervise faculty, staff, graduate assistants, and field students​

  • Coordinate completion of program self-study for accreditation reaffirmation by the CSWE

  • Streamline scheduling and running of events within the program​

  • Increase efficiencies in necessary programmatic processes 

  • Strategic plan to develop a Ph.D. program 

  • Fortify communication processes among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other stakeholders

  • Facilitate recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff

  • Maintain positive working relationships with colleagues within and outside of the program

  • Lead faculty search committees for tenure-track professionals 

  • Collaborate on the post-quarantine revitalization of the TSU C.A.R.E.S. 

• Direct Practice

  • Presentation of ​relevant information and recommendations to key stakeholders

  • Rapport building, awareness activities, trust building

  • Budgeting, strategic and project planning, policy and procedure development

  • Collaboration and resource exchange

  • Fundraising and charity events

  • Advocacy for clients, families, and workers

  • Community outreach

  • Steering Committee engagement

  • COVID-19 research to develop community level interventions 

  • Personal development training

  • Behavior modification training

  • Conflict resolution

  • Mentorship of field students, GAs, and other young individuals

  • Goal completion with minimal supervision, as well as with colleagues

• Teaching

  • Multiple courses in different disciplines​

  • Curriculum development and implementation

  • Performance evaluation and constructive feedback

  • Collaboration to identify needs and challenges, and coordinate needs for student success

  • Online course development and redesign

  • Modeling the requirements of the NASW Code of Ethics and Council on Social Work Education competencies

• Research

  • Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data collection and analysis​​

  • Data management

  • Article reviews and editing

  • Collaboration on various research projects 

  • Development and management of large and complex databases

  • Survey design and testing

  • Ensure confidentiality and ethical treatment of participants