RESEARCH INTERESTS

Diversity and Social Work Social Work and HIV/AIDS International Social Work Public Health and Social Work Social Work and the GLBT Community Geriatric Social Work Social Work and Community Building

TEACHING INTERESTS

Social Welfare Policy Direct Macro Practice Human Behavior and Social Environment I and II Geriatric and HIV/AIDS Culture, Race, Class, Immigration in Aging and HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS and Social Work International Social Work Research

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2000-2002 GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, KENT SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Assisted visiting professors and international social work students; organized and managed statistical data, analyzed statistical data; assisted professor with research for presentations, presented public dissertation defense in the Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville.

2002 RESEARCH PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Focus: International Social Work

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009-present KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Social Welfare Policy I HBSE I Basic Skills Social Welfare Policy II HBSE II International Social Work Death and Dying

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