August 2021 - Present | Associate Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ Health Science | |
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August 2021 - Present | Director of Research Education and Consultation, Sacred Heart University | |
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September 2017 - August 2021 | Associate Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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July 2016 - June 2019 | MSW Program Director, Sacred Heart University ‐ Department of Social Work | |
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July 2013 - June 2019 | Chair, Sacred Heart University ‐ Department of Social Work | |
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August 2010 - August 2017 | Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ Department of Social Work | |
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July 2013 - June 2016 | BSW Program Director, Sacred Heart University ‐ Department of Social Work | |
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2009 - 2010 | Adjunct Professor, Sacred Heart University | |
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2004 - 2010 | Adjunct Professor, Fordham University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2022 - Present | Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce |
HRSA | |
Colleague(s): C. Gunther, S. Pendley, J. Vernarelli | |
$1,495,472 | |
2022 - Present | Virtual Global Immersion Project: Bringing Global Experiences to the Classroom |
Davis Educational Foundation | |
Role: Leader | |
Colleague(s): Christina Gunther | |
$75,000 | |
2021 - Present | Making IMPACTS – Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care: Training for Social Work |
U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration - HRSA-21-089 | |
HRSA BHWET Grant | |
Role: Co-Investigator with School of Social Work select faculty | |
$1,782,290 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Chair, CSWE Commission on Diversity and Social and Economic Justice | Present | Member, Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) - Education Sub-Committee | Present | Member, Council on Social Work Education, Board of Directors |
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Fellow of Global Health Curricular Integration, 2020-2023
- Sacred Heart University Faculty Global Engagement Award, 2020
- Sage/CSWE Innovative Teaching Award Recipient, 2015
- The Dr. Marian Calabrese Outstanding Faculty Award, Campus Life Leadership Awards, Sacred Heart University, May 2013
- Faculty Excellence Award, University College, Sacred Heart University, May 2012
- 2024 URCG Award , for “Intentional cultural competence activities in experiential immersion programs: Best practices for skill development to enhance acceptance and interaction with diversity”
Courses
- Global Health Immersion Programs
- Human Diversity and Social Justice
- Research Methods
2007 - 2012 | Ph.D. Social Work, Fordham University | |
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1992 - 1996 | Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), Clinical and Research, Fordham University | |
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1982 - 1986 | BS Computer Science, Western Michigan University | |
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Contact Information
Health Science
Science Ctr of Academic Bldg SC*124N
475-450-5959
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