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SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy Credits: 3
SWK-499 Independent Study Credits: 1-3
  • SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy (2020/01)(02)
  • SWK-307 Hum Beh Soc Envir I (2020/01)(02)
  • SWK-318 Human Diversity (2020/01)(01)
  • SWK-308 Hum Beh Soc Envir II (2020/02)(01)
  • SWK-337 SWK Practice II: Case Mgmt (2020/02)(02)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2020/03)(01)
  • SWK-203 Intro to Social Work (2021/01)(01)
  • SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy (2021/01)(01)
  • SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy (2022/01)(1)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/02)(1)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/03)(1)
  • SWK-482 Soc Wrk Prac IV: Org & Comm (2021/02)(HY01)
  • SWK-494 Senior Seminar (2021/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/02)(02)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/02)(03)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2021/02)(04)
  • SWK-494 Senior Seminar (2022/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2022/02)(02)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2022/02)(03)
  • SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy (2023/01)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2023/01)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2022/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2022/03)(01)
  • SWK-494 Senior Seminar (2023/02)(01)
  • FCS-499 Independent Study (2023/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2023/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2023/02)(04)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2023/03)(02)
  • SWK-442 Qualitative Resrch Mthd SWK (2024/02)(01)
  • SWK-494 Senior Seminar (2024/02)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2024/02)(02)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study (2024/02)(03)
  • SWK-203 Introduction to Social Work (2025/01)(01)
  • SWK-304 Social Welfare Policy (2025/01)(01)
  • SWK-499 Independent Study: BSWK DEI Student Liaison (2025/01)(01)
  • Takeover of INC/Degree Completion for Faculty who resigned (2020/03)
  • Takeover of 3 INCs for faculty who resigned (2022/02)
  • Advising Load 2020/01: Total:28 Undergraduate:28
  • Advising Load 2020/02: Total:34 Undergraduate:34
  • Advising Load 2021/01: Total:54 Undergraduate:54
  • Advising Load 2021/02: Total:35 Undergraduate:35
  • Advising Load 2022/01: Total:24 Undergraduate:24
  • Advising Load 2022/02: Total:19 Undergraduate:19
  • Advising Load 2023/01: Total:19 Undergraduate:19
  • 2014 Honorable Mention - Disability and Persons with Disabilities Manuscript Award
  • 2012 Emerging Leader Award
  • 2008 G. Arlene Gavin Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Commitment to Social Justice
  • Mindset, misconception, and money: Social reactions to ADA accommodation in the workplace
  • Psychological and economic self-sufficiency among low-income jobseekers with physical disability barriers.
  • Love your love life: Disadvantaged African-American youth co-create psycho-educational services for their romantic and sexual health
  • Deaf workers in restaurant, retail, and hospitality sector employment: Harnessing research to promote advocacy
  • Studying the population you serve: Exploring Deaf issues as a hearing, dual-role researcher
  • Hearing managers of Deaf workers: A phenomenological investigation in the restaurant industry
  • Conducting research in non-traditional settings: Data collection in a gay bathhouse.
  • Reasonable Accommodation For Workers Who Are Deaf: Differences in ADA knowledge Between Supervisors And Advocates
  • Enhancing Competencies among Future Management Professionals Interviewing Deaf Candidates
  • <p>The Case for Keeping COVID Modifications: More Opportunities for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Social Work Interns</p>
  • Advancing Inclusivity in Disaster and Emergency Management Pedagogy: An Interdisciplinary Case Study with Deaf and Hearing College Students<br><span></span>
  • Law Enforcement And Deaf Individuals Navigating and Guiding (LEADing)
  • Diversity & Equity: Community Risk Reduction and Crisis/Disaster Management Through the Lens of Inclusivity -- Deaf-centered Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Accessibility and Accommodations in Field Education: Lessons from Deaf Interns during COVID-19
  • Enhancing Competencies among Future Management Professionals Interviewing Deaf Candidates
  • Enhancing Competencies among Future Management Professionals Interviewing Deaf Candidates: Pilot Study
  • Differences in ADA knowledge between managers and advocates who train them
  • Deaf accommodation knowledge: Differences between hearing managers and the advocates who train them
  • Research assistant experiences collecting data in non-traditional settings: Training and research implications
  • Hearing Managers and Deaf Workers: Adventures in Accommodation
  • Presentation of extended abstract: Managing workers who are Deaf: Perspectives of hearing supervisors
  • The concepts and applied strategies of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Hope and economic self-sufficiency among low-income jobseekers with disabilities
  • Techniques for supporting employers in hiring individuals who are Deaf/hard of hearing
  • Custom Alterations: Tailoring Job Readiness for Individuals with Disabilities
  • Workers with disabilities: Creative and effective strategies for reasonable accommodation
  • Understanding Deaf College Students’ Disaster Awareness and Preparedness
  • <p style="font-size:13px;">Exploring deaf students’ disaster awareness and preparedness in U.S. higher education settings: Implications for university-level DRR policy and programming</p>
  • The Whole Candidate: How and When to Disclose Stigmatizing Details that May Impact Hiring
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Bridging the Gap Between Deaf and Hard</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> of Hearing College Students and Mainstream Employers: Insights from </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Career Center Professionals</span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Advancing Inclusivity in Disaster and Emergency </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Management: An Interdisciplinary Case Study with Deaf and Hearing College</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> Students</span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Lessons Learned about Accessibility and Accommodations in </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Field Education during the Pandemic</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Grads & Employers: Guiding Social Work Students in</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Disclosing Needs and Experiences that May Impact Hiring</span></p>
  • Strategies for Communicating and Asserting ADA Rights Without Alienating Employers 
  • “Emergency Preparedness for Deaf and Disability Community Members: An Interdisciplinary, Classroom-Based Collaboration.”
  • CHESS Summer Scholarship- (Purdue University Northwest)
  • CHESS Summer Scholarship- (Purdue University Northwest)
  • Faculty Development Grant- (Gallaudet University)
  • Faculty Development Grant- (Gallaudet University)
  • Faculty Development Grant- (Gallaudet University)
  • Seed Fund Award, SCLBSC- (Gallaudet University)
  • Ai Takayama-Deaf Studies (Masters) 2020/02-2020/02
  • Faculty Senate: Member 2020/02-2020/02
  • Council on Undergraduate Education: Member 2021/01
  • BSW Program Director 2020/02
  • Tutoring Coordinator 2021/01
  • Curriculum Committee 2021/01
  • BSW Accreditation Self-Study Coordinator 2021/01
  • Faculty Search Committee Member 2020/02-2020/02
  • DSW proposal planning committee 2020/03
  • School Wide Faculty Evaluation Committee 2021/02
  • Self-Directed Major Committee 2021/02
  • Program Discontinuation Review Committee (PRDC)- Spanish 2022/01
  • Program Discontinuation Review Committee - Sociology 2022/01
  • CUE (Council on Undergraduate Education) 2021/01
  • Faculty Senate 2020/02-2020/02
  • Workshop presenter: Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons 2020/01-2020/01
  • Trainer: NASW Indiana Region One 2019/01-2019/01
  • Panelist: PNW Women's Association 2017/02-2017/02
  • Panelist: Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work 2016/02-2016/02
  • Executive Board Member : Family Focus, Inc. 2016/03-2019/03
  • Reviewer: Clinical Social Work Journal 2022/02-2022/03
  • Volunteer: Brain Awareness Day 2017/01-2018/02
  • Refugee Volunteer and Tutor: Mishkan/HIAS Social Justice Team 2017/01-2017/02
  • Volunteer Interpreter: Camp Kesem 2016/03-2016/03
  • FERPA, Title IX, DIVERSITY, & Harassment Training Recertification 2021/01-2021/01
  • Ethics & FERPA Training Certification 2020/01-2020/01
  • BAS LEVEL I Certification 2019/03-2019/03
  • Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) Certification 2020/01-2020/01
  • Litmos Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2021/01-2021/01
  • PST 500 - Diversity 2019/03-2019/03
  • New Faculty Orientation 2020/01-2020/01
  • ASL Gatherings with Debi Duren 2020/01
  • TLS-C Formative Report 2020/02-2020/02
  • Virtual session with VCTL Trauma-Informed Support Mentors 2021/01-2021/01
  • Ultra Instructor Orientation 2020/03-2020/03
  • CDO (Classroom Discourse Observation) 2022/01-2022/01
  • Council on Social Work Education: August 2016-Ongoing
  • National Association of Social Workers: August 2008-Ongoing
  • ADARA (American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association): February 2022
  • Indiana Minority Health Coalition 2017/01-2017/01