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Vanessa Hunn Jones
I am a native Lexingtonian and have practiced social work for 20 years.
In my earlier career years, I did child protection for DCBS. I have also practiced
in the mental health field, being the primary family therapist for a family
in Bourbon County, Kentucky for a pilot program now known as Impact. Upon finishing
University of Kentucky's MSW program in 1990, I began exploring the field of
medical social work, practicing in the Kentucky Clinic's Young Parents Program.
In this capacity I provided parenting skills training, family planning and other
support services for pregnant and parenting teens. Furthering my experience
in the field of medical social work, I later became the medical social worker
for U.K.'s home health agency, where I provided in home medical
social work services to newly released patients of the University Hospital.
My research interests were generated from an practice experience in a position
that I served in at Lexington Community College, program coordinator for Successful
Transitions. This program serves the needs of women transitioning from welfare
to work and is part of Kentucky's welfare reform program.
In that capacity I provided social work services including counseling and other
support services to women and found that in spite of many social and financial
resources available, many students were having a most difficult time making
the transition from welfare to work and self-sufficiency. In addition to my
research interests stemming from this personal practice experience, I had a
close friend and colleague who while working, was also pursing a doctorate degree
as a way to advance her career and to explore research opportunities. Because
of my curiosity with welfare reform and transitioning women, and because of
encouragement from both a friend/colleague and U.K. social work professor, Beth
Rompf, I applied and was admitted to U.K.'s Social Work doctorate
program in Fall 2001. Since that date, I have explored many research interests
but have always been drawn back to my curiosity about welfare reform and the
barriers that prevent women from making the transition from welfare to work.
Egle Narevic
Egle Narevic is Lithuania native. She received her BASW and MASW from the University
of Haifa, Israel, where she researched the quality of life of elderly cancer
patients and their primary caregivers. Egle worked as a social worker in Israel
as well as Maryland. Her professional experience spans psycho-oncology, psychiatric
and geriatric social work, rape crisis, and work with adjudicated youth. She
decided to join Ph.D. program simply because wanted to learn more. During doctoral
studies, while working at the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research developed
interest in criminally-involved substance users, specifically, their mental
health and motivation to treatment. Egle currently lives in California and is
working on her dissertation on socialization influences on problem recognition
and desire for help among incarcerated substance users. In the future, she hopes
to continue research in the substance use field.
Caroline E. Reid
Caroline E. Reid is a native of Northern Ireland who came to the United States
in 1986 to attend Berea College. Graduating from Berea in 1990, with a degree
in Psychology, Caroline began a career in mental health working as a Mental
Health Associate for the next nine years. She gained a wealth of experience
as she worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings serving the
mental health needs of both children and adults in mostly rural communities.
During this time, she completed her Masters degree in Social Work from the University
of Kentucky (1993). Caroline came to the University of Kentucky in 1999 to direct
a new research project called Young Women in Science. She is currently Program
Director of two research projects, Girls in Science and Girls in Research coordinated
through the Department of Behavioral Sciences and the Center on Drug and Alcohol
Research. She embarked upon her doctoral degree in Social Work in 2003. Her
decision to enter the social work program was quite simply to learn more. Getting
a doctorate degree seemed like a natural progression in fulfilling her educational
and career goals. She enjoys working with rural youth and wants to make a difference
in their perceptions of career options available. She enjoys teaching as a member
of the college's adjunct faculty and may explore this further in the future.
Her research interests include gender and occupations, single-sex schools and
effective teaching strategies
Michele Staton Tindall
My name is Michele Staton Tindall. I consider myself to be a true Kentuckian
I was born in eastern Kentucky (Morehead),, grew up in Bath County, and
have lived in Lexington for the last 12 years. I have a real interest in the
people of this state and a strong desire to engage in research which enhances
treatment opportunities for Kentuckians. My experience in the field of social
work has primarily been in research. After completing my Masters degree in 1998
from the University of Kentucky, I had the opportunity to work as a project
director for two research projects funded by the National Institute on Drug
Abuse (NIDA). One study focused on health and health service utilization of
substance using prison inmates transitioning to the community, and the other
focused on employment issues among a sample of Drug Court participants. Both
studies sparked my interest in the criminal justice population and motivated
me to pursue my PhD to further my own research interests in the areas of criminality
and substance abuse. I entered the doctoral program in the fall of 2001 and
have had a wonderful experience of working with a very bright cohort of classmates
and a talented faculty who encourage critical thinking, demonstrate integrity,
and promote professionalism in academia and research among their students.
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