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Office: 313 Brewer Hall
Office Hours: Drop in or by appointment.
Phone: 256-782-5857
Fax: 256-782-5168 E-mail Address: kwomack@jsu.edu
EDUCATION
B.S.; Jacksonville State University; Major: Psychology Minor: English
B.S.W.; Jacksonville State University
M.S.W.; University of Alabama; Concentration: Children, Youth and Families
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
August 1997-Present--Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, Instructor of Social Work
January 2004 – Present--CED Mental Health Center, Gadsden, Alabama Medicaid Treatment Plan Review Coordinator/Consulting Therapist
Riverview Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, Alabama, Director of Social Work (hospital and home health)
University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Social Work (MSW Program)
Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Clinical Social Worker: NOVA Unit-07/91 - 05/94; Adolescent Unit - 05/94 - 11/94
West Alabama Interventions, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Consulting Therapist: Children, Adolescents, and Families
Brewer-Porch Children's Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Social Work Intern- clinical social work with children and families
Parkview Learning Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Social Work Intern- School Social Work
Mountain View Baptist Hospital, Gadsden, Alabama, Psychiatric Nursing Technician- Adolescent Unit
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
Alabama Leukemia and Lymphoma Society East Alabama Fund-raising Committee, Gadsden, Alabama, 1998-2001.
Co-Faculty Advisor, Jacksonville State University Social Work Club, 1997 - 2002.
Member Board of Directors, East Alabama Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 1996-2000
Board of Directors, East Alabama Easter Seals Foundation, 1996-2005
Altrusa International of Gadsden, 1995-1999, 1998 Co-Chair of Annual Fund-raising Project, Board Member on Hollingsworth Gunn Bellinger Board (joint community project between Altrusa and City of Gadsden)
Member, National Association of Social Workers, 1990-Present
St. James Catholic Church, 1994-present
ACADEMIC RELATED INVOLVEMENT
JSU Annual Social Work Day planning committee 1997-present
Volunteer, Media Technology Room at the National CSWE Annual Program Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Responsibilities included supervision and instruction to participants on Power point '97 and the Internet.
Alabama/Mississippi Social Work Educators Conference: Member since 1997
JSU Social Work Advisory Board: member since 1997.
Delta Beta Chapter, Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society, 1997: Faculty Sponsor, 1998-Present
Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors: Member since 1997
Council on Social Work Education: member since 1997
JSU: Co-chair of a multi-departmental (Departments of nursing, counseling, and social work) planning commission to build a multi disciplinary community coalition to address the unmet needs of area senior citizens
JSU Faculty Senate: 1998 to 2004
2002-2003 Faculty Senate Secretary
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Healthcare, Mental Health, Risk Management, Case Recording, Family Centered Practice, Ethics, Special Populations, and Professional Education
RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT
Performance Outcome Measures Project, A multi-agency project, Developing an Interagency Performance Outcome Measurement System of Aging Services, 2002 - Present.
Factors that Build Risk and Resiliency in Elementary School-Aged Children, A multi-disciplinary/inter-departmental study conducted by Jacksonville State University, 1997-Present.
NATIONAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Co-presenter: ATechnique and Strategies for Teaching Social Justice in the HBSE Curriculum," Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 30 - November 2, 1997.
Co- presenter: ACreative Techniques for Teaching about Diverse Families," Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors National Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico-October 7-11, 1998
Co-presented a Student Orientation Program at the 2000 Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors National Conference in Destin, Florida
Co-Presenter: "Developing an Interagency Performance Outcome Measurement System of Aging Services", Baccalaureate Program Directors Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2002
"Climbing Uphill on the Downhill Slope: Teaching Groups One Step at a Time", Baccalaureate Program Directors Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October, 2001.
Co-presented a Student Orientation Program at the 2000 Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors National Conference in Destin, Florida
COURSES TAUGHT AT JSU
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SW 330: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK |
SW 380: HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I |
SW 381: HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II |
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SW 339: COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE |
SW 390: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE I |
SW 391: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE II |
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SW 335: SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE |
SW 392: RATIONAL EMOTIVE THERAPY |
SW 395: CASE MANAGEMENT
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