Maureen Newton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: 304 Brewer Hall
Office Hours: Drop in or by appointment.
Phone: 256-782-5337
Fax: 256-782-5168 E-mail Address: mnewton@jsu.edu

 MARY MAUREEN NEWTON, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.

10/20/05

                                                                                   

EDUCATION             University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Ph.D. Social Work

                                    Major: Social work research and practice 

Elective Focus: Public Health.

 

Florida State University

Masters of Social Work

                                    Major:  Direct/Clinical Practice.

 

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Major: Social Work

Minor: Gerontology (Certificate in Gerontology).

 

WORK

EXPERIENCE

 

1999 – Present              Jacksonville State University

                                    Department of Sociology and Social Work

                                    700 Pelham Road North

                                    Jacksonville, AL  36265

                                    (256) 782-5591

 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR – Teaching, advising, service, support, and research activities focusing on social work issues in practice and education.

Currently teaching the following classes:  1) Introduction to Social Work; 2) Social Policy and Services; 3) Aging and Human Development; and 4) Death and Dying. 

Past Courses:  Social Work in Health Care and LS 100 Freshman Orientation.

 

1997-1999                    Private Practice

                                    Knoxville, TN 

                                    INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER - Providing direct clinical
                                    practice to individuals, couples, and groups. 

CO-INSTRUCTOR - 409 Group Facilitation (University of Tennessee Evening School, Department of Psychology).

 

1993-1997                    Covenant Home Care/Hospice (formerly Fort Sanders 
                                   Home Care/Hospice)

            9000 Executive Park Drive, Suite A110

                        Knoxville, TN 37923

                                    (423) 541-1738

SOCIAL SERVICES COORDINATOR

 

1992-1993                    AIDS Response Knoxville

                                    Knoxville, TN 37919

                                    DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES –

                                   AIDS Response Knoxville (ARK) was the only HIV/AIDS

                                   service organization in the metro-Knoxville area.

 

1989 - 1992                  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

College of Social Work, Ph.D. Program

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT – Participation in three different research projects, two being federally funded research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).  The main research project, directed by Dr. Charles Glisson, consisted of an NIMH grant studying the services received by children taken into the legal custody of the state of Tennessee and evaluating a new state pilot project aimed at improving coordination and appropriateness of these services.

 

1987 - 1989                  University of Tennessee Home Health and Hospice Services

                                    Knoxville, TN

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER

 

1987 -1988                    University of Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center

                                    Knoxville, TN

RECREATION THERAPIST

 

 

INTERNSHIPS

                                    University of Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center

                                    Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Facility/Individual and Group
                                    Work

                                    Knoxville, TN

 

                                    University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

                                    Medical Social Work Department

                                    Birmingham, AL

 

                                    Hillhaven Nursing Home

                                    Long-term Care Facility/Social Services Department

                                    Birmingham, AL

 

 

SCHOLARLY

ACTIVITIES

                                   

Publications

 

·         Newton, M., Herina, M.A., and Mulvaney, B. (2003) “Hospice Policy Statement,”  Social Work Speaks:  NASW Policy Statements 2003-2006, 6^th ed., Approved by NASW Delegate Assembly in August 2002 (Washington, DC:  National Association of Social Workers, February)

 

·         Semi-Annual Research Reports, East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP), October 1, 2002 and March 24, 2003

 

 

Research Activities

 

·         Research Coordinator, Juvenile Conference Committee Evaluation Project, Juvenile Diversion Program-Calhoun County Alabama Office of Juvenile Probation, January 2005 -

 

·         Research Coordinator, East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP), 2002-2003—Federally Funded Research Project (The Performance Outcomes Measures project (POMP), which is sponsored by the Administration on Aging (AoA), helps States and Area Agencies on Aging assess their own program performance, while assisting AoA to meet the accountability provisions of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) program assessment requirements.)  This was a nationwide pilot study with Alabama being one of 10 states involved.  The East Alabama AAA was the only AAA in Alabama participating in the study.  The results of this study will be used to design effectiveness measures for services to the elderly in the United States.

 

·         Community Assessment Consultant, LIN=C Program, Calhoun County Alabama Sheriff Department, Summer 2001(ADECA Title V Funding, 3 years at $210,000 per year to the LIN=C program).  Assessment of attitudes toward and used of drugs and alcohol by local school children.

 

 

 Reports

 

·         Report, “BSW Outcomes”, (2004-2005) Jacksonville State University Department of Sociology and Social Work-Social Work Program, with Mark Fagan 

 

·         Report, “BSW Outcomes”, (2003-2004) Jacksonville State University Department of Sociology and Social Work-Social Work Program, with Mark Fagan 

 

·         “Self Study for Reaffirmation of Accreditation for 8 years by the Council on Social Work Education”, 3 Volumes, Jacksonville State University BSW Program, with Mark Fagan and Donna Smith in September 2003

 

·         Jacksonville State University (2003), Department of Sociology and Social Work, Curriculum Materials Revision:  BSW Program Brochure, Primer, and Handbook, with Mark Fagan

 

·         Jacksonville State University (2003), Department of Sociology and Social Work, Curriculum Materials Revision:  BSW Program Mission Statement and Definition of Generalist Social Work Practice, with Mark Fagan

 

·         Report, “BSW Outcomes”, (2002-2003) Jacksonville State University Department of Sociology and Social Work-Social Work Program, with Mark Fagan

 

·         Book Review, “The Social Work Experience”(2000), Mary Ann Suppes and Carolyn Cressy Wells, Third Edition, for McGraw-Hill Higher Education-a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, February 2001

PRESENTATIONS     

                                   International  

                                   

·         American Society on Aging, Third International Conference on Long Term               Care Case Management, San Diego, CA 1996, “Medical Case Management         

                              and Home Care Services:  Collaboration with an AIDS Service Organization.”     

 

National

 

·        30^th National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas-Finding Our Voices, Having Our Say:  Meeting the Challenges of Rural Communities, July 6-9, 2005, Sheperdstown, WV,  “The Juvenile Conference Committee: A Community-Based Alternative For Low-Risk Juvenile Offenders.”

 

·         22^nd Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, November 3-7, 2004, “Connecting with Community to Enhance Social Work Education” with Robyn Snider – Faculty, Jacksonville State University.

 

·         The 21^st Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 29 – November 2, 2003, “But I Don’t Understand!  Linking Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Practice in Baccalaureate Education” with Robyn Snider – Faculty, Jacksonville State University.

 

·         The Fifteenth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS—HIV/AIDS 2003 The Social Work Response, May 29-June 1, 2003 in Albuquerque, NM. “Rural and Urban Differences in Caregivers of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS:  Social Support and Caregiver Burden.

 

 ·         2003 National Council On Aging-American Society on Aging:  A Joint Conference, March 13-16 in Chicago, Illinois—“Developing and Implementing an Interagency Performance Outcome Measurement System to Assess Services for the Aging” with Kim Womack and Donna Smith –Faculty, JSU and Tina Hartley, Alabama Department of Senior Services.

 

·         The 20^th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 23 – 27, 2002, “The Complexities of Integrating Ethics Throughout Undergraduate Social Work Education:  Gatekeeping and admissions, curriculum instruction and field instruction through graduation” with Robyn V. Snider – Instructor, Jacksonville State University

 

·         The 20^th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 23 – 27, 2002, “Developing An Interagency Performance Outcome Measurement System of Aging Services” with Kim Womack, Mark Fagan, and Donna Smith – Faculty, Jacksonville State University.

                                   

·         The 19^th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 31 – November 4, 2001, “Variety May be the Necessary Spice of Life for Teaching the Social Work Curriculum in the 21^st Century” with Robyn V. Snider -- Instructor, Jacksonville State University.

 

·         The 26^th National Institute on Human Services in Rural Areas, May 30 -  June 2, 2001, Austin, Texas. “Collaboration and Cooperation in Rural Communities, One Example:  Medical Case Management, Homecare Services and an AIDS Service Organization.”

 

·         The 18^th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 18 – 22, 2000, “Corporatization and Cooperation – The Social Work Influence:  If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them.”

 

·         The 18^th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference, October 18 – 22, 2000, “Showcase for Student Social Work Clubs and Organizations” with Dee Barclift, Instructor – Jacksonville State University.

 

·         The 22^nd Annual Conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, April 5 – 9, 2000, “Rural and Urban Differences in Caregivers of People Living with HIV/AIDS:  Social Support and Caregiver Burden.

 

·         American Federation of Home Health Agencies, Gatlinburg, TN 1994,

                    “Dealing with the Difficult Patient.”

 

                                    Regional      

   

·         “A Community-Based Alternative for Low-Risk Juvenile Offenders,”  Coker College’s Fifth Annual Social Work Conference, October 15, 2004, Hartsville, SC.

 

·         Jacksonville State University BSW Program 19^th Annual Social Work Conference, March 10, 2000, “People Living with HIV/AIDS and Other Life-Threatening Conditions.”

 

·         Annual Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare, Fall Training Conference for Middle East Tennessee, November 1998, “Rural and Urban Issues for Persons with HIV and AIDS and Their Caregivers:  Types of Need, Social Support, and Caregiver Burden.”

                                   

·         Tennessee Hospice Organization-Annual Conference, April 1997, “Medical

      Case Management and HomeCare Services:  Collaboration with an AIDS 

                  Service Organization.”

 

·         Weaving a Plan:  Learning to Live with HIV/AIDS, University of Tennessee 

                   Medical Center, Knoxville, TN 1996, “Long-Term Care.”

 

·         HIV/AIDS Clinical Management Course, Presented by East Tennessee Area

                  Health Education Center, Inc., 1995, “Medical Case Management.”   

 

·         University of Tennessee, Knoxville, course “AIDS in Society,” Fall and 

                  Spring 1993-94, Guest Speaker

 

·         Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, TN 1994, “Caring for the 

                  Caregiver: Financial Considerations.”

 

·         University of Tennessee, Child and Family Studies, course “Lifespan 

                  Development,”1993, Guest Speaker  

        

·         University of Tennessee, College of Social Work, 1993, “Death and 

                  Dying,” Guest Speaker

 

·         Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare, Knoxville, TN 1993,  “Impact of 

                  AIDS on Today’s Families.”  

 

·         Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare, Knoxville, TN 1992,  “HIV/AIDS:   

                                          The Psychosocial Setting.”            

SERVICE ACTIVITIES          

·         Co-Instructor- SWK 495 Social development and social welfare in Jamaica, with Delores Williams, University of Southern Mississippi-School of Social Work, Caribbean Studies Program, May 15-31, 2005.

 

·         Attended, The 24^th Annual JSU Social Work Day Conference, March 9, 2005

 

·         Attended and coordinated JSU student attendance (25 students) in the Alabama Arise “Poverty and Policy Conference,” February 15, 2005, Birmingham, AL

 

·         Attended and coordinated JSU student participation (11 students) in “Social Work Advocacy Day,” February 17, 2005, Montgomery, AL

 

·         Coordinating Committee Member, JSU Social Work Program 24^th Annual Social Work Day Conference and NASW Guest Speakers, January 2005-March 2005

 

·         Group Facilitator: Kids in Crisis Support Bereavement Camp for Grades 5-8, September 10-12, 2004, Location: Fraternal Order of Police Camp, Knoxville, TN

 

·         Attended, the Fourth Annual Appalachian School for Alcohol and Drug Studies, June 2004, Jacksonville State University

 

·         Attended, Harm Reduction Training, May 11, 2004, Sponsored by Coosa Valley Chapter of NASW and Health Services Center

 

·         Group Facilitator: Kids in Crisis Support Bereavement Camp for Teenagers, April 30-May 2, 2004, Location: Fraternal Order of Police Camp, Knoxville, TN

 

·         Field Instructor, University of Alabama School of Social Work, January 2004-April 2004

 

·         Appointed to Health Services Center Board of Directors, Anniston, AL, April 28, 2004

 

·         Attended, The 23^rd Annual JSU Social Work Day Conference, March 4, 2004

 

·         Developed and distributed a Needs Assessment Survey for the Coosa Valley Unit of the National Association of Social Workers to determine the needs and interests of professional social workers in the community, January – April 2004

 

·         Developed a Yahoo Group Bulletin Board for the Coosa Valley Unit of the National Association of Social Workers to give a public venue for professional social workers in the area to communicate and share information regarding issues relevant to social work practice, March 2004

 

·         Coordinating Committee Member, JSU Social Work Program 23^rd Annual Social Work Day Conference and NASW Guest Speakers, September 2003-April 2004

 

·         Committee Member, Institutional Effectiveness, Jacksonville State University, 2003 – 2004

 

·         Attended, “Mental Illness and the Road Ahead—Public Policy, Police, and Psychiatric Service”, October 9, 2003, Sponsored by NAMI Jacksonville

 

·         Kids in Crisis Support(KICS): Saturday Grief Support Program, Knoxville, TN.  Group facilitator for teenagers from the region who attended the program to help in coping with deaths of loved ones. July 26, 2003

 

·         Community Service Volunteer:  2003 Jimmy Carter Work Project, Anniston, Alabama, Habitat for Humanity, June 12 and 13, 2003.

 

·         CSWE Self-Study Outcomes Coordinator (JSU Social Work Program), May 2003-December 2003

 

·         Attended, the Third Annual Appalachian School for Alcohol and Drug Studies, June 2003, Jacksonville State University

 

·         Attended, 22^nd Annual JSU Social Work Day Conference, April 30, 2003

 

·         Coordinating Committee Member, JSU Social Work Program 22^nd Annual Social Work Day Conference, April 2003

 

·         Completed, Site Visitor’s Certification, April 5, 2003, Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education

 

·         Committee member, Enrollment Management Committee, (Chairperson-Persistence/Retention subcommittee) Jacksonville State University, 2002-2003

 

·         Report, “Persistence and Retention”, Jacksonville State University, (2002-2003), Enrollment Management Committee, Subcommittee Report, with subcommittee members

 

·         Attended, the Second Annual Appalachian School for Alcohol and Drug Studies, June 2002, Jacksonville State University

 

·         Committee Member, Institutional Effectiveness, Jacksonville State University, 2002 - present

 

·         Attended, the First Annual Appalachian School for Alcohol and Drug Studies, July 2001, Jacksonville State University           

 

·         State of Alabama, Licensed Certified Social Worker(1685C), 2002 -              

 

·         Attended, CSWE Annual Program Meeting in Nashville, TN, February 24-27, 2002

 

·         Attended, 21^st Annual JSU Social Work Day Conference, March, 2002

 

·         Coordinating Committee Member, JSU Social Work Program 21^st Annual Social Work Day Conference, 2002

 

·         Report, “Section 3.1 Planning and Evaluation:  Educational Programs,” (March 15, 2002), Jacksonville State University, SACS Self Study Subcommittee on Institutional Effectiveness

 

·         Committee Member, Institutional Effectiveness (Southern Association for the Accreditation of Colleges and Schools-SAACS Preparation), Jacksonville State University, 2001 - 2002

 

·         Habitat for Humanity of Calhoun County, Fundraising Volunteer-Hoops for Habitat, 2001-2002

 

·         Certified Social Work Case Manager (C-SWCM), National Association of Social Workers, 2001 -

 

·         Community Assessment Consultant, LIN=C Program, Calhoun County Alabama Sheriff Department, 2001

           

·         Teen Group Facilitator, Parent Project (LIN=C Program, Fall 2001)

 

·         Committee member, Enrollment Management Committee, (Chairperson-Recruitment subcommittee) Jacksonville State University, 2001-2002

 

·         Report, “Recruitment”, Jacksonville State University, (2001-2002), Enrollment Management Committee, Subcommittee Report, with subcommittee members

                                   

·         Attended, Social Work Policy Forum, Washington, D.C., October 2001

                       

·         Faculty Mentor, Jacksonville State University, 2001

 

·         Committee member, NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills, Jacksonville State University, 2001

 

·         Member, Juvenile Conference Committee, Calhoun County Judicial Volunteer Program, 2001 -

                                   

·         Board Member, Family Services Center of Calhoun County, Inc., 2001 -

                                   

·         Quality Assurance Board Member, LIN=C Program, Anniston, AL., 2000 -

 

·         Committee Member, Institutional Effectiveness (Southern Association for the Accreditation of Colleges and Schools-SAACS Preparation), Jacksonville State University, 2000 - 2001

 

·         Committee Member, Athletic Council, Jacksonville State University, 2000 -2001

 

·         Faculty Mentor, Jacksonville State University, 2000

 

·         State of Tennessee, Licensed Clinical Social Worker- (3292), 1995 -