Welcome to my webpage. This site is intended to share with you information about the profession of social work and my own progress in working as a social work teacher/scholar at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in Harrogate, TN.

I hope you enjoy my work.

LMU Social Work Featured: The Department of Social Work (DSW) has a new webpage. There you will find an article about the Veterinary Social Work services we have provided for Remote Area Medical. CampusLINC.

Grant Funded: Thanks to the generosity of the Appalachian College Association and Salzburg Global Seminar, I will be attending an international education seminar called "Public and Private Cultural Exchange" from 4/28/12 - 5/2/12 at  Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. I will also receive funds to sponsor a diversity initiative at LMU. Click here for the LMU Press Release.  

Publications: Please take some time to read the professional news magazine Social Work Today. For the September/October edition, I wrote the article Spiritually Sensitive Hospice Care.

Workshops: Thanks to those who attended my last workshop on Relational Spirituality: When Professional Helping Enhances Life Meaning for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Click here for the ethical dilemma case scenarios.

Materials from my workshop on Teaching Spiritual Care: Resources and Results for the North American Association of Christians in Social Work’s 61st Convention are available as part of NACSW’s conference proceedings. A course template is included.

Poster Presentation: Thanks also to those who stopped by at my last poster presentation A Relational Model for Spiritually-Sensitive Hospice Care at the 9th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement and Association of Death Education and Counseling's 33rd Annual Conference. Click here for the poster narrative.

I am always interested in researching, presenting, and writing on the topic of spiritual care. Please let me know if you identify a particular area related to spiritual care that warrants more attention. I would love to talk with you about how we might forge a productive partnership to address this area of need.

Thank you!