Dr. Ann Callahan is a professor and founding director of the Master of Social Work program at Eastern Kentucky University. She has a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a license in clinical social work. Dr. Callahan has over 20 years of experience as a social work practitioner, teacher, and researcher. Her research focuses on spiritually sensitive social work in hospice, palliative, and long-term care. This includes the book Spirituality and Hospice Social Work, published by Columbia University Press.