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Leah Hamilton, MSW, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

hamiltonl@appstate.edu        @hamiltonleah        @policyfamily

Appalachian State University, Department of Social Work, Box 32155, Boone, NC 28608

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EDUCATION        

2011                Ph.D.                University of Arkansas                        Public Policy                

2006                MSW                University of Denver                                Social Work                

2005                BSW                Metropolitan State University                        Social Work                

APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS

2023-present        Freiberg Institute for Basic Income Studies, University of Frieberg, Germany

                        UBI Piloters Network, Research Team Member

2021-present        Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St. Louis

                        Faculty Affiliate

2020-present        Jain Family Institute

Senior Fellow

2013-present        Appalachian State University

Principal Investigator, Family Economic Policy Lab

Research Fellow, Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services

Professor, Department of Social Work (23-present)

Associate Professor, Department of Social Work (19-23)

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work (13-19)

2012-2013        Juniata College, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology

Assistant Professor and Field Education Director

2007-2012        University of Arkansas

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Social Work (11-12)

Adjunct Instructor, School of Social Work (08-11)

Research Assistant, Department of Public Policy (07-11)

2006-2007        Lutheran Family Services of Colorado, Denver, CO

Foster Care Licensing Specialist & Foster Parent Trainer

2005-2006        Carmel Community Living, Denver, CO

Foster Care Placement Worker

2002-2004        Abba Family Services, Denver, CO

Foster Care Case Aide

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2023        Visiting Poverty Scholar, Columbia University, Center on Poverty and Social Policy

2022                Research and Scholarly Endeavors Award, College of Health Sciences

2019                Wayne D. Duncan Teaching Award, Appalachian State University

2007-2011        Doctoral Academy Fellow, University of Arkansas

EXTERNALLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP (Total: $5,196,649)

  1. Principal Investigator (2024-2029), In Her Hands Program Evaluation: Phase 2, Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund, $570,824.
  2. Co-Principal Investigator (2023-2024), Creatives Rebuild New York Guaranteed Income Pilot, Tides Center, $582,855.
  3. Co-Principal Investigator (2023-2025), Does guaranteed income facilitate wealth and credit building among Black Households in Georgia?, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Washington Center for Equitable Growth, $355,243.
  4. Co-Investigator (2023-2025). American Rescue Plan Act Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Evaluation, City of St. Louis, MO, (Co-PIs: Stephen Roll, Nikole Doughtery), $299,999.
  5. Co-Principal Investigator (2023), In Her Hands Nutrition Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest, $50,000.
  6. Co-Investigator (2023-2025), Workforce Economic Inclusion and Mobility Project: Strengthening Economic Opportunities for Low and Moderate Income Workers (Co-PIs: Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mathieu Despard, Stephen Roll), JP Morgan Chase Foundation, $1,581,000.
  7. Co-Principal Investigator (2023-2025), Equity, health disparities, and the ongoing COVID pandemic: Does reducing financial strain improve preventive health behaviors, sleep, and stress? Evidence from a guaranteed income program for Black women in Georgia. Washington University in St. Louis, $95,000.
  8. Co-Principal Investigator (2022-2023), “It helped us more than I could have imagined": How the 2021 Expanded CTC Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities, Boston University Catalyst Center, $49,250.
  9. Co-Principal Investigator (2022-2025), Unconditional Cash Transfer Pilot Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Project Community Connections, $138,000.
  10. Principal Investigator (2022), Consumer Choice and Employment Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit, Institute for Humane Studies, $750.
  11. Co-Principal Investigator (2021-2022), Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments and Employment: Evidence from Census Data, Humanity Forward Foundation, $24,000.
  12. Principal Investigator (2022-2024), Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Program Evaluation, Give Directly, $350,505.
  13. Co-Principal Investigator (2021-2022), Employment, Financial, and Wellbeing Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit, Humanity Forward Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, $266,000.
  14. Principal Investigator (2020-2025), HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot, Jain Family Institute, $307,623.
  15. Principal Investigator (2020), What Would Low-Income Americans Do with a Universal Basic Income?, Institute for Humane Studies, $600.
  16. Principal Investigator (2017), Asset Limits in Public Assistance and Savings Behavior Among Low-Income Families, Pew Charitable Trusts, $25,000.
  17. Research Assistant (2008-2011). Individual Development Accounts Demonstration Project, Ford Foundation, $500,000.

INTERNALLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP (Total: $67,500)

  1. Principal Investigator (2023-2024), In Her Hands Guaranteed Income Pilot: PhotoVoice Project, Appalachian State University, $5,000.
  2. Principal Investigator (2022-2024), Graduate Research Assistantship Mentoring Program, Appalachian State University, $28,000.
  3. Principal Investigator (2021), Undergraduate Research Assistantship, Appalachian State University, $1,000.
  4. Co-Principal Investigator (2020), Does a Social Work Education Prepare White Students to Recognize Privilege and Oppression?, Appalachian State University, $500.
  5. Co-Principal Investigator (2020), Advanced Advocacy Practice, Online Course Development Grant, Appalachian State University, $4,000.
  6. Principal Investigator (2019), Undergraduate Research Assistantship, Appalachian State University, $1,000.
  7. Principal Investigator (2018), Welfare Devolution and TANF Asset Limits: An Analysis of Program Duration and Outcomes, Appalachian State University, $5,000.
  8. Principal Investigator (2016), Asset Limits in Public Assistance and Savings Behavior Among Low-Income Families, Appalachian State University, $3,000.
  9. Principal Investigator (2015), Distance Social Work Education, Appalachian State University, $5,000.
  10. Co-Principal Investigator (2015), Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Issues, Online Course Development Grant, Appalachian State University, $4,000.
  11. Principal Investigator (2014), Incentives in Public Assistance: A Systematic Literature Review, Appalachian State University, $5,000.
  12. Principal Investigator (2014), The American Social Welfare System, Online Course Development Grant, Appalachian State University, $6,000.

BOOKS

  1. Hamilton, L. (2020). Welfare Doesn’t Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
  2. Murphy, Y., Zajicek, A., Norris, A., Hunt, V., & Hamilton, L. (2009).  Capturing the Breadth and Depth of Human Experience: Incorporating Intersectionality in Social Work Research, Policy, Practice, and Education.  Washington, D.C.: NASW Press.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

* indicates a student coauthor

  1. Roll, S., Zheng, H., Hamilton, L., Despard, M., & Chun, Y. (2024). The impacts of the Child Tax Credit on financial resilience and the use of high-cost financial resources: Evidence from a panel survey. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/731836
  2. Hamilton, L., Bellisle, D., Brugger, L., Roll, S., Fox-Dichter, S., and *Pitman, E. (2024). “It saved us”: Parent perspectives of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit. SN Social Sciences, 4 (26). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00827-z.
  3. Hamilton, L., Choplin, V., & Paputseanos, T. (2024). From scarcity to security: Participant well-being in the first 2 years of a basic income pilot. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 24(1), 44–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12370
  4. Jabbari, J., Roll, S., Despard, M., & Hamilton, L. (2023). Student debt forgiveness and economic stability, social mobility, and quality-of-life decisions: Results from a survey experiment. Socius, 9, 23780231231196778. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231196778
  5. Hamilton, L., *Elliott, D., *Quick, A., *Smith, S., & *Choplin, V. (2023). Exploring the use of AI in qualitative analysis: A comparative study of guaranteed income data. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231201504.
  6. Jabbari, J., Anglum, C., Roll, S., & Hamilton, L. (2023).The Child Tax Credit, educational investments, and the American dream: A moderated-mediation analysis. Socius, 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231181899
  7. Hamilton, L., Despard, M., Roll, S., Bellisle, D., Hall, C., & Wright, A. (2023). Does frequency or amount matter? An exploratory analysis of the perceptions of four universal basic income proposals. Social Sciences, 12 (3). https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030133
  8. Roll, S., Constantino, S. M., Hamilton, L., Miller, S., Bellisle, D., & Despard, M. (2023). How Would Americans Respond to Direct Cash Transfers? Results from Two Survey Experiments. Social Service Review, 97 (1). https://doi.org/10.1086/723522
  9. Hamilton, L., Yorgun, M., & *Wright, A. (2022). “People nowadays will take everything they can get”: What would Americans do with a basic income? Journal of Policy Practice and Research, 3(2), 77–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-021-00035-0
  10. Hamilton, L., Topka, L., *McCain, H., & Donovan, S. (2021). #WhiteSaviorComplex: Confidentiality, human dignity, social media, and social work study abroad. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1997685
  11. Hamilton, L. (2021). Domestic Contradictions [Review of ​​Domestic Contradictions: Race and Gendered Citizenship from Reconstruction to Welfare Reform.] Affilia. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08861099211057509
  12. Hamilton, L. (2021). Asset limits in public assistance and savings behavior among low-income families. Social Science Quarterly, 102 (1), 454–467. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12874
  13. Hamilton, L., Wright, R., & Reed-Ashcraft, K. (2019). Voices from the ‘holler’: Implementation and analysis of an Advanced Policy Advocacy course in rural Appalachia. Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal, 11(1). https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/crsw/vol11/iss1/12
  14. Hamilton, L., & Martin-West, S. (2019). Universal basic income, poverty, and social justice: A moral and economic imperative for social workers. Social Work, 64(4), 321–328. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swz028
  15. Hamilton, L., Rothwell, D., Huang, J., & Nam, Y. (2019). Guarding public coffers or trapping the poor? The role of public assistance asset limits in program efficacy, family economic stability, and workforce participation. Poverty & Public Policy, 11(1-2), 12-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.244
  16. Hamilton, L., Wingrove, T., & *Woodford, K. (2019). Does generous welfare policy encourage dependence? TANF asset limits and duration of program participation. Journal of Children and Poverty, 25(2), 101–113.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10796126.2019.1638731
  17. Hamilton, L., & Mulvale, J. P. (2019). “Human again”: The (unrealized) promise of basic income in Ontario. Journal of Poverty, 23(7), 576-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2019.1616242
  18. Hamilton, L., Fawson, P. R., & *Dollar, T. (2019). Predicting paternalism: Welfare asset limits and state-level demographic, economic, and political factors. Journal of Poverty, 23(5), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2019.1587658
  19. Hamilton, L. (2018). Stricter welfare rules are not the solution to poverty. Environment and Social Psychology, 3(1), 1-2.
  20. Hamilton, L., *Brown, C., & *Rogers, R. (2017). Distance education in social work: A review of the literature. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 20(2), 45-56.
  21. Hamilton, L. & *Daughtry, L. (2017). Student attitudes towards poverty in a social welfare policy course: Online versus face to face. SAGE Open, 7(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244017709326
  22. Hamilton, L. (2016). Incentives in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program: A review of the literature. Poverty & Public Policy, 8(2), 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.134
  23. Hamilton, L., Alexander-Eitzman, B., & *Royal, W. (2015). Shelter from the storm: TANF, assets and the Great Recession. SAGE Open, 5(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244015572487
  24. Murphy-Erby, Y., Hamilton, L., Shobe, M., Christy, K., *Hampton-Stover, E., & Jordan, S. (2014). Preparing children for success: Parents’ perspectives on promoting savings and education. Journal of Family Issues, 35(9), 1177–1199. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0192513X13490398.
  25. Hamilton, L. (2013). Foster parent support and retention: A policy approach. Humanities and Social Sciences Review, 2(3), 377–411.
  26. Shobe, M., Christy, K., Murphy-Erby, Y., Hamilton, L., Denny, G. & *Givens, A. (2013). Examining relationships between financial capital and personal well-being. Journal of Poverty, 17, 47–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2012.747999
  27. Hamilton, L., Shobe, M., Murphy-Erby, Y., & Christy, K. (2012).  “It’s all about security to me”: The role of environment in youth financial literacy and savings behaviors.  SAGE Open, 2 (4). https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244012471958.
  28. Hamilton, L.  (2011). Institutional barriers to foster parent retention in Arkansas. Midsouth Political Science Review, 12, 69-85.
  29. Shobe, M., Christy, K., Givens, A., Hamilton, L., Jordan, S., & Murphy-Erby, Y. (2011). Cohabitation and marital status: Their relationship with economic resources and intimate partner violence. International Journal of the Humanities, 9 (2), 203-220.

BOOK CHAPTERS

* indicates a student coauthor

  1. *Elliot, D., Hamilton, L., *Smith, S. (2023). Current and recent basic income and guaranteed Income pilots in the United States. in Torry, M. (Ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, Second Edition. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41001-7_23 
  2. Hamilton, L. (2023). The answer to America’s ineffective welfare system? A universal basic income. In Jones, S., & Rycroft, R. Income Inequality in America: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  1. Brugger, L., Davis, S., Elliott, D., Hamilton, L., Quick, A., Roll, S., Rollins, L., Smith, S., & Zewde, N. (2024). In Her Hands: First Year Research Summary. Family Economic Policy Lab.
  2. Brugger, L., Roll, S., Hamilton, L., Baughman, A., Comeau, M., Jarzombek, C., & Parker, C. (2023). “It helped us more than I could have imagined”: How the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities. Boston University Catalyst Center. 
  3. Hamilton, L., & Thomas, F. (2022, December 22). We have the tools to end childhood poverty. Why don’t we? Social Policy Institute at Washington Unversity in St. Louis.
  4. Hamilton, L. (2022). HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot Year Two Report. Jain Family Institute.
  5. Hamilton, L. (2022, April 28). Data speak volumes in support of monthly Child Tax Credit | Opinion. Newsweek. 
  6. Hamilton, L. (2022, April 22). US might have stumbled on child poverty cure (Opinion). Charleston Gazette-Mail. 
  7. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Despard, M., Maag, E., Chun, Y., Brugger, L., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2022). The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being. Brookings Institution. 
  8. Roll, S., Hamilton, L., & Chun, Y. (2022). Expanded Child Tax Credit did not reduce employment. Social Policy Institute of Washington University in St. Louis. 
  9. Hamilton, L. (2021). HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot Year One Report. Jain Family Institute. 
  10. Zwolinski, M., & Hamilton, L. (2021, December 15). To achieve their full potential, enhanced child tax payments must remain monthly. Orange County Register. 
  11. Roll, S., Hamilton, L., & Chun, Y. (2021). Expanded Child Tax Credit payments have not reduced employment. Social Policy Institute of Washington University in St. Louis. 
  12. Hamilton, L. (2021, October 21). Commentary: Biden’s Child Tax Credit could be a silver bullet. Fortune. 
  13. Jabbari, J., Hamilton, L., Roll, S., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2021, September 24). The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty. Brookings Institution. 
  14. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Despard, M., Maag, E., & Chun, Y. (2021). Employment, Financial, and Well-being Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit. Social Policy Institute of Washington University in St. Louis. 
  15. Roll, S., Chun, Y., Brugger, L., & Hamilton, L. (2021). How are families in the U.S. using their Child Tax Credit payments? A 50-state analysis. Social Policy Institute of Washington University in St. Louis. 
  16. Hamilton, L. (2021, September 10). HudsonUP: Thinking Longer-Term. HudsonUP. 
  17. Hamilton, L., Despard, M., Roll, S., Bellisle, D., Hall, C., & Wright, A. (2021). Does Frequency or Amount Matter? Testing the Perceptions of Four Universal Basic Income Proposals. St. Louis, MO: Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St. Louis.
  18. Hamilton, L. (2020, October 16). The Barriers of Bigotry. Great Transition Initiative. 
  19. Hamilton, L. (2018, June 29). Why welfare doesn’t work: And what we should do instead. Basic Income News.
  20. Hamilton, L. (2017). Asset limits in public assistance and savings behavior among low-income families (Working Paper). Washington, DC: The Pew Charitable Trusts.
  21. Hamilton, L. (2016). Reproductive rights: A social work perspective. The North Carolina Social Work Newsletter 40(3), 13.
  22. Hamilton, L. (2015, March 11). The forgotten 1980s rule that’s hurting poor families’ savings. The Atlantic.
  23. Hamilton, L. (2015, March 5). How a forgotten 1980s rule is harming American families. Weekly Wonk.

PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS

* indicates a student coauthor

  1. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Brugger, L., Beckelman, T., Hill, A., & Johnson, J. (2024, October). Food and nutrition security among participants in the In Her Hands Guaranteed Income pilot study. American Public Health Association, Minneapolis, MN. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/546697
  2. Hamilton, L. (2024, August). Economic Justice for Black Women: Insights from the 'In Her Hands' Initiative. Paper presented at the Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.
  3. Hamilton, L. (2024, August). In Her Hands: Visual Narratives of Empowerment and Change. Paper presented at the Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.
  4. Hamilton, L., Woronkowicz, J., & Noonan, D. (2024, August). The Artists' Economy: Insights from New York's Guaranteed Income Program for Artists. Paper presented at the Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.
  5. Hamilton, L., *Smith, S., *Quick, A., & *Elliott, D. (2024, June). We as a Country Should Provide: The Impacts of Guaranteed Income on Racial and Economic Justice. Paper presented at National African American Child and Family Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta.
  6. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., *Brugger, L., & *Zheng, H. (2024, May). Paydays, not Payday Loans: The Impacts of Guaranteed Income on High-Cost Financial Service Usage among Low-Income Black Women. Poster presented at the Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, Boulder, CO.
  7. Despard, M., Shanks, T., Friedline, T., & Hamilton, L. (2024, January). Research to Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality: How Are We Doing? Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
  8. Hamilton, L., *Choplin, V., & *Paputseanos, T. From Scarcity to Security: Mental Well-Being Outcomes in the First Two Years of a Basic Income Pilot. Paper Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
  9. Hamilton, L. (Organizer). (2024, January). Democratizing and Decolonizing Social Work Policy, Practice, and Research: The Implications of Four Community-Based Guaranteed Income Pilots. Panel Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
  10. Roll, S., & Hamilton, L. (Discussants). (2023, November). Exploring Guaranteed Income for Socioeconomically Vulnerable Groups: Youths, Unhoused, Caregivers, and Artists. Panel Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
  11. Hamilton, L. (Organizer). (2023, November). Racism in, Racism Out: How Racist Attitudes Towards Social Safety Net Programs Harm Black Women. Panel Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
  12. *Quick, A., Brugger, L., *Choplin, V., *Elliott, D., Hamilton, L., *Paputseanos, T., Roll, S., & *Smith, S. (2023, November). Combatting the “Welfare Queen”: Understanding the Experiences of Black Women in Public Assistance Programs. Paper Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
  13. *Elliott, D., Brugger, L., *Choplin, V., Hamilton, L., *Paputseanos, T., *Quick, A., Roll, S., & *Smith, S. (2023, November). “I Don't Want for Something That I Don't Have”: Challenges and Compromises of Black Women Navigating an Inadequate Social Safety Net. Paper Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
  14. *Smith, S., Brugger, L., *Choplin, V., *Elliott, D., Hamilton, L., *Paputseanos, T., *Quick, A., & Roll, S. (2023, November). The “Strong Black Woman”: Physical and Mental Health of Low-Income Black Women in Georgia in the Absence of Medicaid Expansion. Paper Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
  15. *Smith, S., Hamilton, L., *Elliot, D., *Quick, A., *Choplin, V., & *Paputseanos, T. (2023, October). The “Strong Black Woman”: Physical and Mental Health of Low-Income Black Women in Georgia. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  16. *Quick, A., *Elliot, D., Hamilton, L., *Smith, S., *Choplin, V., & *Paputseanos, T. (2023, October). “I don't want for something that I don't have”:  Challenges and compromises of Black women navigating financial adversity. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  17. Hamilton, L. (2023, August). Understanding the Long-term Impact of Basic  Income: Insights from the HudsonUP Pilot. Paper presented at the Basic Income Earth Network annual conference, Seoul, Korea.
  18. Hamilton, L. (Chair). (2023, August). Politics of Basic Income. Panel presentation at the Basic Income Earth Network annual conference, Seoul, Korea.
  19. Howard, N., Hamilton, L., Soon-Shiong, N., Laker-Oketta, M.,  Westlake, M., Davala, S. (2023, July). Towards ethical good practice in cash transfer trials and their evaluation. Panel presentation at Research Ethics Association conference, University of Bath, UK.
  20. Jabbari, J., Anglum, C., Roll, S., & Hamilton, L. (2023, April). The Child Tax Credit, Educational Investments, and the American Dream: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
  21. Bellisle, D., Hamilton, L., Lewis, M., Manchikanti Gomez, A., Elliott, S., & Pope, B. (2023, January). “Universal Basic Income: An Imperative Conversation for Social Workers.” Roundtable convened at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Phoenix, AZ.
  22. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Despard, M., Chun, Y. Brugger, L., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2023, January). The Impacts of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Family Employment, Nutrition, and Financial Well-Being. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  23. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Despard, M., Maag, E., Chun, Y. & Brugger, L. (2022, November). Impacts of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Well-Being. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual conference, Washington, DC.
  24. Hamilton, L. (2022, September). Using Amazon Mturk to Reach Public Assistance Recipients. Paper presented at the Innovations in Online Research Conference, Virtual.
  25. Hamilton, L. Wright, R., & Lynch, T. (2022, September). Awareness of Oppression and Privilege Among BSW Students in an Appalachian Social Work Program. Paper presented at the Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian Conference, Boone, NC.
  26. Hamilton, L. (2022, September). HudsonUP: What have we learned in the first year? Paper presented at the Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
  27. Wollensack, H. & Hamilton, L. (2022, September). Designing, Launching, and Evaluating a Community Led Guaranteed Income Pilot for Racial Justice. Paper presented at the Prosperity Now Conference. Atlanta, GA.
  28. Hamilton, L. (2022, June). Pilots Informing Policy-Case Studies from the Field. Paper presented at the US Basic Income Guarantee Conference, Portland, OR.
  29. Jabbari, J., Roll, S., Despard, M., Hamilton, L. (2022, May). What difference would it make? Experimental evidence on student loan forgiveness and household behaviors. Poster presented at the Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, Boulder, CO.
  30. Hamilton, L., Roll, S., & Despard, M. (2022, May). Consumer Choice and Employment Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit. Poster presented at the Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, Boulder, CO.
  31. Hamilton, L. & Wright, R. (2021, November). Does Social Work Education Prepare White Students to Recognize Privilege and Oppression? Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  32. Hamilton, L. (2021, August). “People nowadays will take everything they can get”: What would Americans do with a basic income? A mixed-methods approach. Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Virtual.
  33. Wright, R., Hamilton, L., Lynch, T., Ndlhlovu, K., Fawson, P., & *Pulley, A. (2021, July). Awareness of oppression and privilege among BSW students in a rural social work program. 46th National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas, Virtual.
  34. Hamilton, L. (2020, November). #WhiteSaviorBarbie: Confidentiality, Human Dignity, Social Media, and Social Work Study Abroad. Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Virtual.
  35. Hamilton, L. (2020, November). What Would Former Welfare Recipients Do with a Universal Basic Income? Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Virtual.
  36. Hamilton, L. (2020, January). “Human Again”: The Experiences of Ontario Basic Income Pilot Recipients. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
  37. Wright, R. & Hamilton, L. (2019, July). Appalachian Advocacy: Outcomes of an Advanced MSW Policy Advocacy Course. Paper presented at the National Institute on Social Work in Rural Areas, Paducah, KY.
  38. Hamilton, L. & West, S. (2018, October). Universal Basic Income: The Economic Imperative for Social Work? Paper presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  39. Sherraden, M., Sherraden, M., Huang, J. & Hamilton, L. (2018, October). Financial Capability and Financial Well-Being: Theory, Policy, and Practice. Panel discussion at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  40. West, S., Elliot, S., & Hamilton, L. (2018, October). The Potential of Universal Basic Income: Housing and Financial Outcomes Paper accepted (but unable to present) at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  41. Rothwell, D., Nam, Y., Huang, J., & Hamilton, L. (2018, June). Safety net or asset trap? The role of public assistance asset limits in program efficacy, family economic stability, and workforce participation. Paper accepted (but unable to present) at Influencing Social Policy, St. Louis, MO.
  42. Hamilton, L. (2018, May). Bueller? Bueller? American social workers and the universal basic income debate. Paper presented at the North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  43. Hamilton, L. (2018, January). TANF asset limits and state-level demographic, economic and political factors. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
  44. Peters, C., Birkenmaier, J., Hamilton, L., Huang, J. (2017, October). Answering the challenge to build financial capability: Financial and human service priorities. Panel presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Dallas, TX.
  45. Hamilton, L. (2017, June). Does generous welfare policy encourage dependence?  TANF asset limits and duration of program participation. Research Plenary Panel at Influencing Social Policy, St. Louis, MO.
  46. Hamilton, L., *Brown, C., & *Rogers, R. (2016, November). Distance education in social work: A review of the literature. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  47. Hamilton, L. (2015, April). Student attitudes towards poverty in a Social Welfare Policy course: Online vs. face to face. Paper presented at the Social Work Distance Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
  48. Hamilton, L. (2013, May). The foster parent bill of rights: An investigation of its perceived effectiveness in Arkansas. Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
  49. Hamilton, L.  (2013, April). Concept mapping as a tool to stimulate critical thinking. Paper presented at the annual Pennsylvania Association of Undergraduate Social Work Education conference, State College, PA.
  50. Christy, K., Shobe, M., Jordan, S., Hamilton, L., & Murphy-Erby, Y.  (2011, June).  Personal and social well-being: What are financial asset contributions?  Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Granada, Spain.
  51. Hamilton, L.  (2011, February).  The Foster Parent Support Act of 2007: An implementation analysis.  Poster session presented at Fourth Annual Research Symposium, Fayetteville, AR.
  52. Hamilton, L., Jordan, S., Christy-McMullin, K., Shobe, M., Murphy-Erby, Y., & Givens, A.  (2010, March).  Researching Individual Development Accounts (IDA): Examining a creative approach to economic justice.  Paper presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Orlando, FL.
  53. Shobe, M., Christy-McMullin, K., Jordan, S., Hamilton, L., & Givens, A.  (2009, March). Expanding the boundaries of IDA research:  preliminary findings from a longitudinal, quasi-experimental research project.  Paper presented at the Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England.

WORKING PAPERS

  1. Stanhope, K., Lewis, Q., Brugger, L., Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Rollins, L., Zewde, N. Improvements in sleep following 12-months of Guaranteed Income among Black women in Georgia. Manuscript under review. 
  2. Brugger, L., Udani, A., Maag, E., Bellisle, D., Roll, S., & Hamilton, L. (2024). Child Tax Credit utilization in immigrant households: A focus on child investment and college funds. Manuscript under review. 
  3. Brugger, L., Parker, C., Hamilton, L., Baughman, A., Jarzombek, C., Comeau, M., & Roll, S. (2023). Staying afloat: How families raising children with disabilities used the expanded Child Tax Credit. Manuscript under review. 
  4. Despard, M., Chun, Y., Roll, S., & Hamilton, L. (2023). Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments Relieved Health Care Hardship among the Uninsured. Manuscript under review. 
  5. Lynch, T., Ndhlovu, K. Hamilton, L., Wright, R., Fawson, P., *Pulley, A., & *Wright, A. (2021). Does social work education prepare white students to recognize privilege and oppression? Findings from a rural Appalachian university undergraduate program. Manuscript under review.
  6. Hamilton, L. & *Wright, A. (2021). Using Amazon Mturk to reach public assistance recipients. Social Science Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3997870

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

  1. ​​Daigon, G. (2024, April 25). Is a National Guaranteed Income on the Horizon? The Progressive.
  2. Gilson, R. H. (2024, February 29). Hudson’s basic income pilot reports good outcomes. Times Union. 
  3. Whittler, A. (2023, November 2). “In Her Hands” fund allows financially struggling Black women to dream again. FOX 5 Atlanta. 
  4. Alcorn, C. (2023, October 7). How Guaranteed Income Is Helping Black Women Battle Gentrification. Capital B News - Atlanta. 
  5. Pratt, T. (2023, August 13). ‘It helps with my stress’: US basic income project shows signs of success. The Guardian. 
  6. Lombardo, D. (2023, January 30). Universal basic income experiment enters third year—The Capitol Pressroom. WCNY. 
  7. Human Rights Watch. (2023, January 18). Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Social Protection. Human Rights Watch.
  8. Lowrey, A. (2022, December 22). The Child Tax Credit Was a Little Too Subtle. The Atlantic.
  9. Guillory, F. (2022, September 16). How government chipped away at child poverty. EducationNC.
  10. DePillis, L., & DeParle, J. (2022, September 13). Pandemic Aid Cut U.S. Poverty to New Low in 2021, Census Bureau Reports. The New York Times. 
  11. Schulz, C. (2022, April 22). Expansion of Child Tax Credit Helped Feed Children in W.Va. West Virginia Public Broadcasting. 
  12. Fields, S. (2022, April 20). Despite helping families, the expanded child tax credit draws to a close. Marketplace. 
  13. Silver, S. (2022, April 6). Study Counters Claims That the Child Tax Credit Increased Unemployment. The National Interest. 
  14. Zeballos-Roig, J., & Epstein, K. (2022, March 18). Democrats boast that their checks to parents pulled millions of children from poverty. But the program expired last year, erasing gains. Business Insider. 
  15. Reinicke, C. (2022, February 19). With the support of the child tax credit, some parents launched businesses last year. CNBC. 
  16. Boak, J. (2022, February 8). Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Yellen say child tax credit money still available through tax returns. PBS NewsHour. 
  17. Napoletano, E. (2022, January 28). What’s Happening With The Child Tax Credit. Forbes Advisor. 
  18. Turner, C. (2022, January 27). The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here’s what else it did. National Public Radio. 
  19. Rubin, R. L. E. and R. (2022, January 3). Monthly Child-Tax-Credit Payments Cease, Ending Cushion for Family Budgets. Wall Street Journal. 
  20. Cheddar News. (2022, January 4). End of Child Tax Credit Could Mean Slide Back Into Increasing Child Poverty. Cheddar. 
  21. Visram, T. (2021, December 17). What happened when people in this upstate New York town started getting monthly $500 checks. Fast Company. 
  22. Trunsky, A. (2021, December 7). EXCLUSIVE: Child Tax Credit Is Driving Americans Toward Entrepreneurship, Has Little Effect On Workforce. Daily Caller. 
  23. Zhou, L. (2021, October 27). Child tax credit extension: Democrats may lose their best weapon against child poverty. Vox. 
  24. Turman, J., & Ewall-Wice, S. (2021, October 21). Democrats Are Pushing for Permanent Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments. They Might Have to Settle for a One-Year Extension. CBS News.
  25. Smith, K. A. (2021, October 20). Will The New Child Tax Credit Be Extended? Millions Of Families Anxiously Await Action. Forbes.
  26. Maag, E. (2021, October 7). Immigrant Parents Are Less Aware Of Child Tax Credit Than US-Born Parents And More Likely To Plan To Use It To Invest In Education, Fill Gaps In Child Care And Health Care. Forbes.
  27. Maag, E., & Brugger, L. (2021, October 7). Immigrant Parents Are Less Aware of Child Tax Credit Than US-Born Parents and More Likely to Plan to Use It to Invest in Education, Fill Gaps in Child Care and Health Care. Tax Policy Center.
  28. Singletary, M. (2021, September 28). Perspective | The expanded child tax credit is working. Let’s make it permanent. Washington Post. 
  29. Trunsky, A. (2021, September 23). 94% Of Parents Say Child Tax Credit Payments Allow Them To Work More, Study Shows. The Daily Caller. 
  30. Reinicke, C. (2021, September 23). The child tax credit encourages parents to work, study finds. CNBC. 
  31. Anne E. Casey Foundation. (2021, September 14). How Are Families Using the Child Tax Credit? The Annie E. Casey Foundation. 
  32. Visram, T. (2021, February 16). Guaranteed income is having a moment. The last time it did, it was because of Martin Luther King Jr. Fast Company. 
  33. Smellie, S. (2020, August 20). Major Changes Could Be Coming to Canada’s Welfare System. Vice News. 
  34. Editors. (2020, August 12). App State selects four faculty for women’s leadership development. Watauga Democrat.
  35. Pugh, J. (2020). Leah Hamilton: Why Basic Income Could Address Issues of Welfare Programs. The Basic Income Podcast.
  36. Todd, R. (2019, April 11). Q&A: What could universal basic income mean for Appalachia? West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
  37. Cooper, L., & Price, L. (2019, February 6). Could a Universal Basic Income Solve Appalachia’s Post-coal Poverty? 100 Days in Appalachia.
  38. Cooper, L., & Price, L. (2019, February 6). Appalachia Looks to UBI as Opportunity Driver. Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.
  39. McCann, A. (2018). 2018’s Neediest cities. Wallet Hub.
  40. Wogan, J. B. (2016, September 13). Studies discredit state policies that punish poor people for saving money. Governing.
  41. Thomhave, K. (2016, September 6). Incentives shouldn’t shape public assistance policy. Pacific Standard.
  42. Thomhave, K. (2016, August 25). Incentives shouldn’t shape public assistance policy. Weekly Wonk. 
  43. Anderson, L. (2015, March 18). How an outdated welfare rule is forcing low-income families to spend their savings. Deseret News.
  44. Editors. (2015, March 27). Fight poverty, not savings, by fixing welfare asset rules. Chicago Tribune.
  45. Editors. (2015, March 27). Fight poverty, not savings. Bloomberg View. 
  46. Agnihotri, I. (2012, September 19). Poverty in Arkansas. Ozarks at Large. Fayetteville, AR: KUAF.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

  1. Hamilton, L. & Roll, S. (2024, June). In Her Hands Guaranteed Income Project: Year One Findings. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation P4A Quarterly Research Webinar.
  2. Hamilton, L. (2023, September). “Reimagining the Social Safety Net: The Role of Guaranteed Income in Advancing Racial and Economic Justice.” Institute for Research on Poverty Seminar Series, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  3. Peterkin, R., Elliott, D., Smith, S., Quick, A., Hamilton, L., Brugger, L., Roll, S. (2023, August 16). Background and Preliminary Findings of a Community Grounded Guaranteed Income Initiative for Black Women in Georgia. Administration for Children and Families,  Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
  4. Peterkin, R., Elliott, D., Smith, S., Quick, A., Hamilton, L., Brugger, L., Roll, S. (2023, June 8). Background and Preliminary Findings of a Community Grounded Guaranteed Income Initiative for Black Women in Georgia. National African American Child and Family Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta.
  5. Battista, B., Hamilton, L., & James, J. (2023,  May 4). Faculty Success Panel. Beaver College of Health Sciences.
  6. Parker, C., Baughman, A., Brugger, L., Hamilton, L. & Roll, S. (2023, April 19). The Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) on Families Raising Children with Disabilities. Automatic Benefits for Children Coalition.
  7. Parker, C., Baughman, A., Brugger, L., Hamilton, L. & Roll, S. (2023, April 4). The Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) on Families Raising Children with Disabilities. Boston University Catalyst Center.
  8. Hamilton, L. Wright, R., & Lynch, T. (2022, October). Awareness of Oppression and Privilege Among BSW Students in an Appalachian Social Work Program. Paper presented at the Research Forum: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Appalachian Conference, Boone, NC.
  9. Hamilton, L. (2022, May 26). Impacts of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit on Family Employment, Nutrition, and Financial Well-being. US Senate Briefing, Coalition on Human Needs and the Economic Security Project.
  10. Hamilton, L. & Roll, S. (2021, December 3). How are Families Using the Expanded Child Tax Credit? Evidence from Two National Studies. US Senate Joint Economic Commission.
  11. Hamilton, L. & Nasif, G. (2021, November 4). Study Finds the Expanded Child Tax Credit Supports Work and Promotes Small Business Formation. Automatic Benefits for Children Coalition.
  12. Hamilton, L. (2021, September 30). Basic Income Developments in the United States. Basic Income Earth Network Executive Committee.
  13. Hamilton, L. & Nasif, G. (2021, September 22). Expanded Child Tax Credit: Empowering Parents through Economic Growth. Automatic Benefits for Children Coalition.
  14. Hamilton, L. & Roll, S. (2021, September 20). How are Families Using the Expanded Child Tax Credit? Evidence from Two National Studies. White House Domestic Policy Council Briefing.
  15. Lein, L., Bellisle, D., Shaefer, L., Lewis, M., Nyandoro, A., Hamilton, L., & Hunt, J. (2021, August 24). Income Support: How can Basic Income and Child Allowances reduce extreme economic inequality? Grand Challenges for Social Work Webinar.
  16. Wenger, A., Stern, A., Roseman, A., Hamilton, L., & Marinescu, I. (2021, June). Expert Panel Discussion: UBI & Tech: What is the Future of Work? North American Basic Income Guarantee Conference, virtual.
  17. Hamilton, L. & Constantino, S. (2021, May 27). Perceptions of Guaranteed Income-New Polling. Jain Family Institute, New York, NY.
  18. Hamilton, L. (2021, March 20). HudsonUp Year 1: What do we know so far? Spark of Hudson. Hudson, NY.
  19. Hamilton, L. (2018, April 11). Childhood Poverty in America Expert Panel, Appalachian State University.
  20. Hamilton, L. (2017, October 25). Perverse Incentives: Welfare Asset Limits and Low-Income Families. Social Work Talks Lunch Series, Appalachian State University.
  21. Lake, W., Hamilton, L., Pirog, M., Gerrish, E., & Bullinger, L. (2017, September 28). Do Public Assistance Asset Limits Influence Program Costs and Family Financial Security? Pew Charitable Trusts webinar.
  22. Hamilton, L., Ratcliffe, C., & Key, C. (2016, August 29). Encouraging Savings for Public Benefits Recipients, a Win for Families and States. Corporation for Economic Development webinar.
  23. Hamilton, L. (2015, September 30). Using Google Drive and Youtube for Student Presentations. Appalachian State University.
  24. Hamilton, L. (2014, June). A Brief History of the American Foster Care System. Department of Social Pedagogy, University of Trier. Trier, Germany.
  25. Hamilton, L. (2012, October). Gender, Family, and Policy in the Workplace, Juniata College.
  26. Hamilton, L.  (2007, July).  Foster Parent State Certification Training.  Project 127.  Englewood,CO.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate

Advanced Policy Practice (online, hybrid, and face-to-face), Appalachian State University        

Social Welfare Organizational Management (hybrid), Appalachian State University                

Social Work Research and Technology, University of Arkansas

Undergraduate

Human Trafficking Policy Analysis (independent study), Appalachian State University

Internationally Comparative Social Policy (study abroad), Appalachian State University

Global Issues and Standards (independent study), Appalachian State University

Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Issues (online and face-to-face), Appalachian State University

American Social Welfare System (face-to-face and online), Appalachian State University

Social Work Professional Semester Seminar, Juniata College

Gender and Society, Juniata College

American Families, Juniata College

Social Work Practice: Large Groups, Organizations, & Communities, Juniata College

Social Problems and Social Welfare, Juniata College

Child Welfare: 21st Century Perspectives, University of Arkansas

Field Seminar, University of Arkansas

Human Diversity and Social Work, University of Arkansas

Social Welfare Policy (online and face-to-face), University of Arkansas

Student Mentorship

Honors Thesis Chair, Kammy Kasher, 2023

Dissertation Committee Member, Stacy Elliot, University of Tennessee, 2021-2022

Honors Thesis Chair, Caitlyn Murray, 2017

SERVICE

Academic Review

Reviewer, Applied Economics, 2024

Reviewer, Journal of Policy Practice and Research, 2024

Reviewer, Applied Economics Letters, 2024

Reviewer, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024

Reviewer, Basic Income Studies, 2024

Reviewer, Sociological Methods and Research, 2024

Reviewer, Social Policy and Society, 2024

Reviewer, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023

Reviewer, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2023

Reviewer, Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023

Reviewer, British Medical Journal Open, 2023

Grant Reviewer, US Israel Binational Science Foundation, 2023

Reviewer, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023

Reviewer, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022

Reviewer, Health Affairs, 2022

Reviewer, Society for Social Work and Research, 2022

Guest Editor, Social Sciences, Special Issue: "Revisiting Social Support for Disadvantaged Women," 2022

Reviewer, Health Affairs, 2021

Reviewer, Public Administration Review, 2021

Reviewer, Families in Society, 2021

Reviewer, Basic Income Studies, 2021

Reviewer, Society for Social Work and Research, 2021

Reviewer, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, 2021

Reviewer, Society for Social Work and Research, 2021

Reviewer, YOUNG, 2020

Reviewer, Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020

Reviewer, Basic Income Studies, 2020

Reviewer, Social Forces, 2019

Reviewer, Journal of Community Practice, 2019

Reviewer, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, 2018

Reviewer, Poverty & Public Policy, 2017

Assistant Editor, American Review of Politics, 2009-2011

International

Founding Member, UBI Piloters Network, 2023-present

Session Chair, Politics of Basic Income, Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Seoul, Korea, August 2023.

Session Chair, Implementation and Basic Income, Basic Income Earth Network Conference, Brisbane, Australia, September 2022.

Volunteer Recruitment Officer, Basic Income Earth Network, 2018-2022

National

Reviewer, Grand Challenges for Social Work Doctoral Awards, 2023

Member, US Basic Income Guarantee Conference Strategy and Logistics Committee, 2023-present

Co-Lead, Grand Challenges for Social Work to Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality, 2023-present

Treasurer, Income To Support All Foundation, 2023-present

Co-Chair, Society for Social Work and Research Basic/Guaranteed Income Special Interest Group, 2022-present

Session Chair, The Role of Family: Child Outcomes in Unique Household Circumstances, Association for Public Policy and Management Conference, Washington, DC, November 2022.

Member, US Basic Income Guarantee Conference Advisory Council, 2022-2023

Member, Policy Council, Humanity Forward, 2021-present

Board Member, Influencing Social Policy, 2019-2021

Member, Influencing Social Policy, Webinar Subcommittee, 2019-2020

Member, Influencing Social Policy, Governance Subcommittee, 2019-2021

State

Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union, North Carolina, 2016-2022

Secretary, 2020-2021

President, 2019-2020

Vice President, 2017-2019        

Chair, ACLU-NC Board Governance Committee, 2020-2022

Chair, ACLU-NC Board Bylaws Ad Hoc Committee, 2017-2019

        Chair, ACLU-NC Board Legislative Committee, 2016-2018

Faculty Judge, Student Research Poster Competition, Pennsylvania Association of Undergraduate Social Work Education Annual Conference, 2013

Legislative Policy Consultant, Arkansas State Representative Greg Leding, 2010-2012

Community

Vice-Chair, City of Lenoir, NC Board of Adjustments, 2018-present

Member, City of Lenoir, NC Planning Board, 2015-2021

Member, Equality North Carolina-Foothills Chapter Advisory Board, 2014-2016

University

Member, Research Strategic Planning Committee, College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, 2022-2023

Internal Grant Reviewer, Health Interdisciplinary Research Seed Allocation, College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, 2023        

Facilitator, Faculty Winter Writing Retreat, Appalachian State University, 2022

Member, Wayne Duncan Award Selection Committee, Appalachian State University, 2020

Member, Director of Sustainability Search Committee, Appalachian State University, 2016

Faculty Senator, Appalachian State University, 2014-2017

Member, Google Steering Committee, Appalachian State University, 2015

Learning Partner, Alternative Service Experience, Appalachian State University, Spring Break 2015

Faculty Advisor, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Appalachian State University, 2014-2016

Secretary, Study Abroad Faculty Learning Community, Appalachian State University, 2014-2015

Member, Learning Management System Advisory Board, Appalachian State University, 2014-2015

Member, Wilson Scholarship Search Committee, Appalachian State University, 2013-2015

Member, C. Jewett Henry Fellowship Committee, Juniata College, 2013

Member, Graduate Nonprofit Leadership Program Planning Committee, Juniata College, 2012-2013    

Guest judge, 4-H State Public Speaking Competition, Summer 2010

Cohort leader, New Graduate Student Orientation, Fall 2010

Department

Member, Departmental Scholarship Committee, Appalachian State University, 2022-2023

Member, Social Work Department Faculty Search Committee, 2022-2023

Chair, Social Work Department Chair Search Committee, 2021-2022

Member, Departmental Equity Committee, 2021-present

Member, Departmental Personnel Committee, Appalachian State University, 2013-2014, 2016-2017, 2020-2021

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Appalachian State University, 2020-present

        Chair, 2020-2021

Member, Departmental Scholarship Committee, Appalachian State University, 2019

Chair, Hybrid Curriculum Committee, Appalachian State University, 2018

Member, BSW Curriculum Committee, Appalachian State, University, 2017-2018

Member, MSW Curriculum Subcommittee, Appalachian State University, 2016-2018

Member, Local to Global Education Committee, Appalachian State University, 2014-2021

Member, Hybrid MSW Program Design Subcommittee, Appalachian State University, 2014-2015

Faculty Advisor, Social Work Club, Juniata College, 2012-2013

Chair, Special Events Committee, School of Social Work, University of Arkansas, 2011-2012

Member, BSW Admissions Committee, School of Social Work, University of Arkansas, 2011-2012

Member, Recruitment Committee, School of Social Work, University of Arkansas, 2011-2012

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2024        Research to Policy Communications Bootcamp

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Urban Institute

2023        Learning from Marginalized Voices via Community-based Participatory Research

                ResearchTalk, UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences

2023        Crafting Phenomenological Research                

ResearchTalk, UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences

2023        Women's Leadership Program

                Yale School of Management

2023        Ungrading: The Whats and Hows

                Appalachian State University Center, CETLSS

2022        Equity-Centered Approaches to Qualitative Research

                ResearchTalk, UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences

2022        Strategies for Increasing Interaction & Engagement         

                Online Learning Consortium

2021        Inclusive Teaching

                ColumbiaX

2020        BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women Program

                University of North Carolina System