Professional Development

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Trainings & Workshops

  • Raising Children with a Positive Body Image: A Workshop for Parents,
    • MU Center for Body Image Research & Policy in partnership with Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, (July 2019)
  • Social Justice Symposium: “Sense of Belonging,”
    • University of Missouri Office of Student Engagement and Division of Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity, (January 2019)
  • Good Clinical Practice: Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research,
    • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), (October 2018)
  • #TheFutureIsAccessible: Advocating for Access on Social Media,
    • University of Missouri Disability Center, (October 2018)
  • Self-Care Practice for Social Justice Workers,
    • Journey Toward Inclusive Excellence – Daniel Boone Regional LibraryWorkshop Series, (August 2018)
  • HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Data Security 101,
    • University of Missouri Health Care, (May 2018)
  • Grant Writing I,
    • Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, (July 2017)
  • Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals,
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (June 2017)
  • 21st Century Sex Education,
    • Teen Pregnancy & Prevention Partnership of Missouri, (April 2017)
  • Institutional Review Board for Social and Behavioral Research Training,
    • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI),  (December 2016)
  • Missouri Poverty Simulation
    • Central Missouri Community Action, University of Missouri College of Education and School of Social Work, (September 2016)

Conferences

  • Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference 
    • (January 2019, San Francisco, CA)
  • Council for Social Work Education 64th Annual Program 
    • (November 2018, Orlando, FL)
  • Society for Social Work and Research 22nd Annual Conference 
    • (January 2018, Washington, D.C.)
  • Teen Pregnancy & Prevention Partnership 2017 Conference
    • (April 2017, St. Louis, MO)

Professional Memberships

  • MU Center for Body Image Research & Policy,
    • Affiliated Student and Founding Member (2018)
  • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE),
    • Current Member (since 2018)
  • Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR),
    • Current Member (since 2017)

Academic Memberships

  • Master of Public Health Graduate Student Association, University of Missouri, APHA Liaison, (2017)
  • Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work, Lifetime Member, (since 2017)
  • Social Workers for Social Action, University of Missouri, Founding Member, (2016)
  • Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, Lifetime Member, (since 2015)
  • Phi Alpha Theta National History Honors Society, Lifetime Member, (since 2013)

Certifications

  • Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2017)
  • 21st Century Sex Education
    • Teen Pregnancy & Prevention Partnership, (2017)
  • Certified Companion Aide
    • The Senior’s Companion, (2016)