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• Kelley Reinsmith-Jones, PH.D., MSW
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Associate Professor
  BSW Program Director School of Social Work College of Human Ecology East Carolina University Rivers 206 Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353 252-328-1450 reinsmithjonesk@ecu.edu
  
  
  Education: BLA: University of AK-SE Juneau, AK
  MSW: Eastern University of WA, Cheney WA
  Doctorate of Leadership Studies: Gonzaga University, Spokane WA Research Interests: Leadership development, spirituality, Biotechnology/Genetics and Bioethics; social justice and equity, teaching platforms/methodology/IPE.
  Brief Bio Sketch for Dr. Kelley Reinsmith-Jones, MSW
  Dr. Kelley Reinsmith-Jones is currently an associate professor and Director of the MSW Program at East Carolina University's School of Social Work. She received her BLA at the University of Alaska Southeast-Juneau, her MSW at Eastern Washington University, and her Doctorate of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. While at Eastern Washington, she also earned a certificate in Health Services Administration from the College of Business and Public Administration. As an educator, her areas of research interests include spirituality and spiritual transformation, bioethics and genomics, IPE, justice and equity, and leadership development. She has been the recipient of four East Carolina University BB&;T Leadership Enhancement grant awards that allowed her to develop and teach leadership curricula and she has accepted several invitations to be a key speaker about or consultant for leadership issues. Previous employment within social services, spanning 20 years, included roles in juvenile justice, adolescent dual-diagnosis treatment, school-based social services, gerontology service planning and research, mental health administration, mental health residential and hospital services, and managed care. She also served as a private consultant, managing a federal HUD grant providing shelter and supportive services to migrant farm workers with HIV/AIDS. She has published many articles, and chapters, completed many presentations, and is working on a book with criminal justice collaborators focused on crime and public health.