Dr. Jay Gabbard, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor
Office: Academic Complex 211C
Phone: 270-745-8749
Email: jay.gabbard@wku.edu
Research
Research Interests:
Cultural Competency and Diversity Pedagogy
Forensic Social Work
Homelessness
Social Work Education
Online Instruction and Technology
Social Work with Pacific Island Peoples
Bio
Educational Background:
B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology
Washington and Lee University, 1994
MSW, University of South Carolina, 1999
Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2004
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Gabbard, W. J. (2013). Maintaining fa'a Samoa: Transnational Samoans in the United States. In H. F. O. Vakalahi & M. Godinet (Eds.), Transnational Pacific Islander Americans and social work: Dancing to the beat of a different drum. Washington, DC: NASW Press (in press).
Abell, C., Jepson, T., & Gabbard, W. J. (2012). The level of use of PDAs by nurse practitioners and administrative barriers. Computers, Informatics, and Nursing, 30(10), 562-567.
Gabbard, W. J., & Starks, S., Cappiccie, A., & Jaggers, J. (2011). An effective model of teaching cultural competency to MSW students in a global society. Journal of Human and Social Sciences, 6(2), 204-208.
Lin, M. B., Gabbard, W. J., Hwang, Y. S., & Jaggers, J. (2011). Urban community based services in China: Tensions in the transitions. Community Development Journal, 46(1), 122-131.
Gabbard, W. J., Snyder, C., Lin, M., Chadha, J., May, J. D., & Jaggers, J. (2007).Methodological issues in enumerating homeless individuals: A case study. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 16(2), 90-103
Gabbard, W. J., Nelson-Gardell, D., Miller, K., & Chamiec-Case, R. (2006). Spirituality and religiosity of homeless individuals: A preliminary investigation. Arete 30(1), 150-162.
Gabbard, W. J., Ford, B. K., & May, J. D. (2006). The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: A historical overview. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 15(2), 99-115.
Snyder, C., Gabbard, W. J., May, J. D., & Zulcic, N. (2006). On the battleground of women’s bodies: Mass rape in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 21(2), 184-195.
Snyder, C. S., May, J. D., Zulcic, N., & Gabbard, W. J. (2005). Social work with Bosnian Muslim refugee children and families: A review of the literature. Child Welfare 84(5), 607-630.
AWARDS AND HONORS
WKU College of Health and Human Services Faculty Award for Public Service (2013)
Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society Advisor of the Year (2012)
WKU College of Health and Human Services Faculty Award for Teaching (2011)
WKU College of Health and Human Services Faculty Award for Teaching (2007)
WKU Department of Social Work Distinguished Mentor Award (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
WKU Department of Social Work Distinguished Teaching Award (2005, 2007, 2008)
Teaching Scholar-Teaching Scholars Institute (2008)
Wakonse Teaching Fellow (2008)
Honorary Captain for WKU Football Team (September 2009)
