REBECCA BURGESS BRIGHAM Campus Box 3550 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3550 (919)962-6532 brigham@email.unc.edu EDUCATION Master of Social Work, School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 1984 Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare/Youth Services, West Virginia Wesleyan College May 1981 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004-Present Director of Field Education Assistant Clinical Professor The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1997-2004 Program Administrator Staff Development Family Support and Child Welfare Services Section North Carolina Division of Social Services Raleigh, North Carolina 1994-1997 Program Manager Foster Care Services, Children s Services Section North Carolina Division of Social Services Raleigh, North Carolina 1992-1994 Program Consultant Licensing and Interstate Services, Children s Services Section North Carolina Division of Social Services Raleigh, North Carolina 1988-1992 Foster Care Director Eastern Area Lutheran Family Services in the Carolina s Raleigh, North Carolina
1990-1992 HIV Foster Care Project Coordinator Lutheran Family Services in the Carolina s Raleigh, NC 1886-1988 Emergency Shelter Director Sheaffer House Lutheran Family Services in the Carolina s Raleigh, NC 1984-1986 Social Worker Children s Protective Services and Foster Care Orange County Department of Social Services Chapel Hill, NC 1981-1982 Assistant Instructor of Sociology West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon, WV HONORS AND AWARDS Dean s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, 2004-2005 EXTERNAL FUNDING Co-Principal Investigator, Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education Grant (HPPAE), Social Work Leadership Academy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, $75,000, 2006 2008. Grantee, Common Elements training, University of Maryland and Annie E. Casey Foundation, Los Angeles, California, July, 2010. TEACHING AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Teaching University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work Jumpstart! Preparation for Practice, 2008-2011 India Study Abroad, 2010 China Study Abroad, 2008, 2009 Family Policy, 2004-2006 Field Instructor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, 1990, 1991, 1994-1996, 2000, 2001, 2003-2006 NC State University, Social Work Program 1987 Field Advisor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work 2004-2011
Guest Lecturer Open Adoption, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Masters Course, 2006 (for Clinical Asst. Prof. Joanne Caye). Experiences in Management and Community Practice; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Masters Course, 2004, 2005 (for Prof. Richard Edwards). PUBLICATION Scheyett, A., Pettus-Davis, C., McCarter, S., & Brigham, R. (Revise and resubmit) Social work and criminal justice: Are we meeting in the field? Journal of Teaching in Social Work. SELECTED WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND TRAININGS 2011 Presentation: Field education. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Welcome Weekend, Chapel Hill, 2011 Presentation: India study abroad. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Board of Advisors Meeting, Chapel Hill, 2011 Submitted National Refereed Presentation: Brigham, R. (Chair), Ghezzi, M. (2011, October). Out in the field. Think Tank, Counsel on Social Work Education 57 th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2011 Submitted National Refereed Presentation: Zerden, L. (Chair), Brigham, R. (2011, October). MSW program orientation. Setting a standard for professional socialization. Think Tank, Counsel on Social Work Education 57 th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2011 Training: LINKS 101. Independent Living Resources & NC Division of Social Services, Spring, Burlington, 2011 Presentation: Overview of Field Education. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Faculty Meeting, Chapel Hill, 2010 Presentation: Concentration planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 Presentation: Orientation to field education for MSW/MSPH. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 National Refereed Presentation: Chapman, M. (Chair), Brigham, R., Bledsoe, S.E., & Grady M. (2010, October). Teaching empirically supported practice: Overcoming real world barriers in social work education. Think Tank, Counsel on Social Work Education 56 th Annual Program Meeting, Portland, OR. 2010 Workshop: Getting started in field education, Part II. University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 2010 Workshop: Getting started in field education, Part I. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 Workshops: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem & Chapel Hill, 2010 Workshops: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem, & Chapel Hill, 2010 Presentation: Field education. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Welcome Weekend, Chapel Hill, 2010 Workshop: Planning for your foundation placement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Hendersonville, 2010 Presentation: India study abroad. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Faculty Meeting, Chapel Hill, 2010 Trainings: LINKS 101. Independent Living Resources & NC Division of Social Services, Spring/Fall, Burlington, 2010 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem & Hendersonville, 2009 Presentation: Concentration planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 Presentation: Field education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Information Session, Chapel Hill, 2009 Presentation: China study abroad. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, International Caucus, Chapel Hill, 2009 Presentation: Orientation to field education for MSW/MSPH. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 Trainings: LINKS 101. Independent Living Resources & NC Division of Social Services, Spring/Fall, Burlington, 2009 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem & Asheville, 2009 Workshop: Getting started in field education, Part II. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
2009 Workshop: Establishing learning groups. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 Workshop: Getting started in field education, Part I. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009 Workshops: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem & Chapel Hill, 2009 Workshops: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem & Chapel Hill, 2008 Invited presentation: The adoption triad. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. 2008 Training: LINKS 101. Independent Living Resources & NC Division of Social Services, Spring/Fall, Burlington, 2008 Workshop: Planning for your foundation placement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville, 2008 Presentation: Concentration planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 Presentation: Field education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Information Session, Chapel Hill, 2008 Presentation: Orientation to field education for MSW/MSPH. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 Workshops: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville, Winston-Salem & Chapel Hill, 2008 Presentation: Getting started in field education, Part II. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC 2008 Presentation: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Winston-Salem, 2008 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville, Chapel Hill & Winston-Salem, 2007 Presentation: Concentration planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 Training: LINKS 101. Independent Living Resources & NC Division of Social Services, Fall, Burlington,
2007 Presentation: Orientation to field education for MSW/MSPH. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 Presentation: Getting started in field education. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville, Winston-Salem & Chapel Hill, 2007 Workshop: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 Presentation: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007 Invited Presentation: Dynamics of adoption. SAS, Cary, 2006 Workshops: Planning for your foundation placement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Durham & Asheville, 2006 Presentation: Concentration planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Fayetteville, Chapel Hill, 2006 Presentation: Field education., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Information Session, Chapel Hill, 2006 Presentation: Orientation to field education for MSW/MSPH. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006 Presentation: Orientation to Concentration Field Placement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Durham, 2006 Workshop: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Chapel Hill & Fayetteville, 2006 Presentation: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill &Winston-Salem, 2006 Training: Partners in change: A new perspective on children s protective services. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Jacksonville, 2005 Trainings: Partners in change: An introduction to family centered practice, North
Carolina Division of Social Services. Plymouth, Kinston & Fayetteville, 2005 Presentation: Orientation to Concentration Field Placement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Durham, 2005 Workshop: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005 Presentation: Orientation to field education. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Fayetteville, 2005 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill & Winston-Salem, 2005 Training: In the best interest of the child: Visitation. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Fayetteville, 2005 Training: Partners in change: An introduction to family centered practice. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Raleigh, 2005 Presentations: Orientation to field education, advanced standing. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill & Winston-Salem, 2004 Workshop: Adult learning styles. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 Workshops: New field instructors training. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Asheville & Chapel Hill, 2003 Trainings: Multiple response is system reform: Key strategies for the future direction of child welfare services in North Carolina Division of Social Services, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Murphy & Webster, 2003 Keynote Presentation: Case examples for success. North Carolina State University BSW Graduation Ceremony, Raleigh, 2003 Training: What is good for families is good for workers: A training for child welfare supervisors. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Nashville, 1999 Training: Pre-service overview for supervisors. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Charlotte, 1999 Training: Child welfare in North Carolina. North Carolina Division of Social Services, Raleigh,
Internal Service to the School of Social Work PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Chair, SPA Performance Measures Committee, 2011 Member, Reaccreditation Committee, 2005-2011 Member, MPA, Capstone Committee, 2010 2011 Member, North Carolina Child Welfare Work Force Collaborative, 2010-2011 Member, Management and Community Practice Committee 2005-2007, 2010, 2011 Member, Curriculum Committee, 2004-2011 Member, Committee on Students, 2004-2011 Chair, Field Advisory Committee, 2004-2011 Member, Management Team, 2008-2011 Member, Duke CAPS Field Education Advisory Committee, 2006-2011 Chair, Search Committee, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010-2011 Member, Faculty Advising Committee, 2010-2011 Member, Immigration Certificate Committee, 2011 Member, Student Code of Conduct Committee, 2011 Member, Orientation/Jumpstart Planning Committee, 2008-2011 Member, Capstone/Portfolio Planning Committee, 2008, 2009 Member, Search Committee, 2008 Member, Outcome/Graduate Survey Evaluation Committee, 2008, 2009 Member, Armsfield- Reives Committee, 2007-2009 Member, Administrative Board, 2004-2007 Chair, Practicum Partnership Advisory Committee (HPPAE), 2006-2008 Member, Foundation Committee, 2005-2007 Member, Triangle Part-Time Advisory Committee 2004-2006 Member, Scholarship Committee, 2004 Service to UNC-Chapel Hill International Affairs Advisory Council 2010, 2011 Service to the Community and Profession Mentor, HPPAE, 2011 External Promotion Reviewer for University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work, 2011 Member, Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina, Program Committee, 2010, 2011 Member, Triangle Family Services, Mental Health Committee, 2010, 2011 Member, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, Board of Directors, 2003-2009 Grant Reviewer, Governor s Crime Commission, 2008 Member, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, Strategic Planning Committee, 2006 Member, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice, Advisory Committee on Comprehensive Needs Assessment Guidelines, 2004 Member, American Public Human Services Association, National Staff Development and Training Association, Board of Directors, 1997-2004 Chair, Alliance for Aids Services, Board of Directors, 1993, 1994
Member, Alliance for Aids Services, Board of Directors, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002 Member, Child Welfare League of America Task Force Subcommittee on Foster Care and AIDS, 1990. Published: Meeting the Challenge of HIV Infection in Family Foster Care, 1991. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Brigham, R. & Dews, D. (in progress). MSW supervision in field education: A View from the inside. Brigham, R, Zerden, L. & Dews. D. (in progress). A survey of MSW orientationprograms. CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE Training of Trainers: Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting: Group Preparation and Selection Curriculum Trainer: Group Preparation and Selection of Foster and Adoptive Families for Children Exposed to Drugs or HIV Curriculum Trainer: SET for MAPP: Effectively Supervising MAPP-GPS Leaders and Other Children s Services Staff Curriculum Trainer: Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Curriculum Licensed Clinical Social Worker, #C000991, North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board, Asheboro, NC, 1992-2004 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Council for Social Work Education North Carolina Field Education Consortium National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)