Contact Information
Building: Marsh Hall, Room: A107B
Campus Box: F-42
Extension (on-campus): 304-384-5218
E-mail Address: jdsmith@concord.edu
Office Hours:
8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. M - F
Education
- Post Doctorate LL.M. from DePaul University
- Juris Doctorate from the University of Toledo
- Graduate degree in Psychology (Marshall)
- Graduate degree in Social Work (West Virginia University).
Research Interests & Publications
Current Funded Research:
Foster and Adoptive Care Training (F.A.C.T.) and research project. (federal and state)
State-wide (WV) Drug Court Analysis for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Expansion Pilot for Level II Training. (state)
Courses Taught or Currently Teaching
Current Classes:
- LSPL 101, Introduction to Legal Systems
- LSPL 401, Legal Clerkship
- LSPL 471, WV Supreme Court Data Analysis
- LSPL 405, Legal Capstone
- HONR 101
- HONR 201
- HONR 401
- BGEN 301, Introduction to the Legal Environment
- BGEN 302, Legal Concepts in Accounting
- SOWK 404, Advanced Community Based Research
Previously taught at Concord:
- POSC 470, Criminal Justice System
- SOWK 161, Introduction to Social Work
- SOWK 203, Group Dynamics
- SOWK 236, Human Behavior and the Social Environment Theories
- SOWK 237, Human Behavior and the Social Envrionment Across the Lifespan
- SOWK 301, Social Policy and Services History
- SOWK 303, Social Policy and Services Analysis
- SOWK 302, Diversity
- SOWK 305, Social Work Research Methods
- SOWK 307, Pactice with Individuals and Families
- SOWK 308, Practice with Groups
- SOWK 309, Health and Human Resources Aministration
- SOWK 320, Working with Children and Adolescents
- SOWK 324, Gerontology and the Field of Aging
- SOWK 327, Health Care
- SOWK 336, Corrections
- SOWK 420, Field Instruction
- SOWK 451, Social Work Issues Seminar