Education

M.S.W. School of Social Work, University of Montana (2007)

B.A. Prescott College (2000)

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Social Welfare (SW 100)
• Introduction to Social Work Practice (SW 200)
• Social Work Intervention Methods II-- Groups and Communities (SW 360)
• Advanced Practice I (SW 487)
• Advanced Practice II (SW 488)
• MSW Seminar 
• Advanced Integrated Practice
• Interprofessional Practice Skills

Projects

Current projects: 

Missoula Police Department  External Review Panelist

Review and provide feedback to the Missoula Police Department on closed sexual assault investigations based on areas of bias and incomprehensiveness

UM Interprofessional Education for UM College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences

Co-Director and Chair of the Clinical Experiences workgroup

Montana Victim Advocate Academy

Steering Committee member and consultant for victim advocates across the state

University of Montana Wellness Coalition

Steering Committee member

Publications

Chapin, K & Morton, S. (2017). Healthy Montana Teen Parenting Program-FCCHD, An Implementation Evaluation, 

Anderson, K.A., Chapin, K.P., Reimer, Z., & Siffri, G. (in press). On fertile ground: An initial evaluation of green care farms in the United States. Home Health Services Quarterly.       

Jacobson, M., Pruitt-Chapin, K., & Rugeley, C. (2009). Reconstructing poverty knowledge: Addressing food insecurity through grassroots research design and implementation. Journal of Poverty Research, 13(1), 1-19.

Professional Experience

Developed and managed programs for survivors of interpersonal violence in a college setting and community agency; Served on Multidisciplinary Teams addressing domestic and sexual violence response in the community; Grants and Program Development Manager for local nonprofit; Provided Outside Supervision for MSW Students; Clinical experience includes working with survivors of interpersonal violence in individual and group therapy and clinical social work in a community health clinic; Research experience includes an Implementation Evaluation of the Healthy Montana Teen Parent Program (Flathead City-County Health Department) (2017), a feasiblilty study on Care Farms in the United States (2015), Montana Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Evaluation Project (2014) and Finding Solutions to Food Insecurity (2007).

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (2010)