West Liberty University

Degrees

• D. Major: Educational Psychology, Minor, Business Administration
• MBA, Major: Management, Point Park University
• MSW, Major: Interpersonal Skills, University of Pittsburgh
• BA, Major: Psychology, West Virginia University

Dissertation:

What are Faculty Perceptions of Using Emotional Intelligence in Pedagogy and Andragogy, S.T.E.M., Social Science, Online, and Face to Face?
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7981&context=etd 

PUBLICATIONS or Scholarly Work or Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

• Wheeler, EW. (2020). Task Force Member. “Competency 2 Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice”, In Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Substance Use Social Work Practice), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Inc. Council on Social Work Education, Inc., pp.15 – 25. https://www.cswe.org/getmedia/f6a823fa-a2cf-4f8c-b700-b094a52fecb3/2015-Substance-Use-Guide-Web-Version-(2)_Watermark.pdf

• Wheeler, E.W. (2019). “She Don’t [does not] Belong Here:” Silver Linings amid the Ivory Tower, In R. Heaggans & H. T. Frierson (Eds.), Diversity and Triumphs of Navigating the Terrain of Academe (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 23) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.121 – 140. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-364420190000023010

Refereed Proceedings / Scholarly Presentations – National Conferences

• November 11, 2022, Interactive Poster Presentation, Telemental Health in Clinical Social Work: The New Approach to Treatment Interventions, CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) 10:45 am, Hilton Anaheim, Technology in Social Work Education and Practice Track, Anaheim, California
• October 17, 2017, Interactive Poster Presentation, Pass the Ball, Annual Conference, Alliance of Social Workers in Sports (ASWIS), Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dallas, Texas
• March 3, 2017, Presenter, Who is Behind the Invisible Veil of the Ivory Tower, Humanities Education and Research Association, Annual Conference, HERA 2:30pm, Local Voices to Global Visions: Exploring Identity in the Humanities: Innovative Voices: Transformative Pedagogies, Room B, The West Gate Hotel, San Diego, California
• November 4, 2016, Interactive Poster, An App to Support At Risk Youth in Crisis, CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) 10:30am, Technology in Social Work Education and Practice Track, Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel International Atrium Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia
• November 5, 2016, Presenter, Advanced Communication Technology in Social Work Practice and Education: Strengths and Challenges, CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) 7:30am, Technology in Social Work Education and Practice Track, Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel International 3, Atlanta, Georgia
• October 21 – 23, 2019, Panel Presentation, Gender Politics: Racing for Victory to Avoid Elimination, Alliance of Social Workers in Sports, Integrated Behavioral Health for Athletes, Denver Athletic Club Denver, Colorado
• November 5 – 7, 2018, Presenter, Sexism in Sports: Breaking Rackets and Glass Ceilings, Alliance of Social Workers in Sports (ASWIS), RDV Sportsplex Athletic Club – Orlando, Florida

Professional Presentations

• • December 2024 – January 2025, Presentations and Mentoring, Leadership and Team Building, Westinghouse High School Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.), Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • July 13, 2023, Presenter, Healthcare Voices, Inaugural Teen Public Safety and Violence Prevention Summit, Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • July 8, 2022, Presenter, Mental Health and Wellness Stress Management Talk and Tips, Inaugural Teen Public Safety and Violence Prevention Summit, Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • June 2, 2022, Panelist, The 2022 Inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit, Higher Education Policy Commission, Beaver, West Virginia
  • October 22, 2021, Presenter and Moderator, Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Art Pedagogy and Andragogy, West Liberty University, West Liberty, West Virginia
  • May 3, 2021, Presenter, Legal and Ethical Issues I in Social Work Practice, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Zoom
  • March 2, 2020, Presenter, Ethics Practice II, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • October 4, 2019, Lecture, Stress Management Principles, John Marshall High School Science Class – West Liberty Invasion, Glendale, West Virginia
  • September 23, 2019, Lecture, “Emotional Intelligence and Policing,” Robert Morris University Criminal Justice Policing class, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
  • May 1 – 2, 2019, Presenter, Substance Use, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • March 29, 2019, Presenter, Ethics Practice II, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • January 28, 2019, Presenter, Ethics Practice I, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • November 1– 2, 2018, Presenter, Substance Use, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • October 4 – 5, 2018, Presenter, Human Behavior and Social Environment, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • July 2, 2018, Presenter, Trauma Informed Workshop, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • July 13, 2018, Presenter, Ethics Practice II, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • February 8 – 9, 2018, Presenter, Human Behavior and Social Environment, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • February 8 – 9, 2018, Presenter, Human Behavior and Social Environment, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • September 13, 2017, Speaker, Illuminating the Pathway to Mental Health Recovery, 1st Annual Zia Larson’s Ray of Light Foundation Walk / Run, 2:00 pm, Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington
  • November 12, 2014, Presenter, “Sex Work and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century” West Virginia University School of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, West Virginia
  • May 17, 2013, Presenter, The New Face of Bullying, West Virginia University School of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser, West Virginia
  • October 24, 2013, Presenter, The New Face of Bullying, West Virginia University School of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser, West Virginia
  • June 22, 2012, Presenter, Helping the Helper: A Day of Self Care, West Virginia University
  • Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser, West Virginia
  • May 24, 2011, Presenter, Navigating Conflict: Avoiding the Potholes, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Gaston Caperton Center, Clarksburg, West Virginia
  • May 4, 2010, Presenter, Social Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution Education, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Monongalia General Conference Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • April 14, 2009, Panel, Martin Luther King Research Study Tour Presentation, West Virginia University, Public Reception for WVU Community, Panel Discussion, WVU Mountaineer Room, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • April 2, 2009, Presenter, Core Skills for Leading and Managing, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Monongalia General Conference Center, Morgantown, West Virginia

• September 15, 2008, Presenter, Emotional Intelligence and Sustaining Dialogue for Social Emotional Literacy, West Virginia University Poster presentation, Minority Doctoral Colloquium VIII, WVU Mountain Lair Ballroom, Morgantown, West Virginia
• April 21, 2008, Host and Presenter, Culture of Racial Identity Development, West Virginia University presentation (Public Reception for WVU community), Harlem Renaissance Schomburg Study Tour, WVU Mountain Lair Rhododendron Room, Morgantown, West Virginia
• April 18, 2008, Host and Presenter, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Morgantown, West Virginia
• April 10, 2006, Host and Presenter, Personnel Management, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Professional & Community Education, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Summer 2005, Host and Presenter, Caregivers, West Virginia University Division of Social Work, Summer Institute for Aging: Elderly Panelist Presentation, 2 CEU’s for Social Service Professionals, Waterfront Hotel, Morgantown, West Virginia

Higher Education Employment Experience

Associate Professor, Master of Business, West Liberty University,

Assistant Professor, Master of Social Work University of Indianapolis

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, West Virginia University

Courses Taught

August 2023 – present, Associate Professor, Gary West College of Business, West Liberty University

• College of Business, GBUS 525 Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
• GBUS 560, Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organization
• GBUS 140, Introduction to Business (online / in-person)

August 2017 – May 2023, Associate Professor, CoLCA, Social Work West Liberty University

• 201 Diversity and Social Justice (online and in-person)
• 280 Introduction to Addictions
• 380 Addictions and Families
• 300 Social Work Policy
• 310 Research Methods
• 400 Social Work Practice (Micro/Mezzo)
• 409 Practice Informed Trauma
• 416 Human Behavior in the Social Environment

August 2016 – June 2017, Assistant Professor, College Behavioral Sciences, Phylis Lan Lin Department of Social Work, University of Indianapolis

• 505 Policy
• 515 Generalist Social Work Practice (Micro/Mezzo)
• 520 Diversity and Social Justice
• 530 Generalist Practice (Macro)
• 540 Research Methods

August 2005 – May 2016, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University

• 540 Generalist Social Work Practice (in-person)
• 654 Social Agency Program Administration (online and in-person)
• 105 Social Welfare Institutions (online and in-person)
• 147 Understanding Human Diversity (online and in-person)
• 320 Methods I (in – person)

Higher Education Academic Leadership Positions

• Director, Board of Governors/Regents Bachelor of Arts, 2022 – present
• Chair, General Studies Assessment Committee, 2025 – present
• Director, General Studies Assessment Committee, 2022 – 2025
• Acting Dean, BOG/RBA and General Studies Program, 2022 – 2023
• Committee Member, Strategic Foundation Planning West Liberty University, 2022 – 2023
• Chair, Inaugural Black History Month Program West Liberty University, 2020 – 2023
• Senate Faculty Finance Chair, West Liberty University, 2020 – 2022
• Strategic Planning Committee Member, West Liberty University, 2022
• Inaugural Multicultural Recognition Ceremony Chair, West Liberty University, 2022 – present
• Chair, CoLCA Dean Search Committee West Liberty University, 2021
• Provost Search Committee Member, West Liberty University, Spring, Fall 2021
• CoLCA Tenure and Promotion Committee Member, West Liberty University, 2021
• Diversity Committee Member, West Liberty University, 2019
• Point of Contact Liasson, Technology Committee, School of Social Work, West Virginia University, 2006 – 2016

For Profit / Corporate Employment

• Instructional Designer, Fed Ex Corporation, Moon Township, PA
• Tobacco Cessation Trainer, High Mark Blue Cross, Pittsburgh, PA
• Evaluator, Select International, Wexford, PA
• Training Coordinator, Eaton Corporation, Beaver, PA

Non-Profit Social Impact Careers/Professional Employment

• Mobile Psychotherapist, Time Out Ministries, Pittsburgh, PA
• Director of Residential Services, Three Rivers Youth, Pittsburgh, PA
• Psychotherapist Private Practice, Robinson Beale & Associates, Canton, MI
• Principal, Director of Education and Vocational Services, Boysville of Michigan, Detroit, MI
• Supervisor, Foster Care, The Children’s Center, Detroit, MI
• Clinical Psychotherapist, Chemical Dependency (part-time), The Children’s Center, Detroit, MI
• Clinical Psychotherapist, Specialized Foster Care Therapist, The Children’s Center, Detroit, MI
• Clinical Psychotherapist, Family Bereavement The Children’s Center, Detroit, MI

Licensures and Certifications:

• Michigan Board of Social Workers, Master of Social Work, License in Clinical and Macro (LMSW) Certification License expires April 2026
• Pennsylvania Notary Public Certification, Commissioned by the Department of State, Status Actie, Expires May 27, 2027
• Zenger Miller Train the Trainer Certificate
• Team Problem Solving Certificate
• Human Resource Certificate
• American Society for Quality Certificate
• Duquesne University Graduate School of Business Mentor Certificate

Grants:

Open Education Resources (OER), West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Challenge Grant, Challenge Grant purpose – fund innovative, collaborative projects expanding access to no-cost learning materials, advance the adoption and integration of Open Educational Resources (OER) across our West Virginia institution, (10/2025 – 05/2026) $25,000.00.

SBIRT Grant National Opinion Research Center NORC’s Substance Use Screening,

Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Adolescent, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation project Integrating, (2018 – 2021) $250.00.

SAMHSA IPEC Addiction Education Interprofessional Summit and Behavioral Health Workforce Development Planning Group, West Virginia. Training Grant funding for Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative and Department of Human Health Resources (DHHR/BBH) State Opioid Response Program in conjunction with West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, (5/14/2020 to 9/29/2021)

Professional Associations or Professional Development Memberships and Activities:

• Pittsburgh Passion Women’s Professional Tackle Football, Semi – Finals 2023 – 2024
• The Forbes Fund, Transformational Leadership and Coaching, Pittsburgh, PA 2022 – 2024
• Adaptive Leadership Training Symposium, New York University, NY, NY June 6 – 11, 2022
• International Day of Peace, Coalition of Race, Guest soloist and Mistress of Ceremonies, 2022
• North Hills Ebony Women, President, 2023 – 2024; 1st Vice President, 2019 – 2022
• Great Teachers Seminar, West Virginia, 2019
• Emotional Intelligence Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2019
• Doctoral Colloquium, Mistress of Ceremonies, West Virginia University, 2013

Performances:

• Team Member: Senior Olympics, Michigan Spirits Women’s Basketball, Division Three, Third Place Winners, MidAmerican Energy RecPlex, Des Moines, Iowa 2025
• Soloist: B.A.S.H. Annual Scholarship Luncheon, Doubletree by Hilton Meadow Lands, April 12, 2025
• Soloist: Martin Luther King 16th Annual Concert Celebration, Pittsburgh Community Event, 2023
• Choir Member: Black History Month Program, performed with West Liberty University Choral Ensemble, 2023
• Soloist: Martin Luther King Breakfast, LaRoche University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022
• Vocal Accompanist: Lou Gramm co-founder of the rock band Foreigner, Celebrity Care Fest, singing performance with International Performer and Pop Artist, Gibsonia, PA, 2022
• Vocalist: Detroit Concert Choir, Choir of the World First Place winners, Llangollen, Wales (United Kingdom), 1996

Awards and Honors

• West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Chancellor’s Scholar Doctoral Fellowship, West Virginia University
• Golden Key Honor Society, West Virginia University
• Phi Alpha International Honors Society, West Liberty University