JENNIFER MCCLENDON

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

SOCIAL WORK

SOCIAL WORK BUILDING
ROOM 143

p - 516-237-8558

f - 516-877-4392

e - JMCCLENDON@ADELPHI.EDU

Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D., George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis (2009)
M.S.W., George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis (2000)
B.A., Wellesley College (1998)

Recent Courses

Foundations Of Social Work Practice II
Introduction To Principles And Practice In Social Work I
Principles And Practice In Social Work I I
The Science Of Social Issues

Teaching Specializations/Interests

Introduction to Principles and Practice in Social Work; Foundations of Social Work Practice; Field Instruction; Human Behavior and the Social Environment; Research Methods; Evaluation of Programs and Services; Organizational development

Research Interests

Cross-sector service use of at-risk youth; services for runaway and homeless teens; crisis intervention; parent/family support services for children with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Conference Presentations/Papers

McClendon, J. & Jonson-Reid, M. (2010). Using cross-sector service use patterns to explore intra-group differences among sheltered runaway youth. In Society for Social Work and Research 14th Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Bender, K., Ferguson, K., Pollio, D., Thompson, S. & McClendon, J. (2009). Technology as an underutilized tool for providing health services and support to street youth. In American Public Health Association 2009 Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA.