CURRICULUM VITA
Aimee H. Moles, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
ADDRESS Louisiana State University
Office of Social Services Research and Development
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
TELEPHONE(225) 578-0573
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Geography, Louisiana State University, December, 2014
Specialization Area: Health Geography
M.S.W., Louisiana State University, 1990
B.A., Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1982
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
8/2000–presentAdjunct Professor, School of Social Work, LouisianaState University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
10/2014Research Associate V, Office of Social Service Research and Development, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICEEXPERIENCE
5/1990 - 1/2015 Perinatal Social Worker, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; assisted individuals, families, and the communityin responding to psychological issues that emerge during the period from pregnancy through an infant's first year of life. Provided advocacy for the client within the health care setting and in the community. Assisted with discharge planning, support groups, and brief psychosocial and crisis intervention.
FUNDED GRANT PROPOSALS THROUGH LSU: FEDERAL/NATIONAL
Co-PI: Jeff Carney, Mary Bergeron, Katie Cherry, Scott Hagen, Traci Birch, James Wilkins, Kathleen Gordon, Lael Holton, Niki Pace, Craig Colton, Cecile Guin, Aimee Moles, Clinton Wilson, Justin Lemoine, Stephen Beck, Kelly Robertson, and Holly Carruth. National Academies of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Inland from the Coast: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Regional Climate Change Responses,(total award 2,936,000). August 2017 to August 2020
Co-PI:Judith Rhodes, Cecile Guin, Sam Robison, Cassie Dinecola, Aimee MolesU. S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). Performance Partnership Pilots (P3) for Disconnected Youth: Baton Rouge P3. CFDA 84.420A. Writing and mapping contributions with Judith Rhodes, Cecile Guin, Sam Robison, Cassie Dinecola).(Total award $671,304.00). October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2018.
Co-PI:Cecile Guin,Judith Rhodes. Aimee Moles.U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice 2014. Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods): Gardere Safe Neighborhood. OMB Number 1121-0329.
FUNDED GRANT PROPOSALS THROUGH LSU: STATE/LOCAL
Co-PI : Michael Leitner, GinesseListi, Heather McKillop, Matthew Valasik, Joshua Kent, Carol Friedland, and Nina Lam, Luke Driskell, XuelianMeng, Aimee Moles, Robert Rohli, Lei Wang, David Chicoine Student Technology Grant. Geospatial Data Collection Technology for the Social, Natural, Environmental, and Engineering Sciences. (Total award 57,581)
OTHER GRANT & PROGRAM EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Aimee Moles, Judith Rhodes and Kate LaVelle. Program Evaluator. Total Award Amount: $10,000.
Communities in Schools(CIS)Needs evaluation for three parish school systems. 7/2017
FEDERAL/NATIONAL GRANT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND UNDER REVIEW
Co-PI: Lake Douglas, Kathleen Bogaski and Cecile Guin, and Aimee Moles; National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)NEA Research Labs: The Louisiana Art +Design Community Health Lab Co-investigator with (Total award requested 149,999)
Co-PI: FahuiWang, Lei Wang, Aimee Moles, and Steve Cai. Louisiana Sea Grant:NOAA. IR&E - Towards More Resilient Coastal Communities: A Decision-Making Support System (DMSS) for Community Infrastructures. Steve Cai, and Lei Wang(Total award requested 156,584)
Co-PI: Judith Rhodes, Aimee Moles, Katherine LaVelle, Samuel Robison, Roland Mitchell, Jennifer Curry, Melanie Washington Erica Mattingly, Eugene Bentley, KandraColomb, and PH FredGaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs project GEAR UP Baton Rouge [GU BR (CFDA No. 84.334s) Submitted 4-19-2017.
NUMBER OF OTHER GRANT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BUT NOT FUNDED: 7
PUBLICATIONS
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Lim, Y., Bickham, T., & Moles, A. (2015, November) The Geography of Payday Lending: Living in the Path of a Payday Lender.
REPORTS
Cecile Guin, Juan Barthelemy, Aimee Moles, Jada Thomas-Smith, Elizabeth Winchester, Steven Mayberry, and Haojie Zhu. BRAVE Year 4 Evaluation Report
DISSERTATION
A.H. Moles(2014). Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Selected Birth Defects and Risk Factors in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
REFEREED PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
NATIONAL
Maccio, E. M., Chiasson, D., Lilley, T., & Moles, A. (2012, November).Online social work education: Methods and outcomes using Adobe Connect. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Washington, DC.
Maccio, E. M., Chiasson, D., Lilley, T., Livermore, M. & Moles, A.(2013, November).
Online social work education: Methods, challenges, outcomes, and accreditation. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Dallas, TX.
Lim, Y., Bickham, T., & Moles, A.(2016, January) The Geography of Payday Lending: Living in the Path of a Payday Lender. 2016 Society for Social Work Research Conference in Washington D.C.
Lim, Y., Bickham, T., & Moles, A.(2015, November) The Geography of Payday Lending: Living in the Path of a Payday Lender. Poster presentation at the 2015 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management fall research conference in Miami, Florida
Moles, A. (2016, March)Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Selected Birth Defects and Risk Factors in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Poster Presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco California.
REGIONAL
Moles A. (2016, April). GIS (Geographical Information System) as a Social Work Tool. LSU School of Social Work 2016 Annual Conference Presentation
COURSES TAUGHT AT LSU
Undergraduate Courses
SW 3003: Skills in working with people
SW 4070: Medical social work
Graduate Courses
SW 7001: Human Behavior in the social environment
SW 7002: Human behavior in the social environment II
SW 7009: SW research I
SW 7501: SW research II Program and Practice Evaluation
SW 7005: Social work practice 1
SW 7006: Social work practice II
SW 7003: Social welfare history and policy
SW 7504: Advanced Social Work Policy
SW 7505: Advanced direct practice
SW 7506: Community and agency contexts in direct practice
SW 7412: Medical social work
SW 7004 Human diversity and oppression
SW 7010 Differential diagnosis
Graduate Courses Taught for LSU ONLINE
SW 7001: Human Behavior in the social environment
SW 7002: Human behavior in the social environment II
SW 7005: Social work practice 1
SW 7006: Social work practice II
SW 7003: Social welfare history and policy
SW 7504: Advanced Social Work Policy
SW 7505: Advanced direct practice
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Council on Social Work Education
National Association of Social Workers
Society for Social Work and Research
American Association of Geographers
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
LA Licensed Clinical Social Worker, #3142 (6/92)
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