Education

• - PhD - Social Work - University of Iowa - 2009
• - MSW - Social Work - University of Iowa - 2000
• - BA, Anthropology, Economics (minor) - Bowdoin College - 1995

Publications

• - Power, J., Meulemans, L. & Turner, B. (In press). Older, rural funeral home   directors: Capturing their experience through oral histories. Journal of  Funeral Service Education.
• - Power, J., Crane, A., & Booker, M. (2020). Hospice social  workers: The personal death  experience. Journal of Social  Work Education and Practice, 6(3), 25-34.
• - Power, J. (2009). Adult children with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder:Family case studies in social support. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
• - Sanders, S. & Power, J. (2009).  Roles, responsibilities, and relationships among older husbands caring for wives with progressive dementia and other chronic conditions. Health & Social Work, 34(1), 41-51.
• - Sanders, S., Butcher, H.K., Swails, P., & Power, J.  (2009). Portraits of caregivers of endstage dementia patients receiving hospice care. Death Studies, 33, 521-556
• - Sanders, S., Ting, L., Power, J., & Jacobson, J (2006).  Social  workers’ views of no suicide contracts. Social Work in Mental Health, 4, 51-66.
• - Ting, L., Sanders, S., Jacobson, J., & Power, J (2006). Dealing with the aftermath: A qualitative analysis of mental health social workers’ reactions after a client suicide.  Social Work, 51, 329-341.
• - Dorfman, L., Murty, S.., Evans, R., Ingram, J., & Power, J. (2004). History and identity in the narratives of rural elders. Journal of Aging Studies, 18(2), 187-203.
• - Dorfman, L., Murty, S., Ingram, J, Evans, R., & Power, J. (2004). Intergenerational service learning in five cohorts of students: Is attitude change robust? Educational Gerontology, 30, 39-55.

Presentations (State)

• - Power, J. (2022). Capturing the Oral Histories of Older, Rural Funeral Home Directors. Presented at Funeral Service & Cremation Alliance of Wisconsin Annual Conference. Wisconsin Dells, WI. (October, 2022).
• - Power, J., & Turner, B. (2022). Capturing the Oral Histories of Older, Rural Funeral Home Directors. Presented at Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association Annual Conference. Lake Geneva, WI. (June, 2022).
• - Power, J., Crane, A, & Booker, M. (2019). Hospice social workers: The Personal Death Experience. Presented at Wisconsin National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI. (October, 2019).
• - Power, J. (2019) Hospice Social Workers: The Personal Death Experience. Presented at Wisconsin Council on Social Work Education Conference. Wisconsin Dells, WI. (October, 2019).
• - Power, J., Crane, A., & Booker, M. (2019). Hospice social workers: The personal death experience. Presented at Wisconsin National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Annual Conference. Madison, WI. (April, 2019).

Presentations (National)

• - Ting, L., Sanders, S., Jacobson, J., & Power, J. (2006). Suicide Symposium. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting. Chicago, IL. (February, 2006).
• - Sanders, S. & Power, J. (2006). Role of informal support networks for male caregivers of chronically ill older adults.  Presented at the 4th Annual Gero-Ed Forum. Chicago, IL. (February, 2006).
• - Dorfman, L. T., Murty, S., Ingram, J. G., Evans, R. J., & Power, J. (2005). Perceptions of community change in the reminiscences of rural elders. Presented at The Gerontological Society of America 58th Annual Scientific Meeting. Orlando, FL. (November, 2005).
• - Dorfman, L. T., Murty, S. Ingram, J. G., & Power, J. (2003). A diffusion of innovation approach in a rural state. In N. Hooyman (Chair), Effectively sustaining organizational change: Geriatric enrichment in social work education.  Symposium conducted at The Gerontological Society of America 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA. (November, 2003)
• - Dorfman, L. T., Murty, S., Evans, R. J., Ingram, J. G., & Power, J. (2003). History and identity in the narratives of rural elders. Presented at The Gerontological Society of America 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, CA. (November, 2003).
• - Murty, S., Dorfman, L. T., Power, J., Evans, R. J., & Ingram, J. G. (2003). Using intergenerational service-learning to integrate gerontology content into the curriculum. Workshop presented at the Council on Social Work Education 49th Annual Program Meeting. Atlanta, GA. (February, 2003).
• - Murty, S., Dorfman, L. T., Evans, R. J., Ingram, J. G., & Power, J. (2002). Intergenerational practice through service-learning in a rural community. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education 48th Annual Program Meeting. Nashville, TN (February, 2002).

Honors and Awards

• - Faculty Development Grant - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - 2024-Present
• - Faculty Development Grant - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - 2021-2022
• - Faculty Development Grant - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - 2018-2019