IU School of Social Work is headquartered on the IUPUI campus with locations on 8 IU Campuses. The school also has the Department of Labor Studies
Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Area of responsibility: IUPUI
980 Indiana Avenue, LV4415
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Office: (317) 274-3960
cgentleg@iu.edu
Bio/Education:
PHD Indiana University
MSW Spalding University
BSW Spalding University
Area of Interest:
Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty received her PhD from Indiana University and her Bachelors and Masters degree from Spalding University in Louisville KY. She is originally from Belize and brings extensive leadership and programmatic experience from over 20+ years in the field of Youth Development locally and internationally serving as Executive Director of a YMCA and Chair of numerous volunteer, non-profit, and governmental organizations. Gentle-Genitty also served as a youth consultant for Belize and UNICEF. She taught at the University of Belize for 5 years prior to IU. Her areas of interests within the academic setting include teaching and teaching effectiveness, theory application, online learning, millennial, and student engagement. In the realm of research she focuses on exploring the school-to-prison pipeline trajectory, school competence, truancy, and social bonding. In the community she explores and offers service in prison/jail/community re-entry, cognitive tools for re-entry, case management, adjunct/associate faculty mentoring, and the cradle to career initiative by the Talent Alliance. Gentle-Genitty teaches both theory and practice at the Bachelor and Masters level and is the chair of the MSW Schools Concentration.
School attendance and absenteeism
Teaching Interest:
Theory | Human Behavior | Teaching Human Behavior theory
Social Work Practice and Methods of Practice
Working with Groups | Leadership | Management | Mentoring | Women and Gender Violence
Diversity | DIRE Statements|
Absenteeism | School Attendance | Truancy | School Bonding and Climate
Transfer | Transfer Practice | Policy | Curriculum | Degree Development and Approval
Youth and Youth Violence | International
Publications / Presentations:
See: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fYswmkkAAAAJ&hl=en
See: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-319X
See: https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/6692
Books:
https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/group-based-knowledge-and-skills-steps-competency
https://novapublishers.com/shop/gender-violence-prevalence-implications-and-global-perspectives/
https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Genitty-Carolyn-Tracking-more-absences/dp/B017OASTCO
