Julie Hunt
Associate Professor and Director of Field
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
MSSW University of Tennessee; BSW Belmont University
Location: JMC 403 A
615-460-6671julie.hunt@belmont.edu
Biography
I have been teaching at Belmont in the social work department since the fall of 2000. After teaching for 8 years on a part time basis, I joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2008 and became an Associate Professor in 2015. In the summer of 2016, I took on the role of Director of Field Education.
In my role as Field Director, I teach the Field Forum course which prepares students for their field placements as well as Field Seminar I and II, the courses which accompany the Field Experience during students’ senior year. I have the honor of helping students find their placements, visiting them in the community and encouraging them and speaking into their experience along the way. I also teach Practice I (Skills of Helping with Individuals), a class I enjoy, as it is a skill-building course that is the beginning of a sequence of practice courses in our curriculum.
In my time at Belmont I have developed and taught many subjects including: Introduction to Social Work, Child Welfare, Practice with Groups, School Social Work, Spiritual Issues and Formation in Social Work, and Exploring Human Diversity. Developing and refining curriculum and developing best practices is a passion of mine and the foundation of my scholarly work.
I graduated from Belmont in 1994 with a Bachelor of Social Work and then completed my Master of Science in Social Work at the University of Tennessee in 1997. In the spring of 2001 I obtained my License in Clinical Social Work.
Before teaching I worked with adolescents at STARS, a school-based counseling program focused in Middle Tennessee. I loved the challenge of working with this population. Prior to this I coordinated teen volunteer services at Oasis Center. I have also had the opportunity to work at an International Adoption Agency, writing home studies and follow up reports for adoptive families. I have had the honor to provide clinical supervision to Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) preparing for their Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential.
In all of these parts of my career connection has been a theme. I love connecting with students, clients, practitioners and community members. I thrive on making connections between people and ideas. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to do this every day!
I am married to Dave Hunt, who is a worship leader and woodworker. We spend much of our time trying to keep up with our children: Asher, Lainey and Lucy. When there is time for hobbies, I enjoy antiquing, hiking, baking, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Clients in the Classroom for the Professional Development of Students
Development of Empathy
Inter-Professional Teaching and Learning
Self Awareness and Self Regulation
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Spirituality in Social Work
Ethics
National Association of Social Workers
Tennessee Field Consortium
Finalist for Chaney Distinquished Professor Award
Finalist for Presidential Faculty Achievement Award
Member of Phi Alpha Social Work honor society
Duffy, J., Sullenberger, S., Hunt, J (2023). Working with service user knowledge to assist social work students in competence development in the United States.Social Work Education. The International Journal:.DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2023.2221270
Espiritu.E.W., Busby S., Hunt J., Brown, R. Hallmark, B. & Cochran, K, (2021). Students’ Self-Perceptions of Self-Awareness/Self-Regulation when Experiencing Unexpected Situations in an Interprofessional Clinical Simulation. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 19(1), Article 11.
Blash, A., Schneller, B., Hunt, J. & Thorndike, J. (2018). There’s got to be a better way! Introducing faculty to mid-course reviews as a constructive tool for growth and development currents in pharmacy teaching and learning. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 10(9).
Hunt, J. (2014). Bio/psycho/social/spiritual assessment? Teaching the skill of spiritual assessment. Journal of Social Work and Christianity; Botsford Vol. 41, Iss. 4, 373-384.
Hunt, J. Crowell-Thompson, J. (2023, March). We are Humans, They are Humans: Collaborating with Clients in Preparation for Field. Presented at the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD) Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.
Hunt, J., Sullenberger, S., & Crowell-Thompson, J. (2021, November). Critical Conversations: Clients in the Classroom for the Professional Development of Students. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Orlando, Florida.
Hunt, J., Stover, A. & Webb, N. (2019, November). The Quest to Develop Authentic Learning Objectives Through an Interdisciplinary Faculty Group. Presented at the Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Oxford, Ohio.
Hunt, J., & Crowell Thompson, J. (2019, October). Navigating your terrain: Developing professional standards to support gatekeeping and student success. Presented at the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Denver, Colorado.
Crews, D. & Hunt, J. (2018, October). Technology, attention, Fear of missing out (FOMO), and sitting still: A roundtable discussion on embracing and limiting technology in the classroom. Presented at the Southeastern Social Science Association’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Hunt, J. & Vanden Noven. (2017, November). The elephant in the classroom: Addressing sensitive topics with skill and courage. Presented at the Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Oxford, Ohio.
Hunt, J. & Sullenberger, S. (2016, November). On your mark, get set, go: Beginning an interprofessional education initiative. Presented at the annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Atlanta, Georgia.