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Education:
Ph.D., Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1994
MSW, Clinical Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1979
BA, Psychology, Northwestern University, 1975
Experience:
After completion of her MSW, Dr. Reese worked as a social worker for 15 years. She has experience in emergency foster care, eating disorders, residential treatment for children, domestic violence, child neglect, physical and sexual abuse of children, emergency room and hospice social work, and private mental health practice. She began her academic career in 1994, and has previously served as a social work faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of North Dakota, and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. At University of Arkansas, she also served as a faculty member in the interdisciplinary Public Policy Ph.D. Program. She has served as the Leader of the Social Worker Section of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, a Health Disparities Scholar at NIH, was the founder of the Spirituality Symposium at the Council on Social Work Education, and a member of the first board of directors of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work.
Research Areas:
Dr. Reese’s position as a hospice social worker inspired her to earn a Ph.D. in order to conduct research and contribute to practice in that area. She has studied a model of variables that influence hospice social work outcomes, including cultural diversity, spirituality, social support, death anxiety, and denial. Along with colleagues, she conducted the first national study on hospice outcomes, and developed the Social Work Assessment Tool (SWAT), the first measure of hospice social work outcomes. Her research in hospice has largely focused on cultural competence, and recently she has become interested in international relations and human rights.
Teaching Areas:
In her career, Dr. Reese has taught across the social work curriculum. At SIUC, she has taught human behavior, interviewing and interpersonal skills, research, and statistics in the BSW Program. In the MSW Program, she teaches Children, Youth, and Families Practice I and II.
Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles
Reese, D. (formerly Ita, D., 1995-96). Testing of a causal model: Acceptance of death in
hospice patients. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 32(2), 81-92.
Reese, D., & Brown, D. (1997). Psychosocial and spiritual care in hospice: Differences
between nursing, social work, and clergy. The Hospice Journal, 12(1), 29-41.
Reese, D., Ahern, R., Nair, S., O’Faire, J., & Warren, C. (1999). Hospice access and
utilization by African Americans: Addressing cultural and institutional barriers through participatory action research. Social Work, 44(6), 549-559.
Clemens, P.E., Hietala, J.R., Rytter, M.J., Schmidt, R.A., & Reese, D.J. (1999). Risk of
domestic violence after flood impact: Effects of social support, age and history of domestic violence. Applied Behavioral Science Review, 7(2), 1-8.
Reese, D. (1999). Spirituality conceptualized as purpose in life and sense of connection:
Major issues and counseling approaches with terminal illness. Healing Ministry, 6(3), 101-108.
Reese, D. (2000). The role of primary caregiver denial in inpatient placement during
home hospice care. The Hospice Journal, 15(1), 15-33.
Reese, D., & Kaplan, M. (2000). Spirituality, social support, and worry about health:
Relationships in a sample of HIV+ women. Social Thought: Journal of Religion in the Social Services, 19(4), 37-52.
Reese, D., & Sontag, M-A. (2001). Barriers and solutions for successful inter
-professional collaboration on the hospice team. Health and Social Work, 26, (3), 167-175.
Reese, D. (2001). Addressing spirituality in hospice: Current practices and a proposed
role for transpersonal social work. Social Thought: Journal of Religion in the Social Services, 20(1-2), 135-161.
Connor, S., Egan, K., Kwilosz, D., Larson, D., & Reese, D. (2002). Interdisciplinary
approaches to assisting with end-of-life care and decision-making. American Behavioral Scientist, 46(3), 340-356.
Reese, D., & Raymer, M. (2004). Relationships between social work services and hospice
outcomes: Results of the National Hospice Social Work Survey. Social Work, 49(3).
Reese, D., Melton, E., & Ciaravino, K. (2004). Programmatic barriers to providing
culturally competent end of life care. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 21(5), 357-364.
Reese, D. (2004). Risk of domestic violence after natural disaster: Teaching research and statistics through the use of a participatory action research model. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 24(3/4), 79-94.
Reese, D., Chan, C.L.W., Perry, D., Wiersgalla, D., & Schlinger, J. (2005). Beliefs, death
anxiety, denial, and treatment preferences in end-of-life care: A comparison of social work students, community residents, and medical students. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 1(1), 23-47.
Reese, D., Raymer, M., Orloff, S., Gerbino, S., Valade, R., Dawson, S., Butler, C., Wise
-Wright, M., & Huber, R. (2006). The Social Work Assessment Tool (SWAT). Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 2(2), 65-95.
Book Chapters
Reese, D., Ahern, R., Nair, S., O’Faire, J., & Warren, C. (2000). Hospice access and
utilization by African Americans: Addressing cultural and institutional barriers through participatory action research. In Keigher, S., Fortune, A., & Witkin, S. (Eds.). Aging and social work: The changing landscapes. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press.
Reese, D. (2001). Addressing spirituality in hospice: Current practices and a proposed
role for transpersonal social work. In E. Canda & E. Smith, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Raymer, M. & Reese, D. (2004). The history of social work in hospice. In Berzoff, J. &
Silverman, P. (Eds.). Living with dying: A comprehensive resource for end-of-life care. New York: Columbia University Press.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Raymer, M., & Reese, D. (2008). Hospice. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Social Work, 2 (20th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
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