Jennifer Frank

Biographic Data

ID4443284
NAMEJennifer Frank
GIVEN NAMESJennifer
FAMILY NAMEFrank
SIGNATUREFRANK J
AFFILIATIONSMillersville University
ORCID0000-0002-6939-9609
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Homeless services workers with lived experience

    Amanda Aykanian, Jennifer M Frank et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2026

    Introduction Research on the homeless services workforce has not focused on workers with lived experience. This report compares workers with and without lived experience across a range of characteristics and then examines the relationship between a history of homelessness and turnover intention.Method This analysis uses data from a national workforce survey (N = 1032), which includes demographics, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), burnout, se…

  • Professional socialization of social work students

    Jennifer M Frank, Jennifer Frank et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2024

    The professional socialization of social work students involves the communication of social work values. A trend in teaching about poverty as a context rather than direct content position poverty attitudes of particular concern in this socialization process. Social work educators must be cognizant about the diverse influences affecting student attitudes and work with them to develop both the requisite skills and the necessary values for social wo…

  • A 2-Year Longitudinal Randomized Control Trial of Speed of Processing Cognitive Training in Aging Adults with HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder

    Open AccessDavid E Vance, Pariya L Fazeli et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

    Nearly 40% of people with HIV (PWH) experience HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). In this 3-group efficacy study, 216 PWH 40 + years with HAND or borderline HAND were randomized to either: (1) 10 h of SOP training (n = 70); (2) 20 h of SOP training (n = 73), or (3) 10 h of Internet navigation training (n = 73; contact control group). Participants were administered a measure of SOP [i.e., the Useful Field of View Test (UFOV®)] at basel…

  • Do You Know Where Your Students Are

    Karin M Eyrich‐garg, Jennifer Frank et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2024References: 3

  • Paper trails

    Open AccessJennifer Frank, Laura Brierton Granruth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work2022

    Letter writing was used as a qualitative research strategy to access the narratives of individuals living in rural poverty. Undergraduate social work students in a freshman seminar course were paired with participants of a local agency to engage in a letter writing exchange about life experiences. Community members who volunteered to participate in the letter-writing exchange were identified via their participation in services offered by a local,…

  • Joining the Conversation

    Jennifer Frank, Laura Brierton Granruth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2022References: 10

    Technological innovations present new pedagogical opportunities. The use of technology in the classroom may provide an opportunity for social work programs to engage students in a better understanding of policy practice, to get their voice heard on the issues, and to feel empowered about social change at the macro level. This article will discuss experiential learning using social media as a platform for MSW students in a social policy course in …

  • Beyond Academics

    Jennifer Frank, Karen Rice et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2022References: 1

  • Making It Work”

    Jennifer M Frank, Jennifer Frank et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2021Cited by: 1References: 17

    This is a case study of the development of a rural continuum of care (CoC) program funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create a coherent system of services and planning processes to end homelessness. It concerns how the founding local coalition of agencies managed internal conflicts about HUD’s changing programmatic and administrative requirements from 1994 to 2015. It addresses the coalition’s relationship with …

  • Dinner together

    Jennifer M Frank, Jennifer Frank et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2020References: 16

    Innovative pedagogical approaches are needed to teach community practice in this time of rapid community change and political polarization. Bridging the Gap Together is an ongoing experiential learning project with undergraduate social work students and a qualitative study designed to enhance “poverty awareness” and increase social connection among members of a rural, poor community. Students express an increased and deepened understanding of pov…

  • The Learning Institute

    Karen Rice, Heather Girvin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2016References: 6

    The pursuit of social justice is an overarching framework that defines the social work profession. The goals of macro social work practice are centered on issues of social justice with strategies that include changing community conditions and creating a sense of solidarity, with particular emphasis on broadening the opportunities for marginalized populations. Given the natural alignment between social justice and macro social work practice, the e…

  • Is Sex of Fetus Associated with Duration of Labor in Nulliparas

    Open AccessJennifer M Frank, Jennifer Frank et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1997

    In a post facto study to examine whether sex of fetus was related to duration of nulliparas' labor 30 nulliparous (had not given birth previously) women who delivered boys and 30 others who delivered girls were matched according to the criteria that they were nulliparous, received an epidural for analgesia during labor, and their labors were either induced or augmented. All delivered vaginally. Duration of labor was not statistically significantl…