Nikki R. Wooten

Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Phone: 617-353-4116
nwooten@bu.edu

Education

BS (administration of justice, women’s studies) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
MSW (social work), Howard University
PhD (social work), University of Maryland

 

Courses Taught

CP759 Introduction to Clinical Social Work Practice
CP 781 Clinical Assessment and Intervention
CP 808 Clinical Practice with Military Personnel, Veterans, and their Families

Scholarly and Practice Interests

Risk and protective factors associated with military service and deployments; gender differences in post-deployment mental health; substance use and psychiatric co-morbidities; military and veteran health service utilization; military women and veterans

Selected Publications

Wooten, N. R., Fakunmoju, S. B., Kim, H. J., & LeFevre, A. L. A. (2010). Factor structure of the Job Related Tension Index among social workers. Research on Social Work Practice, 20, 74-86.

Larson, M. J., Wooten, N. R., Adams, R. S., & Merrick, E. (in press). Military combat deployments and substance use: Review and future directions. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.

Clark, T. T, McGovern, P, Mgeokwere, D., Wooten, N. R., McGraw, K. A. (in review). Systematic Review: Social Work’s research on substance abuse treatment interventions among African Americans. Health and Social Work.

Book Chapters

Wooten, N. R., Kim, H. J., & Fakunmoju, S. B. (in press). Occupational stress in social work practice. In J. Langan-Fox & C. Cooper (Eds.), Handbook of stress in the occupations. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd

Books

Ramsberger, P., Wooten, N. R., & Rumsey, M. G. (in press). A history of the research into methods for selecting and classifying U. S. Army personnel, 1917-2009. Lewiston, NY: Mellon Press.

Government Reports and Publications

Wooten, N. R. (in press). Job analysis techniques: An annotated bibliography. (Research Note 10-XX). Arlington, VA: U. S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Book Reviews

Wooten, N. R. (2010). Book Review, Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide, by C. A. Courtois & J. D. Ford (Eds.). Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Sciences. doi: 10.1606/1945-1350.4045.

Selected Presentations

Larson, M. J., Funk, W., Mohr, B., Adams, R. S., Merrick, E., Harris, A., & Wooten, N. R., Merrick, E. L., Harris, A., Jeffery, D. D. (2011, November). Pre-deployment behavioral health history and post-deployment mental health referrals of Army service members.  Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. Arlington, VA.

Wooten, N. R., Funk, W., Adams, R. S., Hopkins, L., Jeffery, D. D., & Larson, M. J. (2011, October).  Gender differences in behavioral health history in active duty Army service members. Poster presentation at Additions Health Services Research Conference. Falls Church, VA.

Wooten, N. R. (2011, March). Military social work: Practice implications for civilian social work professionals. Boston University School of Social Work, Professional Education Program. Boston University, Boston, MA.

Wooten, N. R. (2010, October). A Military Social Work Certificate Program for licensed social work professionals. In N. R. Wooten (Moderator), Social Work Education Initiatives for Practice with Military Personnel and their Families. Oral presentation accepted at the 56th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Portland, OR.

Wooten, N. R. (2010, August). Mission-related and interpersonal deployment stressors and posttraumatic stress among Army National Guard women deployed in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Oral presentation accepted at the 13th Annual Force Health Protection Conference. Phoenix, AZ.

Wooten, N. R. (2010, March). Deployment stressors, posttraumatic stress, and resiliency among Army National Guard women veterans. Invited oral presentation for the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System’s Social Work Month Conference, Social Work Department (VISN 5). Perry Point, MD.

Wooten, N. R. (2010, January). Deployment risk among Global War on Terrorism Army National Guard women veterans: Posttraumatic stress and resilient outcomes. In R. Paris (Chair), Social work in the U. S. military: Development of evidence-informed practice. Symposium conducted at the 19th annual meeting of Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Grant Activity

2011 Early Identification of Substance Use and Psychological Problems in Women Veterans
National Institute on Drug Abuse Diversity Supplement (PA-08-190) to First Longitudinal Study of Missed Treatment Opportunities Using DoD and VA Data (NIDA R01DA030150). PI: Mary Jo Larson, PhD, Brandeis University.

This study examines substance use, poly-substance use, psychological (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder, depression) and behavioral problems (i.e., suicidality, attrition), and substance use/psychological comorbidities in Army active duty, National Guard, and Reserve women immediately after military deployment and up to 24 months post-deployment.

2010 Co-Investigator; First Longitudinal Study of Missed Treatment Opportunities Using DOD and VA Data. PI: Mary Jo Larson, Brandeis University.

This study investigates the relationship of early problem identification and linkage to behavioral health care with later development of substance abuse and psychological injury outcomes and attrition from the Army.

2010 Curriculum Development Grant, Boston University, Summer Term.

Development of a clinical social work practice elective in military social work, Clinical Practice with Military Personnel, Veterans, and their Families.

Consulting and Professional Activities

Grant Reviewer, Social Work Research, Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Abstract Reviewer, Society for Social Work and Research (2011)

Abstract Reviewer, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Military Social Work Track & Disaster and Traumatic Stress Track (2009, 2011)

Peer Reviewer, Ingram, B. L. (2006). Clinical Case Formulations: Matching the integrative treatment plan to the client. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.

Military Family Life Consultant, Military and Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Program

Facilitator, District of Columbia National Guard’s Yellow Ribbon Program

Awards and Honors

2011 NIAAA New Investigator Travel Award, Addiction Health Services Research Conference

2010 NIDA Research Scholar, National Institute of Drug Abuse Early Career Social Work Research Mentoring Initiative

2008-2009 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Veterans Affairs Social Work Predoctoral Fellowship, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

2007-2009 SAMHSA Mental Health and Substance Abuse Fellow, Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program

2006-2009 Research Fellow, Consortium Research Fellows Program, U. S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Licensing and Certification

Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), Maryland