College Directory

Areas of Expertise

• Qualitative research methods
• Family caregiving across the lifespan
• Unhoused older adults

Highlighted Publications

• Pope, N.D. & Ruppel, M. (In Press). Oral history methods in social work: A scoping review. Journal of Evidence Based Social Work.
• Pope, N.D., & *Latimer, A. (In Press). To my doctors: A found poem. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
• Smalls, B.L., Gibson, A., Lacy, M.E., Pope, C.N., Pope, N.D., Rhodus, E.K., Schoenberg, N., & Taylor, W.G. (2023). Improving health and well-being in aging rural America through the social determinants framework. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(7), 1185-1191. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbad032
• Barnhart, S., Benner, K., *Latimer, A., & Pope, N.D. (2023). Considerations in preparing social work students to thrive in health care settings. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2022.2120164
• Pope, N.D., Gibson, A., *Engelhardt, E.C., *Ratliff, S.H., Lewinson, T., & Loeffler, D.N. (2023). Conversations about community, connection to place, and housing preferences among aging adults in Lexington, Kentucky. [Special Issue: Understanding Contemporary Issues in Seniors’ Housing] Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 66(1), 64-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2022.2097756
• Gibson, A., Pope, N.D., Loeffler, D.N., *Ratliff, S.H., & *Engelhardt, E.C. (2023). Identifying aging adults’ housing preferences: An Age-Friendly Community initiative. [Special Issue: Understanding Contemporary Issues in Seniors’ Housing] Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 66(1), 43-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2022.2113490
• Pope, N.D., Gibson, A., Benner, K., & *Littrell, L. (2023). Navigating trauma tourism in social work study abroad. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(2), 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2050870
• Pope, N.D. & Radtke, L. (Eds). (2022). Editorial: Older women caring for others and needing care [Special Issue – Caregiving]. Journal of Women & Aging, 34(6), 687-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2022.2121050

Current Projects

• Addressing Serious Illness Communication among Unhoused Older Adults
• Exploring Moral Distress and Moral Courage among Social Workers
• Understanding the Response of Nonprofits to 2022 Floods in Eastern Kentucky

Alma Mater

• University of Georgia – Bachelor of Arts, Master of Social Work, PhD in Social Work