Social Work with Military Populations

About Diane ScottJames WhitworthJoseph Herzog

Diane Scott is a Professor in the Department of Social Work and Associate Dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of West Florida. Prior to joining the social work faculty at UWF Dr. Scott worked as a social worker for Department of Defense serving military service members and their families. Dr. Scott authored the chapter War-related deaths in the family in N. Webbs book Helping Bereaved Children (2010) published by Guilford Press. Dr. Scott has received grant funding and has numerous journal publications for veteran related project.   James Whitworth is the Associate Dean of the School of Education and Social Services at Saint Leo University. He has taught graduate clinical social work courses at Saint Leo since 2011. Dr. Whitworth has provided extensive private practice counseling for military members veterans and their families with depression anxiety Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Lt Colonel (Ret) Whitworth served as a clinical social worker and mental health officer in the US Air Force for 21 years. He is the former Chief of Air Force Family Research at the Pentagon and also worked three years as the Chief of Air Force Family Advocacy Operations and Research. Dr. Whitworth taught behavioral medicine and research to Family Medicine Residents at Eglin Air Force base for six years.   Joseph Herzog is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of West Florida.  He has 10 years of experience working with military families as a clinical social worker at a non-profit counseling center located near Ft. Stewart Ga. Dr. Herzog received a PhD from the University of South Carolina and his dissertation research was on secondary trauma in military families. He continues to be involved military family research and is currently evaluating Veterans Treatment Courts in the West Florida area.