Dr. Jenene Case Pease joins UIS as an assistant professor of human services, child and family studies concentration. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Human Development in 1992 from Mississippi University for Women, a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Mississippi College in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Family, Child, and Consumer Sciences (emphasis: Family Relations) in 2000.
Before joining the faculty at UIS, Dr. Case Pease worked as the clinical coordinator at Florida State University’s Office of Employee Assistance Services and she taught as a visiting lecturer in the FSU College of Social Work. She has seventeen years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families dealing with relational, mental health and/or substance abuse issues. She has worked for both nonprofit and for profit organizations.
Dr. Case Pease’s current research interests include clinical boundaries and ethics as well as crisis intervention. Her research has been published in Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. She made numerous community presentations over the years and she has provided practitioner-focused trainings through AmeriCorps, Big Bend EAPA, EAP Florida, and the Florida School of Addiction Studies.
Dr. Case Pease has been a Certified Employee Assistance Professional since 2006, and she is a past-president of the Big Bend Employee Assistance Professionals Association. She is also a clinical member and approved supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). She is dually licensed in Florida as a Marriage and Family Therapist and as a Mental Health Counselor, and holds qualified supervisor status in Florida for registered interns in both of these fields.
