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Personal Summary

Sarah Reese is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work. Broadly, her research and teaching focus on community-based social work interventions to promote child and family well-being, with a specific focus on behavioral interventions for perinatal substance use disorder. 

Education

Ph.D.                          College of Social Work, University of Utah, 2020

M.S.S.W.                    College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, 2010

B.S.S.W.                     College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, 2009

Courses Taught

Current Courses

SW 400: Social Work Reserach 

SW 520: Social Work Reserach 

Past Courses

SW 360: Social Work Practice with Groups and Communities 

SW 510: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I

SW 535: Advanced Integrated Practice 

Teaching Experience

University of Utah (average instructor rating: 5.6/6.0)

Courses Taught:

• Advanced Mental Health Practice I: Children & Adolescents
• Advanced Mental Health Practice II: Adults & Older Adults
• Research          
• Crisis Intervention
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy  
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, hybrid distance course
• Human Behavior in the Social Environment, online
• Social Work Practice II with Groups 

Research Interests

Child and family well-being; perinatal health; intervention research; integrative behavioral health; mindfulness

Projects

Field of Study

Child and family well-being; perinatal health; intervention research; integrative behavioral health; mindfulness

Publications

1. Reese, S.E., Liddell, J.L., & Mascarena, L.* (2024). “You Just Want to Give me Some Medicine and be on my Way”: Preferences, Beliefs, and Experiences Related to Western Medication among Members of a State-Recognized Tribe.  Journal of Holistic Nursing.
2. Reese, S.E., Fitch, S., Salyer, J., Lofgren, V., McCracken, C.T., & Glover, A. (2023). Early insights into implementation of universal screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for perinatal substance use. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 
3. Reese, S.E., Liddell, J.L., Cooper, D. (2023). Findings from an evaluation of a distance BSW program. Journal of Teaching in Social Work. 
4. Molloy, J., Trautman, A., Colson, M., Riquino, M., Ross, C., Nguyen, V., Reese, S.E., Springer, S. (2023). Restorative justice in education: A content analysis of US state legislations from 2010-2020. Educational Policy. 
5. Hanson, M.,* Reese, S.E., & Newcomer, S. (2023). Challenges in accessing mental health care during pregnancy and postpartum in rural ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing.
6. Reese, S.E., Dang, A., & Liddell, J.L. (2023). “We’d just patch ourselves up”: Preference for holistic approaches to healthcare and traditional medicine among members of a state-recognized tribe. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 
7. Riquino, M.R., Reese, S.E., Molloy, J.K., Nguyen, V.L., Greenwood, E.,* Lafountain, O.,* Richmond, A., Justesen,* M.R., Paceley, M.S., Jen, S., McGeough, B.* (2022). “What do you think needs to be done to address self-harm?”: Centering the perspectives of youth who engage in self-harm through found poetry. Qualitative Inquiry. 
8. Nguyen, V.L., Riquino, M.R., Reese., S.E., & Molloy, J.K. (2022). An exploration of racial and ethnic disparities at the point of arrest from the perspectives of youth of color. Youth Voice Journal, ISSN (online): 2056-2969.
9. Garland E.L., Hanley A.W., Nakamura Y., Barrett, J.W., Baker, A.K., Reese, S.E., Riquino, M.R., Froeliger, B., & Donaldson, G.W. (2022). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs Supportive Group Therapy for Co-occurring Opioid Misuse and Chronic Pain in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. 
10. Charron, E., Okifuji, A., Bryan, M.A., Reese, S.E., Brown, J.L., Ferguson, A., Ghitza U., Winhusen, T.J., & Cochran, G. (2022). Pain Severity and Interference and Substance Use among Community Pharmacy Patients Prescribed Opioids: A Secondary Analysis of the PHARMSCREEN Study. Journal of Pain.
11. Reese, S.E, Conradt, E., Riquino, M.R., & Garland, E.L. (2021). An integrated mechanistic model of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement for opioid-exposed mother-infant dyads. Frontiers in Psychology – Developmental Psychology.
12. Riquino, M.R., Nguyen, V.L., Reese, S.E., & Molloy, J. (2021). Utilizing a transdiagnostic perspective to disrupt white supremacist applications of the DSM. Advances in Social Work. 
13. Reese, S.E., Riquino, M.R., Molloy, J., Nguyen, V., Smid, M., Tenort, B., Gezinski, L. (2020). Experiences of nursing professionals working with mother-infant dyads exposed to opioids: Burnout and the need for support. Advances in Neonatal Care.
14. Riquino, M.R., Reese, S.E., & Garland, E.L. (2020). Assessing attentional bias toward nonsuicidal self-injury cues in young adults with histories of engaging in self-harm. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.
15. Garland, E.L., Bryan, M.A., Priddy, S.E., Riquino, M.R., Froeliger, B., & Howard, M.O. (2019). Effects of Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement versus social support on negative affective interference during inhibitory control among opioid-treated chronic pain patients: A pilot mechanistic study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(10), 865-876.
16. Garland, E.L., Reese, S.E., Bedford, C., & Baker, A.K. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences predict autonomic indices of emotion dysregulation and negative emotional cue-elicited craving among female opioid-treated chronic pain patients. Emotion Dysregulation and Emerging Psychopathology, 31(3), 1101-1110.
17. Garland, E.L., Hanley, A.W., Riquino, M.R., Reese, S.E., Baker, A.K., Wheeler, K., Yack, B.P., Bedford, C.E., Bryan, M.A., Atchley, R., Nakamura, Y., Froeliger, B., & Howard M.O. (2018). Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement reduces risk of prescription opioid misuse among chronic pain patients by promoting positive psychological processes: Mechanistic analyses of proximal outcome data from a stage 2 RCT. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 
18. Priddy, S.E., Howard, M. O., Hanley, A.W., Riquino, M.R., Friberg-Felsted, K., & Garland, E.L. (2018).  Mindfulness meditation in the treatment of substance use disorders and preventing future relapse: neurocognitive mechanisms and clinical implications. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 16(9), 103-114.
19. Priddy, S.E., Hanley, A.W., Riquino, M.R., Platt, K., Baker, A.K., & Garland, E.L. (2018). Reduced opioid craving and enhanced attention to positive information mediate the association between dispositional mindfulness and opioid misuse among chronic pain patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, 86-93.
20. Riquino, M.R., Priddy, S.E., Howard, M.O., & Garland, E.L. (2018).  Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism of opioid misuse and suicidality among chronic pain patients. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Regulation, 5(11). 
21. Garland, E.L., Baker, A.K., Larsen, P., Riquino, M.R., Priddy, S.E., Thomas, E., Hanley, A.W., Garlbraith, P., Wanner, N., Nakamura, Y. (2017).  Randomized controlled trial of brief mindfulness training and hypnotic suggestion for acute pain relief in the hospital setting.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32(10), 1106-1113.
22. Garland, E.L., Bryan, C.J., Finan, P., Thomas, E.A., Priddy, S.E., Riquino, M., & Howard, M.O. (2017). Pain, hedonic regulation, and opioid misuse: Modulation of momentary experience by Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement in opioid-treated chronic pain patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 173, S65-S72.
23. Garland, E.L., Howard, M.O., Priddy, S.E., McConnell, P.A., Riquino, M.R., & Froeliger, B.E. (2016).  Mindfulness training applied to addiction therapy: Insights into the neural mechanisms of positive behavioral change. Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics, 2016(5), 55-63.
24. Garland, E.L., Riquino, M.R., Priddy, S., & Bryan, C.J. (2016). Suicidal ideation is associated with individual differences in prescription opioid craving and cue-reactivity among chronic pain patients. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 36(1), 23-29.

Affiliations

Universtiy of ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Center for Population Health Research 

The Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professional Experience

2019 – 2020                Clinical Supervisor

                                    Alpine Academy Residential Treatment Center, Erda, UT

2016 – 2020                Study Therapist

   Center for Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development

          University of Utah College of Social Work; Salt Lake City, UT

2013 – 2015                Behavioral Health Therapist

          Cherokee Health Systems; Knoxville, TN                             

2010 – 2013                Behavioral Health Therapist

                                     Pathways Community Health Center; Jackson, TN

2009 – 2010                MSSW Intern

                                     University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine; Knoxville, TN

2009                            BSSW Intern 

                                     Lisa Ross Birth and Women’s Center; Knoxville, TN

Honors / Awards

2020 College of Social Work PhD Faculty Award for Promise in Social Work

2019 University of Utah Graduate Research Dissertation Fellowship

2019 Society for Social Work Research Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 

Hobbies

Sarah loves spending time with her family outdoors.