Room C3155
2631 East Discovery Parkway
Bloomington, IN 47401
2631 East Discovery Parkway
Bloomington, IN 47401
Education
- Ph.D., Social Welfare
University at Buffalo — 2016
Dissertation: an evaluation of individual and organizational factors in predicting professional quality of life among direct support professionals in intellectual and developmental disability services - Master of Social Work (MSW)
University at Buffalo — 2009
Major: social work
Academic & Professional Portfolio
- Associate Professor (with Tenure)
Indiana University School of Social Work — 2022 – Present - Assistant Professor
Indiana University School of Social Work — 2016 – 2022
- B. F. Skinner Lecturer. Applied Behavior Analysis International 51st Annual Conference. May 2025.
- Faculty Community Engagement Award. Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement. May 2025.
- Trustees Teaching Award. Indiana University. April 2024.
- Disability Manuscript Award. Council on Social Work Education. 2022.
- Distinguished Alumni Award. University at Buffalo School of Social Work. April 21, 2022.
- Steven Reiss Research Award. National Association for the Dually Diagnosed. November 29, 2021.
- South-Central Indiana Area Health Education Center Partnership Award. Indiana Area Health Education Center Network. April 17, 2020.
- Keesler, J., Samways, B., & McNally, P. (2025). Trauma-informed care training: A systemwide process to transform the act of caring. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- ^Keesler, J., Funk, K., Deck, C., & Wilkerson, D. (2025). Addressing tech-health equity with a rural public library telehealth model. Social Work in Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2025.2499086
- Keesler, J. M., Presnell, J., & Brown, S. (2025). Advancing trauma-informed care system-change among disability organizations: A national learning collaborative. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
- Keesler, J., Wu, W., Presnell, J., & Fukui, S. (2024). Trauma-informed climate scale-10 and attitudes related to trauma-informed care-10: An examination of scale psychometrics using data from disability service providers. Disability and Health Journal.
- Keesler, J. M., McCoy, P., & Wiltz, J. (2022). Trauma-specific treatment among individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities: A case series with progressive counting. British Journal of Learning Disabilities.
- Keesler, J. M. (2020). Promoting satisfaction and reducing fatigue: Understanding the impact of trauma-informed organizational culture on psychological wellness among DSPs. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.
- Keesler, J. M. (2020). Trauma-specific treatment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A review of the literature from 2008–2018. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
- Keesler, J. M. (2014). A call for the integration of trauma-informed care among intellectual and developmental disability organizations. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 34–42.
- Keesler, J. M. Trauma-informed care for immigrant populations. ALASI, Dubois County Public Health Partnership and Center for Rural Engagement. $18,000.
- Keesler, J. M. Trauma-informed care and developmental disability services. Bethesda, Ontario, Canada. $78,264.
- Keesler, J. M. (Principal investigator). Lawrence County trauma-informed initiative. Sponsored by Families Forever (not-for-profit). $80,259. (2023–2025).
- Keesler, J. M. (Co–principal investigator). Catalyst grant. Sponsored by Department of Mental Health and Addictions (state). $500,000 awarded to Families Forever. (2022–2025).
- Keesler, J. M. (Principal investigator), & Wilkerson, D. (Co–principal investigator). Digital social work practice. Office of Community and Rural Affairs. $200,000. (2022–2023).
- Keesler, J. M. (Principal investigator). Stone Belt trauma-informed care initiative. Sponsored by Arc of Indiana (not-for-profit). $14,989. (February 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023).
- Keesler, J. M. (Principal investigator). Pilot trauma-informed care learning collaborative for intellectual and developmental disability organizations. Sponsored by Klingberg Family Centers (not-for-profit). $14,117.77. (May 1, 2021 – May 31, 2023).
- Keesler, J. M. (Principal investigator), & Purcell, A. S. (Co–principal investigator). Online training in trauma-informed care. Sponsored by Center for Rural Engagement (Indiana University internal). $80,294. (August 2019).