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Canyon College

Joseph F. Pulli, M.S.W., M.S.
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Biographical Information

Education

1983-1985
Ph.D. program-Sociology-39 hours
1988-1989
Ph.D. program-Social Work-27 hours
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

1985
Master of Science-Adult Education
Minor-Sociology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

1977
Master of Social Work
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

1975
Bachelor of Social Work
Northeast Louisiana University
Monroe, Louisiana

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

2000-Present
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Pompano Beach, FL
Instructor of Psychology and Social Science
Teach Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Ethics and Social Responsibility, and sociology courses to undergraduate students.

1997-Present
Keiser College
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Instructor of Sociology
Teach day and night sociology courses on campus. Designed, implemented, and currently teach "Introduction to Sociology" and "Culture of the Internet" courses online to students in Florida and nationally.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1994
South College
West Palm Beach, Florida
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
Taught Social Problems to evening students at this college.

1988-1990
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Graduate Teaching Assistant-College of Social Work
Independently taught undergraduate courses in Social Work Practice II & III.

1984-1986
Graduate Teaching Assistant-Department of Sociology
Independently taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems.

1980-1981
Bryant College
Providence, Rhode Island
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
Taught undergraduate courses in Contemporary Social Problems.

1980-1981
Roger Williams College
Providence, Rhode Island
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
Taught Introduction to Sociology courses to undergraduate students.

1979-1980
Middle Georgia College
Cochran, Georgia
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
Taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to Sociology

1977-1979
Cumberland College
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Head, Social Work Program
Established and taught courses in social work methods, practice, and research and criminology/ criminal justice to undergraduate students. Established social work field placements and supervised all students in those placements. Prepared the program for eventual CSWE accreditation. Served on various faculty committees.

CLINICAL/RELATED EXPERIENCE

1998-1999
Bethesda Memorial Hospital-Behavioral Medicine Center
Boynton Beach, Florida
Social Worker/Therapist
Provided individual, family, and group therapy, community resources planning, and placement assistance to acute psychiatric inpatients hospitalized on a voluntary or involuntary basis at this facility.

1992-1999
Home Health Social Worker
Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, and Dade Counties
Conducted visits with patients and families and assisted with community resource planning/ referral and brief counseling for over 60 private and Medicare home health agencies. Provided inservice training to the clinical and support staff of these agencies.

1991-1992
Crisis Line Information and Referral Services, Inc.
Lantana, Florida
Program Director-Core Services
Supervised a professional staff of six and was responsible for recruiting, training, and supervision of over 100 telephone volunteers in addition to daily operation of the telephone counseling and information/referral services.

1991
Residential Treatment Center of the Palm Beaches-Lake Hospital
Lake Worth, Florida
Director of Social Work/Senior Clinician
Supervised a staff of three MSW's who provided clinical treatment to 40 adolescents in this residential setting. Also conducted individual, group, and family therapy with this patient population.

1990-1991
South County Mental Health Center
Delray Beach, Florida
Intake and Evaluation Specialist/Mobile Crisis Counselor
Provided emergency screening and diagnostic services for clients referred by clinicians, families, and law enforcement personnel under the Baker Act. Provided emergency mobile crisis services to law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and the public in Palm Beach county.

1986-1989
Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
Director of Forensic Services
Supervised a staff of three including a forensic psychiatrist and two forensic psychologists. Conducted forensic examinations on defendants and provided expert testimony to the court system. Provided psychiatric treatment and evaluation to inmates in county and city jail systems. Served as psychiatric consultant to local courts, jails, police and sheriff's departments, and office of the attorney general. Provided all psychiatric training to new recruits and police officers/ sheriff's deputies in Knox County.
Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Center (con't.)
Senior Clinician-Adult and Adolescent Services
Provided individual, group, and family therapy to clients in the adult and adolescent programs. Covered emergency walk-in and after hours crisis intervention services. Supervised graduate social work students in field placements at the facility.

1979-1983
Veterans Administration Medical Centers
VA Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Senior Clinician-Mental Health/Behavioral Sciences Unit
Provided individual, group, family, and couples therapy to patients with psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses. Provided emergency psychiatric consultations to house medical and emergency room staff after hours and on weekends.

VA Medical Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Senior Social Worker-Inpatient/Outpatient Psychiatric Units
Provided individual, group, and family therapy to patients with acute psychiatric disorders on the inpatient unit and in the outpatient clinic. Provided supervision to social work, nursing, and medical students assigned to the units for internships/field placements.

VA Medical Center
Dublin, Georgia
Senior Clinician-Alcohol Treatment Unit
Provided evaluation, screening, and treatment services to veterans and their families on the Alcohol Treatment Unit.
Community Care Social Worker
Coordinated treatment and placement of veterans in VA contract nursing homes and supervised team inspections of nursing homes for VA contract approval.

1977-1979
ALCOR, Inc.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Program Director Directed social, educational, and health services outreach in a three county area of rural eastern Kentucky. Hired and supervised sixty-five outreach staff.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1973-1975
Trainer/Volunteer-Mainline Crisis Center, Monroe, Louisiana

1976-1977
Trainer-The Crisis Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

1976-1977
NIAAA Graduate Scholarship, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas

1977-1979
Area Educational Consultant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1986-1989
Social Work Field Instructor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Pulli, Joseph F., "Coordination of Training for Jail and Law Enforcement Personnel", American Jails. 3(3), November, 1989

Crisis Prevention and Intervention-Advanced Certification