EMILY WHITEHEAD BLEYL portrait
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Social Work
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Social Work
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Professional Service

  • College of Social Work. Role: Representative. FEC MSW Advisory Committee BSW Advisory Committee Ad Hoc consultant licensing issues . 02/01/2021 - 01/31/2023
  • Impact Mental Health. Liaison. 05/31/2020 - 01/31/2021
  • The Haven. Board member. 01/02/2017 - 01/31/2021

Internal Service

  • MSW Admission Committee. Committee Member, 10/31/2023 - 12/31/2023. College service.
  • Scholarship Committee. Committee Member, 03/03/2023 - 03/31/2023. College service.
  • Liaison Interdisciplinary School Mental Health Training Grant in conjunction with Educational Psychology. In this capacity, I revised the application, collaborated on its dissemination and served as a point person for recruitment and information. 02/01/2023 - 12/31/2023. Department service.
  • Consultant to Occupational Professional Review Committee (OPLR). In this capacity, I provided institutional and historical licensing information to this newly designated committee--an outgrowth of the Department of Commerce charged with reviewing professional licensing provisions. 01/13/2023 - 02/23/2023. Other service.
  • Faculty Executive Committee. 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025. College service.
  • Advisory Committee, Interdisciplinary Preparation of Early Childhood Professionals for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention. Advisory, 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024. College service.
  • Search Committee, BSW Practicum Director. Committee Member, 01/01/2023 - 04/30/2024. College service.
  • Practicum Advisory Committee. In this role, I collaborate with community/agency partners. This year (and in previous years, developed the content and secured speakers for the Fall Field Instructor Development Workshop and the Keynote for the Spring Awards Banquet. Committee Member, 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023. College service.
  • Liaison-Katie L. Dixon Leadership Scholarship. In this capacity, I update materials, manage applications and disseminate information regarding the availability of and process for procuring these scholarship funds., 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023. Department service.
  • MSW Advisory Committee. Member, 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023. College service.
  • Faculty Executive Committee . 07/01/2021 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Developed 12 field placements and currently serve as liaison to Impact Mental Health, coordinated partnership with IPE in the School of Medicine. 05/31/2020 - 01/31/2021

Honors & Awards

  • Practicum Faculty of the Year . MSWSSA, 04/26/2023
  • Utah Social Worker of the Year 2022. 04/14/2022