Jenifer Gamble
Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Course Coordinator. Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Injustice (SW 521, fall, 22 sections, Online)
- Course Instructor. Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Injustice (SW 521, fall, Hybrid)
- Course Instructor. Advanced Practicum (Block) (SW 745, fall, Online)
- Course Redevelopment. Intimate Partner Violence (SW 519, fall)
- Course Coordinator. Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Injustice (SW 521, spring, 12 sections, Online)
Highlighted Publications
- Royse, D. D. (David D.), Badger, K., Gamble, J.L., & Dhooper, S. S. (2026). Field Instruction: A Practicum Handbook for Social Work Students (8th ed.), Waveland Press, Inc.
- Muir, E., Jones, A., Ratliff, S., & Gamble, J. (2025). Building Research Capacity in Social Work: Lessons from the Field Practicum Experience. Applied Learning in Social Work Education, 15(2), Fall 2025.
- Christensen, M., Gamble, J., & Morrow, D. F. (2023). The longitudinal impacts of COVID-19 on social work students. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 43(2), 175-192.
Student & Research Availability
- Research or Interest Area Key Words: Non-profit leadership; Administration; International social work Social work practicum education
Alma Mater
University of Kentucky (BA, 1997), University of Louisville (PhD, 2008; MSSW, 2002)
Get to Know Jenifer
Dr. Jenifer Gamble is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work in Louisville, Kentucky. She previously served as Assistant Dean and Director of Field Education and Experiential Learning at the University of Kentucky and as Director of Field Education at the West Virginia University School of Social Work from 2018 to 2022. She holds a BA, MSSW, and PhD from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.
Her scholarship focuses on employer based practicum models and their role in shaping professional development, career mobility, and equitable access to social work education. She recently co authored Field Instruction: A Practicum Handbook for Social Work Students.
Her professional background includes domestic nonprofit work addressing gender-based violence and criminal justice policy, as well as international collaborations in global education and policy. While living and working in Washington, DC, she worked with the Office of the First Lady Michelle Obama and the US Department of State Office of Global Women’s Issues, as well as with the National Alliance to End Homelessness. . She is board Secretary for Advancing Girls Education in Africa, board secretary for Finn Church Aid Americas, and a previous Ambassador (WV and KY) for the United State of Women. She often consults with organizations around social entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and growth, and is an avid traveler and lives in Louisville, KY.