Education
Master's Degree
MSW in Social Work
Washington Univ in St. Louis, 1998
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Psychology
Truman State University, 1995
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Choi, M. J., Kim, J., LaBrenz, C., Ryan, S., Wildberger, M. S., Jenkins, L., & Mullan, S. (2025). Informational justice, job autonomy, and child welfare workers’ intention to stay. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/733495
- Jenkins, L., Ryan, S. D., LaBrenz, C. A., Wildberger, M. S., Choi, M., & Kim, J. (2025). Shifting systems: child welfare practitioners’ adaptation to changing policies. Child Welfare, 102(4), 1–28.
- LaBrenz, C., Jenkins, L., Choi, M., Kim, J., Ryan, S., & Wildberger, M. S. (2023). Sinking or swimming: perspectives of the children without placement crisis. Journal of Public Child Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2237421