Faculty Profile

Karla Horton

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Social Work
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 2010. 
Major: Social Work
Dissertation Title: The Diverse Adolescent Relational Aggression Measure: Development and Validation
MSW, Southern Illinois University, 2000. 
Major: Social Work
Degree Specialization: School Social Work
BA, Southern Illinois University, 1996. 
Major: Psychology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
SOWK 4725.400, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Summer 2024 
SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2024 Syllabus
SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2024 Syllabus
SOWK 4725.800, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    SOWK 3000.002, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 5213.991, Social Work Practice II Organizations and Communities, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.900, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Summer 8W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.800, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.002, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.900, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Summer 8W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.800, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.002, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.800, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4725.850, Theory and Practice in Mental Health, Spring 3W1 2021 
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 5903.001, Seminar in Social Work, Current Issues, Summer 3W1 2019  SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4890.001, Topics in Social Welfare, Summer 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4890.001, Topics in Social Welfare, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4890.001, Topics in Social Welfare, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 4610.001, Social Work Practice III, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.001, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SOWK 3000.002, Foundations of Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Horton, K.  (2023). Mentorship in the Academy: Barriers and Strategies for African American Female Faculty. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. No.  Washington, DC: APA. 
Horton, K. B. (2022). An Overview of Parental Incarceration in African American Students: The Effects on Socioeconomics, Educational Outcomes, School Exclusion, and Juvenile Justice Involvement. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. Springer. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=wjcc21
Horton, K., Prudencio, A.  (2022). School Social Work Performance Evaluation: Illustrations of Domains and Components from the National Evaluations Framework for School Social Work Practice. Children & Schools. Oxford Academic. 
Horton, K. B. (2022). Service-Learning and the Use of a Mock Organization for an Undergraduate Macro Practice Social Work Course. Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education. No.  Youngsville, LA:. https://journals.sfu.ca/jslhe/index.php/jslhe
Horton, K.  (2020). Assessing the Correlation between Parental Incarceration and  Relational Aggression: Factor Structure of the Diverse Adolescent Relational Aggression Scale (DARAS). Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press. 
Horton, K.  (2019). Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS): Trauma Intervention for Bullying. School Social Work Journal. No. 43(1), 1-13.  Online: New Prairie Press. https://newprairiepress.org/ijssw/vol4/iss1/2/
Horton, K. B., Chahalis, A., Huff, P.  (2017). Illinois School Social Work Licensure Exams:  A Comparison of State Licensure Agencies. 41(2), 23-40. 
Horton, K. B. (2016). Exploring Workplace Bullying Through a Social Work Ethics- Informed Lens. 13(1), 25-32. 
Horton, K. B. (2014). Relational Aggression from a School Social Work Perspective: A  Social Information Processing Counseling Activity. 38(2), 49-60. 
Moon, S. S., Blakey, J. M., Boyas, J., Horton, K. B., Kim, Y. J. (2014). The Influence of Parental, Peer, and School Factors on Marijuana Use Among Native American Adolescents. Journal of Social Service Research. 40(2), 147-159. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2013.865578



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Horton, K. B., "Micro Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (August 15, 2022 – May 1, 2023).
Horton, K. (Principal), "Micro-Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (October 2018 – October 2019).
Mukherjee, D. (Supporting), Soliman, H. (Principal), Horton, K. (Supporting), "A supplementary grant to the Foster Pride Division of Clinical Practice Development," Sponsored by Office of Training & Professional Development. Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois, State, $69955 Funded. (March 15, 2014 – November 25, 2015).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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