Biography:

Krista Cooper, MSW, Ph.D. candidate, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Andrews University. She joined the faculty in 2012, teaching courses in Social Policy, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, and Social Work Ethics.

In addition to teaching, Cooper has had experience in a variety of social work fields, including mental health, child welfare and abuse prevention, substance abuse/misuse, and individual and group therapy. She has been involved in several scholarly papers and presentations. Her research interests focus on issues in health, domestic violence, mental health in underserved populations, HIV prevention and intervention, and policy development for immigrant populations.

Cooper is a member of Social Work and Health Inequalities Network, Central Alabama Caribbean American Association, and American Public Health Association. In 2008 she received the Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship.

Currently, Cooper is a Ph.D. candidate at University of Alabama and is working toward completion of her dissertation entitled Experiences of Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Women Living with HIV/AIDS: A Phenomenological Investigation.

Current Research or Professional Activities:

Research/Presentations

Payne-Foster, P., Cooper, K., Parton, J. M., & Meeks, J. O. (2011). Assessment of HIV/AIDS
prevention of rural African American Baptist leaders: Implication for effective partnerships for capacity building. Journal of the National Medical Association, 103, 323-331.

Cooper, K.  (2011). Best Research Practices with Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Women with
HIV/AIDS to the United States. Atlanta, GA: Boston College Annual HIV/AIDS
Conference.

Cooper, K. (2010 ). Exploring Effective Research Practices and the Needs of Caribbean
Immigrant Women with HIV/AIDS. Dublin, Ireland: 6th International Conference on
Social Work in Health and Mental Health (June 27- July 2).

Payne-Foster, P. & Cooper, K. (2009). Influencers of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Black Churches in the Deep South. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama, Rural Health Conference

Li, A., Nelson-Gardell, D., Cooper, K., Collins, S. (2009).  Educating Social Work Doctoral
Students as Social Work Education. Jackson, MS: 38th Annual Alabama/Mississippi Social
Work Education Conference