Faculty Profile for Stacy Stokes Batts
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Stacy Stokes Batts earned her BSW and MSW from Texas State University in San Marcos, and is currently working toward earning her Ph.D. in Social Work from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Stacy’s professional experience as a licensed practitioner of 25 years has focused on the field of substance abuse. She worked in the non-profit sector for 15 years in substance abuse classroom education, offender education program administration/instruction and curriculum development, prevention, intervention, as well as coordinating out-patient treatment programs both in the community and inside incarceration facilities. She worked for eight years in Higher Education - Student Affairs focusing on substance abuse education, sanction completion, leadership development, and academic retention. Stacy has both adjunct instruction and higher education classroom presentation experience and began her full-time lecturer position in the School of Social Work at Texas State University in 2018. She has served as the BSW Associate Program Director from 2020 to 2023. Her practice interests within substance abuse include mental health, family systems and grief work. Stacy’s research interests focus on perception and use of cannabis products, specifically among the older adult population. Stacy is the social work Code of Ethics consultant for Dancing Moose Productions, Inc.Teaching Interests
Social Work coursesResearch Interests
Perception and use of cannabis products, specifically among older adults.Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- The Medium.
Author - Eric Beck / Director - Scot Purkeypile.
2020.
Performances:
- 24 Hour Play Festival. February 18, 2019 The EmilyAnn Theater and Garden, Wimberley, Texas.
- You Aint Nothin’ But A Jackson.
Stacy Stokes Batts.
2019.
Performances:
- The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. February 25, 2019 - February 28, 2019 Region 6, Abilene, Texas.
- (Peer).
- Star Wars on Star Trek.
Stacy Stokes Batts.
2019.
Performances:
- The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. February 25, 2019 - February 28, 2019 Region 6, Abilene, Texas.
- (Peer).
Selected Service Activities
Organizer
School of SOWK - Joy of Teaching
September 2023-Present
Member
School of SOWK Program Standards Committee
August 2023-Present
Member
School of SOWK Curriculum Committee
August 2020-Present
Member
BSW Committee
September 1, 2018-Present
Member
Non-Tenure Line Faculty Committee
September 1, 2018-Present