Work Experience

 

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, July 2002 to present
School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno

Assistant to the Director of Field Instruction, August 1998 to May 2002
College of Social Work, University of South Carolina

 

Practice Experience

Children's Services Social Worker III, July 1994 to July 1998
Ventura County Public Social Services, Specialized Placement Unit

 

Selected Publications

Hylton, M. & Wolfer, T.A. (2008).  The request.  In (T.A. Wolfer and V.M. Runnion, Eds.) Dying Death and Bereavement in social work practice:  Decision cases for advanced practice.  New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Svare, G. M., Hylton, M. E., & Albers, E. C. (2007).  On our own: Organizational context and social workers' use of spirituality in practice. Social Thought: Journal of Religion in the Social Services.

Hylton, M. E., & Albers, E. C. (2007). The use of interactive television in a BSW program: Comparing experiences of distance and campus-based learners. The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 13(1), 52-66.

Hylton, M.E. (2007).  Facilitating the online learning community: A comparison of two web-based teaching approaches. Journal of Technology in the Human Services, 25(4), 63-78.

Hylton, M. E. (2006). Online versus classroom-based instruction: A comparative study of learning outcomes in a diversity course. The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 11(2), 102-114.

Hylton, M. E. (2006). Queer in southern MSW programs: Lesbian and bisexual women discuss stigma management. The Journal of Social Psychology, 146(5),611-628.

Hylton, M. E. (2005). Heteronormativity and the experiences of lesbian and bisexualwomen as social work students. Journal of Social Work Education, 41,67-82.

 

Research

Selected Papers Presented

Hylton, M. E., 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, "Facilitating the online learning community: A comparison of two web-based teaching approaches", The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Los Angeles, CA. (October 27, 2006).
Hylton, M. E., 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, "The effects of online and classroom-based learning on students’ attitudes and knowledge of lesbians and gay men", Austin, TX. (November 2005).
Hylton, M. E., Albers, E. C., Svare, G. M., NASW-Nevada Annual Conference, "Spirituality, religion, and social work: Benefits and risks", Reno, NV. (September 2005).
Hylton, M. E., Hawaii International Conference on the Social Sciences, "Striving for authenticity: disclosure among lesbian and bisexual women in social work education", Honolulu, HI. (July 2005).
Hylton, M. E., Hawaii International Conference on the Social Sciences, "The effects of online and classroom-based learning on students attitudes and knowledge of lesbians and gay men", Honolulu, HI. (June 2005).
Hylton, M. E., Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, "Strategies for assessing and mitigating the prejudice experienced by lesbian/bisexual women", CSWE, Anaheim, CA. (February 2004).

 

Awards

2007 F. Donald Tibbitts Memorial Distinguished Teacher Award – Runner Up, University of Nevada, Reno.

2007 College of Health and Human Sciences Teaching Award, University of Nevada, Reno.