Associate Professor of Social Work
Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work

Office Information

Phone:	619.849.2368
Fax:	619.849.7019
Location:	Culbertson Hall, Room 102
E-mail:	kmodesto@pointloma.edu

        

Education

 

B.A.	Eastern Nazarene College Major: History, Minor: Political Science, cum laude
M.A.	Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Concentration: Religion and Social Change
M.S.	University of North Carolina, School of Social Work
Ph.D.	University of North Carolina, School of Social Work

Academic Appointments

August 2002 to Present
Associate Professor of Social Work
Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, CA

August 1998 to May 2000
Research Assistant
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Journal Articles

Modesto, K. F. (2004). "Won't be weighted down:" Richard R. Wright, Jr.'s contributions to social work and social welfare. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 31(2), 69-89.

Modesto, K. F.,  Weaver, A. J.,  & Flannelly, K. J. (In Press). A systematic review of religious and spiritual research in social work. Social Work and Christianity.

Modesto, K. F., Boddie, Stephanie C., & Truelear, H. D. (In Submission). Keeping the faith: Principles for partnering with the faith community, congregations, and faith-based organizations. Journal of Community Practice.

Modesto, K. F. (In Submission).  Standing on the Promises:Moving from faith-based to evidence-based practices in faith-based social intervention. Social Thought: A Journal of Religion and Social Services.

Reports

 
Modesto,  K. F. (2004) Standing on the Promises:Moving from faith-based to evidence-based practices in faith-based social intervention. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Modesto, K. F., Trulear, H. D., & Boddie, S. C. (2004). Mission Matters: Defining and engaging the faith community, congregations, and faith-based organizations. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Orthner, D. K., Modesto, K. F., & Williamson, S. (2001). Understanding Fathers of TANF Children: A Report from Intensive Interviews. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Presentations

Taken on Faith: Preliminary Findings from an outcomes evaluation of a faith based welfare to work program, at the Independent Sector Spring Research Forum, March 2003, Bethesda Maryland

Grants

Principle Investagor  – Annie E. Casey Grant – Concepetualizing and Defining Faith-Based Organizations – November 2003, $10,000

Principle Investagor  – Promising Practices of Faith-based Organizations, Annie E. Casey Foundation $15,000 – September 2004

Professional Experience

Senior Pastor, Tapestry: A Church of the Nazarene, Raleigh, NC, October 1993 to March 2002

Executive Director, Neighbor to Neighbor Ministries, Church of the Nazarene, October 1993 to Present

Consultant, World Vision, U.S. Programs,  June 1992 to September 1993

P.F. Bresee Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, August 1991 to September 1993

• Director, Human Services Division
• Director, Restore L.A.
• Assistant to the Director, Bresee Institute

Assistant Pastor for Young Adults, Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene, July 1991 to 1993

American Arbitration Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 1989  to July 1991

• Coordinator of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services
• Labor Relations Case Administrator

Community Service

• Swan Canyon Neighborhood Association, San Diego, 2004 to Present
• Southeast Redemption, Inc. Resource Team, San Diego, 2004 to Present
• San Diego County Department of Children’s Services Family to Family Steering Committee, 2002 to present
• Caring Council of San Diego, 2002 to present
• Advisory Board, Center for Justice and Reconciliation, 2002 to present
• Annie E. Casey Foundation, Faith Dialouge Participant, 2002 to present
• Interim Pastor, San Diego Southeast Church of the Nazarene, Summer 2003
• Children’s Sunday School Teacher, Church of the Nazarene at Mid-City 2004
• Coordinating Committee Triangle Industrial Areas Foundation Raleigh, NC, 2001 to 2002
• Volunteer Staff Governor’s Fatherhood Commission, Raleigh, NC, 2000 to 2001
• Elected to the Sunday School Board, North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene, 2000 to 2002
• Research Assistant, UNC-CH School of Social Work, 1998 to 2000
• Compassionate Ministries Coordinator, Nazarene World Mission Society, North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene
• Ordained as an Elder by the North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene 1996
• Compensatory Education Teacher, Wake Technical Community College, 1995 to 2000
• Trustee, Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now, 1991 to 1993
• Teaching Assistant,-- Fuller Theological Seminary, Nazarene Theological Seminary, and Azusa Pacific University, Graduate School of Theology, 1991 to 1993
• United Neighborhoods Organization Clergy Caucus, Los Angeles,  1991 to 1993
• Editorial Board, Hope Magazine, 1992 to 1993
• Member, RLA (Rebuild L.A.) Volunteer Task Force, 1992 to 1993
• Fair Housing Tester, Fair Housing Council of Delaware County 1990-1991
• CityTeam Ministries, Chester, PA, 1988-89
• Summer Intern, Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene, Los Angeles, CA, 1988

Campus Service

• Member of the WASC Send Task Force, 2004
• Enrollment Management, 2003- to present
• Center for Justice and Reconciliation, 2002- to present
• Provisional Admission Task Force, 2004 to present
• Outside Evaluator, School of Theology and Christian Ministry, 2004 to 2005
• Retention Committee, 2003-2003
• Conducted training for Student Ministries, Fall 2002
• Introduction, Race Forum, January 2003
• Documentary Dicussion Facilitator, February 2003
• Retreat Speaker, Loveworks, April 2003
• Student Ministries Retreat Chaperone, May 2003
• New Faculty Seminar, Facilitated – What I wished I had known, September 2003
• ITS Trainings – EndNote – April, June, August, and November 2003
• Student Ministries Mentor, 2003, Surf and Serve
• Loveworks retreat speaker 2004
• Student Ministries Retreat Planning 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Urban Term 2004
• New Student Orientation Panel Member 2004
• Instituted Community Classroom, 2004
• New Faculty Mentor, 2004
• Student Ministries Mentor, 2004, Carpenter’s Crew
• Moderator, Student Ministries, War Forum, 2004

Professional Memberships

• National Association of Social Workers
• North American Association of Christians in Social Work
• National Council on Family Relations