Alan J. Lipps, LPC, LMSW

Associate Professor of Social Work Degrees B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1993 M.M.F.T., Abilene Christian University, 1996 M.S.S.W., University of Texas at Arlington, 1999 Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, 2002 Office Hardin Administration Building, Rm 108 Phone 325.674.4889 Email alan.lipps@acu.edu

Areas of scholarship of expertise

• Substance Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Mental Health
• Research

Courses typically taught

• Social Welfare Policy
• Research Methods
• Program and Practice Evaluation

Published Works

• Community Outreach Survey (2007). Prepared for the City of Abilene. With Bill Culp.

• Lipps, Alan J. (1996) Family Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Related Problems: A Review of Behavioral Family Therapy, Family Systems Therapy and Treatment Matching Research. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 17 (3). (pp. 13-23) 

Recent scholarship:

• Lipps, A.J. (2009).  Attachment from infancy to adulthood [Book Review].  Child and adolscent social work.  26 (4) 379-382
• Lipps, A.J. & Brice, T. (2008). Educating the evidence-based generalist.  An EBP process curriculum model.  A workshop presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education.  Philadelphia, PA.
• Community Outreach Survey (2007).  Prepared for the City of Abilene.  With Bill Culp.
• Lipps, A. (2006).  Can a negative self model explain the relationship between substance abuse and intimate partner violence?  A poster presentation at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference.  Portsmouth, NH

Professional memberships/honors:

• National Association of Social Workers
• Council on Social Work Education
• North American Association of Christian Social Workers

Conference Presentations:

• Lipps, A. J., & Moore, C. N. (2010). The Prevention of Alcohol and
  Drug Exposed Pregnancies through Motivational Interventions. 2010
  National Association of Social Workers/Texas Annual Conference,
  Houston, Texas.
• Ammons, P., Lipps, A. Hamm, S., & Baldridge, S. (2010). Evidence Based
  Practice (EBP): What, Where, and How to Teach It. Faculty Development
  Institute Presented at the Council on Social Work Education, 56th
  Annual Annual Program Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
• Lipps, A. J., Hamm, S. J., & Blackkeeter, H. (2010). Translating Evidence Into Practice. Workshop presented at National Association of Christian Social Worker's 60th Convention 2010 in Durham, NC
• Lipps, A. J., Blackkeeter, H. & Sheets, W. (2009). Translating Evidence Into Practice. Workshop presented at National Association of Social Workers/Texas Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas.
  

Originally from: Brownsville, Texas

Work of literature, art or music you would recommend: Iliad and Odyssey by Homer

Why you do what you do: I want to be the best that I can be and doing this seems to be what I do best.

What you want to give your students: An A+. My hope is that I can give students love, hope, joy, peace and understanding.

What you expect from your students: I expect students to try hard--to strive for perfection, but be content with imperfection and to be who God created them to be.

Why you are at ACU: ACU is a great university, a good place to work and a place that allows me to develop and use my idiosyncratic set of gifts.

Personal:

Family

• Wife: Lilia C. Lipps
• No human children but 4 dogs:
• Tiger, Rigel, Hercules and Goodness Gracious (GiGi)

Outside interests include dog care and training, fishing, chemistry, biology, physics, animal science