Kelley R. Macmillan is an associate professor of practicum education. His areas of specialty are interprofessional education and practice focused on geriatrics, classroom instruction, and practicum supervision of MSW students. He teaches coursework on evidence-based interventions, skills in interviewing, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, and evaluation of direct practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Professor Macmillan is the faculty lead for the Graduate Certificate in Aging and Health. The certificate advances students’ ability to integrate knowledge of the biological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of aging, and the clinical interventions and policy developments that enhance well-being in later life. He is the faculty advisor for the Queer Alliance Social Work Caucus which seeks to increase dialogue about the issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning populations, as well as provide networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ students, allies, faculty, and staff. Professor Macmillan serves as coordinator for the Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium (GSWEC), a consortium of eight schools of social work and 16 agencies serving older adults. The university coordinators identify students interested in geriatrics and aging social work practice for practicum placements with stipends at GSWEC agencies.
Professor Macmillan has extensive experience in geriatric social work practice in primary care, administrative responsibility for social services in hospital, home health, hospice and community social service programs, and practicum education supervision. He was a clinical associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, teaching MSW foundation social work practice and social policy courses, with specializations in aging and health. He co-taught a critical care interprofessional education course with faculty from nursing, pharmacy, and respiratory care. He developed and taught an MSW level integrated behavioral health policy course, and a BSW-level course on social services for older adults based on federal and state aging policies and services legislation.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are important commitments, personally and professionally. At the University of Maryland, Professor Macmillan was co-chair of the Diversity and Anti-Oppression Ad Hoc Work Group that developed and presented a proposal to faculty for approval as a full committee in the school. The proposal was passed, and this new committee was the first-time staff and students were elected as full members on a faculty committee. He was also the faculty advisor for the LGBTQIA student group at the University of Maryland.
Professor Macmillan was the principal investigator on a multi-year adult service workers training grant for Adult Services, a program in the Maryland Department of Human Resources. He was also a faculty member on a HRSA-GWEP Geriatric IPE grant at the Sanford Center for Aging, University of Nevada, Reno. Other grant funding includes a pilot grant to explore transportation preferences of individuals with disabilities and older adults, a global initiative grant to fund student study abroad experience in the Philippines, and an Options Counseling Training Program for ADRC staff in Maryland.