Subject Matter Expertise/Personal Statement
Jessie Fullenkamp, LMSW, will serve as a consultant and trainer for curriculum development, education and training on LGBTQ identities, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Fullenkamp has over 15 years of experience of curriculum writing and presenting training for a variety of communities and systems of care including work in Kumasi, Ghana, and Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. Her expertise is in creating active learning that meets participants where they are based on their knowledge base, first language, cultural norms, and self-named priorities. Content areas Fullenkamp has experience with include, but are not limited to, LGBT identity; supporting parents and families through the Family Acceptance Project model; Intersectional Identity; and highlighting LGBT youth of color who are out of the home or in rejecting family environments. Fullenkamp is currently the youth services director at the Ruth Ellis Center, one of the first mission-specific nonprofits (1999) in the United States formed to promote permanence and well-being for out-of-home LGBTQ youth.
Professional Positions
2009-2010 | Global Intercultural Education for Undergraduates, Detroit, Mich. (Social Work Graduate Intern at the University of Michigan)
2010-Present | Ruth Ellis Center, Highland Park, Mich. (Youth Services Director)
Selected Honors/Relevant State or Federal Committees, Advisory Boards
2015 | Treasure: From Tragedy to Transjustice, Mapping a Detroit Story, by Dream Hampton; Consultant and Contributor to Film Project; developed content and supporting curriculum focused on the strengths and challenges African-American Transwomen face such as cissexism, family rejection, and systemic racism.
2014 | “Michigan LGBT Center Does Outreach with a Dance “Hook,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio by Kyle Norris. Ruth Ellis Center featured as national leader in work with runaway and homeless LGBT youth.
2011 | Male Perceptions of Intercultural and Study Abroad Programs by Kathryn Thirolf, University of Michigan Doctoral Candidate, Research Assistant.
2007 | National Association of Social Workers, Bachelor of Social Work Student of the Year of Ohio, awarded to recognize commitment to social work.
2007 | Xavier University, Dorothy Day Medal Recipient, awarded to recognize work on peace and justice projects at Xavier University.
2006 | YWCA, Young Woman of Excellence, Miami County, Ohio
Selected Presentations, Training, and Teaching
March 2016 | Juvenile Justice Focus: Building Safety with Youth and Families; Recognizing and Affirming SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression) presenter, curriculum author, six CEUs with 40 participants, Detroit, Mich.
February 2016 | Community Mental Health Focus: Building Safety with Youth and Families; Recognizing and Affirming SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression), grand rounds; co-presenter, curriculum author, three CEUs with over 209 participants in Wayne County
October 2015 | Child Protection Services Focus: Building Safety with Youth and Families; Recognizing and Affirming SOGIE; presenter, curriculum author, six CEUs with 320 participants, Wayne County
January 2015 | Tools for Working with LGBTQ Youth and Families, grand rounds; presenter, curriculum author, three CEUs with over 200 participants, Wayne County
October 2014 | Power and Oppression Training, University of Michigan Detroit Clinical Scholars; presenter, curriculum co-creator, four training hours with over 90 participants, Highland Park, Mich.
May 2014 | Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, grand rounds; presenter, curriculum author, three CEUs with over 200 participants, Wayne County
January 2014 | Principles of Work, Ruth Ellis Center Quarterly Training and Onboarding, presenter, curriculum author, two training hours with over 120 participants, Highland Park, Mich.