Bio


Dr. Kristina Hash is an Associate Professor in the School Social Work and Director of the Gerontology Certificate Program at West Virginia University.  She holds a Ph.D. in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Social Work Degree and Graduate Gerontology Certificate from West Virginia University.  Her research interests include caregiving, LGBT issues, the use of technology in teaching and research and geriatric education.  Her work has been published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services and Geriatric and Gerontology Education as well as in edited books.  She has taught diversity, health and aging, social work practice, social work research and human behavior in the social environment.  Dr. Hash is an expert trainer and consultant for the Council on Social Work Education’s National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education and was one  of 15 participants chosen nationally for the First Annual Institute on Aging and Social Work. Has been an investigator for four geriatric education grants funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the DHHS/HRRSA/Bureau of Health Professions.  She was a recipient of the Outstanding Principal Investigator Award from the New York Academy of Medicine’s Social Work Leadership Institute and the Judith Gold Stitzel Award from the WVU Women’s Studies Program.  Her practice background includes positions in home health care, social work continuing education, and research and program evaluation.  Additionally, she has been involved in several volunteer activities with community-based agencies serving older adults. Her experience as a caregiver for her grandmother was the driving force behind her interest in social and aging.