Jenn Luther
Project Director, Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children, Florida State University, USA
Jennifer D. Luther serves as Project Director at the Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children, under the auspices of the Florida State University, College of Social Work. She currently oversees the development of advanced certification curricula focused on behavior change.
She has worked in correctional rehabilitation across the nation and abroad. Serving in the field for many years has afforded her the opportunity to explore the components of implementation throughout the continuum of care. With this broad perspective, she has extensive experience translating research into practice. She has focused on effective integration of cognitive-behavioral interventions and client-centered, strength-based approaches, and begun developing digital treatment interventions.
Over the course of her career, Ms. Luther authored numerous publications on the subject. She has also been able to implement these practices on an individual and systems levels for multiple state agencies. She is the lead author of integrated curricula being used nationally. Furthermore, she has been an active member and past committee chair of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2007, and became a 2nd cohort MINT-Certified trainer in 2019.
Most recently, she was awarded the 2021 Department of Justice- Special Courage Award, which honors a victim or survivor who has shown exceptional perseverance in dealing with her own victimization, and acted bravely to aid others. She embraces teamwork, strategic-thinking, innovation, and personal development. She believes that people deserve multiple chances to reach their highest potential, and that compassion, empowerment, and hope are the keys to change. Ms. Luther is passionate about our individual and collective ability to facilitate pro-social change.
