Scott Edward Rutledge, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Assistant Chair & Associate Professor

215-204-6021

Biography

Scott Edward Rutledge is associate professor and assistant chair of Temple University’s School of Social Work. His research portfolio includes developing HIV prevention interventions for prisoners and African American gay/bisexual men, contextualizing and reducing AIDS stigma in health services, and understanding patterns of HIV disclosure in sexual situations. In addition, he researches medication adherence among people with HIV and is exploring health disparities among transgender persons. He teaches practice, HBSE in the health/mental heath specialization, a transition course for BSW students entering the advanced standing MSW program, HIV/AIDS & Social Work, and Integrative Seminar (the MSW capstone course). He completed his MSW in Integrated Practice at the University of Iowa and his PhD in Social Welfare at the University of Washington where he was an NIMH prevention science predoctoral trainee. His practice experience includes supervising foster care and adoption programs, HIV prevention counseling, and community planning for HIV prevention and AIDS care.

Course Involvement

Foundations of Social Work Practice I (MSW)

Foundations of Social Work Practice II (MSW)

Integrative Seminar (MSW capstone ethics course)

Health/Mental Health: HBSE (MSW)

HIV/AIDS & Social Work (BSW/MSW)

Foundations of Advanced Social Work (BSW-MSW transition course)

Publications/Presentations

Google Scholar Author Page:

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xrnMrdgAAAAJ

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Han, C.-S., Rutledge, S.E., Bond, L., Lauby, J. & Bodas LaPollo, A. (2013). You're better respected when you carry yourself as a man: Black men's personal accounts of the down low "lifestyle." Sexuality & Culture. doi: 10.1007/s12119-013-9192-3

Chonody, J.M., Rutledge, S.E., & Smith, S. (2012). "That's so gay:" Language use and antigay bias among heterosexual college students. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 24(3), 241-259. doi: 10.1080/10538720.2012.697036

Rutledge, S.E., Siebert, D.C., Siebert, C.F. & Chonody, J. (2012). Attitudes toward gays and lesbians: A latent class analysis of university students. Journal of Social Service Research, 38(1), 18- 28. doi:10.1080/01488376.2011.598721

Rutledge, S.E., Whyte, J., Abell, N., Brown, K.M. & Cesnales, N.I. (2011). Measuring stigma among health care and social service providers: The HIV/AIDS Provider Stigma Inventory. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 25(11), 673-682. doi:10.1089/apc.2011.0008

Rutledge, S.E., Siebert, D.C., Chonody, J., & Killian, M. (2011). Information about human sexuality: Sources and satisfaction among college students. Sex Education, 11(4), 471-487. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2011.601133

Han, C.-S., Lauby, J., Bond, L., Bodas LaPollo, A., & Rutledge, S.E. (2010). Magic Johnson doesn't worry about how to pay for medicine: Black MSM's experiences living with HIV. Culture, Health, and Sexuality, 12(4), 387-399. doi: 10.1080/13691050903549030

Abell, N., & Rutledge, S.E. (2010). Awareness, acceptance, and action: Developing mindful collaborations in international HIV/AIDS research and service. British Journal of Social Work, 40(2), 656-675. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp047

Chonody, J., Siebert, D.C., & Rutledge, S.E. (2009). College students’ attitudes toward gays and lesbians. Journal of Social Work Education, 45(3), 499-512. doi: 10.5175/JSWE.2009.200800002

Rutledge, S.E. (2009). Formation of personal HIV disclosure policies among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 23(7), 531-543. doi: 10.1089/apc.2008.0179

Siebert, D.C., Chonody, J., Rutledge, S.E., & Killian, M. (2009). The Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals 30 years later: A psychometric study. Research on Social Work Practice, 19(2), 214-220. doi: 10.1177/1049731508318553

Rutledge, S.E., Abell, N., Padmore, J., & McCann, T. J. (2009). AIDS stigma in health services in the Eastern Caribbean. Sociology of Health & Illness, 31(1), 17-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01133.x

Note: This article is included in Virtual Special Issue #7, of Sociology of Health & Illnessthat describes the history of articles about HIV/AIDS published in that journal. See http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/shil_enhanced/virtual7.asp.

Rutledge, S.E., Siebert, D.C., & Wilke, D.J. (2008). HIV transmission and alcohol in the Caribbean: An agenda for social work. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 7, 47-70.doi: 10.1080/15381500802093183

Rutledge, S.E. (2007). Enacting personal HIV disclosure policies for sexual situations: HIV-positive gay men’s experiences. Qualitative Health Research, 17, 1040-1059. doi: 10.1177/1049732307306931

Rutledge, S.E. (2007). Single-session motivational enhancement counseling to support change toward reduction of HIV transmission by HIV positive persons. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 313-319. doi: 10.1007/s10508-006-9077-8

Abell, N., Rutledge, S.E., McCann, T.J., & Padmore, J. (2007). Examining HIV/AIDS provider stigma: Assessing regional concerns in the islands of the eastern Caribbean. AIDS Care, 19(2), 242-247. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01133.x

Press Note: This article is publicized through a podcast with the Caribbean Health Research Council, which developed a fact sheet and press release. See http://www.chrc-caribbean.org/ .

Rutledge, S.E., & Abell, N. (2005). Awareness, acceptance, and action: An emerging framework for understanding AIDS stigmatizing attitudes among community leaders in Barbados. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 19(3), 186-199. doi: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.186

Note: This article was excerpted in great detail in a “Tool Box” article in Mental Health AIDS(volume 6, issue 4, summer 2005), which is a newsletter from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See http://www.samhsa.gov/hiv/mhAids/2005/MHAsummer05.pdf .

Rutledge, S.E., Roffman, R.A., Picciano, J.F., Kalichman, S.C., & Berghuis, J.P. (2002). HIV prevention and attrition: Challenges and opportunities. AIDS and Behavior, 6(1), 69-82. doi: 10.1023/A:1014580629524

Rutledge, S.E., Roffman, R.A., Mahoney, C., Picciano, J.F., Berghuis, J.P. & Kalichman, S.C. (2001). Motivational enhancement counseling strategies in delivering a telephone-based brief HIV prevention intervention. Clinical Social Work Journal, 29(3), 291-306. doi: 10.1023/A:1010463813593

Note: This article is included as a model of social work/public health practice on the NASW website. See http://www.socialworkpolicy.org/research/public-health-social-work.html.

Note: Selected as one of 80 from more than 2500 published articles from 2000 to 2003, this article was reprinted as an exemplar of an innovative intervention approach in Turner, F. J. (2005). Social work diagnosis in contemporary practice.New York: Oxford University Press.

Picciano, J.F., Roffman, R.A., Kalichman, S.C., Rutledge, S.E., & Berghuis, J.P. (2001). A telephone-based brief intervention to reduce sexual risk taking among MSM: A pilot study. AIDS and Behavior, 5(3), 251-262. 10.1023/A:1011392610578

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations/Posters

Rutledge, S.E., Carmody, J., King, K., Chonody, J. & Han, C.-S. (2013, Jan. 17). Exploring decision making for HIV disclosure in sexual situations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research in San Diego, California.

Brown, K.M., Cesnales, N.I, Abell, N., Rutledge, S.E., & Whyte, J. (2011, Jan. 15). Measuring stigma among health care providers: The HIV/AIDS Provider Stigma Inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research in Tampa, Florida.

Chonody, J., Siebert, C.F., Siebert, D.C., & Rutledge, S.E. (2011, Jan. 16). The Importance of Confirmatory Validation: A Study of the Short Version of the Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gays (ATLG-S). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research in Tampa, Florida.

Han, C.-S., & Rutledge, S.E. (2011, Jan. 15). Family influences on risk and protective factors for unsafe sex among gay API men. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research in Tampa, Florida.

Rutledge, S.E., Siebert, D.C., Siebert, C.F., Chonody, J., & Han, C.-S. (2011, Jan. 15). Attitudes toward gays and lesbians: A latent class analysis of university students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research in Tampa, Florida.

Han, C.-S., Rutledge, S.E., & Chonody, J. (2010, Oct. 17). Respect on the down low: Black men's representations of sexual identity. Paper at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Portland, Oregon.

Rutledge, S.E., Chonody, J., Siebert, D.C., & Siebert, C.F. (2009, Nov. 8). A multivariate model of college students’ attitudes toward gays and lesbians. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in San Antonio, Texas.

Chonody, J., Smith, S., & Rutledge, S.E. (2009, Nov. 8). “That’s so gay”: Language use and antigay bias. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in San Antonio, Texas.

Icard, L.D., Rutledge, S.E., Garg, K.E., Schmitz, M., Harrison, M., Scharff, N., & Charania, M. (2009, August). HIV prevention with pre-release incarcerated men: Implications for engaging inmates in community correctionalcenters. Paper presented at the CDC National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.

Zibalese Crawford, M., & Rutledge, S. E. (2009, May). Decision making of HIV positive African American women around relationships. Workshop presented at the Twenty-first Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, New Orleans.

Chonody, J., Siebert, D.C., & Rutledge, S.E. (2009, Jan. 17). Testing the information-plus-exposure model: College students' attitudes toward gays and lesbians. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans.

Killian, M., Siebert, D.C., Chonody, J., & Rutledge, S.E. (2009, Jan. 17). The Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals 30 years later: A psychometric study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans.

Siebert, D.C., Chonody, J., & Rutledge, S.E. (2008, Nov. 1). Exploring anti-gay biases in college students: Implications for social work education. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia.

Rutledge, S.E., Chonody, J., & Siebert, D.C. (2008, Oct. 31). Information about human sexuality: Sources, satisfaction and perceived knowledge among college students. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia.

Icard, L.D., Rutledge, S.E., Garg, K.E., Schmitz, M., & Scharff, N. (2008, Oct. 8). HIV prevention with pre-release incarcerated men and the roles of the family. Paper presented at the NIMH International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, Providence, Rhode Island.

Zibalese-Crawford, M., & Rutledge, S.E. (2008, May 24). Decision making of HIV positive African American women around relationships. Workshop presented at the Twentieth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Washington, D.C.

Abell, N., Rutledge, S.E., Padmore, J., & McCann, T.J. (2007, June 27). Developing functional collaborations for international HIV/AIDS research and service. Workshop presented at Eighth Biennial Caribbean and International Social Work Educators Conference, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.

Rutledge, S.E., & Abell, N. (2006, August 15). HIV/AIDS confidentiality in Eastern Caribbean health settings: torn between professional obligations to patients and a covert duty to warn others. Presented as part of discussion, “Intensifying involvement of affected communities in the Caribbean” at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto.

Rutledge, S.E., & Abell, N. (2006, January 14). AIDS stigma in health service provision in the West Indies. Paper given at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work Research. San Antonio, Texas.

Abell, N., Rutledge, S.E., McCann, T.J., & Padmore, J. (2005, May 6). Intervening in HIV/AIDS provider stigma: Assessing regional concerns in the West Indies. Presented at the University of the West Indies HIV/AIDS Response Programme (UWI/HARP) Scientific and Business Conference. Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.

Abell, N., & Rutledge, S.E. (2005, May 29). Awareness, acceptance, & action: Responding to HIV/AIDS provider stigma in the West Indies. Paper given at 17^th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS. Chicago.

Rutledge, S.E., & Abell, N. (2005, May 29). Challenges and opportunities in international collaboration for AIDS research and service. Paper given at 17^th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS. Chicago.

Siebert, D.C., Wilke, D.J., Rutledge, S.E. & Randolph, K.A. (2004, May). Alcohol and HIV transmission in the Caribbean: An agenda for social work. Paper given at the 4^th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Québec City, Canada.

Rutledge, S.E. (2003, Nov. 8). Contextualizing HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners by HIV positive gay men. Paper given at 45^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Antonio, Texas.

Rutledge, S.E. & Abell, N. (2003, July 31). Awareness, Acceptance, and Action: Critical Steps toward Reducing AIDS Stigma among Community Leaders in Caribbean Nations. Paper presented at the 6^th Biennial Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.

Icard, L.D., Joe, S., Rutledge, S.E. (2001, Aug. 13). Teaming African American families with survival skills. Presented as part of Symposium, “Empowering parents to be HIV/AIDS educators,” National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Icard, L.D. & Rutledge, S.E. (2001, Jan. 18). Peers or professionals: Who is more effective as the source for delivering interventions? Presented as part of Symposium, “HIV intervention research targeting women, couples, children and families in African-American and Hispanic communities,” Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Diego.

Icard, L.D. & Rutledge, S.E. (2000, July). Family-based AIDS prevention for black adolescents. Paper given at NIMH Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS, Chicago.

Rutledge, S.E., Picciano, J.F., King, K.A., & Roffman, R.A. (1999, August). Attrition from a brief intervention for MSM. Poster at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta.

Rutledge, S.E. (1999, May). Using motivational interviewing to address ambivalence about safer sex among gay and bisexual men. Paper given at HIV/AIDS ’99: The Social Work Response, Chicago.

Rutledge, S.E. (1997, May). Effectiveness of a time-limited support group in reducing HIV-negative gay men’s risk-taking, isolation, and anxiety. Paper given at HIV/AIDS ’97: The Social Work Response, Los Angeles.

Grants & Contracts

R01 HD072825-01A1. National Institute of Mental Health. Developing and Pilot Testing a Mobile Phone-Based HIV/STI Prevention Intervention. This study is developing smartphone apps and testing their efficacy along with adjunctive text messaging to reduce HIV/STI risk behavior among young African American MSM. Role: Co-Investigator. University of Pennsylvania PI: John Jemmott. (2012-2015)

R01MH079736-01A1. National Institute of Mental Health. Being Responsible for Ourselves (BRO). HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for High-Risk Black Men. This study is testing the efficacy of an individual-level counseling intervention to reduce HIV/STI risk behavior among African American MSM. Role: Co-Investigator. University of Pennsylvania PI: John Jemmott. Total Cost Granted: ~$2,500,000 (Temple subcontract: ~$72,500) (2007-2012)

UR6 PS 000366-01. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV prevention intervention research with HIV positive incarcerated populations. This study tested the feasibility of a group intervention for HIV positive inmates to reduce HIV transmission and increase access of medical services following release. Role: Co-PI with Larry Icard. Total Cost Granted: $800,000 (2006-2009)

Temple University Study Leave and Grant-in-Aid. HIV Disclosure Practices for Sexual Situations among Men Who Have Sex with Men. One-semester sabbatical plus $3,000 awarded to expand a grounded theory model. (2009)

Florida State University. Planning grant funded to conduct formative research on AIDS stigma in health and social services in Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago. Role: Co-PI with Neil Abell. Total Granted: $10,000 (2003-2004)

State of Florida. HIV/AIDS Community Planning Grants. Two subcontracts with the Florida Department of Health and Big Bend Cares, Inc. Facilitated community needs assessments for HIV/AIDS prevention and patient care in eight counties in Florida’s panhandle. Role: Principal Investigator. Total Granted: $48,000 (2003-2004)

Reducing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap (381.7351-381.7356 Florida Statutes). Big Bend Cares, Inc. as subcontracted with Gadsden County Health Department. Role: Consultant. (2003)

FloridaState UniversityFirst Year Assistant Professor Award. Conducted feasibility pilot of motivational enhancement counseling for HIV transmission risk reduction with clients of an AIDS service organization. Role: Principal Investigator. Total Granted: $15,000 (2002)

NIMH. PA-95-070: Brief Interventions to Prevent the Spread of AIDS. Motivating HIV Risk-Reduction. Role: NIMH Trainee. PI: Roger Roffman. RO1 proposal revised and funded in 2002. (2000)

State of Iowa Department of Public Health. Three-year HIV prevention community intervention with gay men in Eastern Iowa. Role: Co-PI with Elizabeth Wehrman. Total Granted: $90,000 (1997-2000)