As an adjunct faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University and a doctoral student in Social Work at Saint Louis University, Scott’s lived experience with religious and cultural trauma, addiction, recovery, and reinvention informs his teaching, research, and therapeutic practice. His work centers on empowerment-structured mentorship and inclusive approaches to recovery. He has published on minority rights and on educational access for incarcerated individuals, presented at conferences on the importance of inclusion, and awarded grants to develop high-impact learning initiatives. As a therapist with As You Are Therapy, Scott continues to serve clients across Tennessee while advancing resilience-focused scholarship and promoting social change.

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• Stickle, B., Coble, S., Schuster, S.S. (2025). Futures reclaimed: The power of education in prisons. Mackinac Center for Public Policy.  https://www.mackinac.org/s2024-13
  
  
• Coble, S. (2024). LGBTQ rights policy analysis. Scientia et Humanitas: A Journal of Student Research, 14(1), 94-106.  https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/view/2491 

Pending Unpublished Manuscripts (abstracts submitted):

• Dopwell, D., Dotson, C.L., & Coble, S. (2025, August). Reflection as resistance: ePortfolios elevating student voice and sustaining social justice pedagogy in an anti-DEI landscape. [Unpublished. Manuscript]. Departments of Social Work, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States, and Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States.

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Presenter:

• Story, C., Dotson, C.L., Dopwell, D., Paiva de Oliveira, J., Coble, S., & Weakly, A. (2024, October 27-30). Building community trust and capacity for mental health through culturally appropriate assessment [Poster presentation]. American Public Health Association [APHA] 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo, Minneapolis, MN, United States. 
  
  
• Coble, S.  (2024, September 26-27). Inclusive substance use disorder recovery: Advancing equity for LGBTQ individuals. [Conference presentation]. East Tennessee State University Equity and Inclusion Conference, Johnson City, TN, United States.

Contributor:

• Gibson, D., Dotson, C.L., Coble, S., Robinson, S. (2024, March 6-10). The impact of religion on attitudes towards LGBTQ+ inclusion with child adoption [Conference presentation]. The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors 41st Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
   
• Gibson, D., Dotson, C.L., & Coble, S. (2022, November 10-13). African Americans' plight from Civil Rights to DEI in society: The importance of self-care [Conference presentation]. Council of Social Work Education [CSWE] 68th Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States. 

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• Dotson, C.L., Coble, S., Bell, A., & Keith, C. (2025, May).Empowering social work students: P.O.W.E.R. mentorship program for academic and career success (preparing, overcoming, winning, excelling, and rising). Department of Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States. (IRB Protocol in progress)  
• Coble, S. (2024, October). Generational diversity for the workplace. Unpublished research and presentation materials, People3, Nashville, TN, United States 
• Coble, S. (2024, April). Disability diversity for the workplace. Unpublished research, People3, Nashville, TN, United States.
• Coble, S. (2024, April). Integrating trauma-informed care within the intake process: Strategies for chemsex engagement among men who have sex with men (MSM). Unpublished research, Department of Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States.
• Gibson, D., Dotson, C.L., Coble, S., & Robinson, S. (2024, January). Influence of religion on lesbian & gay adoption acceptance. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States.
• Dotson, C.L., Gibson, D., & Coble, S. (2024, January). African American social workers and self-care. Unpublished. manuscript, Department of Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States. 
• Dotson, C.L., Gibson, D., & Coble, S. (2024, January). Rural social work: Ethics and values. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States.
• Stickle, B., Harden, V., & Coble, S. (2022, November). Rutherford County Correctional Work Center's Keeping Family Connections. [Grant Evaluation Report]. Grant funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance.   

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Fall 2025:

SW 2750-D01: (EXL) Introduction to Substance Abuse (two sections online)

SW 3000: Social Policy (one section online)

Summer 2025:

SW 2750-D01: (EXL) Introduction to Substance Abuse (online S5A semester)

SW-3200-D01: Cultural Diversity: Competence for Practice (online S5A semester)

Spring 2025:

SW 2570: (EXL) Introduction to Social Work (on-ground)

SW 3000: Social Policy (one on-ground section; two online sections)

SW 4690: (EXL) Integrative Seminar in Social Work (on-ground)

Fall 2024:

SW 2570: Introduction to Social Work

SW 3000: Social Policy (in-person and online sections)

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