Jeremiah Kaplan (he/him/his)

Jeremiah Kaplan, MSW is a Senior Research & Training Specialist dual appointed at ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) and College of Health Solutions. He holds additional degrees in Computer-Aided Drafting & Design and Human Services (Concentration in Family & Child Services). He holds certifications in Instructional Design & Development; Mindfulness Instruction; trauma-informed care; Communities that Care (CTC) and the social development model; Storyline eLearning software; Adobe Creative Suite; Database Management (including LMS Administration); and Motivational Interviewing.

He has been a Motivational Interviewing International Network of Trainers (MINT) member since 2021 and has supervised the ASU MyMI Motivational Interviewing Online Coding and Coaching Lab. He is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor (adult and youth) and is an Arizona ACEs Consortium certified trainer for trauma-informed care serving in the Training and Trauma-Sensitive Schools workgroups. His research interests include youth development, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) programming, the implementation of evidence-based practices, Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), organizational culture and leadership, community-embedded workforce development and evaluation, and community prevention models. His passions include Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, SEL, Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Development, and Gamification of Learning.

Jeremiah has been teaching in the community for over 23 years including spiritual leadership, youth development, youth leadership and identity, mindfulness, gamification of learning, music, and mindfulness. He has been teaching in the social services field since 2015 and has held training leadership positions at ASU as well as local community agencies. He served as Commissioner for the Arizona Supreme Court’s Family Improvement Committee from 2020 until 2024 working to bring trauma-responsive approaches to Arizona’s children and families. As a first-year Ph.D. student at the College of Health Solutions at ASU, he is seeking to find creative ways to engage youth through games and stories to promote social, emotional, and academic success within schools and communities.