
CURRICULUM VITAE 
 
Dale K. Fitch 
University of Missouri 
School of Social Work 
703 Clark Hall 
Columbia, Missouri  65211 
(573) 884-7405 
 
EDUCATION 
2001  Ph.D., School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington 
  Dissertation title: A Description of the Child Protective Services Investigative Decision  Making 
  Context with Implications for Decision Support System Design 
  Dissertation Chair: Richard Schoech 
 
1984  M.S.S.W., School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington 
  Thesis title: The Relationship of Religious Fundamentalism with Ego Development and  a 
  Progressive Community Attitude 
  Thesis Chair: Charles Mindel 
 
1981  B.A. Religion, Oklahoma Baptist University
 
 
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
2015 – Present  Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri 
2009 – 2015  Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri 
2010 – 2015  Affiliate, Center for Violence and Injury Prevention, George Warren Brown 
  School of Social Work, Washington University 
2001 – 2009  Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan 
1999 – 2000  Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington 
1992 – 1998  Field Instructor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri 
1998 – 1999  Social Services Coordinator/Data Analyst, Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort 
  Worth, Texas 
1991 – 1998  Medical Social Worker, Associate Director, Child Protection Program, 
  University of Missouri Hospital & Clinics 
1990 – 1998  Therapist, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, Columbia, Missouri 
1989 – 1990  Medical Social Worker, Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 
  Oklahoma 
1989 – 1990  Therapist, Parents Assistance Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
1986 – 1989  Therapist, Lode Star Center, Moore, Oklahoma 
1985 – 1989  Therapist, Central Oklahoma Juvenile Treatment Center, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 
1984 – 1985  Caseworker, Salvation Army, Fort Worth, Texas