Christopher Gjesfjeld
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SWK 225.001 Human Behavior In The Social Environment II
SWK 225.002 Human Behavior In The Social Environment II
Ph D
University of Pittsburgh
MSW
Washington University
Grants and Contracts
Sharing Hidden Identities: Attachment Identity as a Predictor of LGBTQ and Mental Health-Related Self-Disclosure Events among College Students in the Classroom.
Amy L Wright, Christopher Gjesfjeld
Illinois State University's College of Arts and Sciences Pretenure Faculty Initative Grant. July 2020 - July 2021
Competencies in the social work field: And those are what?
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Assessment Services. November 2019 - May 2020
Higher Education as the Lifeline to Social Mobility for Former Foster Youth: A Comprehensive Needs and Assets Assessment.
Christopher Gjesfjeld, Doris Houston
Spencer Foundation. May 15 2015 - May 15 2017
Book, Authored
Higher Education as the Lifeline to Social Mobility for Former Foster Youth: A Comprehensive Needs and Assets Assessment
Doris Houston, Christopher Gjesfjeld, Aimee Miller-Ott, Tiffany Gholson, Lauretta Schaefer, & Marquise Brown
Center for Child Welfare and Adoption Studies
Book, Chapter
Social control and serious mental illness: Understanding and challenging current ideologies
Christopher Gjesfjeld
(2019), Political authority, social control and public policy, Emerald
Magazine/Trade Publication
Why did they share that?: Understanding student self-disclosures of mental health
Christopher Gjesfjeld
(2024)
Other
Final Report-Higher Education as the Lifeline to Social Mobility for Former Foster Youth: A Comprehensive Needs and Assets Assessment.
Doris Houston, Christopher Gjesfjeld, Deneca Winfrey Avant, Aimee Miller-Ott, & Tiffany Gholson
Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants, N/A (N/A), 52, (2017)
Presentations
Testing the Waters: Self-Disclosing Mental Health Problems in Higher Education Classrooms
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Hope and Recovery: The Power of HOP, Reggio Emilia, Italy (Online), September 25, 2025
Self-disclosure of mental health identity in the college classroom: The role of stigma and avoidance.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
2024 SSWR Conference, Washington, DC, January, 2024
Mental Health Disclosure in the Classroom: A Request for Belonging
Christopher Gjesfjeld
2023 ISU Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, Illinois, January, 2023
They aren't talking! Student self-disclosure in the college classroom.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
ITLC Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning, Online, December, 2020
Creating self-reflective spaces: Facilitating classrooms to enhance diversity learning outcomes
Amy Wright, Christopher Gjesfjeld
ISU Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, Illinois, January, 2020
Engage students through emotion
Christopher Gjesfjeld
CTLT One-Day Workshop, Normal, Illinois, May, 2018
Former Foster Youth in College: A Needs and Assets Assessment
Christopher Gjesfjeld, Doris Houston, Aimee Miller-Ott, Tiffany Gholson
2017 Annual AERA Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April, 2017
Former Foster Youth in College: A Needs and Assets Assessment.
Doris Houston, Christopher Gjesfjeld, Aimee Miller-Ott, Tiffany Gholson,
AERA 2017 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April 27, 2017
Rural Women's Depression Prevalence: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?
Addie Weaver, Christopher Gjesfjeld
2017 Annual SSWR Conference, New Orleans, LA, January, 2017
Mothers in a Rural Community: Women's Lived Experiences and Implications for Rural Social Work
Christopher Gjesfjeld, Addie Weaver
Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C., January 15, 2016
Overcoming stereotyping and prejudice: Is it possible?
Cynthia Edmonds-Cady, Christopher Gjesfjeld
International Studies Seminar Series, Illinois State University, September, 2015
Engage Students Through Emotion
Christopher Gjesfjeld
CTLT Faculty Fellow, Illinois State University, August, 2015
To "deal with" or engage: Empathy as antidote for the resistant college student.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
ISU Teaching and Learning Symposium, Illinois State University, January, 2015
Meeting Student Resistance with Empathy in the College Classroom
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Lilly Conference Series on College and University Teaching and Learning, Traverse City, Michigan, October 16, 2014
Blend it, ‘Net it, or Forget it: Discussing Emerging CourseFormats.
Christopher Gjesfjeld, T. Heitkamp
CSWE annual conference – Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, GA, , 2011
Developing Human Behavior and the Social Environment Competencies through Video Case Studies: A Study with Distance Students
Christopher Gjesfjeld
CSWE annual conference – Atlanta, GA., Atlanta, GA., , 2011
Preventing depression in rural moms: Building a program from the ground up.
Christopher Gjesfjeld, K. Schill
NARMH & AgriWellness Conference, – Dubuque, IA., , 2011
Demanding tyrant or enabling pushover?: Impressions on teaching from an “occasionally” compassionate therapist.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Teaching Lunch Seminar, Online, September, 2011
Structural Equation Modeling and its applications.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Quantitative Nursing Methods taught by Dr. Bette Ide., Online, December, 2010
How Far?: Examining Physical Distance to Hospitals for Expectant Mothers in a Rural State.
Christopher Gjesfjeld, J-K. Jung
Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Grand Forks, ND., , 2010
. Training received from the Frontier Regional FASD Training Center
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Presentation for SWK 257 of BSW Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders curriculum., University of Nevada-Reno, , 2010
University Grant Writing Workshop
Christopher Gjesfjeld, J. Hawthorne, B. Milavetz, Prof. Heitkamp
University Grant Writing Workshop, Online, , 2010
). Determinants of depressive symptoms in American Indian elders.
Christopher Gjesfjeld
Rural Social Work Conference, Duluth, MN, , 2009
Evidenced-based practice and field education
A. Phillips, Christopher Gjesfjeld
Field Instructor Training, Grand Forks, ND, May, 2009
Economic hardship, social support, and maternal depression: A test of the social support deterioration model
Christopher Gjesfjeld
CSWE annual conference, San Francisco, CA., , 2007