James Whitworth is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. He has taught graduate clinical social work courses for ten years. Whitworth has also provided private practice counseling for military members, veterans, and their families with depression, anxiety, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Lt Colonel (Retired) Whitworth served as a clinical social worker and mental health officer in the US Air Force for 21 years. He is the former Chief of Air Force Family Research at the Pentagon and he also worked three years as the Chief of Air Force Family Advocacy Operations and Research. Whitworth has presented and published research on trauma response/recovery/resilience, PTSD assessment/treatment, family violence, military social work education, and building community capacity within military populations. Whitworth also taught behavioral medicine and research to Family Medicine Residents at Eglin Air Force base for six years.