Rebecca Wells
Health Promotion & Behavior
Clinical Associate Professor
MSW/MPH Program Coordinator
Health Promotion & Behavior
Dr. Rebecca Wells is jointly appointed to the Department of Health Promotion & Behavior in the College of Public Health and the School of Social Work. She directs UGA’s Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Catalyst training program, UGA MCH LEEDS, and is the coordinator of the Master of Social Work-Master of Public Health program. Her professional experiences have been in disability and maternal and child health. As an educator, she seeks to support her students in acquiring knowledge, skills, and competencies that will help make the world a more just and inclusive place. Wells’ content expertise includes disability, maternal and child health, evaluation, healthcare, health policy, and interdisciplinary training. She has experience in service-learning and online teaching. In her courses, she employs a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach, incorporating active learning strategies and implementing problem-based learning methods to support her students in applying theory to practice. Through her role as the MCH LEEDS director and MSW-MPH program coordinator, Wells enjoys mentoring graduate students as they form an interprofessional identity.
