Understanding Alcohol and Its Effects (Grades 6-8)

Nancy Chase (She/Her/Hers) acquired 26 years of experience in wellbeing, health promotion, AOD prevention, sexual violence prevention and advocacy, health education, community organizing, student affairs practice, student leadership development, and student mentoring and advising at the University of Delaware where she served as the Director of the department of Student Wellness and Health Promotion since 2003 before retiring in 2022. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) in substance use prevention with the Delaware Certification Board (DCB) and served in numerous leadership roles across the trajectory of her career in higher education, including Principal Investigator for multiple federal and state substance use prevention grants and as co-chair of the Campus Community Coalition for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention at the University of Delaware. In 2020, Nancy helped her institution to acquire the Campus Prevention Network’s Seal of Prevention. She also led her department in the achievement of two awards: the 2018 Prevention Excellence Award for Substance Use Prevention, and the 2019 Impact Award for excellence in sexual violence prevention. For the past few years, Nancy has continued to expand her expertise by participating in exciting new research with the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP), Restorative Practices in Higher Education Learning Collaborative. She is currently working as an interventionist, practicing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) through a joint, grant-funded project between Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine and the State of New Jersey.