JEAN BALESTRERY

Interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in social work and anthropology advancing the Quintuple Aim in healthcare. Demonstrated leadership in social work and care advocacy with a focus on contextualizing care to improve outcomes.

• EPIC, Advancing the Value of Ethnography in Industry
• SSWLH, Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare
• NASW, National Association of Social Workers
• NAADAC, National Association of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors
• AAA, American Anthropological Association

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
• Clinical Supervisor (MN) | POET Level 1

• Professional Leadership Training
• Social Work Licensure Supervisor Training
• National Institute on Minority Health Disparities “Translational Health Disparities” Training
• Annual Continuing Education Trainings
• International: Gerontological Society of America Presenter at 1st Annual “Healthy Ageing & Society” research symposium in Suzhou, China | 4th International Indigenous Voices in Social Work Conference in Alita, Norway | Annual International Congress on Qualitative Research sponsored by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | National: Society for Social Work & Research Annual Conferences | Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meetings | Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meetings | Mayo Clinic “Spirit of Eagles” Annual Network Meetings | National Association of Social Workers - Minnesota & Alaska Chapter Annual Conferences | Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conferences | Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meetings | Association for Gerontology & Anthropology Annual Meetings

• Selected Reviewer, Post-MSW Fellowship Review Committee, Council on SW Education, June 2024 - Present
• Selected Grant Reviewer, Minnesota State Department of Human Services, June 2024 - Present
• Selected Grant Reviewer, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, July 2023 - Present
• Selected Member, National Association of Social Workers Committee: LGBTQ+ Issues, August 2021 – Present
• Consultant, Study of Environmental Arctic Change Co-Production of Knowledge Discussions, 2022 - 2024
• Selected Presenter, CEU Training, National Association of Social Workers-MN Chapter, November 2021
• Selected Moderator, “Serendipity Wednesday Chat,” Annual Global Business Anthropology Summit, June 2021
• Selected Provider, Minnesota Medicaid Services Advisory Committee, MN, 2019 - 2021
• Councilor, Council on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression, Council on SW Education, 2013 - 2016
• Peer Reviewer, journals Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Qualitative Social Work, The Gerontologist
• Impact: See Google Scholar.

• Balestrery, J. E. (2025). “Health and Wellbeing Among Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health.” The Arctic Institute
• Balestrery, J. E. (2024). “Eco-Anxiety: Climate Concerns and Resilience, NASW Mental Health SPS
• Balestrery, J. E. (2023). Linking the Global Indigenous Landscape: A Social Work Sustainability Perspective through Co-Production of Knowledge. K. Majumdar (Ed.) Social Work with Indigenous Communities: Global North.
• Balestrery, J. E. & Dentato, M.P. (2022). History of the LGBTQ Movement and Community. In M. P. Dentato (Ed.) Social Work Practice with the LGBTQ Community: The Intersection of History, Health, Mental Health and Policy Factors, 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.