Certification and Licensure:
1993-Present
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Graduate:
1972-1974
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S.W./1974

Undergraduate:
1968-1972
Duke University
B.A./1972 Political Science
Magna cum Laude

Professional Experience

1993-Present
Research Instructor
UNC Horizons
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

2001
Instructor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1984-1998
Clinical Social Worker
Child Protection Team

1989-1993
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1987-1989
Director
Welcome Baby Program
Durham County Mental Health Center
Durham, North Carolina

1984-1987
Academic Advisor
School of Social Work
Field Office Staff
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1978-1984
Director
Orange/Durham Coalition for Battered Women
Durham, North Carolina

1980-1984
Adjunct Instructor
School of Social Work University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1975-1978
Social Worker
Department of Social Services
Durham County
Durham, North Carolina

Social Worker
Department of Social Services
1974-1975
Guilford County
Greensboro, North Carolina

Honors and Awards:
Champion for Children Award, 2004
Orange County Partnership for Young Children

UNC Chancellor’s Award, 1996

Woman of Achievement Award, 1983
Durham YWCA

Outstanding Alumni, 1983
UNC School of Social Work

Honors and Awards

Champion for Children Award
Orange County Partnership for Young Children- 2004

UNC Chancellor’s Award- 1996

Woman of Achievement Award
Durham YWCA- 1983

Outstanding Alumni
UNC School of Social Work- 1983

Peer Reviewed Articles

Cobb, P., Hartmann, K., Thorp, J.M., Renz, C., Stanford, D., Rounds, K. (1997). Perinatal substance abuse within central North Carolina: A suburban-rural perspective. North Carolina Medical Journal, 58, (1), 36-38.

Pfouts, Jane and Renz, Connie. “The Future of Wife Abuse Programs” in Social
Work, Vol. 28, No.6, November 1981, pp. 451-455.

Presented Papers

Co-authored and presented a paper, “Collaboration in a Perinatal Program” at a CSAT Regional Conference “Improving Women’s Treatment on the Southeast: Programs and Practices that Work!” Atlanta, Georgia December 7-9 1998.

Co-authored a paper, “Multidisciplinary Teams in Perinatal Substance Abuse Programs” presented at the Annual Meeting of American Orthopsychiatry, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.

Co-authored a paper “Patterns of Disclosure in Child Sexual Abuse”, presented at a conference, “Child Abuse: Improving Professional Practice” Leeds, England, 1993

Co-authored a paper, “Effective Components of a Shelter Program” presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Social Workers, Washington, D.C., 1983.

Co-authored and presented a paper, “Women Helping Women” at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference for Social Welfare, Philadelphia, Pa. 1978.

Teaching Record

Course Director. I developed a taught an elective course, “Family Violence” annually at the UNC School of Social Work from 1984-1998 and again in 2001. I also taught a required course, “The Nature and Etiology of Institutional Discrimination” at the UNC School of Social Work from 1984-1987.

Lectures. In my Horizons position, I lecture annually in courses at the UNC School of Social Work and School of Public Health. I have presented at a Pediatric and an Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds at UNC and regularly present to residents and nursing staff at UNC. I also do numerous presentations at area local agency staff meetings/trainings.

Field Instructor. For many years, I have been a Field Instructor for graduate students from the UNC School of Social Work.

Presentations at Area Conferences

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence: Research and Treatment Issues” at conference “Women and Addiction: New Findings and Innovative Approaches for Working with Women and Their Children” sponsored by UNC Horizons and Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, N.C., 4/13/05

“Screening and Engaging Substance Abusing Pregnant Women” at a conference “Working with Substance Abusing Women and Mothers” sponsored by UNC Horizons, Chapel Hill, N.C. 3/31/04

“Addiction in Pregnant Women and Mothers” at a conference, “Pain, Addiction and the Law” sponsored by UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 2/7/04

“Gender Specific Treatment” at conference “Working Together to Keep Families Safe” sponsored by the Coalition for Family Peace, Siler City, NC 10/10/03

“Perinatal Substance Use: A Continuing Challenge” at 46th Angus M. McBryde Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, 11/4/02.

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence” at Conference on “Children and Domestic Violence: the Impact on the Children and the Community Response” sponsored by a collaboration of Orange County agencies, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/27/02.

“Substance Abuse and Mothers” at conference “Working with Substance Abusing Families” sponsored by Orange County Community Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC 7/23/99.

“National Demonstration Project CASAWORKS” at 13th Annual Addiction: Focus on Women Conference, Hendersonville, NC 6/10/99.

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence”, at Conference entitled “The Cutting Edge: Focus on Women’s Health Issues”, sponsored by UNC Hospitals and the School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, 5/13/99

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence” at Conference sponsored by the NC Council on the Status of Women, Raleigh, NC, 4/21/99.

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence” at 12th Annual Baby Love Conference, Research Triangle Park, NC, 3/2/99.

“Gender Specific Services” in Women’s Track at Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies, Wilmington, NC 8/5/98

“Gender Specific Treatment” at Spring Conference of Addiction Professionals of North Carolina, Southern Pines, NC 4/22/98

“Substance Abuse, Violence, and Pregnancy: the Connection and Implications for Practice”, Angus M. McBryde Symposium, Sponsored by Divisions of Neonatal and Maternal Fetal Medicine, DUMC, and NC DHHS-MCH, Chapel Hill, NC 3/25/98

“Gender Specific Treatment” at GAPP Conference, Chapel Hill, NC 1/21/98

“Family Violence and Substance Abuse” at Substance Abuse Conference sponsored by Walter B. Jones ADATC, Greeneville, NC 3/1/96

“Violence in the Family”, Workshop at Annual Angus McBryde Symposium, Sponsored by the NC DHHS-MCH, Washington Duke Inn, Durham, NC 5/26/95

“Two in Ten: Domestic Violence in Your Practice”, Keynote for conference entitled the same, Sponsored by Perinatal Outreach Education Programs and NC DEHNR/MCH, Sheraton, Durham, NC, 12/1/94.

Panel Presentations

“Horizons Services”, panel at Fetal Alcohol Syndrome conference sponsored by Bowles Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/11/04

“Women’s Substance Abuse Services”, panel at 5th Annual NC Public Health social Work Conference, Winston-Salem, NC 10/7/99

“Reaching Women and their Families with Model Programs”, Panel at 8th Annual Statewide Conference of NC Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse,
Greensboro, NC, 2/25/-26/99.

“Working with Substance Abusing Clients”, Panel at conference “Training for Home Visitors: Addressing Mental Health Concerns with Families” sponsored by NC Division of MCH, Burlington, NC, 10/17/97.

“Perinatal Programs”, Panel at Conference entitled “Responding to Prenatal Substance Use, A Training for Local Health Departments”, sponsored by DEHNR-MCH and SAS, Raleigh, NC, 10/31/96

“Community Response through Recognition and Action”, Panel at Conference entitled “Family Violence: Collaborative Interventions in Clinical Practice” Sponsored by UNC Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC 4/3/96.

“Raising the Questions”, Panel at conference entitled “Natural Allies? Academics and Women’s Activism”, Sponsored by Duke History Dept., Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women, Southern Oral History Project, Durham, NC 5/19-21/95

“Focus on Selected North Carolina Prenatal Projects”, Panel at Conference, “Working with Substance busing Women and their Children,” sponsored by Murdoch Center and NC Regional Developmental Disabilities Training Committees, Burlington, NC, 10/21/94

AHEC/Other Trainings

“Domestic Violence” at all day training, Wake AHEC, Wake Forest, N.C., 6/17/05.

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence” all day training for NC Coalition against Domestic Violence, Greeneville, NC, 5/19/05.

“Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence” all day training for NC Coalition against Domestic Violence, Greensboro, NC, 11/10/04.

“Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse” at conference on “Domestic Violence: Issues for Mental Health Professionals” Fayetteville AHEC, Fayetteville, NC 5/10/01

“The Status of Women’s Treatment in North Carolina” at Greenville AHEC Conference, Greeneville, NC, 11/1/00.

“Perinatal Substance Abuse Treatment- Appropriate Treatment for Young Children at Risk”, at Leo M. Croghan Conference sponsored by DEC, Raleigh, NC, 12/4/00.

“Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse: The Effects and Connections for Women and their Children” at Prevention in the 90’s conference, sponsored by Wake AHEC, Durham, 4/17-18/97.

“Substance Abuse: Its relationship to Domestic Violence and the Combined Effect on Women”, Workshop at Conference entitled “Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence: Implications for the Perinatal Period”, sponsored by NCDEHNR-MCH, Northwest AHEC, Emory University Regional Training Center, Winston-Salem, NC 9/26-27/96.

“Counseling Pregnant and Postpartum Mothers with Substance Use Problems”, Area L AHEC, Rocky Mount, NC 3/94

“Responding to Battered Women: from Theory to Practice” , co-facilitator for 2 day workshop of same name, Northwest AHEC High Point College, Winston-Salem, NC., 5/21/92 and 6/18/93.

Grants Funded

Horizons. Perinatal and Maternal Outpatient Program and Sunrise CASAWORKS Residential Program. Model Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Type: Demonstration Project. Co-investigator and Director: Connie Renz (100%). Source: NC Department of Health and Human Services. Project Period: 1/01/94-Present. Funding to Date: $6,400,000

Motivational Enhancement Therapy to Improve Treatment Utilization and Outcome in Pregnant Substance Users. Type: Research. Principal Investigator: Connie Renz. (20%).
Source: NIDA. Project Period: 7/1/03-3/31/05. Funding: $203,324.

Horizons Parenting Programming. Type: Service. Co-investigator: Connie Renz (0%) Source: Orange County Partnership for Young Children. Project Period: 7/1/95-Present. Funding: $555,615.

Horizons CASAWORKS for Families. Type: Research Demonstration Project. Co-investigator: Connie Renz (30% In-kind). Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. Project Period: 7/1/98-6/30/02. Funding: $964,900

Healthy Start Proposal. Type: Service. Co-investigator: Connie Renz (0%). Source: Healthy Start Foundation. Project Period: 7/1/98-3/31/99. Funding: $25,000.