Hello there,

My name is Chris. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Social Work.

Thanks for coming here! At the moment this isn’t much of a website, but I wanted to lock down the URL. And so here we are. If you are a future or current student trying to figure out who I am: hello! This is me. I’m a nice person. If you are an old friend googling me to see where I am: hello! Here I am. I’m alive! Ok, more on me below:

As stated above, I’m a professor at UGA’s SSW. I really enjoy teaching. I’m also a mental health practitioner and researcher. In terms of clinical practice, my LCSW was just successfully transferred from Missouri to Georgia. I’m also figuring out how to transfer my BACS so I can recommence clinical supervision. In terms of research, that’s hard to pin down. But essentially I use qualitative and participatory methods to map the impacts of climate change on mental health. The thing is, this is a very heated conversation which usually lands on partisan arguments rather than focusing on, you know, reducing suffering. I focus more on the latter, which means “climate change” as a topic is not always at the forefront. Which is more than fine. Anyways, my research also focuses on farmer mental health, expanding the mental health component of the One Health Framework, and rural health systems.

I’m always open for a conversation. Below you’ll find my work email. There is also a copy of my latest CV down there, and I update it periodically. If there are any typos in this document, please let me know!

Email me: cweatherly@uga.edu
CV: (Last updated May, 2025)

Resent Research

  • Weatherly, C. & Doherty, F. (2025). “It's one thing after another, after another”: Exploring farmer mental health and climate change through participatory and systems-based perspectives. Journal of Rural Studies., 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103573

  • Scheyett, A., Brown, B., Weatherly, C. (2025). Time is a Precious Commodity: Reframing Farmer Stress and Mental Health Through the Lens of Time Poverty. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2501005

  • Kang, J. & Weatherly, C. (2025). Carbon Emission Disparities and Ethical Concerns: A Case Study of Jjokbang-chon, South Korea. Submitted to Ethics & Social Welfare, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2025.2469736

  • Weatherly, C., Carag, J, Zohdy, S., & Morrison, M. (2023). The mental health impacts of human-ecosystem-animal relationships: A systematic scoping review of Eco-, Planetary, and One Health approaches. One Health, 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100621

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor → University of Georgia School of Social Work, Athens GA, 2023-Present

  • PhD Student → The Brown School at Washington University, St. Louis MO, 2017–2023

  • Emergency Department Social Worker → IU Arnett, Lafayette IN, 2016–2017

  • Inpatient/ Intensive Outpatient/ Partial Hospitalization Mental Health Clinician → Greenbrier, Greater New Orleans Area, LA, 2012–2016

  • MSW/MPH Student→ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2010–2012

  • AmeriCorps VISTA Leader → RurAL CAP, Anchorage AK, 2009-2010

  • AmeriCorps VISTA Member → Camp Hope, St. Bernard LA, 2008-2009