Mx. Vanessa Qualls holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling and maintains clinical counseling licenses in Indiana and Illinois. Mx. Qualls’s current dissertation research examines mental health treatment in jail settings, with a particular focus on the role of clinical supervision. Mx. Qualls brings extensive corrections-related experience, including seven years of service at a local county jail, progressing from correctional counselor-in-training to clinical supervisor. Additional experience includes providing in-service training on suicide prevention and serving as the jail liaison to a mental health court committee. Mx. Qualls’s work reflects a strong commitment to improving the quality and effectiveness of mental health services within correctional environments.