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Social Work & Equitable Community Practice
Empower individuals
Social work is one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States.
Earn both your B.S.W. and M.S.W. at USJ! Social Work is an in demand field – the program serves to develop community leaders who are committed to achieving social justice.
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Get hands-on, practical social work experience in the field
Social work students entering into field practice are required to contact one of our social work advisors to discuss your interests and possible placement options.
In selecting a field practice setting, the Social Work program considers:
- Availability, appropriateness, and effectiveness of services provided
- The interests and qualifications of agency personnel
- Settings that engage in generalist social work practice
- Willingness to commit the necessary resources of physical space, supervision, and practice opportunities
Social Work and Equitable Community Practice Faculty
- Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D., LMSW Associate Professor of Social Work
- Jamie Danielle Daniels, Ph.D., LICSW, MSW Assistant Professor of Social Work
- Anthony De Jesús, MSW, Ed.D., Ed.M. Associate Professor of Social Work
- Heath H. Hightower, Ph.D., MSW, ACSW, LICSW-MA, LCSW-CT Assistant Professor of Social Work
- Latoya Hinds, DSW, LCSW BSW Program Director and
Assistant Professor of Social Work - Heather LaSelle, Ph.D., LCSW, M.S., MPA Assistant Professor of Social Work
- Gina Rosich, Ph.D., LMSW Social Work and Equitable Community Practice Department Chair and
Associate Professor of Social Work
- Angela D. Washington, LCSW, MSW Director of Field Education for BSW and MSW programs and
Instructor - Raymie Wayne ’94, MSW, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Social Work
Questions?
Contact:
Gina R. Rosich, Ph.D., LMSW
Chair, Associate Professor of Social Work
Phone: 860.231.5406
Email: [email protected]