Laurel E. Brown, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor, MSW Program, Department of Social Work

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2781

Email: lebrown@apu.edu

Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Room 216

Laurel E. Brown, PhD, MSW, has worked in the area of child welfare services for more than 20 years as a social worker, supervisor, trainer, and administrator. She has been a social work educator for many years, teaching at the undergraduate level at a number of area colleges. Her research interests include child welfare, integrating spirituality in social work practice, community-based service provision, cultural humility in practice, and strategies to combat the generational impact of institutional racism.

Education

• PhD, Social Policy and Research, Loma Linda University, 2011
• MSW, Direct Practice, State University of New York at Albany, 1981
• BA, Sociology and Psychology, Skidmore College, 1979

Academic Area

• School of Behavioral Sciences

Courses Taught

• SOCW 511 — Introduction to the Social Work Profession
• SOCW 513 — Micro-theory and Human Development
• SOCW 522 — Diversity and Social Justice