Social Work
Social Work Faculty
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Program Director
Department: Social Work
Phone: 301-738-6312
Office: Bldg III, Room 4141
Katherine Morris, M.S.W., is Program Director of Social Work at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, MD. Ms. Morris has a B.A. in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and an M.S.W. from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to her employment with UMBC, she worked as a therapist providing cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement therapy to individuals with alcohol and substance dependence in Philadelphia. In 2001, Ms. Morris moved to Maryland and was employed as a therapist at a mental health rehabilitation program in Prince George's County, where she worked with individuals with persistent mental illness in individual and group settings. She currently teaches Information Technology in Social Work as well as the Methods sequence, and is an advisor to the Shady Grove Social Work Student Association (SWSA).
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Hoover, Jeanette
Department: Social Work
Phone: 301-738-6108
Office: Bldg III, Room 4137
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Leiser, Kathleen
Department: Social Work
Phone: 301-738-6304
Office: Bldg III, Room 4139
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