Social Work Directory
Program Director - On-Campus
Georgia Anderson
Asst Professor, CAHS School of Social Work
183 HSB
Dr. Anderson has been a social worker nearly 20 years. Her early career was spent working in the community mental health system before transitioning to medical social work. Most of her career has been spent working in oncology and palliative care at The Barrett Cancer Center at UC Health. Dr. Anderson also served UC Medical Center as the Manager of Outpatient Social Work, the Office of Decedent Affairs, and Palliative Care, allowing her to grow as an administrative and clinical supervisor. She has worked extensively in the Greater Cincinnati oncology community as a clinical support group facilitator at The Cancer Support Community and therapist at Cancer Family Care.
Dr. Anderson earned her PhD in Social Work with support from a Doctoral Social Work Training Grant from the American Cancer Society. . She graduated with the Graduate Dean’s Citation in 2021 after successfully defending her dissertation The Lived Experience of Women with Head & Neck Cancer and the Impact on Close Relationships. Dr. Anderson is an assistant professor of social work and the On-Campus BSW Program Director at the University of Cincinnati. She teaches in the BSW and MSW programs.
Dr. Anderson's research focuses on cancer survivorship, the impact on family functioning, and quality of life. She is particularly interested in improving quality of life for women with lung, head & neck, and gynecologic cancers.
http://CV_GLA.May 2024.docx
Dr. Anderson earned her PhD in Social Work with support from a Doctoral Social Work Training Grant from the American Cancer Society. . She graduated with the Graduate Dean’s Citation in 2021 after successfully defending her dissertation The Lived Experience of Women with Head & Neck Cancer and the Impact on Close Relationships. Dr. Anderson is an assistant professor of social work and the On-Campus BSW Program Director at the University of Cincinnati. She teaches in the BSW and MSW programs.
Dr. Anderson's research focuses on cancer survivorship, the impact on family functioning, and quality of life. She is particularly interested in improving quality of life for women with lung, head & neck, and gynecologic cancers.
http://CV_GLA.May 2024.docx
Program Director - Online
Amy McMahon
Asst Professor Educator; Program Director - BSW, CAHS School of Social Work
170 HSB
BSW Program Chair, leading BSW faculty committees, and working collaboratively to address program and administrative issues in the School of Social Work’s BSW Program as well as a faculty member teaching both BSW and MSW courses. Position also sometimes requires working as a BSW field liaison, and advisor for BSW and MSW students in the College of Allied Health Sciences School of Social Work.
Courses taught include:
35-SW-352 Generalist Social Work Practice II
35-SW-504 Grant Writing
35-SW-730 Social Welfare Institutions and Programs
35-SW-731 Social Policy Analysis
35-SW-740 Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities
35-SW-840 Social Welfare Administration
35-SW-841 Program Planning and Implementation
35-SW-856 Programs and Policies in Health and Aging
35-SW-6001 Issues of Sexuality
35-SW-7030 Social Welfare Policy and Practice
35-SW-8030 Social Welfare Administration
35-SW-8050 Programs and Policies in Health and Aging
Courses taught include:
35-SW-352 Generalist Social Work Practice II
35-SW-504 Grant Writing
35-SW-730 Social Welfare Institutions and Programs
35-SW-731 Social Policy Analysis
35-SW-740 Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities
35-SW-840 Social Welfare Administration
35-SW-841 Program Planning and Implementation
35-SW-856 Programs and Policies in Health and Aging
35-SW-6001 Issues of Sexuality
35-SW-7030 Social Welfare Policy and Practice
35-SW-8030 Social Welfare Administration
35-SW-8050 Programs and Policies in Health and Aging
Faculty
Lisa Zimmer,
Director of Field Education; Assistant Professor-Field Service
513-556-4626
Staff
Ohio’s University Consortium on Child and Adult Services Grant Staff
Laura Michelle Friedhoff,
OUCCAS Placement & Kinship Training Spec
Emily Grace,
Project Coordinator
Edwin Lebron,
OUCCAS Specialist, TOT's & Virtual Trng
Chris Warren Malcolm,
OUCCAS Staff Training Specialist
Denise Kae Orchard,
OUCCAS Asst Dir Trainer Development