Dr. Suzanne Black
Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Department: Social Work
Office: Library 314
814-472-3091
About Dr. Suzanne Black
Education
- DSW, University of Pennsylvania
- M.S., Social Administration - Case Western Reserve University
- B.S., Social Work - Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û
Biography
Suzanne Black is a 1997 graduate of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û with a bachelors of Social Work. She completed a Master of Science in Social Administration, with an emphasis in management from Case Western Reserve in 2002.
She has worked as a social worker in a variety of settings including, acute care, long term care and home health. Her area of interest is in geriatrics and hospice/cancer care.
For the last 10 years she has worked in higher education, 8 of those years were at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û and most recently she taught at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. She has presented both nationally and internationally on a variety of peer reviewed topics concerning: exploring the value of the international experience, community organizing, teaching social work from a distance, and understanding and advocating for the geriatric population. In 2011, she awarded the Swatsworth and Coleman awards at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û.
She is married to Scott, and together they have two children. As a family they enjoy camping, kayaking and traveling.