Dr. Suzanne Black

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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.