Social Work

Social Work

Corinne Zachry

Corinne Zachry Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Social Work Social Work
Daria Powell

Celebrated Philadelphia group taps Alvernia grad to be its first full-time medical social worker

As Daria Podell ’24, MSW ’25 was wrapping up her internship at the Black Doctors Consortium during her accelerated master’s in social work, she sought out recommendations for her job search. Podell, 25, was met with puzzlement from Dr. Ala Stanfor...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Kacie Walters

'Giving-back seed' sprouts into lifelong pursuit helping others

For as long as she can remember, helping others has been part of her life, said Kacie Walters '25. The Bachelor of Social Work grad was certainly influenced by her mother’s helping heart. The family’s matriarch introduced Walters and her siblings ...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
Chelsea Burke transfer student

Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus

Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to Alvernia University after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But that’s because it was the p...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2026
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Leticia Egea-Hinton

Instructor of Social Work Social Work
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Karyn Noll

Lecturer Social Work
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Cheryl Cooper

Instructor of Social Work Social Work
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Michael Hassler Ph.D.

Social Work program director Social Work
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Malgorzata Zuber 2025

Malgorzata Zuber Ph.D.

Social Work and Criminal Justice Department Chair, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Social Work and Criminal Justice Department
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Joan M. Lewis Ph.D., ASCW

Professor Emerita of Social Work Social Work
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Paul Heffner

Master of Social Work Program Director Social Work
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Ann Marie Stout

Graduate returns to pursue MSW

Ann-Marie Stout graduated from Alvernia in 2019 with her Bachelor of Social Work degree. Stout’s focus during her undergraduate work was to address the needs of the local community, tackling poverty, drug addiction, limited education and poor reso...

  • College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
  • 2021