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Lori Sousa-Meixell

Professor of Social Work

sousa_lori@roberts.edu

585-594-6049

Areas of Specialty: 

  • Macro Social Work
  • Faith and Community Based Social Work
  • Social Policy Practice
  • Program Planning and Implementation
  • International Social Work

Research & Special Interest: 

  • Social policy
  • Social justice and human rights
  • Cultural diversity and implications in the Middle East
  • The socio, economic, political and historic impact on communities
  • The influence of spirituality and religion on social policy practice

Professional Involvement: 

  • North American Association for Christians in Social Work
  • Region 10 Associate Director, Christians United for Israel
  • Board of Directors, HOPE Initiatives, CDC
  • Advisory Board Member, Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (RAIHN)

Favorite Activities: 

Reading (particularly interested in history, international and domestic politics); research; learning; encouraging social action and political involvement; photography; hiking; distance running and training first time marathoners.

Undergraduate:

  • SWK 301 Social Welfare History and Services
  • SWK 308 Social Welfare Policy
  • SWK 302 Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
  • SWK 311 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
  • SWK/ SOC 205 Ethnic and Social Diversity
  • SWK 490 - Cross-Cultural Experience-Israel
  • SWK 407 Social Work Practice: Communities and Organizations

Graduate:

  • SWK 565 – Psychopathology  
  • SWK 794 - Cross-Cultural Experience-Israel
  • Clinical Supervision for SWK 662 - Mental Health Interventions

  • B.A. History and Political Science (1990) – St. John Fisher College
  • M.S.W. (1996) – Syracuse University
  • Ph.D. (2016) – Baylor University