Professor of Social Work
Department Chair

Office: WY 118
Phone: (574) 535-7401
Email: jeanneml@goshen.edu

Education

BA, Goshen College, 1992
MSW, Smith College, 1994
PHD, Simmons College, 2005

Community

Serve as Vice Chair of the Board for Just Help: Elkhart County Legal Advocacy Center.  Just Help’s mission is to help Elkhart County residents access quality, timely, and affordable civil legal services.  Just Help: Elkhart County Legal Advocacy Center

Courses

Human Behavior in the Social Environment

A study of the individual through the life cycle within the social environment.  Focus on physical, psychological, social, cultural and religious factors in the development of the self.

Social Work Practice Theory 1

Systems approach to the practice of social work beginning with a model for solving human problems.  Emphasizes development of a theoretical base for social work practice and includes a laboratory in which specific behavioral skills are developed through simulation experiences.

Social Work Practice Theory 2

Expansion of learnings from Social Work Practice Theory 1 and Social Welfare Policy and Program 2, and application of social work practice with individuals, families and social systems of varying size.  This course is taught concurrently with the first semester of field instruction, which provides the opportunity to integrate theory with skill development.

Social Work Senior Seminar

Taken during the second semester of Field Instruction or concurrent with one semester block field placement.  A weekly seminar that offers the integration of learnings from all social work and required related courses.  The final exam takes the form of a written paper and oral examination through which students demonstrate their integration of learning and skill competencies.

 

Lectures & Presentations

“Exploring ‘Use of Self’: From Definitional Challenges to Identification of Best Practices” at the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors’ conference in Austin, TX, Nov. 2005.

“Teaching ‘Use of Self’: Best Practices Contextualized” at the Council on Social Work Education’s conference in Chicago, IL, Feb, 2006.

“Theatrical Activism: From Michiana Monologues to Community Dialogues”, roundtable presentation at the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership conference, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, Oct. 2010.

Selected Publications

Liechty, J. (2008). The influence of community upon the development of self: An exploratory study. (28/1). Smith College Studies in Social Work, 27-47.

Memberships & Associations

National Association of Social Workers

The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors

Council on Social Work Education

Leadership of Study Service Term Units

Nicaragua, Summer 2010

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Employment

Academic

Professor of Social Work, July 1998 – June 2001; July 2005-present, Goshen College, Goshen, IN                                                                                                                                            Chair, Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology; July 2005- present, Goshen College

Adjunct Instructor, Simmons College School of Social Work, 2002-2004

Adjunct Instructor, Cross-Cultural Experience, Bluffton College, May 2000, 2001

Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, 1997-98

Clinical Instructor, Smith College School for Social Work, 1997-98

Clinical Instructor, Simmons College School of Social Work, 1996-97

Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Social Work, 1996-97

Professional

Clinician/nursing home consultant, West Central Family & Counseling, W. Springfield, MA, October 2001 – June 2002

Social worker/team leader, Cambridge Hospital, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Teaching Unit Cambridge, MA November 1994- June 1998