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Education
Ph.D., Social Work, University of Kansas, 1997
M.S.W., Social Work, St. Louis University, 1981
B.A., Sociology, Blackburn College, 1975
Profile
In addition to research and education, Dr. Lewandowski has experience in social work practice and administration across a 30-year career in several states. On an international level, she was invited in 2011 as a guest lecturer at Northeast Normal University in China, providing a series of lectures on social welfare in the United States. Her academic and research interests include children and family services, substance abuse treatment, veterans issues and program implementation and development.
Lewandowski is an Army Reserve veteran and served as a clinical social worker for a Forward Operating Base combat stress unit in Iraq. She is a Congressionally-appointed member of the Veterans Affairs National Advisory Committee for the Readjustment of Veterans. Prior to arriving at Cleveland State University, Lewandowski’s previous positions include Chair and Professor, Department of Social Work, George Mason University; Director, Center for Humans Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York; Team Prevention Leader for the 1908th Medical Detachment, Iraq; and Director, Army Community Services for two U.S. military installations in Germany.