Lori Curtis
LecturerMSW, LCSW, Washington University
211 Bellerive Hall
516-6751
lcurtis@umsl.edu
Lori Curtis, MSW, LCSW, has been a Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at UMSL since 1999. She received her BA in Psychology in 1988 from the State University of New York – College at Geneseo, and her MSW in 1995 from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, where she individualized her concentration to focus on women’s issues. Prior to joining the faculty here, Lori worked for over 8 years at Women’s Support and Community Services, an organization providing assistance to women who have experienced physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse. She continues to volunteer for the YWCA’s Sexual Assault Response Team, and is also an active member of the Bisexual Alliance of St. Louis and the GWB Alumni Association’s Healing Racism Focus Group. Lori teaches several courses in the undergraduate curriculum, most frequently the direct practice courses (SW3100 & SW3200) and diversity and social justice (SW4100), and occasionally the practicum seminars and the introductory class. In addition to teaching on campus, she also coordinates the outreach program for the social work department, with courses currently being offered at Mineral Area College and the South County Education and University Center. Lori also provides undergraduate advising and is the faculty advisor for the Phi Alpha Honor Society in social work.
Special Interests: Feminist social work, diversity, violence against women.