Social Work Faculty and Staff

Clinical Instructor within the Social Work department at UWEC since 2021.

• Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program Coordinator
• Macro Student Social Worker Group Faculty Lead 

Experienced Social Worker and Educator, passionate about the well being and progress of youth, families, communities, and societies!

• Jessica O'Neel is an adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
• She teaches Intro to Social Welfare, Social Work Field Seminar and provides Supplemental Supervision to student interns.
• She has spent many years within administrative, program development and system improvement roles. 

• Field Director - Social Work Department
• Continued engagement in providing clinical supervision

• Lisa Quinn-Lee is a Professor and Dept. Chair in the Department of Social Work at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
• She teaches and researches in the areas of interprofessional practice, health care, end-of-life care, ethics and boundaries, grief and loss, death and dying, mental health, suicide prevention, resilience, and burnout.
• She spent many years as a clinical social worker and therapist in various health care and mental health settings. 

• Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) & Child Welfare Certificate Advisor
• South Africa Internship Co-Coordinator
• Prison Education Faculty
• Faculty Senate Representative
• Academic Policies Committee

Teaching assignments: Social Work Research Methods and Generalist Practice with Families and Groups

Current research projects: Students in Recovery; Community-Level Stigma, Safe Cannabis Use