TAKE EDUCATION INTO THE COMMUNITY

WHERE SOCIAL WORK COMES ALIVE!

At OSU College of Social Work, undergraduate and master’s students contribute almost a half million hours in service to Ohio’s underserved, disadvantaged and poor.

Field Education is where you will put your classroom learning into practice, engaging with other social workers, and developing your professional identity.

Field Education has been identified as the signature pedagogy of social work, by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Signature pedagogy is the method by which a student learns their profession; for social work, that is in field education.

But signature pedagogies also do more; they disclose important information about the personality of a professional field — its values, knowledge, and manner of thinking, almost perhaps, its total worldview.

Visit our field database to learn about our opportunities. Feel free to contact our field staff with any questions or comments you may have.

Columbus Campus Staff

Katie Klakos, MSW, LISW-S
Director of Field Education
klakos.2@osu.edu
614-247-6688

Anna Stewart, MSW, LISW-S
Assistant Director of Field Education
stewart.1372@osu.edu
614-292-5832

Jenna Addington, MSW, LISW-S
Field Placement Coordinator, BSSW and MSWI
addington.41@osu.edu
614-292-5228

Joe Bowman, MSW, LSW
Field Education Coordinator
bowman.1011@osu.edu
614-292-5417

Chrissy Gilbert, MSW, LISW-S
Field Education Coordinator
gilbert.170@osu.edu
614-292-6510

Linda Helm, MSW, PhD., LISW-S, ACSW
Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program Manager
helm.28@osu.edu
614-688-3290

Jenny Kreinbrink, MSW, LSW
Field Education Coordinator
kreinbrink.18@osu.edu
614-292-0183

Karen Porter, MSSA, LISW-S
Field Education Coordinator
porter.989@osu.edu
614-688-2783

LaVada Washington, MA, MSW, LISW-S
Field Placement Coordinator, ASAP and MSWII
washington.176@osu.edu
614-292-4266

Jessica Webb
Field Administrative Associate
webb.774@osu.edu
614-292-7686

Regional Campus Staff

Lima: Laurel Weaver, MSW, LISW-S
Field Liaison- BSSW, MSW Programs Lecturer
weaver.707@osu.edu
567-242-7228

Marion: Teri Kinsway, MSW, LISW-S
Social Work Program Manager & Field Education Coordinator of School-Based Placements
kinsway.1@osu.edu
740-725-6185

Mansfield: Mary Jo Hawk
Social Work Programs Manager
hawk.27@osu.edu
419-755-4262

Newark: Jennifer Seas, MSW, LISW-S
Social Work Program Manager
seas.49@osu.edu
740-364-9523

Newark: Laura Wright, MSW, LISW-S
Part-time Lecturer/Field Liaison
wright.832@osu.edu