Meredith Hanson
Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Social Work
BA, Minnesota; MSW, Michigan; DSW, Columbia

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Meredith Hanson is director of the PhD in social work program and professor in the Graduate School of Social Service. His research and scholarship focuses on several interrelated areas: social work practice in the addictions, group work practice, evidence-based practice and cross-national social work education. His publications include journal articles and book chapters on social work practice with substance abusers, motivational interviewing, cross-national education, evidence-based practice and social work with older substance abusers. He is co-editor of Strength and Diversity in Social Work with Groups: Think Group. He also serves as project director for a geriatric curriculum innovation project funded by the Council on Social Work Education and the John A. Hartford Foundation. Dr. Hanson teaches clinical practice courses and substance abuse courses in the MSW program. He teaches a course on the evidence base for social work practice in the PhD program.