Barbara Rich, MSW

Emerita Associate Professor of Social Work

Education

  • MSW, Columbia University, New York

Research Interests

  • Service-learning in social work
  • International service-learning
  • Risk management in international service-learning
  • Issues in human/animal welfare

Barbara Rich is an associate professor of social work with over thirty years of teaching experience. She holds a Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from Columbia University in New York and attended the Boston College doctoral program in social work. Professor Rich has taught a wide variety of practice courses including Introduction to Social Work, Methods of Social Work Practice I and II, Field Work I and II, Social Work with Adolescents, Mind/Body/Spirit Connections in Social Work Practice, Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents, and Community Services in Belize.

Selected Publications

Rich, B. (2010). Hands of time. In M.A. Cooksey & K.T. Olivares (Eds.), Quick hits for service-learning: Successful strategies by award-winning teachers (pp. 93-94). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 

Rich, B. (2010). Photovoice project. In M.A. Cooksey & K.T. Olivares (Eds.), Quick hits for service-learning: Successful strategies by award-winning teachers (pp. 107-108). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 

Education

  • MSW, Columbia University, New York

Research Interests

  • Service-learning in social work
  • International service-learning
  • Risk management in international service-learning
  • Issues in human/animal welfare