Biography
Jo Dee Gottlieb, MSW, LCSW, serves as director for the Bachelor of Social Work program within the College of Health Professions at Marshall University. She earned her MSW at University of Pittsburgh and has been a licensed social worker for over 30 years. Her practice experience includes work in mental health, family preservation, children’s services, and medical social work. She has directed grants related to curriculum development on older adulthood, disabilities, and child welfare. She is primary investigator for the Title IVE Child Welfare project and provides training to potential and current foster/adoptive parents as well as training on a variety of topics to child welfare workers. She has served as a commissioner on the Council on Social Work Education and on the board of directors for TEAM for WV Children. She has served on the Baccalaureate Program Directors board as well as on many national, state, and community agency committees. She has published a chapter in a Case Study’s textbook related to Appalachian culture and has published in the area of curriculum development. She teaches Social Work Practice I & II, and a variety of other topical courses.