Assistant Dean, Field Education
Telephone: 617-552-0774
Email: susan.coleman@bc.edu
Student and Professional Development
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Assistant Dean Coleman shares over 30 years of human services experience in Massachusetts, with her students and colleagues.听 She has worked with vulnerable populations in several settings - with children and families in the child welfare system and with adults with experiencing mental health, substance abuse or other social/emotional concerns.听 Her expertise in supervision and staff management includes consultation, coaching and programming.听 As a lifelong practitioner in the Boston area, Sue builds on her connections in the community to form strong partnerships with agency administrators and field instructors.听 As a social work educator, Sue is focused on modeling the social work values and professional skills needed by the next generation of social workers.
CSWE Field Council, 2016鈥�2022
New England Consortium of Field Directors in Graduate Social Work Education
1988鈥�1991, Clinical Supervisor,听Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and Department of Social Services
1991鈥�2000, Interim Director and Senior Clinician, Federal Employee Assistance Program,听U.S. Office of Personnel Management