Leanne Wood Nazareth University

Leanne Wood received her MSW from the University at Albany and PhD from the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. She began her career as a social worker in the child welfare systems in Washington, DC, and Virginia. After obtaining her PhD, she worked in the research and evaluation field in Baltimore. In 2003, she joined the Nazareth University Department of Social Work in Rochester, New York, as a full-time faculty member, teaching across the social work curriculum. She also began collaborating with the local homeless services provider network on a variety of initiatives, including a Photovoice project and the local Project Homeless Connect. She has been a yoga instructor and has facilitated workshops for diverse audiences on self-care. Recently, she has taken on the department chair role. She continues to teach and advise social work students and is particularly passionate about teaching the course “Theory and Human Development” to students representing a variety of professions within Nazareth’s College of Interprofessional Health and Human Services.