Board Member

Deanna F. Morrow, PhD, LICSW, ACSW

Dr. Morrow is the Director and Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Public Service in the School of Social Work at West Virginia University. In addition to serving on the NASW Foundation Board, she is also on the board of NASW-WV. She is past Chair of the CSWE Board of Accreditation and past chair of the North Carolina Social Work Licensure Board. Her research interests include older adults, social work education, social work licensure and regulation, leadership, and sexual minority populations. She has authored more than 50 scholarly publications and has made more than 140 scholarly presentations in regional, national, and international venues. Dr. Morrow has also led or co-led a variety of externally funded grants in content areas such as gerontology education for adult protective services workers, behavioral health workforce development, mental health first aid training for college students, addiction and recovery workforce development, health and long-term care, and foster and adoptive family recruitment.