Michele Belliveau

Michele Belliveau
  • Professor
  • Department: Social Work
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: MBelliveau@wcupa.edu

Education

  • B.A., Earlham College
  • M.S.W., Columbia University
  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

social work studentsbicultural competencebilingual competenceinnovative pedagogybeginning-levelgeneralist practitioners

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. Belliveau is a licensed social worker in Pennsylvania and has been a faculty member of the Undergraduate Social Work Department since 2006. Her background is in social work with individuals, families, and groups in diverse, community-based mental health settings. Her research and teaching interests include promoting the development of social work students' bilingual and bicultural competence, supporting community college students that transfer into undergraduate social work programs, and creating innovative pedagogy to support the development of competent, beginning-level generalist practitioners.