Faculty

Dr. Clementine Laverman

Chairperson and Program Director of Social Work

Email:
Phone: 716.286.8514

Since the fall of 1994, Clementine U.M. Laverman has been the program director of the Department of Social Work at Niagara University. She earned her Ph.D. ('86) and MSW in Social Work at Pittsburgh University ('83) and a diploma in Social Work at the Social Academy ('73) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her career as a...

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Dr. Kevin Blair

Professor

Website: http://sites.niagara.edu/dr-kevin-d-blair/
Email:
Phone: (716) 286-8516

 

Dr. David Skiba

Professor

Email:
Phone: (716) 286-8515

Dr. Skiba is the newly appointed Coordinator of Field Practicum for the Social Work Department here at Niagara University. He received his BS in Criminal Justice from the State University College at Buffalo in 1985, his MSW in 1988, and Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo in 2003. For the last four years Dr. Skiba...

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Ms. Karen Edmond

Professional In-Residence

Email:
Phone: (716) 286-8519

Karen E. Edmond earned her Master's Degree in Social Work in Child Welfare Services from the University at Buffalo. She has also earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Work and her minor in Art Therapy  from Buffalo State College, and earned her Associate of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Erie Community College.Ms. Edmond...

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