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蜜月直播
Fall Open House
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist鈥檚 academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
蜜月直播
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Academics
Fall Open House
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist鈥檚 academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Academics
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Admission & Financial Aid
Fall Open House
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist鈥檚 academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Admission & Financial Aid
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Student Life
Fall Open House
Join us for one of our Fall Open Houses and experience our beautiful, riverfront campus firsthand. Learn more about Marist鈥檚 academic experience, the admissions process, and get an inside look at life as a Red Fox! You'll have the opportunity to hear directly from students, faculty, and staff about what makes the Marist Community so special. Register Below:
Student Life
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Susan McKee, LMSW
Lecturer in Social Work, Field Practicum Coordinator, Master of Social Work Program
Bio
Susan McKee, LMSW, is a Lecturer and Practicum Education Coordinator in the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program at Marist University. She brings over a decade of experience in clinical and community-based social work, with a specialized focus on trauma recovery, addiction, attachment, and systems-involved populations.
Susan has provided individual and group therapy in both in-person and virtual settings and holds advanced training in virtual therapeutic group facilitation. Her professional background spans outpatient mental health, geriatric care, harm reduction, and carceral settings. While at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, she partnered with institutional leadership to designate the nursery unit as a trauma-informed care environment and launched a therapeutic horticulture program supporting maternal-infant wellness, food justice, and rehabilitation.
She also developed a resilience-based community program for at-risk youth, integrating empowerment practices with trauma-informed mental health education. At Marist, Susan teaches SWMP 508: Practicum I and SWMP 608: Practicum III, coordinates graduate practicum placements, and facilitates the Seminar in Practicum Instruction (SIFI) for practicum instructors.
As Practicum Education Coordinator, Susan serves as a coach and mentor to agency-based practicum supervisors, offering guidance to strengthen trauma-informed, equity-centered supervision practices. She is deeply committed to fostering collaborative community partnerships that enhance student learning and expand access to diverse, high-impact practicum experiences.
Susan's teaching and supervision emphasize reflective practice, cultural humility, and social justice. She is dedicated to preparing students for ethical, effective, and compassionate social work practice across both traditional and virtual environments.
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW), Columbia University School of Social Work
Bachelor of Science, State University of New York Empire State University (Double Major: Human Development; Community and Human Services)
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Susan鈥檚 work centers on advancing trauma-informed practices across clinical and institutional settings, with a particular interest in innovation in practicum education and reflective supervision. She explores healing-centered approaches to addiction and recovery, and is committed to supporting systems-involved individuals and families through equitable, relationship-based interventions. Her areas of focus also include building emotional resilience and wellness in at-risk youth through community-based programming, and designing impactful virtual therapeutic group experiences that enhance accessibility and connection in mental health care.
Selected Presentations and Projects
- Developed and implemented a therapeutic horticulture program and trauma-informed care model at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
- Designed and facilitated virtual recovery and healing groups for individuals navigating addiction, trauma, and relational challenges
- Building and sustaining community partnerships to expand and diversify MSW practicum placement opportunities regionally and nationally