{"id":1456,"date":"2026-04-09T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/social-work\/?page_id=1456"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:35:52","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/social-work\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The faculty of the Department of Social Work are committed to the intellectual, pedagogical and social growth of all social work students who attend Bemidji State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department Chair: Dr. Brenda Mack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"bsu-block bsu-directory-office-facstaff\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 g-4 border-bottom mb-4 pb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-0 order-lg-1 text-center text-lg-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-thumbnail-lg shadow-0 border img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/ashley-charwood-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Charwood\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/ashley-charwood.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-1 order-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAshley Charwood\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor of Social Work\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled text-bg-light mt-3 p-3 rounded-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><i class=\"fas fa-at pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:ashley.charwood@bemidjistate.edu\" aria-label=\"Email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ashley.charwood@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li><li><i class=\"fas fa-phone pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:2187552836\" aria-label=\"Phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">218-755-2836<\/a><\/li><i class=\"fas fa-globe fa-solid fa-user pe-2\" aria-label=\"Website\"><\/i><a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/860272698?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hear from Ashley<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 g-4 border-bottom mb-4 pb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-0 order-lg-1 text-center text-lg-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-thumbnail-lg shadow-0 border img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/Hoffman-2-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/Hoffman-2.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-1 order-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Hoffman\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssociate Professor\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled text-bg-light mt-3 p-3 rounded-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><i class=\"fas fa-at pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:rebecca.hoffman@bemidjistate.edu\" aria-label=\"Email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rebecca.hoffman@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li><li><i class=\"fas fa-phone pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:2187552837\" aria-label=\"Phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">218-755-2837<\/a><\/li><i class=\"fas fa-globe fa-solid fa-user pe-2\" aria-label=\"Website\"><\/i><a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/862422029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hear from Rebecca<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 g-4 border-bottom mb-4 pb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-0 order-lg-1 text-center text-lg-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-thumbnail-lg shadow-0 border img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/amanda-longie-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Longie\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/amanda-longie.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-1 order-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmanda Longie\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor of Social Work\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled text-bg-light mt-3 p-3 rounded-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><i class=\"fas fa-at pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:amanda.longie@bemidjistate.edu\" aria-label=\"Email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">amanda.longie@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li><li><i class=\"fas fa-phone pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:2187552058\" aria-label=\"Phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">218-755-2058<\/a><\/li><i class=\"fas fa-globe fa-solid fa-user pe-2\" aria-label=\"Website\"><\/i><a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/860268191?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hear from Amanda<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 g-4 border-bottom mb-4 pb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-0 order-lg-1 text-center text-lg-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-thumbnail-lg shadow-0 border img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/brenda-mack-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Brenda Mack\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/brenda-mack.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-1 order-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrenda Mack\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssociate Professor\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled text-bg-light mt-3 p-3 rounded-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><i class=\"fas fa-at pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:brenda.mack@bemidjistate.edu\" aria-label=\"Email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">brenda.mack@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li><li><i class=\"fas fa-phone pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:2187554050\" aria-label=\"Phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">218-755-4050<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 g-4 border-bottom mb-4 pb-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-0 order-lg-1 text-center text-lg-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-thumbnail-lg shadow-0 border img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/emily-paine-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Paine\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/emily-paine.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col order-1 order-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmily Paine\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled text-bg-light mt-3 p-3 rounded-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><i class=\"fas fa-at pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:emily.paine@bemidjistate.edu\" aria-label=\"Email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">emily.paine@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li><li><i class=\"fas fa-phone pe-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"tel:2187552849\" aria-label=\"Phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">218-755-2849<\/a><\/li><i class=\"fas fa-globe fa-solid fa-user pe-2\" aria-label=\"Website\"><\/i><a class=\"fw-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/862416580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hear from Emily<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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