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Areas of Research and/or Practice

Amanda is interested in work with under-served communities and promoting access to educational opportunities. She has a passion for internship education within social work programs.

Biography

Amanda Campbell, MSW, LCSW earned both her BA in Psychology and MSW from the University of Denver. Over the course of her career, she has worked in many settings including in residential treatment with adolescent girls, as a clinical vocational counselor for adults with disabilities and spent many years in the youth development space as a counselor/case manager, volunteer recruiter and program director for Denver Urban Scholars. She also worked as a social worker at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. As a community practitioner, she has provided supervision to social work interns and social workers seeking licensure in the state of Colorado. A consistent theme throughout her career has been advocating for access to services for underserved populations.

Amanda has worked for Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Department of Social Work since 2013 in various roles. Currently she is the Associate Director of Social Work Internships supporting undergraduate and graduate students in their internships. She co-created the Behavioral Health Professional Preparation Project in the College of Health and Human Sciences at º£½ÇÉçÇø to benefit the Denver community while supporting the professional development of students going into mental and behavioral health settings. Amanda is passionate about supporting social workers and others in the helping fields in their educational journeys and professional development.

Outside of work, you will find her pounding the pavement in training for her next running race, reading, trying her hand at pottery, planning her next trip, or hiking and skiing the mountains with her husband and two kids.