Jeanne Wagner, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Jeanne Wagner joined the staff at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare in May 2005 as the director of Social Work Field Education Programs. She received her MSW from Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, IL, and her BSW from Morehead State University, Morehead, KY.

She is a licensed clinical social worker and clinical professor with extensive clinical, management, administrative and educational experience. She has worked in a variety of social service settings prior to her appointment with UWM, which include child welfare, adoption (domestic and international), mental health, intellectual disabilities, geriatrics and private practice. She currently teaches courses in social work, develops and presents continuing education programs covering social work ethics and boundaries, leadership and supervision, case management, documentation, confidentiality, adoption competency, safety in the field, etc. She is a trainer for the Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) curriculum through the Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE) and UWM’s co-director of TAC. She has served in the role of Ombuds for UWM since 2007 and has 10 years of experience in quality assurance. She serves on the Board for NASW-WI.