Director and Professor
School of Social Work - San Jose State University
San Jose, California, United States
Dr. Peter Allen Lee earned his MSW and Ph.D. in social welfare from the University of California at Berkeley. His research and practice interests include the psychological development and adjustment of Asian Americans, and ethnic groups in the child welfare and mental health systems. He is currently a Professor and the Director of the School of Social Work at San Jose State University, and the Principal Investigator of its Title IV-E Child Welfare Training and Stipend Program. Dr. Lee serves as the Chair of SJSU's University Council of Chairs and Directors and as the co-chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Social Services Consortium (BASSC): a collaboration among university social work leaders and county social service department directors. He is active with both the National Association of Deans and Directors (NADD), being part of the Leadership Academy for Deans and Directors, and with the California Association of Deans and Directors (CADD). Dr. Lee is the co-creator of Social Workers in the Library in San Jose. He is also involved with The Salvation Army and other non-profit community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area developing sports, family, and youth programs. In the past he had been active with a team of SJSU colleagues and the Viet Nam National University in Ha Noi to create graduate-level curriculum instrumental towards developing the social work profession in Viet Nam, and was the Associate Director of CommUniverCity SJSU. Peter is guided by a servant leadership philosophy.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:15 AM