Associate Professor & MSW Program Director of Social Work, Prevention Education, I.P.A.
Alina M. Baltazar, PhD, MSW, LMSW, CFLE (Certified Family Life Educator) is the MSW program director and Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Work Department and is the Co-Associate Director of the Institute for the Prevention of Addictions at Andrews University. She received her PhD from Michigan State University in Human Development and Families Studies, her Master of Social Work from University of Michigan with a focus on Aging, and her BA in psychology from Andrews University. Dr. Baltazar currently teaches clinical social work courses at Andrews University. Dr. Baltazar has published and presented research in the areas of parental and religiosity’s influence on youth health risk behavior, parenting, pastoral family stress, domestic violence, and mental health. She has worked as a licensed clinical social worker for over 27 years in the areas of medical and psychiatric social work, and psychotherapy. She is a part-time psychotherapist at Life Coach Psychology in Berrien Springs, MI. She is married to her high school sweet-heart for 30 years and is a mother to three young adult sons.
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About Alina Baltazar
Alina M. Baltazar, PhD, MSW, LMSW, CFLE (Certified Family Life Educator) is the MSW program director and Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Work Department and is the Co-Associate Director of the Institute for the Prevention of Addictions at Andrews University. She received her PhD from Michigan State University in Human Development and Families Studies, her Master of Social Work from University of Michigan with a focus on Aging, and her BA in psychology from Andrews University. Dr. Baltazar currently teaches clinical social work courses at Andrews University. Dr. Baltazar has published and presented research in the areas of parental and religiosity’s influence on youth health risk behavior, parenting, pastoral family stress, domestic violence, and mental health. She has worked as a licensed clinical social worker for over 27 years in the areas of medical and psychiatric social work, and psychotherapy. She is a part-time psychotherapist at Life Coach Psychology in Berrien Springs, MI. She is married to her high school sweet-heart for 30 years and is a mother to three young adult sons.
| Present | Associate Professor, Social Work, Andrews University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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| Present | MSW Program Director, Andrews University ‐ School of Social Work | |
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Disciplines
| BA Psychology, Andrews University | ||
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| MSW, The University Of Michigan | ||
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| PhD Human Development & Family Studies, Michigan State University | ||
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Phone: (269) 471-6877
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