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Professor; Director, MSW Program
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
South Bend, IN, United States
Frances Bernard Kominkiewicz, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S.A., is Professor of Social Work at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and founding Director of the MSW Program. She successfully guided the BSW Program to its first national Council on Social Work Education accreditation in 1998 and to all subsequent accreditation reaffirmations since that time. Dr. Kominkiewicz is licensed by the State of Indiana as a Clinical Social Worker, a Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Clinical Addiction Counselor. Dr. Kominkiewicz is a Commissioner on the CSWE Commission on Educational Policy and served as a member of the CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education. Among her peer-reviewed presentations are, “Relationship between Ethno-Religious Conflict and Economic Growth: Analysis of the Scholarly Literature” which was designated as the Distinguished Lecture and Discussion at the 6th International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution (ICERM) held in New York, NY, on October 30, 2019. Her dissertation researched sibling abuse policy and she has presented research in Germany and in China. One of her book chapters regarding child maltreatment interviewing is used in counselor trainings in Germany. Dr. Kominkiewicz received a National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services grant and co-wrote two book chapters regarding youth homelessness and an overview of homelessness issues. She served as co-chair of the national BPD Research Committee, assisted in developing a national curriculum for the CSWE Homelessness Practice Curricular Guide, and is a consulting editor for the Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT