Katherine Van Blair

Dr. Katie Van Blair joined the faculty in the School of Social work in 2001, and became director during summer 2008.

Her teaching interests include Concentration Field Seminar and Ethics, Couple and Family Therapy and Feminist Family Therapy. Prior to joining the faculty at SAU, Dr. Van Blair was in private practice full-time Davenport, Iowa. As a practicing therapist since 1994, Dr. Van Blair still maintains her practice part-time, seeing individuals, couples and families around a variety of presenting issues.

 

Education and Training

Purdue University, Richmond, Ind.
Marriage and Family Therapy
PhD, 1998

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Family Studies
MS, 1994

St. Ambrose University
Psychology and Sociology
BA, Psychology and Sociology, 1992
MSW, 2005

 

Courses Taught

Concentration Field Seminar
Couple and Family Therapy
Empowerment Social Work in Mental Health
Feminist Social Work

 

Recent Publications

Strzepek, K., Jacobson, B., & Van Blair, K (2011). The Long Table Model: Bringing Transnational Debates to a Small Midwestern University. In Sierra, M & Roman-Odio, C. (Eds), Transnational Borderlands in Women's Global Networks: The Making of Cultural Resistance. Palgrave McMillan, New York.

 

Memberships

Dr. Van Blair is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work, and American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

She has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Iowa for 14 years. Additionally, she has served as a board member for the Scott County Regional Authority in addition to multiple other community service endeavors.

 

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