Kathleen J. Farkas, PhD, LISW-S

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Email:
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Phone:
216.368.2276

Associate Professor Emerita

Kathleen J. Farkas has extensive clinical and research expertise in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorders and other mental health issues.

In 2017 and 2020, she was selected as a visiting scholar at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She taught in the Erasmus Mundus Master鈥檚 Degree in Advanced Development in Social Work (ADVANCES and ADVANCES 2.0), a program designed to give social workers outstanding levels of practice skills for global innovation.

In 2020, Farkas received the John A. Yankey Outstanding Teacher Award, and has received three Mentorship Recognition Awards from CSWE's Women鈥檚 Council since 2016. She has also served on the Advisory Council of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE). Over her career, Farkas served as primary research advisor for 27 doctoral students.

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University

Master of Arts, University of Chicago

Bachelor of Arts, Case Western Reserve University