Steve Maxwell
Director of Field Instruction
Office Hours:
Please email for appointments as I am out of the office at unpredictable times doing field visits.
Areas of Interest
Field instruction, Cross-cultural supervision, Refugee and immigrant Issues, Community mental health, The integration of music and the arts in social work
I have been the Director of Field Instruction since July, 2006 and am responsible for overseeing the field education component of our MSW program. I get to work with our community partners who provide field placements, and also teach integrative field seminars.
School of Social Work
Room 140A Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul,
MN 55108
Tel: 612-624-4287
Fax: 612-624-5245
Degrees
M.S.W., University of Minnesota
B.A., Lawrence University
I was appointed as the Director of Field Instruction at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work in 2006. Previous involvement with the SSW included serving on the Field Advisory Committee, co-facilitating field seminars with faculty members, and serving as a field instructor. I greatly enjoy working with graduate students in the MSW program, and strive to help them have challenging, stimulating and supportive field placement experiences.
Before I came to the School of Social Work, I worked at Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) from 1984-2006. For several years, I was a clinical social worker in the mental health department. From 1991-2006, I had the privilege of serving as a supervisor in the Refugee & Immigrant Mental Health Program. Helping refugees and immigrants cope with the challenges of relocation and the effects of trauma was a focus of the program, predominantly staffed by providers from refugee and immigrant communities. While at CUHCC, I supervised many MSW students and developed my strong interest in, and passion for, field education.