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LLOYD L. LYER, Ph.D., LSW

Professor

Director, Central PA Program

Marywood University School of Social Work

lyter@marywood.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Social Work - Rutgers University                                                                          1993

   Major:  Social Policy/Administration

   Minor:  Social Work Education

   Dissertation:  Alcohol Abstinent Adolescents: How Some Kids "Just Say No!"

M.S.W. - Marywood University                                                                                         1994

   Major:  Interpersonal Intervention 

M.P.A. - Temple University                                                                                               1980

B.A.   - East Stroudsburg State College                                                                            1972

   Major: Sociology/Anthropology

   Major: Political Science

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Marywood University, School of Social Work

Director, Institute for Social Work Research, Education, & Consultation

Director, Central PA Program                                                                               2006 -             

Professor                                                                                                                   2003

Director, School of Social Work                                                                           2002 - 2005

Director, Reading Program                                                                                         2001 - 2002

Associate Professor of Social Work                                                                              1999

Assistant Professor of Social Work                                                                              1995

Lecturer (part-time)                                                                                                     1994

 

- Faculty Member, MSW & Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Human Development

- Advisor for MSW & Ph.D. students and Central PA Program Student Association

- Evaluate Ph.D. qualifying experience papers and presentations

- Serve on and chair Ph.D. dissertation committees

- Teach required and elective courses in M.S.W. program – Mentor independent studies

- Serve on and chair school and university-wide committees

- Arrange M.S.W. student placements in London, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland

- Primary Courses Taught:                            

    Social Work Perspectives on Psychopathology                                           

    Critical Issues in Chemical Dependence

    Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice              

    Mentor for Independent Studies (traditional and international)

                                                                                                     

School Committees & Curriculum Content Areas:

   Curriculum Committee

   Teresa Maxis Duchemin, I.H.M., Distinguished Visiting Professor of Social Work Screening Committee

   Cultural Diversity Committee

   Admissions Committee

   Doctoral Committee

   Outcomes Committee

   Faculty Search Committee

   Practice Curriculum Content Area

   Operations and Policy Committee

   HBSE Curriculum Content Area

   Research Curriculum Content Area

   Ethics Curriculum Content Area

   Practicum Curriculum Content Area

University Committees:

   Academic Computing Advisory Committee

   Technology Advisory Committee

   Rank and Tenure Committee

   Mission Review Task Force

   Screening Committee, Director, Office of Diversity and Social Equity

   Search Committee, Dean, School of Continuing Education

   Marywood Planning Advisory Committee (Presidential Appointment & Elected Graduate Faculty Representative)   

   Memorial Committee

   Institutional Review Board

School of Continuing Education

     Helped restructure Drug and Alcohol Addiction Counseling Program and developed and taught

     workshops on Drugs of Abuse and Pharmacology, Ethics, HIV/AIDS, DSM IV: Diagnosing Substance-

     Related Disorders, Treatment Planning, and Case Management.  Provide these and other workshops

     in on campus presentations, and full day sessions for agency personnel at off campus locations.

Founding Director, Behavioral Health Research Institute

     Recruited by a consortium of behavioral healthcare service providers and several colleges and  

     universities in Northeast PA, on behalf of Marywood University, to develop and incorporate the

     Institute and negotiate contracts to perform research and provide outcome evaluations of behavioral

     health services in the region.  The Institute is the first of its kind, jointly owned by the service

     providers and representatives of five colleges and universities.

Beaver College

Adjunct Professor/Department of Sociology & Anthropology                                                1994 - 1996

Taught undergraduate courses for students interested in graduate studies in social work and related areas. 

Supervised Practicum: Human Services.

Courses taught:

   Introduction to Social Welfare

   Seminar in Human Services

   Diversity in Society

 Widener University

Adjunct Assistant Professor/Center for Social Work Education                                            1993 - 1995

Graduate course taught:                                                     Undergraduate courses taught:

    Medical Social Work Practice                                            Introduction to Social Welfare

    Addictions

Penn State Ogontz and Great Valley Campuses

Instructor                                                                                                                                1989 – 1996

Taught courses for both graduate and undergraduate credit in the Chemical Dependency Counselor Training Program.  On the Ogontz Campus, served as Faculty Coordinator, involved in program planning, marketing, and selection of faculty members and, in the Department of Sociology, taught undergraduate course, Social Problems.

Courses taught:

   Foundations of Chemical Dependency Counseling

   Alcohol Education

   Health Issues in Employee Assistance Programs

   Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation in Employee Counseling    

     Programs

Rutgers University

Part-Time Lecturer/School of Social Work                                                                              1980 - 1996

 

Graduate courses taught:                                                                    Undergraduate courses taught:

    Alcohol and Other Drugs                                                               Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

    Intervention with Substance Abusers                                           Social Welfare as a Social Institution

      and Their Families                                                                         Social Work Issues: Alcohol and Other Drugs

    Social Policy in Alcoholism                                                           Organizational Theory and Administration

    Social Welfare Policy and Services I & II                                     Seminar on Community

    Supervision and Consultation                                                       Social Environment and the Helping Process

    Structure and Process in Social Work Administration

    Administrative Problem Solving and Decision Making

    Personnel Administration

    Health Care Policy

    Integration Seminar

Served as Faculty Field Consultant to practicum agencies.

Guest Lectures

CLAS/UNIV 100, Marywood University                                                                        2005

B.S.W. Program, Bloomsburg University                                                                        2004

M.S.W. Program, West Chester University                                                                      2002

B.S.W. Program, Marywood University, Scranton, PA                                                  1999

Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology,

   Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh                                     1997

School of Social Work, Rutgers University                                                                      1996, 2001

School of Social Administration, Temple University                                                     1978, 1979, 1992

Eastern Pennsylvania Institute of Alcohol Studies,

   Ursinus College                                                                                                                1974

 Department of Health and Physical Education,

   East Stroudsburg State College                                                                                      1973, 1974

 

PRACTICE/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Numerous full- and part-time counseling, administrative, training,

and research positions, in the areas of substance abuse and mental health.

 

Lyter & Lyter Consulting, Montgomeryville, PA                                                           1980 -

 

   Provide counseling to individuals, and training and consultation in chemical dependence,

   HIV/AIDS, ethics, and psychopathology to social welfare agencies, schools, and governmental

   agencies.  Trainer, HIV/Substance Abuse Training Team, Division of HIV/AIDS, Bureau of Drug

   Abuse Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health. 

 

Director/Substance Abuse Services                                                                                 1988 - 1993 

   Mt. Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Director/Patient Care Monitoring                                                                                    1987 - 1988

   The Horsham Clinic, Ambler, PA

 

Coordinator/Quality Assurance Program                                                                      1985 - 1987

   The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Program Evaluator/Quality Assurance Program                                                          1984 - 1985

   Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, NJ

 

Counselor/Employee Counseling Services Program                                                   1984 - 1989

   School of Social Work, Rutgers University

 

Social Work Consultant                                                                                                      1983

   Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

 

Youth Advocacy Director                                                                                                   1981 - 1984

   Metuchen-Edison YMCA, Metuchen, NJ

 

Research Assistant                                                                                                               1981

   Department of the Public Advocate, State of New Jersey

 

Project Consultant/Social Work                                                                                       1981

   Task Force on Youth, Franklin Township, NJ

 

Instructor/Consultant                                                                                                         1980 - 1985

   Visiting Homemaker Service of Middlesex County, NJ

 

Unit Supervisor                                                                                                                    1976 - 1980

   Philadelphia Drug Treatment Center, Philadelphia, PA

 

Substance Abuse Consultant                                                                                             1974 - 1976

   Philadelphia, PA

 

Caseworker                                                                                                                           1972 - 1974

   Tri-County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Program, Stroudsburg, PA

 

Personal Affairs Specialist, United States Air Force                                                       1967 - 1971

 

   In the U.S., made notification and provided continuing support to family members of Air Force

   personnel listed as killed, captured, or missing in Viet Nam.  In the Republic of Korea, coordinated

   the application process of U.S. servicemen to marry Korean nationals.