Johnette Walser

MSW, LCSW, LSSW, AP Assistant Professor

Social Work

Email Address: jcwalser@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.334.4173

Education 

Johnette Walser, (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at UNCG Greensboro. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in the state of North Carolina.  She received her Bachelor’s degree in social work from UNCG and her Master’s degree in social work from UNCG and NCA&T’s Joint Masters of Social Work Program.  

Short Bio

Johnette Walser, has taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate social work courses related to direct practice with individuals, groups and families; and specializes in teaching clinical social work courses. Professor Walser is a social work educator, scholar, and field director whose work centers on trauma informed, relational and liberatory approaches to social work education and practice. As field director, she has extensive experience supporting students, faculty, and community partners in clinical and community-based learning environments. 

Her research interests include approaches to accessibility, belonging, and care within higher education; the intersection of race, disability and mental health in higher education; and embodied and relational pedagogies. She is particularly interested in how students and institutions co-create informal and formal systems of support that sustain academic success, well-being, and professional identity development. 

Additional research interests include somatic and eco-therapeutic approaches to healing among Black queer individuals.