Biography

Xxx Xxxxxx, executive vice dean and professor of academic and student affairs, has operational responsibility for the USC School of Social Work, a top-ranked program and the largest graduate school of social work in the United States, with more than 3,000 MSW students in five academic centers. Xxxxxxx spearheaded the development of a new military social work specialization, created the San Diego Academic Center, expanded the school's annual global immersion offerings and led the development of the school's Virtual Academic Center, the first and only web-based MSW program serving a national and international student population. Xxxxxxx is currently leading the development of a new doctoral degree in transformational social work, which is scheduled to launch in fall 2015. Xxx Xxxxxx brings 35 years of expertise to the field of workplace human services. Xxxxxxx is editor of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, the only peer-reviewed journal in employee assistance research and practice. Xxx Xxxxxx has published extensively in the areas of employee assistance programs, substance abuse and workplace legislation, trauma management, as well as the evaluation of work-based human services, AIDS in the workplace, alcohol abuse and domestic violence at work, and managed behavioral health care.