Bio

Dr. Richardson has more than 20 years of experience working in various social work positions. In 2016, she was hired at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) as an adjunct lecturer and field education liaison in the Master of Social Work program. She joined Medgar Evers College in 2019 as a substitute lecturer and then promoted to Assistant Professor in 2021. Dr. Richardson was also the Field Education Coordinator from 2020 until 2022. Dr. Richardson serves on several college committees including: the college-wide ASRC, SW Conference, Technology and search committees. She has redesigned several social work courses to be more inclusive of Open Education Resources (OER) thereby reducing overall textbook costs for students and is developing a series of social work and mental health courses to address and encourage greater representation of persons of color in mental health fields. Dr. Richardson also hosts BSSW New Student Orientation sessions.