Phyllis West, PhD '08
Director of Social Justice Initiatives
Governors State University
My primary position is a University Lecturer Senior Status at Governors State University Department of Social Work where I teach graduate and undergraduate courses. I am the faculty advisor for the Social Work Student Organization (SWSO), the Global Brigade and the Black Student Union (BSU). My expertise is developing service learning and civic engagement curricula to prepare students for leadership using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. For the past five years I have taught and led International Service-Learning Public Health Brigade to Nicaragua, Panama and Ghana.
