Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

Dr. Marina barnett

Marina Barnett, DSW is currently an Associate Professor in Widener University’s Center for Social Work Education. Marina teaches Social Welfare Policy, Organizational Practice and Grant Writing and Community Organization at the BSW, MSW and Ph.D. levels. In addition to her teaching experience, Marina has more than thirty years of organizational and community development expertise collaborating with community-based agencies to develop organizational capacity through strategic planning, program evaluation, and grant writing.

Faculty Fellow Role

As a Faculty Fellow, Dr. Barnett will work to support the direction of the Office of Civic and Global Engagement (OCGE). She will provide the institutional history and knowledge of the local community that is needed to ensure new policies and procedures align with existing campus and community realities and will orient the new staff of the OCGE to the Chester community, conduct tours of the city and introduce staff to community leaders. 

As a faculty member and co-director of the Academic Service-Learning Faculty Development Program, Dr. Barnett will assist engaging faculty in the decision-making process and implementation of the OCGE strategic plan. She will work directly with the staff of the OCGE to create curriculum ladders for Bonner scholars, recruit faculty to serve as advisors for research capstones, and work with faculty to expand the number of courses on campus that have a service-learning and/or social action component. The Bonner Fellow will also work with the Office of Institution.