Sharon Chun Wetterau

With almost 30 years in social work, Sharon Chun Wetterau, LCSW currently serves as the CSUDH Assistant Field Director. She teaches concentration year courses, including Diagnostic Assessment in Social Work.  Prior to CSUDH, she served six years with the UCLA Department of Social Welfare in the roles of CalSWEC Child Welfare Project Coordinator, Inter-University Consortium (IUC) Field Consultant, and as an IUC Trainer-Consultant where she trained new children's social workers with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.  While at UCLA, she taught Cross-Cultural Awareness, Advanced Practice in Public Child Welfare, and Child Welfare Integrative Seminar. From 2007-2010, she served as a BSW Title IV-E field faculty member at CSU, Fresno, where she taught Principles of Cross-Cultural Competency, Cultural Diversity and Oppression, and the BASW Title IV-E Child Welfare Integrative Seminar. From 2002-2006, Sharon developed the first Title IV-E/University Partnership Program at the Ohio State College of Social Work and taught Minority Perspectives: Race, Gender, and Oppression and the Title IV-E Child Welfare Seminar. She also served one year as the Interim Asian American Studies Coordinator and trained for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program, where she developed and piloted modules about Asian Pacific Islander and Latinx families. In 2004, she was recognized with the “Rising Star” Award as a statewide trainer. 

Clinically, Sharon has worked extensively with families in the child welfare system, in the community mental health system, and the system serving children and adults with developmental disabilities in CA and OH. She has served as a clinical supervisor for an Asian Pacific Islander community mental health agency and continues to enjoy mentoring students and graduates. She has been an active member of NASW CA and is currently involved with the Rehabilitation and Inclusion Council and the Asian Pacific Islander South Council. Currently, Sharon is integrating Critical Race Studies and mindfulness into her teaching, practice, and community service.

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