Shikeal Harris, Social Worker

Appalachian Care Chronicles

During this episode we visit the classroom of a social work professor at Marshall University to learn about the landscape of social work in West Virginia.

With a population-to-provider ratio nearly 50% lower than the national average, West Virginia’s need for new social work and mental health practitioners is immense. During this episode, we visit the classroom of Shikeal Harris, Marshall University Professor of Social Work, to discuss the many forms that social work can take, barriers to care in rural areas, and why Shikeal feels called to help train the next generation of clinicians in our state.