Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Lightfoot's Personal Page

Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot is Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and the Director of the Arizona State University School of Social Work of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.  Her work centers on disability policy and services, with a focus on the intersections of disability with child welfare, aging, disparities, and abuse. She also has been involved in several ongoing community based participatory research partnerships, has ongoing collaborations focusing on international social work, and has completed a number of studies on social work education. Before coming to ASU, she was a Distinguished Global Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work where she directed the PhD Program for 15 years. She also has been a Fulbright Scholar for sabbatical years at the University of Namibia and the University of Bucharest in Romania. She is a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and has received the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education’s Educational Leadership award. She has served as the President of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work and has been on the boards of the Society for Social Work and Research, the Council on Social Work Education and the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.