Dr. Vande Berg is Professor and Field Director for the Bachelor of Social Work Program at Winona State University. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Macalester College and her MSW from the University of Minnesota, where she was also a Title IV-E Child Welfare Fellow. She completed her DSW at the University of St. Thomas, where her dissertation focused on teaching about trauma in social work education. She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker in the state of Minnesota and has over 17 years of professional experience in social services, with seven years post-graduate direct practice experience.

Dr. Vande Berg’s practice areas and interests include trauma-informed practices, interprofessional education, children and families in education settings, and nonprofit management. Dr. Vande Berg has also co-led multiple international travel study trips developed to introduce participants to comparative social welfare policy and is one of the founding members of the interprofessional faculty group that developed the community-based interprofessional clinical education model described in this presentation.