Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Dr. Petracchi’s scholarly interests lie in improving the professional delivery of social services to vulnerable populations. To this end, she has focused on identifying the service needs of vulnerable populations and developing, delivering, and evaluating innovations in social work education to prepare social work students more effectively for practice. Dr. Petracchi’s commitment to social work education is evidenced by her competitive selection as a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Scholar (2017 – 2018) and her work with the CSWE Commission on Accreditation (now Board of Accreditation) where she served first as a site visitor (beginning 2009), then a Commissioner (2017-2023) and now continues as a Commissioner Site Visitor to programs in the process of initial accreditation. Dr. Petracchi was recently named as a member of the CSWE Commission on Educational Policy (2023-2026). Dr. Petracchi has been a recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Employee Diversity Recognition Award for which she was nominated by students for having created a diverse and inclusive space for their professional development and learning.
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