Goutham M. Menon, PhD., MA., MBA.
Professor
Dr. Goutham M. Menon has over two decades of academic experience at the undergraduate & graduate levels having taught at the University of Texas at Arlington (1996-1998); University of South Carolina (1998-2005); and at the University of Texas at San Antonio (2006-2013); Director and Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Social Work, Division of Health Sciences (2013-2016). He joined Loyola University Chicago in 2017 as Professor and Dean of the School of Social Work. He served as dean until 2022.
Research Interests
• Social Work Education
• Leadership & Innovation in Higher Education- Focus on Access & Affordability
• ICT in Practice & Education
• Distance Education
• Corporate Social Responsibility & B-Corps
Courses Taught
Range of courses across the curriculum (Micro to Macro) and across programs (BSW; MSW; Ph.D.)
- Advanced practice with Individuals
- Advanced practice with Groups
- Social Work Administration
- Advanced practice with communities & organizations
- Research methodology
- Program and Practice Evaluation
- Qualitative Research
- Social Welfare History & Policy
- Social Planning/Sustainable Development
- Electronic Advocacy for Social Work (Web course)
- Human Trafficking (ITV – Students in USA, Germany, & Indonesia synchronously)
- Global Context of Social Work
- Social Work in Higher Education (Doctoral Course)
- Study Abroad – India; Brazil