Alina Bond Chan, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
Alina Bond Chan, a licensed clinical social worker. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and families in various settings, including community mental health and school-based social work. She has provided clinical supervision, education, and training to students, interns, and mental health staff. Alina has worked with organizations throughout Los Angeles and Orange County, delivering training on motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based interventions for co-occurring disorders in mental health, substance use, and trauma. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She is pursuing a PhD at Baylor University's Garland School of Social Work, focusing her research on trauma-informed education and strategies for teaching trauma-related content. Over the last ten years, she has taught in UCLA Extension’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling program and has been an adjunct professor in the MSW program at Azusa Pacific University, where she currently holds a full-time faculty position in the Department of Social Work.
Education
- Master of Social Work, University of Southern California, 2002
- BA, Biology Taylor University 2000
Credentials/Certifications
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 2006
Academic Area
- School of Behavioral Sciences
Expertise
- Trauma-Informed Teaching
- Clinical Social Work
- Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Courses Taught
- SOCW 310 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment
- SOCW 563 – School Social Work
- GE 100 – First-Year Seminar
- SOCW 311 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
- SOCW 360 – Social Work Practice
- SOCW 251 – Social Welfare Policy and Service
- SOCW 537 – Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health and Diagnosis
- SOCW 513 – Micro-Theory and Human Development
- SOCW 550 – Advanced Standing: Intermediate Praxis
- SOCW 514 – Practice I - Interviewing and Assessment
- SOCW 524 – Practice II - Intervention and Evaluation
- SOCW 512 – Social Welfare Policy and Policy Practice