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Recently, ůůֱ²¥ Alexander has taught research design in the MSS program and Qualitative Inquiry: Methods in the PhD program. She has also been Chair of the College's IRB since 1996. She has been an Adjunct ůůֱ²¥ of Social Work in Psychiatry  at the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for over 15 years and has been PI on two NIH Grants since the mid-1990s. She has been a Co-Investigator on a NIDA grant with Dr. Celia Fisher of Fordham University and continues to serve as a Member of A Multidisciplinary Advisory Board for an NIDA-funded training grant to prepare young scholars to perform ethics research in the area of HIV, also under ůůֱ²¥ Fisher. She continues to serve as a reviewer for several journals, both in social work and related fields and is a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. She has just completed a term as Convener of the GSSWSR Faculty.  

Research and Scholarly Interests:  Working Alliance in community settings, Implementation of evidence-based practices in community settings, Research on issues in research ethics.

Substantive Specialization: Research methods with a focus on qualitative approaches.