Craig LeCroy, MSW, PhD

Dr. Craig LeCroy is a Professor of Social Work at ASU and serves as Director of the School’s Tucson Branch.  He also holds an appointment at the UA, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Studies and Human Development Division.  He has been a visiting professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and the Zellerbach Visiting Professor at the University of California Berkeley.  Dr. LeCroy teaches classes on the foundations of social work practice, research methods for social work, and social work practice with children and adolescents.  He has over 25 years experience in the practice of social work.  He is a licensed clinical social worker.   Dr. LeCroy's primary areas of expertise are in children's mental health, group approaches to treatment, and child abuse prevention. He is the recipient of numerous grants including (as PI or Co-PI) interventions for risk reduction and avoidance in youth (NIH), evaluation of Healthy Families (a child abuse prevention program (Children’s Bureau), and Youth Plus: Positive Socialization for Youth (CSAP).  Dr. LeCroy was also the PI on a National Institute of Mental Health Training grant for improving services for severely disturbed children and adolescents.  Dr. LeCroy is frequently a reviewer for the NIMH child interventions panel.  He has authored over 100 published articles and 10 published books.

Seminars Led

Families in Crisis    November 3, 2023
Critical Thinking    September 15, 2023
Families in Crisis    November 4, 2022
Critical Thinking    September 9, 2022
Families in Crisis    February 18, 2022

Trainees Mentored

Laurel Alexander   (August, 2015 to May, 2016)
Anna Britton   (August, 2023 to May, 2024)
Stephanie Burchard   (August, 2023 to May, 2024)
Isela Chavarria-Leslie   (August, 2023 to May, 2024)
Irene DiNublia   (August, 2013 to April, 2014)
Samantha Gorta   (August, 2020 to May, 2021)
Frances Holguin   (August, 2022 to May, 2023)
Christine Liao   (August, 2015 to May, 2016)
LeAnna Lucero   (August, 2016 to May, 2017)
Veronica Molina-Hubbard   (August, 2022 to May, 2023)
Andrea Moreno   (August, 2018 to May, 2019)
Albert Murrieta   (August, 2021 to May, 2022)
Araceli Olivas   (August, 2018 to May, 2019)
Gabriel Rischall, BS   (August, 2014 to May, 2015)
Tiffany Sais   (August, 2021 to May, 2022)
Vic Spencer   (August, 2023 to May, 2024)
Gemma Thomas, BS   (August, 2014 to May, 2015)
Victoria Tsze   (August, 2016 to May, 2017)
Debby Urken   (August, 2017 to May, 2018)
Heather Voelkel, MSW   (August, 2011 to May, 2012)