Social Work and Social Welfare

Marla Berg-Weger is a professor in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University, Missouri,where she also serves as the Executive Director, Geriatric Education Center, and is a past Directorof Field Education. Dr. Berg-Weger has been a social worker for four decades and holds social workdegrees at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Her social work practice experience includespublic social welfare services, domestic violence services, mental health, and gerontological andhealth care social work. Her research and writing focus on social work practice and gerontologicalsocial work, particularly in the areas of family caregiving, dementia care, and older adult mobility.With Julie Birkenmaier, she co-authored the textbook The Practicum Companion for Social Work:Integrating Class and Field Work. With Birkenmaier, she co-authored another book in this series,Contemporary Social Work Practice. She is the past President and Secretary of the Association ofGerontology Education in Social Work and Managing Editor of the Journal of Gerontological SocialWork. She is a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America.