School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences

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Email: sbell@apu.edu

Sally Alonzo Bell, Ph.D., LCSW, is currently professor in the Social Work Department in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences. From 1991 to 2003 she served as chair of the Department of Social Work at Azusa Pacific University. She received her MSW/Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles’s School of Social Welfare. Before becoming a university professor, she worked 13 years for L.A. County: Community Mental Health, McLaren Children’s Center, and Baldwin Park's Alcohol Abuse Programs. Alonzo Bell has also served on the Board of Directors for a variety of national social work education organizations. On the Council for Social Work Education, she has served as BSW director’s representative and has been appointed to several committees. On the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Directors, she has served as member-at-large and secretary, and has served on many other committees. Alonzo Bell served the National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter (NASWCA) in a variety of capacities: first vice president; regional director; and alternate director. She has been appointed to the following chapter commissions/committees: BSW Recruitment and Retention (chair); Affirmative Action; Title Protection; Regional Realignment; Child Labor; and Annual Awards (chair). Alonzo Bell was 1999 Social Worker of the Year for NASWCA, Region I.

Ph.D. - Social Welfare, Graduate School of Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles.
M.S.W. - University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. – Spanish Literature, California State University at Los Angeles
A.A. - Latin American History, East Los Angeles College

Publications
Bell Alonzo, Sally (2001-2004). “Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education”. John A Hartford Foundation Grant. Grant funding is $30,000 per year over for the first two years for a total of $60,000.

Bell Alonzo, S. (In progress, 2003). “Helping Latino families become Effective education consumers”. To be in Research of families, schools, and communities: A multicultural perspective.

Bell Alonzo, S. (In press, 2003). “Teaching the teacher: The teaching of cultural competence”. Baccalaureate Social Work Journal.

Zambrana, R.E., Dorrington, C., and Bell Alonzo, S. (in press,1999). “Mexican American women in higher education: A comparative study of barriers, perceived stress and academic difficulties”. American Educational Research Journal.

Bell Alonzo, S. (1998). Healthy families research grant. Provided program evaluation component for $300 grant for Pasadena Mental Heath.

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Honors, Awards, Recognition
Social Worker of the Year, 1999, National Association of Social work, California Chapter
National Hispanic Scholar, 1989-90.
State of California Women's Champion:10 meter Indoor Air Pistol, 1976. Individual and Team National Records .22 Pistol and 4mm Air Pistol.
Commission on Human Relations Grant; St. John's College, New York, 1966; University of Maryland, 1967; University of Puerto Rico, 1968.
Latino Businessmen's Scholarship; 1966-67
Roosevelt High School Alumni Scholarship; 1966-77

Associations, Boards, Committees
Founding Member: Gerontology Committee, Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, 2002-present
Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellow; 1990-91.
Doctoral Student Representative (on Faculty Doctoral Committee) 1989-90, 1990-91
Graduate Opportunity Fellow, UCLA.: 1988-89; 1989-90.
President's Youth Motivation Task Force; 1966

Social Work Practice I (SOCW 332)
Social Work Practice III (Groups) (SOCW 360)
Senior Practicum Seminar I (SOCW 467)
Senior Practicum Seminar II (SOCW 469)