Alina Bond Chan, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
Phone: (626) 815-6078 ext. 6078
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Wynn Academic Center, Suite 206 B
Alina Bond Chan is 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 and a PhD from Baylor University’s Garland School of Social Work. Her research focuses on trauma-informed education and strategies for teaching trauma-related content. She has taught in UCLA Extension’s Drug and Alcohol Counseling program. She currently holds a full-time faculty position in the Department of Social Work.
Education
- PhD, Social Work, Baylor University, 2025
- MSW, 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 478 – Social Work Research
- 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