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Lisa Henshaw is an Assistant Professor Wurzweiler and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She oversees the Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice and chairs several courses at WSSW, including the trauma course sequence, coping with loss and eating disorders. Dr. Henshaw also teaches the trauma course in the DSW Program at Wurzweiler.

After beginning her career working with the homeless population, her passion for social justice, social advocacy and anti-oppressive practice was ignited. During and after her MSW, Professor Henshaw gained rich, clinical practice experience serving as a clinical social worker and supervisor in the outpatient, community mental health setting. She began adjunct teaching in 2009, sharing her passion for social work knowledge with students while mentoring beginning social workers throughout several MSW Programs in the New York metropolitan area, both face to face and online. She currently retains a small private practice in NY.

Dr. Henshaw is currently lead researcher among a team of faculty and doctoral students
investigating secondary and shared trauma among MSW students related to COVID-19 and their field placements. She previously spear-headed the Anti-Racism Committee at Wurzweiler, now the Anti-Racism Coalition, and continues to work toward coalition building in the academic setting that focuses on empowering and centering the lived experiences and strengths of the diverse identities among the Wurweiler community. Dr. Henshaw applies a trauma-informed lens in every aspect of her teaching, research and practice. She remains committed to serving as a critical ally and dismantling oppression in all spaces.