Dr. Alicia Hawley-Bernardez PhD, LMSW

Alicia Hawley-Bernardez, PhD, LMSW, joined the Worden family as an Associate Professor at Our Lady of the Lake University Worden School of Social Service in Fall 2017. She holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in intimate partner violence. Alicia’s research interests include intimate partner violence, teen dating violence, crisis intervention, gender-based issues, and social work education.Alicia earned her BSW from Texas Christian University in 2009 and her MSSW from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2010. She began her career working for a nonprofit domestic violence agency, where she provided case management and both individual and group counseling to survivors of intimate partner violence. She later served as a victim advocate program manage...