Northcentral University

3 Darron Garner, PhD, LCSW-S Full-Time Faculty, Department of Marriage and Family Sciences Darron Garner, PhD, LCSW-S, is a Professor of Social Work in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northcentral University. He truly enjoys helping his students learn as much as they can in his classes. He loves setting students up for success by teaching the foundations course (MSW 5000), broadening students' perspectives, and understanding of human development (MSW 5001), and helping students understand the science and artistry of generalist social work practice (in MSW 5002 and MSW 6003). Dr. Garner has spent the last 15 years cultivating his skills through teaching, counseling, researching, and community activism. He has had the privilege of teaching at Prairie View A&M University, University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work, Boston University, and University of Houston Clear-Lake. As a clinical social worker, he has worked in juvenile justice facilities, at nonprofit agencies providing mental health services to youth and their families, at a private psychiatric practice, and operates his own private practice specializing in first time juvenile offenders. He has also had the honor of working as the executive clinical director for Cyega Mental Health in Houston Texas and supporting veterans and their families through One Source. Dr. Garner holds a B.S. in Psychology from Northwestern State University, a master's in social work from Louisiana State University, and a PhD in Juvenile Justice from Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Garner focuses on juvenile delinquent research and practice and is especially interested in strengths-based intervention for first time juvenile offenders, using research and evaluation to inform policy and programming, continuous quality improvement, and the translation of evidence-based practices for lay audiences. Dr. Garner is often described as a warm, enthusiastic, and caring professional who brings fresh, hopeful, soothing, and empowering perspectives to those who work with him. He takes his position as an educator very seriously and is excited to be cultivating the next generation of social workers at NCU. SPOTLIGHT Faculty

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