Luci Staudacher is the social work field coordinator at Alverno College. She is also an assistant professor of Social Work, a program which she helped to develop. In her role she cultivates and maintains off-campus partnerships for social work field education, completes site visits, and assists with accreditation monitoring and curriculum development. She also teaches courses including Social Work Programs and Services, Social Work Practice Methods for Groups and Families, Social Work Practice Methods for Organizations and Communities, Trauma Informed Care for the Future Professional, and the pedagogical course Social Work Field Education.
Staudacher has over 25 years of experience in the social work profession. She is a licensed clinical social worker and she most recently served as the Director of Clinical Services and a Therapist at Pathfinders Milwaukee, Inc. Over the course of her career, she has focused her work on trauma victims, mostly survivors of child sexual abuse, and has become extremely knowledgeable in trauma-informed care. Because of this work, she noticed the need for professionals who serve trauma survivors to practice self-care, and this has become an area of interest for her as well. Other previous work includes general mental health, youth, LGBTQA+, child and family welfare and adults with developmental disabilities. Her work experience has been with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
Staudacher earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mount Mary University, double majoring in Social Work and Behavioral Science. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee with a concentration in child and family welfare. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) at both the state and national levels, and is a member of the Children’s Issues Committee. Additionally, she is a member of the nationally known Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Association (BPD) and the Wisconsin Council on Social Work Education (WCSWE), of which she is the Chair of the Field Consortium. Staudacher also serves as a Board Member of the Review Board for the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph. She was invited to be a Board Member due to her clinical experience with sexual assault victims/survivors. Staudacher was presented with the Unsung Hero Award in 2012 for her clinical work with Latino survivors of sexual violence. In 2015, she was presented with the Voices of Courage Award from the Wisconsin Coalition on Sexual Assault for her work in child sexual violence prevention.
