Alexis Speck Glennon

Alexis Speck Glennon MSW, DSW

Assistant Professor
School of Business & Social Sciences
alexis.glennon@colby-sawyer.edu
315.730.7561

Alexis Speck Glennon joined the faculty in 2023, after three years as an assistant professor at Union Institute and University, five years as an assistant professor at Keuka College and many years of clinical social work practice. She holds a B.A. in journalism from St. John Fisher College, a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Arizona State University, and a Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree from the University at Buffalo. She has a private practice specializing in treating trauma through somatic approaches and increasing digital literacy skills in the ever-changing digital landscape.  Her research and training programs focus on empowering social workers and mental health practitioners through improving digital literacy skills and digital literacy assessment of clients.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Clinical social work
  • Practicum experience
  • Digital literacy
  • Foresight of the social work profession
  • Trauma
  • Somatic interventions
  • Self-care in helping professions


Publications

Goldkind, L., Lea, W., Glennon, S. A., Rios, J., & Nissen, L. (Accepted). The End of the World As We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work. Social Work Journal.

Glennon, S. A. Contributor to Tech and Democracy Report,  All Tech Is Human, February 28, 2023, https://alltechishuman.org/tec...

Glennon, S. A. & Muñoz-Nájar, J. (2023). L. Grobman (Ed.), Feel Lost in the Changing Landscape of Technology Skills for Social Workers? Let’s Map Them Out Together! The New Social Worker:. https://www.socialworker.com/f...

Sage, M., Guha, S., Zaccour, J. Chaurasia, A., Glennon, A.S., Agyeman, L., (Under Review). Factors that predict digital versus IRL resilience for youth, social media and society.

Hitchcock, L.I., Sage, M., Scott, C.F., Singer, J.B., Beal, B., Glennon, A.S., Chambers, H. & Ovalle, R. (Under Review). Social Work Practice Innovation through Technology: A Scoping Review of the Grand Challenge of Social Work's Harnessing Technology for Social Good. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Pruitt, D. K., & Glennon, A. S. (2022). Self-care for clinicians during remote sessions: Adapting to the new world. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1-14.

Alexis Glennon. (2021, December 22). What would the world look like if a social worker was the CEO of Meta? Social Work Health Futures Lab. https://socialworkhealthfuture...

Young, J. A., & Glennon, A. S. (2021). Social Media in Social Work: Research, Education, and Practice. In D. A. González, A. A. Astray, & A. A. Puelles (Eds.), Social Work in Digital Societies (pp. 95-113). McGraw-Hill.

Glennon, A. S., Pruitt, D. K., & Polmanteer, R. S. R. (2019). Integrating self-care into clinical practice with trauma clients. Journal of Human Behavior and Social Environment. doi:10.1080/10911359.2018.1473189


Presentations

Logan-Greene, P., Sperlich, M., & Speck Glennon, A. (2023, October). Assessing Social Work Practitioners’ Attention to Firearm Violence. Poster to be presented at the 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms. Chicago, IL.

Speck Glennon, A. (2023, October). #SWTECH: Teaching practitioners to “hit submit” on the digital portion of biopsychosocial assessment. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Atlanta, GA.

Muñoz-Nájar, J. & Speck Glennon, A. (2023, October). An interactive workshop to be facilitated at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Atlanta, GA.

Logan-Greene, P., Sperlich, M., & Speck Glennon, A. (2023, October). Educating social workers to prevent gun violence. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Atlanta, GA.

Glennon, S. A., (2023, April). Using implementation science while developing an intervention to increase digital literacy for social workers in clinical practice Presentation at the virtual 2nd  Annual National Conference on DSW Education and Social Work. 

Glennon, S. A., (2022, September). Community Health: Increasing digital literacy skills to decrease risk of misinformation. Workshop for New York State Public Health Association webinar series.

Glennon, S. A., (2022, September). Online literacy and digital health for our youth. Trauma Certificate Program: Child Advocacy Center, Canandaigua, NY.

Glennon, S. A., (2022, June). Self-care for social workers. Trauma Certificate Program: Child Advocacy Center, Canandaigua, NY.

Glennon, S. A., (2022, April). Digital literacy for field educators. Workshop at virtual Annual Conference on Social Work Distance Education, San Antonio TX.

Hitchcock, L. I., Sage, M., Bakk, L., Bowen, E., Semanchin Jones, A., Janosick, S., Glennon, S. A., & Ortega, A. (2022, April). Expanding learning across borders through professional collaboration networks. Presentation at the virtual 1st Annual National Conference on DSW Education and Social Work. 

Glennon, S. A. (2021, August). Psychoeducation in trauma treatment. Trauma Certificate Program: Child Advocacy Center, Canandaigua, NY.

Glennon, S. A., Purington, A. (2021, June). Keeping our kids safe online. Trauma Certificate Program: Child Advocacy Center, Canandaigua, NY.

Glennon, S. A., (2019, October). Incorporating mindfulness and self-care practice within curriculum. Workshop at 52st Annual Conference at New York State Social Work Association, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Glennon, S. A., (2019, September). Connecting social workers through an online community. NASW-NY Annual Western Regional Conference, Buffalo, NY.

Glennon, S. A., (2019, August). Webinars: Connecting field instructors to one another and the program. 35th Annual Distance Teaching & Learning Conference, Madison, WI.

Connor, V., Glennon, S. A., (2019, January). Identification of student mental health concerns in the classroom. Faculty Retreat, Keuka College, NY.

Glennon, S. A., Connor, V., Pruitt, K. D. (2018, October). Managing mental health issues in the classroom. Workshop at 51st Annual Conference at New York State Social Work Association, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Pruitt, D., Glennon, A. (2016, April). Using digital technology to teach effects of diversity. Workshop at 3th Annual Conference on Social Work Distance Education, San Antonio, TX.

Glennon, A., Smith, K, Brown, A. (2014, August). Beyond single practitioner trauma treatment. Workshop at the Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care, Orlando, FL.

Education

B.A. in Journalism, St. John Fisher College

MSW, Arizona State University

DSW, University at Buffalo