Laura L Myers
- laura.myers@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-412-7552
- OFFICE
- Payroll Clearing-Acad Affairs
Office Hours • To be determined
SOW 3801E Self-Awareness and Human Diversity • Online
SOW 4414-301 Measurements in Social Work Research • Mon. - 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
SOW 4414-302 Measurements in Social Work Research • Thu. - 11:00am-1:30pm
SOW 4152E Human Sexuality • Online
Laura L. Myers, PhD, MSW, has been a professor in Social Work at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL for 17 years. She has written books on Cultural Diversity, Research Methods, Program Evaluation, and Basic Statistical Methods. Her main research interests are in the many areas of human diversity, including culture, race, personality, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression. She has four beautiful grown children scattered across the country, all living diverse and fabulous lives. She is married, living a serene life on a lake outside Tallahassee, FL.
- Research methods
- Statistical methods
- Human Diversity
- University of Georgia • 1998
Ph.D. in Social Work - University of Georgia • 1992
MSW in Social Work - University of Southern Mississippi • 1982
BA in Philosophy and Religion, w/ a minor in Humanities
- Full Professor • 2018 - Present
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL - Associate Professor • 2008-2018
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL - Assistant Professor • 2003-2008
Thomas University, Thomasville, FL - Adjunct Professor • 1999-2002
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- 28 refereed journal articles
- 20 book chapters
- 5 books
- Graduated summa cum laude for all three degrees
- Received President’s Scholarship and Graduate Assistantships at the University of Georgia for 8 years
Required BSW Courses
- SOW 3203 Introduction to Social Work
- SOW 3801 Self Awareness & Human Diversity
- SOW 4104 Human Behavior & the Social Environment
- SOW 4322 Social Work Practice w/ Groups
- SOW 4403 Research Methods
- SOW 4414 Research Measurements (Statistics)
Elective BSW Courses
- SOW 4152 Human Sexuality
- SOW 4613 Mental Health Services
- SOW 4740 Death and Dying
- SOW 4931 Special Topics: Spirituality and Social Work
Required MSW Courses
- SOW 5405 Research II (Statistics)