Dr. Chaisson has extensive experience as an educator, supervisor and administrator in both the private and public sectors. She has taught courses in social work practice, diversity, oppression and social justice, and has conducted psychoeducational and other community seminars and workshops. She has experience as a clinician with individuals, families, and groups. Her current interests include social justice from the micro to macro levels of practice, diversity, health and mental health, and social work education. Recently, she developed a course using the “Cultural Context Model” (CCM) in an undergraduate social work service-learning course and is demonstrating the use of an adapted CCM to engage social work students in activism. Further, she is integrating aspects of the CCM in graduate level social work courses.