Ms. Megan Cales, LISW-S
MSW Field Director & Teaching Professor
Megan is the MSW Field Director and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Social Work at Xavier University. She is an Independently Licensed Social Worker with a Supervisor designation. She graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Anthropology, as well as her Master’s Degree in Social Work with a rural focus.
Megan has experience serving individuals struggling with mental health crises in the community, leading teams of clinicians in various settings, and providing clinical supervision services for school-based therapists. She has taught at the graduate level for social work, focusing on rural populations and human behavior in the social environment. Megan has both led and contributed to research publications studying topics such as factors impacting client engagement, intimate partner violence, and trauma histories of students. She has had the honor of serving on the Women in Business Conference panel and providing interviews to local news outlets on various mental health issues. She is passionate about social justice issues, the impact of trauma, and social work education.
Megan is the MSW Field Director and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Social Work at Xavier University. She is an Independently Licensed Social Worker with a Supervisor designation. She graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Anthropology, as well as her Master’s Degree in Social Work with a rural focus.
Megan has experience serving individuals struggling with mental health crises in the community, leading teams of clinicians in various settings, and providing clinical supervision services for school-based therapists. She has taught at the graduate level for social work, focusing on rural populations and human behavior in the social environment. Megan has both led and contributed to research publications studying topics such as factors impacting client engagement, intimate partner violence, and trauma histories of students. She has had the honor of serving on the Women in Business Conference panel and providing interviews to local news outlets on various mental health issues. She is passionate about social justice issues, the impact of trauma, and social work education.
First Year at Xavier
2026