College of Health and Human Services

Social Work

Sherry Tripepi teaches primarily field classes in the BSW Program.  Her passion it to assist students with implementation of their classroom knowledge into their field internship and grow into competent social workers. She also developed an elective course titled “Interpersonal Practice with LGBTQ+ Individuals”, which is typically offered at Utoledo annually during the fall semester; while a social work elective course, it is open to all majors.  

Sherry’s clinical social work expertise spans over 35 years in the area of mental health in the Toledo area. Her areas of interest include working with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities, women’s issues, physical and sexual abuse treatment, domestic violence treatment, body image and advocacy to work towards equality and social justice for marginalize and oppressed groups of people.