Peggy has been a faculty member at Bowling Green State University since 1992. She has taught previously at Owens Community College, University of Toledo and Lourdes University. She has served as the BSSW and MSW Field Coordinator, the BSSW Program Coordinator and has been the MSW Coordinator since its inception. Her undergraduate teaching includes courses on social work history, social work practice, social policy and field education. Her master level courses include advanced social work practice and field education. Peggy’s research areas include social work ethics, social work practice and field education and health/mental health and coping.

Peggy has been a social worker for over 40 years. Her areas of practice focus on health and mental health and has experience in a variety of settings including inpatient care, outpatient individual, group and family counseling with children, adolescents and adults. She served as a field instructor for many schools of social work, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including Bowling Green State University, University of Toledo, Lourdes University, University of Michigan, The Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University.

Peggy is a life-long Ohio resident and has lived in Northwest Ohio most of her life. When she is not teaching, Peggy enjoys attending sporting events of all kinds, crafting and spending time with her family. She has been married for over 35 years to her husband, Mark, and they have two children Christy and Ryan.