Arianne Napier-White, M.S.W. '15, LMSW

Arianne J. Napier-White, LMSW (she/her) is a clinical social worker with experience working in hospitals, city government, acute trauma settings, outpatient mental health clinics, and in communities disproportionately impacted by systemic and structural racism. Much of her work has focused on death/dying, end of life, and capacity building to plan, prepare, and respond to neighborhood based crises. She currently serves as an adjunct lecturer at NYU Silver School for Social Work. She holds a B.A. from Simmons University and M.S.W. from Smith College School for Social Work. She has returned to Smith College SSW to join the practicum learning office as the director of M.S.W. practicum learning. She is from Brooklyn, NY, identifies as Black, queer, and cis-gender female, and currently lives in New Haven, CT, with her wife.