Bernard Showers

Bernard Showers

Lecturer

School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office Location: 230 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932

Courses

• Research II- MSW 6320
• Practice I- MSW 6200
• Advanced Micro Practice- MSW 7000
• Field Internship I- MSW 6600
• Field Internship II- MSW 6620

Education

• BSW, Saint Francis University
• MSW, Shippensburg University
• DSW, University of Kentucky

Research

• Substance Use in Social Work Education
• Medications in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
• MSW Internship Equity

Academic Profile

Dr. Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW, earned his MSW at Shippensburg University in 2010, where he was a former Adjunct Professor. Mr. Showers has also worked as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore, MD, Simmons University School of Social Work in Boston, MA, and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. In the fall of 2018, he was awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award at the University of Maryland due to instructional excellence. He joined the Fairleigh Dickinson University MSW program as a Lecturer in December 2024.

In September 2016, he attended the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Train-the-Trainer event and is now one of 1,500 MINT members worldwide. Mr. Showers has trained aspiring and active independent practitioners at many colleges, universities, governmental agencies, and companies around the United States. In addition to Motivational Interviewing, Mr. Showers has developed, presented, and published several continuing education workshops on family involvement in substance use treatment, ASAM criteria, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and group therapy. 

Bernard earned his DSW as part of the inaugural class of The University of Kentucky’s Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) program. In July 2021, Bernard Showers was the lead author on the manuscript Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural America: A Review of the Literature, published in the APA’s Journal of Rural Mental Health.