Andrya Soprych
Assistant Professor
Email:
asoprych@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment; please email for specific times.
Research Interests
The scholarship of teaching and learning; interdisciplinary practice; privacy and confidentiality.
Education
DSW, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago
BSW, Loyola University of Chicago
Selected Publications
Hill, J., & Soprych, A. (2024). Beginning the healing journey: Re-storying violent loss through Tree of Life narrative groupwork. Advances in Social Work, 24(2), 269-285. https://doi.org/10.18060/27353
Hofmeister, S. & Soprych, A. (2017). Teaching resident physicians to work with the previously incarcerated patient. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 52(3), 277-285.
Bahena, H. & Soprych, A. (2014). Engaging in empowerment-driven legal practice. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, 48(3-4), 86-93.
Block, M. & Soprych, A. (2011). Beyond advocacy alone: Incorporating social work into legal aid practice. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, 44(9-10), 465-470.
Cozzola, R. & Soprych, A. (2009). Ensuring quality out-of-court advocacy. In C. Chiamulera (Ed.), Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases (29-48). Washington D.C.: American Bar Association.
Cozzola, R. & Soprych, A. (2009). Representing parents in civil child protection cases. Family Advocate, 31(3), 22-25.
Selected Exhibitions
Mack, B., Soprych, A., Love-Schropshire, N., & Anderson, T. (March, 2024). Thriving together: A workshop on professional learning communities for social work educators. Presentation at the Baccalaureate Program Directors annual conference in New Orleans, LA. (peer reviewed.)
Jensen, T., Soprych, A., & Lambert, K. (October, 2023). A tale of three programs: Strategies for implementing the 2022 EPAS. Presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in Atlanta, GA. (peer reviewed)
Soprych, A. (February, 2023). Shifting to new competencies: An emphasis on anti-racist practice. Workshop presented for Mount Mary University Field Instructors in Milwaukee, WI. (invited).
Soprych, A. (April, 2022). Constructing parallels between social work practice and the learning environment. Workshop presented at the Wisconsin Council on Social Work Education Spring conference in Wisconsin Dells, WI. (peer reviewed).
Soprych, A. (February, 2022). Maximizing supervision time. Workshop presented for Mount Mary University Field Instructors in Milwaukee, WI. (invited).
Soprych, A., Peterson, L., & Lambert, K. (January, 2022). Student selected material: Including diverse voices through shared curriculum ownership. Workshop presented at the International Teaching Learning Cooperative Lilly Conferences Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in San Diego, CA. (peer reviewed).
Soprych, A. (February, 2021). Harnessing social work competencies through the Learning Contract: What, why, how, and when. Workshop presented for Mount Mary University Field Instructors in Milwaukee, WI. (invited).
Soprych, A. (June, 2020). Sharing ownership of curriculum between instructor and students: Student identified reading. Oral workshop accepted for presentation at the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development in Rimini, Italy. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. (peer reviewed).
Soprych, A. & Aiken, A. (December, 2019). Integrating social workers as part of the legal team. Training presented at the Chicago Bar Association in Chicago, IL. (invited).
Soprych, A. (October, 2019). Sharing ownership of curriculum between instructor and students: Student choice readings. Workshop presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in Denver, CO. (peer reviewed).
Hofmeister, S. & Soprych, A. (September, 2016). Working with previously incarcerated parents. Workshop presented at the Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine in Chicago, IL. (peer reviewed).
Soprych, A., Edwards, A. C., Cornelius, C., & Rudnick, A. (September, 2015). Harm reduction meets the criminal legal system. Workshop presented at the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (peer reviewed).
Soprych, A. & Moore, J. (October, 2015). Interviewing low-income clients. Workshop presented at Christian Legal Society National Conference in New Orleans, LA. (peer reviewed).
Background
Andrya Soprych, LCSW is an assistant professor in the Social Work Department teaching across the BSW and MSW programs. Dr. Soprych is the Curriculum Specialist for Human Behavior and the Social Environment, a two-course series in both the BSW and MSW programs. Originally from Michigan, Dr. Soprych has been in the Chicagoland area for over 20 years. She obtained her BSW at Loyola University of Chicago and her MSW at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.
She has 10+ years in interdisciplinary legal-social work practice working in both civil and criminal legal aid. She earned her clinical license while working in legal aid and enjoys providing clinical supervision for social workers in non-traditional settings.
Dr. Soprych also has 10+ years of teaching experience across the curriculum and returned to school to earn her Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) focusing on education as a form of social work practice with an emphasis on social work accreditation.