Meet the Instructor:

Jill A. Harrington, DSW, LCSW is an Associate Adjunct Professor for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington DC Campus as well as a former Part-Time Lecturer for Rutgers University School of Social Work.  Dr. Harrington also maintains an active clinical counseling practice in the Northern Virginia Area.  She earned her Doctorate in Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, Philadelphia, PA, and is one of the first published authors on the subject of bereavement in U.S. military families. She has been a practicing social worker for over twenty years and has had a special focus on trauma, loss, and bereavement.  Dr. Harrington is a former Senior Director of Field Research, National Military Family Bereavement Study for Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), Bethesda, Maryland, and has been a consultant to Columbia University Center for Complicated Grief.  Dr. Harrington is active on many national and international committees and working groups, addressing bereavement, clinical practice, grief awareness, and education.  She is a member of The National Association of Social Workers Virginia Chapter, The American Association of Suicidology as well as a former Board Member (2011-2014) for the Association for Death Education & Counseling and currently serves as the Chair of the Conference Committee, Concurrent Program.  In her career, she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.  She is the creator and lead editor of the novel, creative textbook, entitled, Superhero Grief: The Transformative Power of Loss (2021), published by Routledge.