Anna Stewart

Assistant Professor

Department

• Social Work

Contact Information

• astewart4@capital.edu
• Convergent Media Center

Biography

Dr. Anna Stewart Ed.D, LISW-S (She/Her) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work. Dr. Stewart began her career in community mental health working with children and adults, focusing on clients with complex trauma. Her clinical background also includes roles as pediatric medical social worker in Neonatal Intensive Care and Primary Care settings, community mental health and building the social services and social work practicum programs at the Columbus Free Clinic, a student run free health clinic. Prior to joining Capital's faculty in August 2025, she served as Assistant Director of Field Education in The College of Social Work at The Ohio State University. Dr. Stewarts scholarly interests are centered on supporting social work practice in higher education and addressing race-based and other identity-based trauma for students, faculty, and staff at predominantly white institutions. She currently serves as a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Trauma Studies in Education and sits on the board for a local non-profit organization. A consistent thread through her professional and educational pursuits is a focus on addressing and increasing equity and access to supportive services and increasing trauma informed practices in both clinical practice higher education spaces, specifically for individuals and communities with minoritized identities.