Melanie Barker, MPH, LCSW holds Masters degrees in Social Work and Public Health, with an emphasis on Health Services Administration, graduating with Phi Kappa Phi Honors. She is a licensed clinical social worker, certified Alcohol and Drug Clinical Supervisor, and a California Association of DUI Treatment Programs Certification Board Member. She is the Executive/Clinical Director of the SDSU Center for Alcohol & Drug Studies & Services’ Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program, where she oversees the clinical and administrative operations.

Ms. Barker’s experience includes working for large hospital institutions, including Kaiser Permanente, UCSD, Rady Children’s Hospital, and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, as well as small San Diego-based hospices. She has coordinated multidisciplinary statewide trainings in the areas of Family Violence, Substance Abuse, and Forensic Evidentiary Clinical Services. She has experience in bioethics consultation, curriculum development, grants writing, and fundraising.  She provides clinical supervision to licensure candidates and has provided BBS pre-licensure training in Substance Use Disorders for NASW and the Los Angeles Consortium for Children & Families.  Her teaching experience also includes teaching macro practice for SDSU undergraduate and graduate students (SW 370, 601, 632, & 670).