Shveta Kumaria

Shveta Kumaria is an Assistant Professor and Practicum Seminar Instructor at the School for Social Work, Smith College. She holds offices in Lilly Hall and can be reached at skumaria@smith.edu. With over 20 years of clinical experience across India and the USA, her work spans mental health hospitals, community organizations, and group practices.

• B.A.: Indraprastha College for Women
• M.A.: Delhi University
• M.Phil.: National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (India)
• Ph.D.: Loyola University Chicago

Her research focuses on therapist development factors, including clinician wisdom, supervision efficacy, and pedagogy in clinical social work. Notable areas include bystander responses to bullying and couples' health dynamics. Kumaria's interdisciplinary approach integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, emphasizing practice-informed research. She completed postdoctoral training at Northwestern University's Family Institute and was a Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis fellow.

Publications span topics from reproductive justice in social work education to cross-cultural marriage studies. Her work bridges academic research with clinical practice, advocating for mutually informative approaches.