Frances Bernard Kominkiewicz, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S.A., B.S.W., is a professor at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana and inaugural director of the Master of Social Work program. For 25 years prior, Dr. Kominkiewicz served as the director of the Bachelor Social Work (BSW) program at Saint Mary's, where she oversaw the first national CSWE accreditation for the Social Work Program and two perfect CSWE reaffirmations. She is also former chair of the Department of Social Work and Gerontology.  Dr. Kominkiewicz is licensed by the State of Indiana as a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, and a clinical addiction counselor. She is a commissioner on the CSWE Commission on Educational Policy and served as a member of the CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education. Among her peer-reviewed presentations are, “Relationship between Ethno-Religious Conflict and Economic Growth: Analysis of the Scholarly Literature” which was designated as the Distinguished Lecture and Discussion at the sixth International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution (ICERM) held in New York City (2019). Dr. Kominkiewicz  also presented her sibling abuse research at the 27th San Diego International Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Across the Lifespan: Amplifying Voices for Recovery, Resilience, Reconciliation and Reformation in San Diego, CA (2022). Her dissertation researched sibling abuse policy, which she has presented in Germany and in China. One of her book chapters regarding child maltreatment interviewing is used in counselor trainings in Germany. Dr. Kominkiewicz received a National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services grant and co-wrote two book chapters regarding youth experiencing homelessness and an overview of homelessness issues. She served as co-chair of the national BPD Research Committee, assisted in developing a national curriculum for the CSWE Homelessness Practice Curricular Guide, and is a consulting editor for the Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.