Nadeja Wesley, PhD, LCSW, practices full time within a large group practice serving Kentucky and Indiana. She is an instructor at ICSW, where she has taught doctoral courses in the clinical and research sequence. Dr. Wesley also contributes to ICSW through service on the Admissions and Progression Committees and previously served on the Recruitment Committee.  In addition, she participates in MA and doctoral case presentation panels, serves as a panelist for the MA comprehensive exam, provides case consultation and sits on dissertation committees. Dr. Wesley is a proud ICSW alumna having earned her doctorate in 2025.  

AREAS OF INTEREST & APPROACHES TO PRACTICE

Psychological impacts of systemic, cultural and intergenerational trauma and injury, African American identity and development, Relational theory; Attachment and clinical processes for the BIPOC community

EDUCATION

●     BA, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

●     MSW., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

●     PhD, Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago, IL

LICENSES

●     L.C.S.W., Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky

ADDITIONAL FACULTY ROLES

●     Instructor for CLDL 712: Perspectives on Attachment, Loss and Grief

●     Instructor for RMDL 701: Research Methods I

Dissertation: Through Their Lens: The Effects of Police Fatalities on African American Men

EMAIL: nwesley@icsw.edu

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