Andrew B. Israel, MSW, JD is Professor at Eastern Washington University School of Social Work, where he served as Director and Chair of the School between 2017 and 2019. Previously, he served as Professor at New Mexico Highlands University School of Social Work from 1996 until 2017, where he also served as Associate Dean between 2005 and 2010 and Interim Dean between 2015 and 2017. He has published textbooks for social workers and other mental health professionals in the areas of law, ethics, decision making and community organizing and has designed, created and taught academic courses in these fields. Professor Israel has received two Fulbright Scholar Specialist appointments to projects in Uganda and Pakistan, where he offered community and university presentations on the use of Anglo/American common law-based decision making in behavioral health and community planning. Prior to his teaching career he practiced law in in New Mexico, mainly in the areas of civil rights, child welfare and contracts, and is a past Director of the State Bar of New Mexico Section on Public Law. He is presently active as a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the areas of forensic mental health practice and law-based decision making in the mental health professions.
