Hundreds of Saint Louis University community members signed an online petition in hopes of reinstating social work professor Laurie Brockhaus, whose position is set to be terminated due to budget cuts.
Laurie Brockhaus joined SLU’s School of Social Work as a full-time faculty member at the start of the 2024-25 academic year. Before that, she served as an adjunct faculty member for the department since 2015 while also working as a clinical therapist in a private practice. She received her master’s degree in social work from SLU in 2008.
At the end of last academic year, Brockhaus was informed that she would be terminated at the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year due to budget cuts. She said she was not expecting her time at SLU as a full-time assistant professor to end so abruptly…