Professor Emerita of Social Welfare, San Francisco State University

Dr. Sung was born in Shanghai, China and migrated to Hong Kong with her parents when she was a toddler, during the change of China’s internal war and turnover of government in 1949.

Susan completed her elementary and high school education in a Catholic missionary school. She started her college education at Dominican College in San Rafael; a year later, she transferred to U.C. Berkeley. She completed all her college and graduate studies at U.C. Berkeley, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Master’s degree in Social Work, and Doctoral degree of Social Welfare.

During her college years, the upheavals of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, and the third world movement left a lasting commitment to Dr. Sung’s life-long pursuit for social justice and social change.

Education:

Bachelor of Art Degree in Psychology, U.C. Berkeley 1969

Master of Social Work Degree, U.C. Berkeley 1972

Doctor of Social Welfare Degree, U.C. Berkeley 1977

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Social Work:

Social Work and Mental Health Worker, Chinatown Child Development Center

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Teaching Faculty: 

Department of Social Work, San Diego State University, Lecturer1975-1976

Department of Social Work Education. San Francisco State University:

      Assistant Professor 1977

      Associate Professor 1980

      Full Professor 1984

      Professor Emerita 2010

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Administrative Appointments:

      Associate Director of Social Work Education, San Francisco State University

      Chair of Women Studies, College of Humanities, San Francisco State University

      Associate Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, San Francisco State      

            University

      Associate Dean of Human Relations, San Francisco State University

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Grants and Honors:

-        Co-principle grant, Community Mental Health Training Grants, NIMH   

-        Fulbright Scholar 1984, visiting scholar to Fudan University, China   

-        Senior Fulbright Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006

-        Coordinator of Western State Women Leadership in Higher Education, Department of Education

-        Director/Editor of the Institute for Multicultural Research and Social Work Practice, San Francisco State University 

-        Presenter at the NGO Forum of the U.N. World Conference on Women in Beijing, 1995

-        Conference Convenor, Asian Pacific Islander International Conference:  Journey to China, August 2006 (co-sponsored by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Beijing University, and API Council on Social Work Education)

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Community research grants for AIDS research in Asian Communities

Areas of research:  mental health, cross cultural concepts of social work practice in Asian communities, Administration, planning, evaluation and policy development.

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City of Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women 1997-2004 ending with being the Chair of the Commission

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Board of Directors, APA Family Support Services, San Francisco State University. 2008-present

          Chair of Program Committee, 2012-present

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Board of Dean’s Alumni Advisory Committee, School of Social Welfare, U.C. Berkeley, 2020-present

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U.C. Berkeley Charter Hills Society, 2019-present

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Philanthropic contribution to U.C. Berkeley Asian American Studies, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, and U.C.S.F. (and numerous non-profit and community agencies)

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Retired as Professor Emerita of Social Welfare, San Francisco State University, 2010