Introducing My Substack: Writing Alongside Teaching and Learning in Social Work

Posted By Laurel Hitchcock on Jan 7, 2026

For many years, Teaching and Learning in Social Work has been a central space for my writing about pedagogy, curriculum, and the practice of social work education. It has allowed me to think publicly about teaching, supervision, and professional learning, and to stay grounded in the values that shape my work.

I am excited to share that I am launching a Substack as a complementary space for my writing—one that will work alongside, rather than replace, this blog. You can find the Substack here: https://laureliversonhitchcock.substack.com/

Why Add a Substack?

Writing has always been how I make sense of my work and how I stay accountable to it. As a social work educator, clinical social worker, coach, and consultant, I spend much of my professional life thinking with others about learning, practice, supervision, ethics, identity, and change. Substack offers a different kind of writing environment: slower, more reflective, and more conversational.

This new space allows me to write in ways that do not always fit neatly into traditional blog posts or academic outlets, while still remaining grounded in scholarship, practice wisdom, and values-informed reflection.

How the Two Spaces Will Work Together