BIO

Professor Margaret Kubek joined the Department of Sociology and Social Work in 2020, after her teaching and field coordination work at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She developed the curriculum for MSW students seeking licensure through the Department of Public Instruction and advised students. She is currently working toward a PhD in Social Welfare from UW-Milwaukee. Her social work experience is predominantly in the realm of school social work and program development/coordination. Kubek has extensive professional social work practice in New York and Wisconsin. View CV. She was employed as a social worker, mental health grant coordinator and helped engage students in the Safe & Supportive Schools initiative for the Green Bay Area Public School District.

Her civic service work includes serving as director of the Seymour Park Community Garden. She partnered with the AmeriCorps*VISTA Hunger Awareness Program to create and execute an 8 week gardening, nutrition, and civic engagement curriculum for children and supervised three VISTAs over three summers, from 2011–2014. She secured a grant to expand the garden and plant an edible park. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• K-12 public education policies
• Vulnerable student populations
• School social work interventions

PUBLICATIONS

Kubek, M. (2014) Food in a Rural Town: The Complexities of Procurement in Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology, Vol. 6, Article 4. https://dc.uwm.edu/fieldnotes/vol6/iss1/4

AWARDS

• UW-Stevens Point Excellence in Teaching (2025)
• Dean’s Fellowship, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, UW–Milwaukee (2018–2019)
• Schneider National Volunteer Leadership Award, Volunteer Center of Green Bay (2013) 
• UWinteriM in New Orleans Program Scholarship, UW – Milwaukee, January (2010)