Lee McMichael (MSW, LCSW-S) serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Work at Auburn University at Montgomery, where she teaches across the BSW curriculum, mentors students, and contributes to program development and service activities. A summa cum laude graduate from Western Kentucky University’s MSW program, she brings nearly two decades of clinical and teaching experience to the classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

McMichael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and approved clinical supervisor in Alabama, with extensive experience providing therapy across the lifespan in areas such as trauma, depression, anxiety, CPTSD, elder care, and family systems. She has worked in a variety of settings, including private practice, community-based programs, community policy board director, psychiatric in-patient, and Hospice.

In addition to her clinical and academic roles, McMichael has served as a trainer on topics such as self-care, ethics, and DSM diagnosis, and she has been an active leader and volunteer in professional and community organizations, including NASW, CSWE, Save Our Kids Coalition, and Main Street Wetumpka. Her teaching interests include clinical and generalist practice skills, mental health, gerontology, and professional development of social workers.