Rick Cresta
Senior Lecturer, Program Advisor for Social Work & Public Health Dual Degree Program
Professor Cresta is a full-time senior lecture at BUSSW, as well as a program advisor for the Social Work and Public Health Dual Degree Program. A licensed independent clinical social worker, has over 25 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults in a variety of settings including schools, residential treatment, and home-based. He manages a private practice in the Boston area specializing in work with court-involved youth and focuses on substance use, trauma, and violence prevention. Cresta also provides training and consultation to numerous organizations throughout the New England area on substance use and other adolescent and young adult-related issues. He received both his MSW and MPH from Boston University.