Giesler grew up in Washington state and went to college in Tacoma, Wash., and has been to Idaho many times. We want our students to graduate ready to meet the needs of people in Idaho.” “If there are things that we need to prepare the students for, we will be addressing that. “I want to meet the needs of our students and also our service providers,” she said.
Two of Giesler’s main goals upon arriving in Pocatello is meeting the social work needs of the Southeast Idaho community and receiving accreditation for the program. “I also enjoy working with children who come from troubled families and providing them with a safe space.” Giesler worked in child welfare residential treatment for eight years, worked in Child Protective Services for two years and worked for the Washington Children’s Trust Fund developing programs for parent education and family support. “There was a lot of groundwork and detail that went into building the program to be able to start with 30 students this fall.” “Without Jeehoon none of this would have happened or been in place,” said Gesine Hearn, chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology. Jeehoon Kim, assistant professor of social work, has served as the interim director of the program and worked on getting the program ready to start this fall. “I am excited about bringing together the ideas of all of our faculty members and building a program that is reflective of their ideas.” “Faculty members at ISU have done a fabulous job getting the groundwork done so we can offer courses this fall,” Giesler said. One of the main things Giesler is excited about at ISU is helping develop a program that is reflective of the people who will be leading it. “The opportunity to create a new MSW program is very exciting, and I’m looking forward to that.” “Creating new programs gets me excited,” she said. Giesler had the opportunity to create the UW Oshkosh program from the ground up and enjoyed the process. In 2012, the collaborative MSW program at UW Green Bay split. She helped develop a new MSW program in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, helped the UW Oshkosh social work undergraduate program receive accreditation and was an MSW program coordinator. Prior to her position at ISU, Giesler worked as chair of the Department of Social Work and as MSW program coordinator and MSW liaison at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Giesler has a history of creating new programs. Giesler will become Idaho State University’s new Master of Social Work (MSW) program director this fall and will continue to develop the program. “In my Intro to Social Work class, we had the opportunity to visit a school in a low-income housing subdivision, and it helped me decide what I really wanted to do.” “Babysitting made me very focused on the needs of children and how they intersect with the needs of parents,” she said. Fredi Giesler’s interest in social work started when she was a teenager babysitting for various families and was solidified when she took her first Intro to Social Work course at Pacific Lutheran University.
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