Joseph Wernau

Licensed master social worker, researcher, policy analyst, and educational publisher focused on macro social work, systems change, and lived experience leadership.¹

Companies

The Macro Lens LLCFounder Aug 28, 2025²⁴

Early life and education

2020 to 2022Grand View University Bachelor of Social Work²
2022 to 2023Grand View University Master of Social Work^{2 3}

Career

Occupation: consultant, instructor, writer, social entrepreneur, social worker, researcher.^{9 10}

Since 2025Founder, The Macro Lens LLC⁴
2023 to 2025School social work, Des Moines Public Schools^{4 5}
2022 to 2023Board member^{7 8}
2020 to 2022Advisory board member⁷
Date not recordedFounded The Macro Lens LLC⁶

Known for: The Epistemic Erosion Spiral: How Clinical Drift Erodes Social Work’s Legitimacy, ICAB Child Well-Being Data Pilot, Library Social Work: The Overlooked Macro Practice Opportunity, Deafening Silence: NASW Restructuring and the Fear of Speaking Up, Thrown Into the Fire: The Unintentional Exploitation of Lived Experience, The Epistemic Regeneration Spiral: A Counter-Mechanism to Clinical Drift.^{11 12}

Personal life

CitizenshipUnited States¹³

Awards

2022President's List^{14 19}
2022Social Work Scholar Award^{14 18}
2021President's List^{14 16}
2021President's List^{14 17}
2020President's List^{14 15}

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