Janet Louise Bell, 68, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011. She is survived by a son, a daughter and five grandchildren. The family extends their sincere gratitude to the amazing staff at Hospice of the Valley, Coronado Home. Dr. Bell was a nine year survivor of breast cancer who experienced numerous health challenges over the years. In spite of these hurdles, she traveled the world with family and friends, and was thoroughly committed to the field of Social Work. She began her career with a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from CUNY/Queens College in New York. When her parents retired to Mesa, Arizona, she followed with her children, and completed a Master's degree in Social Work at ASU. Janet worked in diverse settings throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area including the American Indian Nursing Home, Good Samaritan Hospital and the Veteran's Administration Hospital. She went on to obtain her PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio, and subsequently accepted an associate professorship at Michigan State University, School of Social Work, in Lansing, Michigan. While there, she found her niche mentoring foreign students. When South Korea was selected as the site for the 1993 World's fair, she developed a semester program of class work abroad, which enabled several of her students to serve as guides and interpreters at the United States exhibit, while earning college credits. She eventually accepted a position as an associate professor in the School of Social Work at ASU. Dr. Bell was considered an authority in the field of critical incident stress debriefing, which considers the debilitating effects of disaster relief on first responders. Working with the American Red Cross and other international relief organizations, she supported emergency personnel following a typhoon in Guam, the Northridge earthquake in Southern California and after a disastrous airliner crash outside a remote village in South Korea, to name but a few.