Melania Popa-Mabe was promoted to her current title of Clinical Assistant Professor in 2018 after teaching as an adjunct instructor at the College of Social Work since 2015. Some of the courses she taught included, Social Policy Analysis, International Social Work and Social Justice, and Human Behavior and Social Environment. She has also taught social work courses at Winthrop University, Bryn Mawr College and West University of Timisoara in Romania.