CSWE Presentations 2023

Current students, alumni and faculty from the University of St. Thomas Doctorate of Social Work program proudly presented at the 2023 CSWE Annual Program Meeting in Atlanta! Faculty and staff from the School of Social Work were thrilled to see the presentations from the St. Thomas community.

Current students:

• Teaching Institute for Faculty: "WHO’s Community Social Determinants of Health Framework for Anti-Racist BSW and MSW Macro Pedagogy" by Rebecca Hoffman (Cohort 2), Emily Paine (Cohort 9; current student), et. al. [Workshop]

DSW Alumni:

• "Building a Safe, Inclusive, and Anti-Racist Learning Community: Reflections of DSW Scholars" by Quincy Dinnerson, Mindy Brooks-Eaves, Amanda Greubel, Deborah Thibeault, Angela Goins (Cohort 2); (Contributors: Stephanie Grant, Rebecca Hoffman, Sky Smith, Cohort 2) [Workshop]
• "Creating Anti-Racist and Inclusive Spaces within the Academy through Formal Faculty Mentorship" by Dana Holcomb (Cohort 5) [Workshop]
• "Dismantling Racism Within Academia: Examining the Experiences of Black Social Work Faculty" by Dalila John (Cohort 7) [Paper]
• "The Effectiveness of Simulation for Teaching Disaster Mental Health" by Catherine Jean Roberson (Cohort 3), et al. [Paper]
• "Faculty Perceptions of Civic Education and Its Place in Social Work Education" by Jodi Whitted (Cohort 7) [Paper]
• "Generation Regeneration: Intersectional Feminist Approaches in Futuring Anti-Oppressive Social Work Education" by Suzanne Shatila and Kate McClernon-Chaffin (Cohort 6) [Connect Session]
• "I Can’t Even Hear my Own Voice": Black Women’s Silence in Anti-Racist Social Work by ZaDonna Slay (Cohort 5), et al. [Workshop]
• "Latinx Leadership in COVID-19: A Case Example of Anti-Racist Expansive Practice" by Laura Escobar-Ratliff (Cohort 2) [E-Poster]
• "Preparing Doctoral Students for Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppressive Classrooms: Critical Feminist Pedagogy" by Kate McClernon-Chaffin (Cohort 6) [E-Poster]
• "Preparing HBCU Practicum Students for a Career or Graduate School through an E-Portfolio Platform" by Quincy Dinnerson (Cohort 2) [E-Poster]
• "Social Work Faculty’s Perceptions and Implementations of Anti-Racist Pedagogy" by Allison Buzzard (Cohort 7) [E-Poster]
• "Supporting Student Success: Inclusivity in Supporting Student Mental Health" by Erin Warfel (Cohort 6), et al. [Workshop]
• "A Tale of Three Programs: Strategies for Implementing the 2022 EPAS" by Toni Jensen, Andrya Soprych, Kristin Lambert (Cohort 4) [Workshop]
• "Teaching Social Justice at Minority Serving Institutions" by Wonjen Bagley (Cohort 7) [E-Poster]
• "Walking the Talk: Calling to Action Social Work Education and Leadership Amidst Socio-Political Threat" by Kristin Lambert (Cohort 4), et al. [Workshop]

St. Thomas faculty:

• Tonya Horn: "Training MSW Students in Integrated Behavioral Health: Outcomes and Efforts to Improve Health Equity" [Oral Paper]
• Shelley Theisen: "Training MSW Students in Integrated Behavioral Health: Outcomes and Efforts to Improve Health Equity" [Oral Paper]
• Rob Aspholm: "Racial Concordance and Anti-racist Practice: Insights from a Study of Victims of Violent Injury," by Christopher St. Vil and Roberto R. Aspholm [Session: Culturally Competent Violence Prevention Programming]
• Ande Nesmith: Machado-Escudero, Y., Gilliam, C., Nesmith, A., Sloan, L. (2023). "Restoring Indigenous & Afro-Centric Practices in Learning Communities through Environmental Justice." [Presentation and workshop]
• Ande Nesmith: Saleh, M., Tuggle, F., Dewan, S., Villareal Sosa, L., Nesmith, A., & Mathbor, G. (2023). "Honoring and Utilizing International Social Work Leader Histories to Decolonize Social Work Education." [Presentation and workshop]