DSW Professional Notes: Fall 2022

The 2022 fall semester saw continued achievements from our Doctorate of Social Work students and alumni. Below are some of the many presentations, publications and other professional notes our DSW students and alumni shared for fall 2022:

Monique Apple, '21

Dr. Monique Apple was appointed to the CSWE Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice.

Quincy Dinnerson, '18

Dr. Quincy Dinnerson's fall 2022 scholarship achievements include:

• Rich, T., & Dinnerson, Q. (2023). The Battle is not over: Black Men in Social Work and the workplace challenges. SSWR 27th Annual Conference (oral paper).
• Little, A., Rashid, J., & Dinnerson, Q. (2022). The HBCU Experience: The North Carolina A&T State University (4th Ed.).
• Livingston, V. Jackson-Nevels, B. Dinnerson, Q.L. Avoiding Allostatic Load: Black Male Collegians and the Quest for Well-Being. Trauma Care 2022, 2, 298-306. https://doi.org/10.3390/traumacare2020025
• Council on Social Work Education. (2022). Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health. 2015 EPAS Curricular Guide Resource Series. (contributor). Retrieved from SpecializedPracticeCurricularGuide_IECMH_2015EPAS.pdf

He also presented at the 32nd International Conference on Psychology, Psychotherapy and Mental Wellness:

• November 21 and 22 webinar: "Unconscious bias in clinical supervision"

Michelle Gricus, '17

Dr. Michelle Gricus's scholarship achievements include:

• Gricus, M. (2022). Evaluating professional misconduct: The effects of licensure state and board membership. Research on Social Work Practice, 33, 97-109.https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221120946

Dana Holcomb, '21

Dr. Dana Holcomb currently serves as an assistant professor and director of field education at Ferris State University. Dr. Holcomb presented "Creating Support and Resiliency Through Formal Faculty Mentorship" at the Lilly Conference on Evidenced-Based Teaching and Learning. Dr. Holcomb also co-presented "Incorporating Secondary Traumatic Stress and Support into the Curriculum" at the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Holcomb authored the following publication:

• Holcomb, D. (Fall, 2021). Leveling the playing field: A conceptual framework for formal faculty mentorship is social work. Advances in Social Work, 21(4), 1193-1211. https://doi.org/10.18060/25213

Dr. Holcomb has several articles under publication considered focusing on faculty experiences with formal mentorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shelita Jackson, '21

Dr. Shelita Jackson has joined the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky as a clinical assistant professor. She is principally assigned to the Doctor of Social Work program but teaches across programs.

Toni Jensen, '20

Dr. Toni Jensen was named Faculty Mentor of the Year at Nebraska Wesleyan University for her excellent leadership and mentorship. Dr. Jensen was also one of five finalists for an Excellence in Teaching award sponsored by the Lincoln Journal Star in the fall of 2022. Dr. Jensen serves as the social work department chair and MSW program director at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Jamie Langlois, '19

In September 2022, Dr. Jamie Langlois published a book titled, "Interactional Supervision: A Teaching Guide for the 4th Edition" with Christina Pavlak and Lawrence Shulman.

This is the first teaching guide for Lawrence Shulman's Interactional Supervision text, a seminal text. The guide fully equips educators to teach professionals or human service students the art of interactional supervision. Every chapter corresponds directly with the primary text and provides several reflection/critical thinking questions, in-class exercises, an assessment, knowledge/recall questions, and online exercises. There is also a major term assignment that integrates several smaller assignments. This is the first PDF book with easy-to-use slides that NASW Press has published. Videos, additional readings, and online resources are hyperlinked directly to the guide. The goal of the publication was for educators to easily integrate exercises into the classroom, as handouts, or into their learning management systems.

Dr. Langlois also wrote a piece in the New Social Worker titled, "How to Begin Your Social Work Career During the Great Resignation." The article provides advice regarding employment decisions in unprecedented times. It was recently featured as one of the top five most-viewed articles of the year.

Norma Love-Schropshire, '20

Dr. Norma Love-Schropshire, assistant professor and BSW director at the Wayne State University School of Social Work, was selected in a national election to serve on the Board of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD), Inc. as a program director for a three-year term, beginning January 2023.

Jean Roberson, '19

Dr. Jean Roberson presented at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work convention:

• Roberson, C., Hagues, R., Robbins, D., and Leonard, B. (2022, October). Meeting the needs of caregivers of TBI survivors through telehealth. Presentation at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work convention, Oak Brook, IL.
• Baker, L. and Roberson, C. (2022, October). The role of disaster curriculum and simulation in social work education. Presentation at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work convention, Oak Brook, IL.

Dr. Roberson has also had two other presentations accepted for the spring:

• Love-Schropshire, N., Peterson, L., and Roberson, C. (2023, April). Practicing ethically for social work practice: Guiding principles and suggestions for virtual simulation. Presentation at Social Work Distance Education Conference, virtual.
• Baker, L. and Roberson, C. (2023, January). Managing the chaos: Evaluation of an inter- professional simulation (mass casualty incident) utilizing online and face-to-face students. Presentation at Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Tad Roberts, current student

In November, Tad Roberts presented at the Mid-West School Safety Summit on behalf of Safe and Sound Schools. Safe and Sound Schools is a national non-profit school safety advocacy and resource center that provides research-based tools and support for crisis-prevention, response, and recovery.

The event was centered on national best practices, methods, and programs for comprehensive school safety. The event targeted the topics of developing and creating tools to improve safety and security in our school communities as well as understanding the mental and behavioral health needs in our schools today.

C.J. Van Wright, '19

Dr. C.J. Van Wright co-presented a workshop titled "Helping Justice-Involved People Recover" at the Western Massachusetts Substance Addiction Provider Association. They are excited about the acceptance of "Trauma-Informed Corrections" in the American Jail Associations' spring and summer publications.

Amy Fischer Williams, '18

Dr. Amy Fischer Williams was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Beth Young, '21

Dr. Beth Young presented "The Silencing of Adolescent Addiction: A New Public Health Crisis" at CSWE's 2022 Annual Program Meeting. Additionally, with a colleague from the School of Health Sciences at Western Carolina University, she submitted a grant titled "Reducing the Burden of Opioid Use Disorder in North Carolina: Epidemiological Trends and Harm Reduction Studies." The grant was fully funded at $380,000 to assess existing harm reduction measures in rural, western North Carolina.