Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) faculty, staff, students, programs and community partners are making waves. Learn more about their research, accomplishments, outcomes and impact on social justice and social change.
An increasing number of young people are experiencing ecological distress, including depression and anxiety. GSSW faculty, staff and students are trying to help.
A new book co-edited by University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work Prof. Rachel Forbes encourages social workers to advocate for environmental justice.
In honor of Black History Month we celebrate all black members of the GSSW community. Learn more about the recent, impactful work from our appointed faculty.
Equity Labs Executive Director Chenthu Jayton discusses Equity Labs’s work to advance liberation and justice and steps that individuals can take to center liberation and justice in their own lives and work.
The course on social work with LGBTQIA communities co-developed by Professor Eugene Walls and PhD candidate and Adjunct Instructor Brendon Holloway centers joy, resistance and intersectionality.
GSSW doctoral candidate and faculty members contribute to new anthology exploring abolition and social work with their book Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care.
The Emergence of Psychedelic Care: Critical Roles of Social Workers
In this 3-hour online workshop, participants will discuss the critical roles social workers may play as psychedelics become more accessible in our communities. We will discuss the current landscape of research and practice with psychedelic medicines, then explore macro, mezzo, and micro practice issues for social workers.
Trauma and the Body: An Introduction to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
This 2-hour introductory workshop will focus on tapping into the body’s innate wisdom in working with people who have experienced overwhelming traumatic stress. While learning about the foundations of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, attendees will learn how trauma affects the body, nervous system and mind.
Black Feminist Social Work Toolbox: Applying an Intersectional Model of Reflection
This two-part course seeks to create a space where attendees “unlearn, learn, and relearn”, reflection, one of the foundational tools of the social work approach, through a black feminist lens. This course will be beneficial to social workers that apply black feminist theory and healing practices into their micro, mezzo and macro work.