Justice-focused scholarship will take center stage at the upcoming Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, where more than a dozen GSSW students and faculty will present on topics such as addressing secondary traumatic stress in anti-racist social work practice, supporting marginalized educators and students, countering white supremacy in social work academia, teaching anti-racism and anti-colonialism, and promoting peer support for marginalized graduate students.
University of Denver Education Sessions
GSSW faculty, doctoral students and alumni will lead 17 education sessions at the conference. Consult the list below to familiarize yourself with GSSW topic areas and expertise.
Interactive Workshop: Empowering Resilience: Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Anti-Racist Social Work Practice Speaker(s): PhD Student Akeem Modeste-James Location: M 302
Panel Discussion: Mobilizing Against Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Support for Marginalized Educators and Students Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Sophia Sarantakos Location: Imperial Ballroom, Salon A
Oral Paper: Exploring Lived Experiences of Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Erin Harrop Contributor: PhD Student Brendon Holloway Location: A 708
E-Poster: Reporting for Uncertainty: Analyzing Negative Impacts of Mandatory Reporting on Queer and Trans Youth Speaker(s): PhD Student Riley Hostetter Location: Poster 28
Interactive Workshop: Countering White Supremacy by Confronting Perfectionism and Sense of Urgency in Social Work Academia Speaker(s): Professor Jenn Bellamy, Professor Deb Ortega, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work Karen Bensen, Associate Professor Leslie Hasche and PhD Student Tyler Han Location: International 7
Oral Paper: Correlates of Gender Euphoria Frequency among Transgender and Nonbinary Communities Speaker(s): Professor Eugene Walls Contributor: PhD Student Brendon Holloway Location: A 708
Oral Paper: Preventing Physical Child Abuse with Dads Matter: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial Speaker(s): Professor Jenn Bellamy Location: L 404
Interactive Workshop: “We Need Each Other”: Promoting Peer Support Tools for Marginalized Graduate Social Work Students Speaker(s): PhD Student Dominique Harris Location: M 301
Panel Discussion: Black Administrators, Researchers, and Scholars (BARS) at APM Speaker(s): Professor Michele Hanna Location: Imperial Ballroom, Salon B
Panel Discussion: Decolonizing Social Work Pedagogy: Lessons Learned From Centering Critical BIPOC Scholarship and Epistemologies Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Autumn Asher BlackDeer Location: A 707
Partnership: A Space to Breathe: Cultivating Collective Healing Practices for Women of Color within Academia Speaker(s): PhD Student Olivia Hunte Location: Imperial Ballroom, Salon A
Interactive Workshop: Teaching Anti-Racism and Anti-Colonialism Conjunctly and Simultaneously Speaker(s): Assistant Professor Autumn Asher BlackDeer Location: International 1
Panel Discussion: Using Kuwentos (Storytelling) as a Liberatory Tool to Cultivate Kapwa and Sense of Belonging Speaker(s): Associate Professor Lisa Reyes Mason Location: A 702
Oral Paper: Re-Imagining Healthcare: An Ideal Healthcare System for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals Speaker(s): Professor Eugene Walls Location: International 4
Oral Paper: Exploring Relationships between Mutual Aid and Accessing Healthcare Among Trans and/or Nonbinary People Speaker(s): PhD Student Brendon Holloway Location: International 4
Panel Discussion: Illuminating Social Work’s Educationally Invisibilized: A Heterogenous Pilipino/x/a Case Study Speaker(s): Associate Professor Lisa Reyes Mason Location: A 703
