2024 CSWE Annual Program Meeting

University of Denver Education Sessions

University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) faculty, doctoral students and alumni will lead 16 education sessions at the 2024 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting Oct. 24–27. Consult the list below to familiarize yourself with GSSW topic areas and expertise.

Friday, Oct. 25

• 10:30 — 11:30 a.m. CT

  Panel Session: Intergenerational Justice: Centering Elder Knowledge and Experience in Environmental Justice Action
  Speaker(s): PhD Candidates Carson de Fries and Colleen Cummings Melton and Professor Leslie Hasche
  Location: Room 3501F

• 12:30 — 1:30 p.m. CT

  Panel Session: Emerging Perspectives on Environmental Justice
  Moderator: Professor of the Practice of Social Work Rachel Forbes
  Location: Room 3501F

• 1:45 — 2:15 p.m. CT

  Paper Presentation: Toward Conceptual Clarity on Transition Interruption Experiences Among Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals
  Speaker(s): Professor Eugene Walls
  Location: Room 2211

• 1:45 PM — 2:45 p.m. CT

  Panel Session: A New World Cannot Be Built Alone: A Framework for Action in Social Work
  Speaker(s): PhD Candidate C. Riley Hostetter
  Location: Room 2103A

• 3 — 4 p.m. CT

  Connect Session: Decolonizing Social Work Education: Co-Creating BRAVE Spaces Across the Curriculum
  Speaker(s): Professor of the Practice of Social Work Rachel Forbes
  Location: Room 3501D

• 3:30 — 4 p.m. CT

  Paper Presentation: Experiences of Medical Discrimination and Gaslighting by Healthcare Providers Towards Native Hawaiian Women
  Speaker(s): PhD Student Tina Leilani Hulama
  Location: Room 2211

• 4:15 — 5:15 p.m. CT

  Interactive Workshop: Individualism as a Characteristic of White Supremacy: Critical Reflections and Antidotes
  Speaker(s): Postdoctoral Fellow Tyler Han; Professors Deb Ortega, Leslie Hasche and Jenn Bellamy and Professor of the Practice Karen Bensen
  Location: Room 2211

• 4:45 — 5:15 p.m. CT

  Paper Presentation: Community Engagement to Support LGBTQ+ Resiliency
  Speaker(s): PhD Candidate C. Riley Hostetter
  Location: Room 2208

Saturday, Oct. 26

• 10:30 — 11:30 a.m. CT

  Panel Session: Integration of Father Focused Content in Social Work Education: Teaching Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
  Speaker(s): Professor Jenn Bellamy
  Location: Room 3501H

  Panel Session: Stories of Climate Justice and Global Environmental Change: A KAKI Funded Research Project
  Moderator: Professor of the Practice of Social Work Rachel Forbes
  Location: Room 3501G

• 11:00 — 11:30 a.m. CT

  Paper Presentation: Opening Closed Doors: Narratives on the Essence of Mentoring by Male Scholars of Color
  Speaker(s): Clinical Professor Michael Talamantes and Professor Michele Hanna
  Location: Room 3501A

• 1:45 — 2:45 p.m. CT

  Panel Session: Community-Engaged Research: Strategies for Scholarship and Teaching
  Speaker(s): Professor Daniel Brisson
  Location: Room 2105

• 3 — 3:30 p.m. CT

  E-Poster: Interdisciplinary Approach: Practices for Training for Healthcare Workers Addressing Child Sex Trafficking Cases
  Speaker(s): Adjunct Instructor Erica Vasquez
  Location: Poster 1A

• 3:30 — 4 p.m. CT

  E-Poster: Examining Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicide Attempts Among Latines in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  Speaker(s): PhD Student Akeem Z. Modeste-James
  Location: Poster 2B

Sunday, Oct. 27

• 9:45 — 10:15 a.m. CT

  Paper Presentation: Countering the Narrative: Highlighting Gender Euphoria in Trans/Nonbinary Communities Through Creative Writing
  Speaker(s): PhD Candidate Brendon Holloway and Professor Eugene Walls
  Location: Room 2502B

   

  Paper Presentation: Placing Transformative Ecological Justice in the Hands of School-Based Professionals: Regenerative Education
  Speaker(s): PhD Student Erin Flynn, MSW alumna and Adjunct Instructor Julia Senecal, and MSW student Rachel Roberts
  Location: Room 2209