2026 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 13 education sessions at the 2026 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting Oct. 22–25. Consult the list below to familiarize yourself with GSSW topic areas and expertise.

Thursday, Oct. 22

• 3:15 PM - 4:45 p.m. ET

  Title: Pre-Conference: AI and Technology in Social Work Education Institute: AI Trends Impacting SW Education (Separate Registration Fee Required)
  Speaker: Professor of the Practice of Social Work Rachel Forbes

Friday, Oct. 23

• 1:00 PM - 1:30 p.m. ET

  Title: Teaching Critical Hope: Integrating Collective Grief into Social Work Education
  Speaker(s): PhD Student Taylor Coats and Research Associate Rachel E. Roberts

• 3:00 PM - 3:30 p.m. ET

  Title: I Have Broken Generational Curses: Intergenerational Trauma and Healing in BIPOC Kinship Families
  Speaker(s): PhD Student Anna Wasim

   

  Title: Hawaiian Birth Environments: A Poetic Transcription
  Speaker: Adjunct Faculty Kristina L. Hulama

• 4:15 PM - 4:45 p.m. ET

  Title: Climate Change Anxiety and Social Connectedness: Implications for Environmental Justice
  Speaker: Professor of the Practice of Social Work Rachel Forbes

• 4:15 PM - 5:15 p.m. ET

  Title: Partnership Session: Black Administrators, Researchers, & Scholars (BARS) at CSWE
  Speaker: Professor Michele D. Hanna

Saturday, Oct. 24

• 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

  Title: Structural Resilience and Crisis Response Pathways in the University of California System
  Speaker: PhD Student Ashley R. Metoyer

   

  Title: The Impact of Housing on Healing from Problematic Substance Use
  Speaker: PhD Student Stephanie Locke

• 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  Title: Understanding Healthcare Oppression: Constructing a Conceptual Model
  Speaker: Adjunct Professor Kristina L. Hulama

• 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Title: An Intersectional Feminist Policy Analysis of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act
  Speaker: Adjunct Professor Kristina L. Hulama

• 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

  Title: Concrete Pavements to Rooted Futures: Cross-Racial Mentoring Through Regenerative Ancestral Praxis
  Speaker: Professor Deb Ortega

   

  Title: Connect Session: Rooted in Resilience: Reclaiming Global Social Work Histories by Elevating International Leader Narratives (Commission on Global Social Work Education)
  Speaker: Professor and Associate Dean for Social & Structural Wellbeing Colleen Fisher

Sunday, Oct. 25

• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Title: Resilience: Remaining True to ADEI Values During Times of Turmoil
  Speaker: Associate Professor Shetal Vohra-Gupta