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.
Led by PhD alumna Laura Nissen, GSSW fellows are applying futures thinking and foresight practices to social work as part of the Social Work Health Futures Lab.
What will the future of work be for today’s youth? GSSW Assistant Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott explores the impacts of globalization and automation on healthy youth development.
Social workers can address climate change and environmental justice by driving development of regenerative futures in the communities where they live and work.
Through anti-carceral front-line interventions and approaches such as restorative justice, social workers are challenging and reimagining the criminal legal system.
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.