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.
Prof. Jean East is retiring after 23 years as the ‘heart and soul’ of GSSW, leaving a legacy of positive impact on social work and social justice, and on the school and its students.
In a community research partnership, the Butler Institute for Families at GSSW is working with Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough to improve its family visitation program for kids in out-of-home care.
GSSW’s Center for Effective Interventions brings the best of implementation science to community agencies, helping them to scale effective interventions for children and families.
GSSW alumna Virginia Castro created a lasting legacy as a Chicano civil rights activist and as a social worker in Denver public schools, where she pioneered a program to keep teen moms in school.
Can saving companion animal lives improve the economy? In the first study of its kind, the GSSW Institute for Human-Animal Connection is investigating the economic impacts of a no-kill animal shelter policy.
Using a dual-generation ecological approach to community intervention, a GSSW researcher is demonstrating that creating trusting neighborhood relationships can improve well-being in low-income communities.
The Fostering Healthy Futures program at GSSW helps children who have been maltreated and placed in foster care to enter adolescence on a positive path. And as an evidence-based practice, the program is expanding knowledge about effective approaches to positive youth intervention.
Curielle Duffy, MSW ’08, began her social work career in GSSW’s Four Corners MSW Program. Today she’s a U.S. Army clinician who helps soldiers overcome PTSD.
This 200 level supervision series is designed to elevate competence in clinical supervision. Designed to be experiential in nature, participants will be expected to engage and participate in relevant group dialog, individual self reflection and small breakout groups. Participants may choose to register for each course individually or sign up for a package to include all 3.
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.