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Critical Conversations: Current Political Climate’s Impact on Social Work Education, Challenges, and Strategies

Friday, November 11, 2022

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Location: Hilton Anaheim, Avalon A

Main Presenter(s)

Suk-hee Kim, Ph.D., COI, MSW

Associate Professor
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Emily S. Ihara, PhD, MSW, FGSA

Professor and Chair
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Kristin Bolton, PhD

Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Author(s)

Leyla Feize, PhD., LCSW-S

Associate professor
UTRGV
Edinburg, Texas, United States

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to list at least three ways that proposed or enacted state-level legislation has impacted social work education and/or research.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe at least one role that social work educators and/or researchers may play in spaces that are perceived as “anti-science”.
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify at least one strategy or tactic social work educators and programs of social work can use to deal with challenges posed by the current political climate.