Professor Emeritus
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Edward R. Canda is Professor Emeritus and Coordinator of the Spiritual Diversity Initiative in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. He joined the faculty in 1989 and retired in 2019. Before coming to KU, Dr. Canda was on the social work faculty of the University of Iowa for three years. He has an M.A. in Religious Studies (University of Denver, 1979) and MSW and Ph.D. degrees in social work (The Ohio State University, 1982 and 1986). Dr. Canda’s research and service address connections between cultural diversity, spirituality, and resilience in relation to health, mental health, and disabilities. He has been a Visiting Researcher or Professor in South Korea at Sungkyunkwan University and the Academy of Korean Studies and in Japan at Ritsumeikan, Doshisha, and Kansai Universities. He has more than 200 publications and has conducted about 250 presentations in the United States and in many other countries, especially in East Asia and Central Europe. His most widely cited books (co-authored) are Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice (2020) and Contemporary Human Behavior Theory (2019). Dr. Canda has taught courses mainly in human behavior theory (at BSW, MSW, and PhD levels), qualitative research methods (at PhD level), spiritual diversity in practice (at MSW and post-MSW levels), and study abroad in Korea (at BSW, MSW, and PhD levels). In 2013, he received the Council on Social Work Education’s Significant Lifetime Achievement Award for innovations on spirituality through scholarship and education.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM