Interim Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professor
University of South Carolina, United States
Terry is a Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Curriculum in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina (Columbia). He teaches social work practice, practice evaluation, and capstone courses for MSW students and a qualitative research methods course for PhD students. He has conducted research and authored articles on religion and spirituality in social work practice, faith-based social services, volunteerism, case method teaching, and social work education.
He co-edited or co-authored several collections of decision cases, including two which focus on religion and spirituality in social work: Spirituality and Religion in Social Work Practice (CSWE, 2002), Decision Cases for Advanced Social Work Practice (Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006), Decision Cases for Generalist Social Work Practice (T-B/C, 2006), Dying, Death and Bereavement in Social Work Practice (Columbia University Press, 2008), Grappling with Faith (North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 2010), Confronting Complexity (Columbia University Press, 2013), and Dilemmas in Social Work Field Education: Decision Cases (CUP, 2021). Currently, he is co-authoring two sets of decision cases, one for interdisciplinary practice with sexual assault (for use by attorneys, police, and victim advocates) and a new edition on religion and spirituality in social work practice.
For his work on case method teaching/case writing, he was awarded the “ 2016 Garnet Apple Award for Innovative Teaching” by the USC Office of the Provost, the “CSWE Distinguished Recent Contributions in SWE Award 2009” and the North American Case Research Association’s “C. R. Christensen Award for the Outstanding Teaching Case” in 2004.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM