Professor, Chair, Director
Ferris State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Michael Berghoef is Professor, Chair, and Director of Ferris State University's Social Work Department. He has taught widely across the BSW and MSW curriculum and currently teaches research, statistics and a study abroad service learning course in El Salvador since 2008. He has also served twice as an international election observer in El Salvador and has conducted human rights research in Honduras. He was a Carnegie Political Engagement Scholar (2007-2009) and has been involved in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, the Political Engagement Project, the American Democracy Project, Academic Service Learning, and Shoah genocide studies programming since the inception of those initiatives at Ferris State University. He is a Safe Zone LGBTQ+ trainer. He was named International Educator of the Year in 2016 and received the Diversity Enhancement Award in 2012. His current areas of research include gerontology, international social work, race relations, technology and culture, antiracist pedagogy, and historical trauma, and he regularly presents nationally and internationally in these areas at the conferences of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, the Council on Social Work Education, the Latino Social Work Organization, and Human Services Information Technology Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Phi Alpha International Honors Society as well as the advisor of the local Theta Eta chapter. His previous clinical practice was in mental health and substance abuse treatment. He is a licensed LMSW in both Clinical and Macro Practice in the state of Michigan.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM