Director of Field Education
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Julie Kates, LCSW, Associate Professor of Practice is the Director of Field Education at the Portland State University School of Social Work. She earned her BA in English and Women’s Studies from Oberlin College in 1991 and her MSW from PSU in 1995. Julie’s community based practice experience focused on clinical work with children and families impacted by and involved with the foster care system. She developed and managed programs aimed at supporting children and youth to remain in their homes and communities. Julie joined the field education program at PSU in 2007 and has been involved in placing over 600 students each year in the BSW, MSW campus and online programs. She has helped to develop the MSW field seminar course and provides training to faculty liaisons, field instructors, task supervisors, and other field directors each year. She is passionate about ethically driven, competency based social work field education that supports students to gain the knowledge and skills they need to practice effectively. During the past 5 years, under Julie's leadership, the Field Education Program at PSU has critically reflected on the ways that policies and procedures can further perpetuate racism and white supremacy in social work practice and has developed an evolving program focused on centering racial equity and social justice in field education.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM
Saturday, November 12, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM