The CSWE Women's Council annually names a feminist scholarship honoree and awardee whose work has advanced feminist knowledge as it pertains to social work theory, research, practice, policy and education.
Feminist Scholarship Award Honoree: Iris Carlton-LaNey
Iris Carlton-LaNey was the 2011 Feminist Scholarship Honoree. She is currently a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focus has included African American social welfare history and rural aging issues, especially among women.
Feminist Scholarship Award Winner: Anne C. Deepak
Anne C. Deepak was the 2011 Feminist Scholarship Award Winner for her paper, Sustainability and Population Growth in the Context of Globalization: A Postcolonial Feminist Social Work Perspective. She is currently an assistant professor at Texas State University San Marcos. Her research interests include globalization, postcolonial feminist theory, the delivery of antiracism content in social work education, and the connections between engaged learning, social capital, and technology in social work education. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in macro practice, HBSE, and diversity and social justice.
