2006 Feminist Scholarship Award Honoree: Cheryl Hyde
Dr. Hyde is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Field and Continuing Education in the School of Social Administration at Temple University in Philadelphia. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1991. She has previously served as a faculty member at University of Maryland, San Francisco State University, and Boston University. Through her scholarship and research Dr. Hyde has made important contributions in the areas of multicultural competency in education, supervision, community organizing, and feminist social movements. She has authored chapters on feminist community practice, feminist approaches to social policy, and feminist health centers and numerous related articles including the role of gender on participation in social work classrooms.
Dr. Hyde’s contributions to education and service have been recognized by the Community Service Award and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Diversity at the University of Maryland and the University Teaching Award at the University of Michigan. Her service to the profession involves multiple roles on editorial boards, professional and community associations including previous chair of the Association of Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA).
2006 Feminist Scholarship Awarde: Linda S. Helm
For her paper: “The Application of Feminist Pedagogy to Social Work Education: The Obvious and Not So Obvious Benefits”
Linda Helm is a doctoral student at Ohio State University where she serves as a research assistant on the CAPMIS Project, an evaluation project intended to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of services for families and children at risk for abuse and/or neglect. She served as the Co-Campus Coordinator of the University Partnership Program-Child Welfare Training and supervised social work students in related placements. Her related dissertation interests focus on foster care reentry. Ms. Helm has served as an adjunct faculty member at Miami of Ohio University in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work and Sociology where she has taught numerous practice and policy courses and served as field practicum coordinator. Ms. Helm has considerable clinical and administrative experience in physical and mental health settings, including home health, emergency room, mental health center, crisis center, and private practice.