CSWE President 

Term: (July 2010–June 2013) 

Mildred "Mit" Joyner is a full professor and chair of the undergraduate social work department at West Chester University. Joyner is coauthor of Critical Multicultural Social Work (2008), and is recognized nationally for her leadership, especially in gerontology social work education. In honor of her leadership and vision, the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work created a scholarship—the Mit Joyner Gerontology Leadership Award—in 2005 for undergraduate social work faculty and students to promote leadership in gerontological social work practice through scholarship, best practices, and/or community connections.

Joyner currently serves as an advisory board member of the CSWE Gero-Ed Center (gerontological education) and a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She is a former president of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors and a site selector for the Association of Baccalaureate Social Workers; executive committee and treasurer of the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research; and previous board member of the Institute for Geriatric Social Work.

In the community, she has been on the board of directors for DNB First (previously known as Downingtown National Bank) since 2005. She is also the current chair of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a national education and support organization whose goal is to improve the quality of life and help all women affected by breast cancer to take an active role in their ongoing recovery or management of the disease.

In the field of social work, her research interests include child abuse and diversity issues as well as gerontology. A member of the WCU faculty since 1981, she has chaired the undergraduate social work program for more than 25 years.

West Chester University is one of the 14 institutions that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.