Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice

Charge From the Board of Directors

The Commission for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice shall promote in social work education inclusion, equity, social and economic justice, and the integration of knowledge of how the multiple aspects of human diversity intersect. The commission shall perform this function through establishing and advancing collaborative partnerships with all Council on Social Work Education diversity and social justice-related commissions and affiliated groups, including external intra-professional and multidisciplinary partnerships. The commission shall work directly with all organizational units of the Council on endeavors related to diversity and social and economic justice, and serve in an advisory capacity to the Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. Concerning itself with the impacts of oppression, power and privilege, the Commission shall also initiate and support efforts to expand the presence of historically oppressed and under-represented populations among students, faculty, and staff in social work education programs.

2011–2012 Annual Update

Councils

 



Committee Board
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  • Patricia Saleeby
    Assistant Professor
    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Carbondale, IL
    Chair
    07/01/2006 - 06/30/2013
  • Josephine Chase
    Assistant Professor
    Oglala Lakota College
    Rapid City, SD
    Commissioner
    07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013
  • Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen
    Associate Professor
    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA
    Commissioner
    07/01/2007 - 06/30/2013
  • Cora Le-Doux
    BSW Program Director
    Our Lady of the Lake University
    San Antonio, TX
    Commissioner
    01/07/2011 - 06/30/2013
  • Kyoung Hag Lee
    Assistant Professor
    Wichita State University
    Wichita, KS
    Commissioner
    07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013
  • Bernice W. Liddie-Hamilton
    Director of Field Education
    Georgia State University
    Atlanta, GA
    Commissioner
    07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013
  • Yuhwa Eva Lu
    Associate Professor
    New York University
    New York, NY
    Commissioner
    11/01/2010 - 06/30/2013
  • Ruth G. McRoy
    Donahue and DiFelice Endowed Professor
    Boston College
    Sacramento, CA
    Commissioner
    07/01/2012 - 06/30/2015
  • Susan Neely-Barnes
    MSW Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor
    University of Memphis
    Memphis, TN
    Commissioner
    07/01/2012 - 06/30/2015
  • Lirio Negroni
    Associate Professor
    University of Connecticut
    West Hartford, CT
    Commissioner
    07/01/2011 - 06/30/2014
  • Roberta Pearlmutter
    Dean and Professor
    Rhode Island College
    Providence, RI
    Commissioner
    07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013
  • Cathryne Schmitz
    Professor
    University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Greensboro, NC
    Commissioner
    07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013
  • Barbara Simon
    Associate Professor
    Columbia University
    New York, NY
    Commissioner
    07/01/2007 - 06/30/2013
  • Martell Teasley
    Chair
    University of Texas at San Antonio
    San Antonio, TX
    Member-at-Large
    07/01/2009 - 06/30/2015
  • Halaevalu Vakalahi
    Associate Dean & Associate Professor
    Morgan State University
    Baltimore, MD
    Commissioner
    07/01/2007 - 06/30/2013
  • Hilary Weaver
    Professor
    University at Buffalo, State University of New York
    Buffalo, NY
    Commissioner
    07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013
  • Lisa Werkmeister Rozas
    Assoc. Professor
    University of Connecticut
    West Hartford, CT
    Commissioner
    07/01/2011 - 06/30/2014