2022 Violence Against Women and Children Award
The CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education annually awards an author of the manuscript that most advances feminist knowledge in the field of violence against women and children.
2022 Violence Against Women and Children Award Recipient
Dr. Bernadine Waller is clinical researcher and a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 (T32 MH096724; Wainberg) postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Translational Epidemiology and Mental Health Equity in the Department of Psychiatry at New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her program of research focuses upon improving the mental health and overall wellbeing of African American women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Specifically, her research examines the intersections of IPV, mental health and help-seeking with a specific focus on African American women. Her long-term professional goal is to become a leading expert in implementing and evaluating a range of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) that improve the psychological wellbeing of U3 (understudied, underrepresented, and underreported) women IPV survivors in community settings.The members of the Women's Council worked to create a statement in support of Black faculty, staff, and students in social work education. It is the ouncil's first step in an ongoing effort to lift up the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color voices and scholarship in the profession. Visit the Social Justice Community on CSWESpark! to read the statement.