The Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) is the place where social work education professionals collaborate, learn, teach, and grow. This year’s APM theme is "It's Time to Act: Defining and Reckoning With Anti-Racist Social Work Education" and will feature social work education presentations, an exhibit hall, and networking opportunities.
 

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2023 CSWE Annual Program Meeting Preconference Workshop presented by NDDSWA

The National Association for Deans and Directors of Social Work Admissions (NDDSWA) is hosting a preconference workshop, "The Evolving Role(s) of Enrollment Management on Social Work Education," at the 2023 Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) to help faculty and social work program leaders better understand the ways that the full enrollment cycle impacts almost all areas of social work education. Graduate enrollment management at each college or university is a crucial part of the student experience in social work education. Many in leadership are not engaged in the day-to-day activities of the enrollment cycle within their schools, yet the impact of this work is far reaching for all social work programs. This 3-hour interactive session will allow participants to engage with social work graduate enrollment professionals with decades of experience at universities across the United States. The ever-emerging conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion related to social work education is central to our conversation as we will discuss the roles of admissions, faculty, students, and leadership in school-wide enrollment management as well as current trends in graduate enrollment management. The goal is to provide participants with strategic recommendations and ways to better assess and engage with the enrollment professionals at their institution.

The objectives for the session include:

• Create an environment for collaborative conversation among social work administrators and faculty to discuss challenges and successes at their institutions.
• Examine changes and current trends within graduate enrollment and their impact on graduate social work programs.
• Present participants with tangible ways to support and engage their social work graduate admissions colleagues and create a better students experience during the enrollment process.

Presenters: Timothy (Tim) Colenback; Dr. Crystal Diaz-Espinoza; Laura DiMarcantonio, M.Ed.; Anna Hunter, MSW; Elizabeth (Liz) Szpilka; Erin Zimmer, LMSW

2023 APM Speakers

• Opening Plenary: Dr. Bernice A. King CEO, The King Center: Dr. King is a global thought leader, strategist, solutionist, orator, peace advocate, and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), which was founded by her mother as the official living memorial to the life, work, and legacy of her father. In this position, Bernice continues to advance her parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, advocacy, research, as well as education and training through the Kingian philosophy of nonviolence, which she re-branded Nonviolence365™ (NV365). Through her work at The King Center, she educates youth and adults around the world about the nonviolent principles and strategies modeled by her parents. Under her leadership, the Center has implemented numerous initiatives reaching over 500,000 people around the world, including the Beloved Community Leadership Academy, Students with King, NV365 Education & Training, and The Beloved Community Talks, a courageous conversations platform about the difficult racial and social justice issues impacting our world.
• Futures of Social Work Plenary: Dr. Laura Burney Nissen, Professor, Portland State University School of Social Work: Former Dean and Professor Laura Burney Nissen is with the Portland State University School of Social Work. With a commitment to innovative and equity-centered systems change, Laura has worked with futures practice and lenses throughout her career. She is a foresight practitioner and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Future. She is the PI and Director of the national Social Work Health Futures Lab funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• Carl A. Scott Memorial Lecture: Dr. Jenny Jones, Dean and Professor of Social Work, Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work, Clark Atlanta University: Dr. Jenny Jones' plenary session will examine the historical antecedents of society at large with an emphasis on the Voting Rights Act to better understand contemporary voter suppression. Dr. Jones will also discuss the process and outcome evaluation for a lecture series that focuses on the intersectionality of voter awareness specific to voter suppression (how to recognize it), voter engagement, and voter participation.
• Hokenstad International Lecture: Dr. María Elena Ramos Tovar, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo: Dr. Ramos Tovar's lecture is based on the research and advocacy work related to migrant’s rights and health access for those moving through Northeastern Mexico and the Texas Rio Grande Valley, including lessons learned regarding the importance of building bridges of collaboration between actors from civil society, academia, and government offices. Dr. María Elena Ramos Tovar holds a B.A. in Sociology from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), was a Fulbright scholar for her M.A. studies and was awarded a fellowship by the Mexican Secretary of Education for her Ph.D. Studies in Sociology, both at Tulane University. She has held various academic appointments and research residencies in various states throughout Mexico and the U.S., and other countries such as Columbia, and Spain.
• Environmental Justice Plenary: Dr. Debra Furr-Holden, Associate Dean for Public Health Integration, Michigan State University: This plenary session will focus on “environmental racism” and how systemic racism creates and amplifies crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Flint water crisis. About the Speaker Dr. Debra Furr-Holden is the associate dean for Public Health Integration, C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, and director of the Division of Public Health at Michigan State University. She is also the director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

CSWE 2023 Professional Awards

The Professional Awards are among CSWE’s highest honors and recognize outstanding educators for significant contributions to social work education.

• Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award: Dr. Edith Fraser
• Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award: Dr. Jay Miller, Dorothy A. Miller
• Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award: Dr. Diana Margarita Padilla-Medina
• Established Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award: Dr. Joan Blakey

2023 Commission and Council Awards
Every year CSWE commissions and councils honor and celebrate social work scholars, students, and educators for their contributions to social work and social work education.

• Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans People of Color (2-QTPOC) Social Work Impact Award: Braveheart Gillani
• Community Partnership Action Award Kotomi Yokokura, University of Kentucky Jordan Davenport, Tuskegee University
• Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Scholarship Award: Charles Hoy-Ellis
• Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education (CORSW) Community Impact Award: Ijeoma Opara, PhD, MSW, MPH,
• CORSW Feminist Manuscript Award: Sandra Leotti, Jennifer S. Muthanna, Ben Anderson-Nathe,
• CORSW Feminist Scholar Award: Leslie Tower
• Disability Manuscript Award: Stephanie L. Baird, Ami Goulden
  • Honorable Mention: Mustafa Rfat, YingYing Zeng, Yibin Yang, Kusum Adhikari, Yiqi Zu
• Partners in Advancing International Education Award Individual: Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares, Regina Wu

 

2023 APM Social Work Tracks

APM presentations are organized by tracks, allowing meeting participants to quickly locate and gauge their interest in specific sessions. To get more information about a track, select the track name below to review its content, scope, and leadership.

• Addictions
• ​​​​​​​African Americans and the African Diaspora
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
• Baccalaureate Programs
• Child Welfare
• Clinical Practice
• Community Organization and Social Administration
• Criminal and Juvenile Justice
• Cultural Competence
• Disability Issues
• Disaster and Traumatic Stress
• Educational Outcomes
• Assessment Evidence-Based Practice
• Feminist Scholarship
• Field Education
• Gero-Ed (Aging and Gerontology)
• Group Work
• Health
• Higher Education/Nonprofit Leadership
• Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Populations
• Indigenous and Tribal
• International Issues
• Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
• Islam and Muslims
• Latina/Latino Issues
• LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit
• Military Personnel and Veterans, First Responders, and Their Families and Communities
• Research and Program Evaluation
• Rural Issues Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
• Social Welfare History
• Social Welfare Policy and Policy Practice
• Spanish-Language Presentation
• Spirituality Teaching Methods and Learning Styles
• Technology in Social Work Education and Practice
• University–Community Partnerships Values and Ethics
• Violence Against Women and Their Children