CORSW Awards

2026 Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Awards

The following awards presented by the Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education  (CORSW) will take place at the Feminist Networking Breakfast during the 2026 CSWE Annual Conference.

CORSW Feminist Manuscript Award

Ingrid Aarons-Porter, DSW, LMSW
Dr. Ingrid Aarons-Porter has over 26 years of leadership and supervisory experience in child welfare. Currently serving as a part-time Adjunct Professor at Southern Connecticut State University and SUNY Plattsburgh, she specializes in research-informed practice, social justice, and leadership in social work. Holding a Doctor of Social Work (DSW) from Southern Connecticut State University, along with Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Aarons-Porter brings a deep commitment to advancing culturally sensitive, equity-driven approaches in the field.

Throughout her career, including her current role as a Quality Assurance Manager within the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, she has cultivated a profound understanding of how effective, transformative supervision can foster growth and development within teams. Drawing from her own journey as a Jamaican immigrant, she emphasizes the vital role that leadership plays in nurturing potential and driving collective success.

An accomplished researcher and speaker, Dr. Aarons-Porter is dedicated to raising awareness about the crucial responsibilities leaders have to deepen their supervisory approaches. Her research, titled "Exploring Supervisory Practices for Women of Color in Social Work," offers valuable strategies to support the professional development of Women of Color in social work. Through her work, she aims to empower leaders to view supervision as a transformative tool, one that nurtures team members’ potential and fosters social justice and equity in practice.  

CORSW Feminist Scholar Award

Camille R. Quinn, PhD, AM, LCSW, LISW-S, LMSW
Dr. Camille R. Quinn is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, Affiliate Faculty and Associate Director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being. A health criminologist and Black feminist scholar, her research and teaching advance health and mental health equity for Black/African American adolescents and young adults. Grounded in Black feminist theory and praxis, Dr. Quinn’s work examines the intersections of race, gender, health, and crime—particularly for those impacted by the youth legal system. Using community-based participatory and mixed-methods approaches, she develops healing-centered, equity-driven interventions that elevate the lived experiences of Black girls and young women while informing prevention and systemic reform.

Dr. Quinn is the Principal Investigator on an NIMHD R21 project, Exploring PTSD Symptoms, Barriers and Facilitators to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Justice-Involved Black/African American Female Adolescents and Parents/Caregivers, and leads a MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge grant focused on criminal justice reform. Supported by an NIMHD Loan Repayment Program renewal award, her scholarship seeks to dismantle structural racism and promote collective healing across systems of care and punishment.

She earned her PhD from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago, her AM from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, and completed postdoctoral training in psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Quinn integrates her clinical expertise, research, and Black feminist pedagogy to cultivate transformative, equity-driven social work education and practice.

CORSW Community Impact Award

Kelli Rogers, PhD, MSW, BSW
Dr. Kelli Rogers is a social work educator, clinician, and community-engaged leader whose work is rooted in advancing equity, justice, and the power of community voice. As the Founder and Executive Director of Beyond Visionary and a faculty member at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) School of Social Work, she works alongside organizations rooted in marginalized communities to strengthen their capacity to lead, influence, and drive sustainable social change. Grounded in her lived experience and guided by feminist leadership principles, Dr. Rogers centers shared power, co-creation, and lived expertise in every aspect of her work. She partners with community-based organizations to build infrastructure, expand access, and elevate voices that have historically been excluded from decision-making spaces. Her approach disrupts traditional service models by positioning communities not as recipients of services, but as leaders in defining and driving solutions. Through Beyond Visionary, Dr. Rogers has led initiatives that strengthen programming, expand outreach, and increase organizational effectiveness across multiple community partners, including Families of Conviction, Men of Nehemiah Communities, and Urban Specialists. Her work has supported the integration of evidence-based practices, informed program redesign through comprehensive needs assessments, and facilitated cross-sector collaborations addressing violence prevention, economic empowerment, and community well-being. Her work exemplifies feminist leadership in action—actively redistributing power, amplifying marginalized voices, and creating spaces where communities lead change. Through her sustained commitment to community-engaged practice, Dr. Rogers demonstrates that when communities are trusted, resourced, and centered, they are not the subjects of change—they are the power behind it.

CORSW Violence Against Women and Children Manuscript Award

Yafan Chen, PhD, MSW
Dr. Yafan Chen is an Assistant Professor at Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence against women and children. In particular, she has extensive research experience investigating the impacts of exposure to domestic violence on children, as well as domestic violence in minoritized communities. She employs advanced statistical methods, such as latent class analysis and structural equation modeling, to elucidate the longitudinal effects of exposure to domestic violence on children’s behavioral and mental health. Her scholarly work further addresses domestic violence among Asian American women, with particular attention to the co-occurrence of multiple forms of violence, the impacts on Asian American women's well-being, and the identification of potential protective factors across various ecological systems.

CORSW Mentor Recognition

• Hanni Flaherty, PhD, LCSW, CASAC-M, Clinical Assistant Professor and Chair of Advanced Clinical Practice at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.
• Jane Lee, PhD, MSSW, Associate Professor at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California (USC).
• Melissa B. Littlefield, PhD, Professor of Social Work and Co-Principal Investigator of the SHIELD Behavioral Health Training Program at Morgan State University
• Shelita Jackson, DSW, MSW, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Kentucky College of Social Work