In September 2026, CSWE announced the creation of a new national advisory board with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging and potentially disruptive technologies.  

The Advisory Board on AI and Technology was created as part of CSWE’s broader 2026-2030 Strategic Plan. The board’s charge is to help identify experts on, and elevate use cases for, AI in social work education, and to position CSWE as a leader on matters related to the overlap of emerging technologies and social work. Information and resources sourced by the advisory board will help CSWE’s members stay abreast of the impact of AI and other technologies, as well as facilitate trainings and other educational opportunities.  
 

Advisory Board Members

M. Sebrena Jackson, PhD, LCSW

M. Sebrena Jackson, PhD, LCSW

Dean of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work & Professor, Clark Atlanta University

Chair

Alex Colvin

Alex Colvin, BSW, MSW, PhD

Associate Professor, Chair of Undergraduate Programs in the School of Behavioral Health & Human Services at the University of North Texas

Desmond Patton

Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW

PIK University Professor, and Waldo E Johnson Jr. Professor, at the University of Pennsylvania

Helen Fischle

Helen Fischle, DSW, MSW

BSW Coordinator & Assistant Professor at Alabama A&M University

Johanna Creswell Baez

Johanna Creswell Báez, PhD, LCSW

Associate Professor & MSW Director at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Jonathan Singer

Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW

Professor at the School of Social Work at Loyola University

Lauren McInroy

Lauren McInroy, PhD

Associate Professor at The Ohio State University

Lauri Goldkind

Lauri Goldkind, PhD

Professor at Fordham University

Maria Rodriguez

Maria Y. Rodriguez, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of AI & Society at the University of Buffalo

Marina Badillo-Diaz

Marina Badillo-Diaz, LCSW

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Social Work, School of Social Work at Columbia University

Rachel Schwartz

Rachel Schwartz, PhD, MSW, LSW

MSW Program Director and Associate Professor-in-Residence at the University of Connecticut

Ruopeng An

Ruopeng An, PhD, MPP

Constance and Martin Silver Endowed Professor in Data Science and Prevention; Director, Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity at NYU

Siva Mathiyazhagan

Siva Mathiyazhagan, PhD, MSW

Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania