While on her way to a meeting, Florida State University alumna and Bachelor of Social Work Program Director Pam MacDill (’77) walked past FSU’s Unconquered Statue standing tall and prominent outside of Doak Campbell Stadium.
Faculty & Research News
Faculty Member Appointed to CSWE and BPD Leadership Positions
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Katrina Boone, director of Field Education at the FSU College of Social Work (FSUCSW), takes her higher education role in social work seriously. While her main focus is promoting field education as social work’s signature pedagogy, when opportunities arose to join committees to further shape social work education, she was eager to participate.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
FSU Faculty Receive Grant to Evaluate FSU Center Telehealth Services
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
Two Florida State University faculty members received a $16,000 grant from the Mental Research Institute to launch their project, “Family Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Telehealth Response.” Dr. Michele Parker of the FSU College of Human Sciences and Dr.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
A Tribute to Social Worker Karen Keroack During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Friday, October 09, 2020
Karen Keroack was a long-time faculty member in the FSU College of Social Work. She served as an instructor and area coordinator of the MSW program offered in Gainesville, Florida, which is now part of the online MSW program. Karen established and coordinated the Gainesville program for 28 years, providing for the education of a multitude of social workers in the Gainesville area.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
FSU Pilot Study Assesses Residential Group Home Standards
Friday, October 02, 2020
On July 1, 2017, Florida Statute 409.996 (22) was amended to require the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to develop a statewide accountability system for residential group homes based on measurable quality standards.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Faculty Member Receives GADE Educational Leadership Award
Monday, September 28, 2020
Distinguished Research Professor Bruce Thyer was recently awarded a 2020 Educational Leadership Award by the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE). The organization, comprised of social work doctoral program directors worldwide who represent member universities, promotes excellence in social work doctoral education.
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FSU Faculty and Prevent Child Abuse America Examine Public Policy Impacts on Child Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence
Monday, September 28, 2020
Prevent Child Abuse America was recently awarded a three-year grant for more than $1.05 million by the Center for Disease Control. The project examines the prevention effects of key public policy strategies, such as paid family leave and child care provisions, on the rate of child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence (IPV).
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
FSU Alumna and Faculty Member Continue to Champion Unconquered Scholars with Estate Gift
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Posted Under: Alumni & Friends, CSW General, Faculty & Research
Speech Recognition in Education: The Powers and Perils
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
As education researchers focused on children’s language and reading, concepts like “equity” and “disparity” are not new to us. In fact, we obsess about them.
We analyze data to understand and monitor. We design interventions to change them. We labor (sometimes painfully) to better explain the forces that contribute to inequity in schools so that educators, parents, and policymakers can use it to improve outcomes for all students.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Welcome New Faculty Member Tracy McDade
Thursday, August 06, 2020
Moving to South Florida from New York in high school in the 1980s meant Tracy McDade witnessed first-hand the influx of Cuban refugees coming to Florida. Volunteering with various organizations in the South Florida community, McDade heard accounts from these refugees of oppression, poverty and injustice. This experience affirmed her desire to improve the lives of marginalized individuals, families and whole communities.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Welcome New Faculty Member Brenda Legaspi
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
“I love seeing students take their classroom learning and apply it in the real world,” said Brenda Legaspi, a new social work faculty member at the College of Social Work (FSUCSW). Legaspi joins the college as an assistant teaching professor focused on working with distance learning students in the Online MSW Program.