CSW General

Experiential learning event offers participants a firsthand look at the challenges survivors face during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

As part of Florida State University’s annual Discovery Days, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare will host an interactive learning simulation designed to help participants better understand the realities faced by survivors of domestic violence.

The College of Social Work welcomed its new cohort of doctoral students this fall.

Originally from Michigan, Amelia Mueller-Williams carries a strong family legacy of social work. While her initial interest leaned towards anthropology and biology, her connection to the profession was shaped by her two paternal grandparents, both social workers and civil rights activists, and an uncle who is a social worker in Florida.

Kimberly Harvey is not new to the College of Social Work, but this year she steps into a new role as an Assistant Teaching Professor, working with the Field Education Office and teaching undergraduate and graduate classes. 

A recent article by doctoral student Priscilla Wilson explored how Ghana’s child protection system is impacted by the cultural dissonance between global rights-based mandates alongside local duty-oriented cultural practices. The study argued that the implementation gap is due to the cultural dissonance between the two rather than from a lack of resources.

As an undergraduate student, Dr. Zach Cooper was fascinated with clinical psychology and sociology, with a strong desire to be a therapist providing clinical services while also being trained to address social determinants of health. When he discovered social work, he realized he had found the field that converged these interests.

Dominic M. Calabro (MSW' 79) was recently awarded the Frederick P. Greenberg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Governmental Research Association, a 112-year-old national, nonpartisan, nonprofit association of organizations and individuals engaged in public policy, governmental, and civic research. The organization's mission is to improve governmental effectiveness, accountability and efficiency through independent research.

With the approaching departure of Dean David Springer this summer, one of his remaining goals was to leave the College of Social Work with lasting tokens of inspiration from his mission as dean to cultivate connection, creativity, and well-being.