Christine Chapais is an Assistant Professor of Teaching & Director of Online MSW Programs at Rutgers School of Social Work. We had the chance to speak with her about Autism Awareness Month and how social workers can support individuals with autism well beyond this month.
March is Social Work Month. Thomas Benjamin, Senior Program Coordinator at the Rutgers School of Social Work's Center for Research on Ending Violence speaks with Dr. Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Sojourner Truth Social & Racial Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers School of Social Work. Dr. Edmonds Crewe discusses this year's Social Work Month theme, Compassion + Action, and the work she is accomplishing at Rutgers.
Julie Koivunen, PhD, has taught as a lecturer in the School of Social Work since 2008. In addition to teaching, her work at Rutgers has included serving as a research analyst at the Institute for Families and the Center for Research on Ending Violence where she has worked on projects with the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women, the State Office of Victim Witness Advocacy, the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and the Office on Women’s Policy and Research, Support, Employment, Education and Training.
Reflecting on January’s National Mentoring Month, Dr. Rebecca Swann-Jackson, Associate Research Manager at the Institute for Families and member of the School of Social Work’s (SSW) IIDEA Committee, interviewed Carmen Castro, Assistant Director of Business Services, who designed and leads the SSW Staff Pilot Mentoring Program. Carmen has previously supported the Faculty Diversity Collaborative in the Rutgers Office of University Equity and Inclusion. Carmen shares her perspectives on mentoring and its importance to the SSW community.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3. We had the opportunity to speak with Ph.D. student Rebecca Martin about the significance of this day and what social workers can do to recognize it.
Eileen Kelly O’Brien is a trainer at the New Jersey Child Support Institute at School of Social Work's Institute for Families. She explains the significance of World Adoption Day, which is observed on November 9, and shares ways social workers and allied professionals can recognize this day.