Rutgers School of Social Work will be represented at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)'s 68th Annual Program Meeting from October 26-29, 2023 by a number of presentations being hosted by our faculty, postdocs, Ph.D. students, lecturers, alumni, and staff. See the list below for a list of Rutgers SSW-affiliated presentations.

Wednesday, October 25
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment Laura DiMarcantonio, M.Ed.
Presentation Title: The Evolving Role(s) of Enrollment Management on Social Work Education
Presentation Type: Pre-Conference Workshop
Time: 1:00pm

Thursday, October 26
Associate Professor of Professional Practice Tawanda Hubbard
Presentation Title: Preparation & reflections: Teaching about race, racism, and anti-racism through a liberatory consciousness lens 
Presentation Type: Pre-Conference Teaching Institute
Time: 10:30am

Friday, October 27
Associate Professor & Associate Director of Doctoral Programs Judith McCoyd and DSW Program Director; Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice; Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School E. Goldblatt Hyatt
Presentation Title: Teaching Reproductive Justice Through a Liberatory Consciousness Framework
Time: 7:30am

DSW Student Zan Haggerty and DSW Program Director; Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice; Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School E. Goldblatt Hyatt
Presentation Title: Mentorship through Liberatory Consciousness: A Theoretical Framework (poster presentation)
Time: 11:00am

Associate Professor of Teaching, Director of the Certificate on Interpersonal Violence & Trauma (C-IVT) Rupa Khetarpal & Assistant Director, Office of Continuing Education, Assistant Professor of Teaching Gina Sharpe
Presentation Title: Sex Workers and the Power of Collaboration: Reflections from a Study Abroad to Kolkata
Time: 12.30pm

Assistant Dean of Innovative Learning Technologies and Associate Professor of Teaching Rachel Schwartz
Presentation Title: Facing The Digital Doppelgänger: designing meaningful discussion boards in an AI world
Time: 12:30pm

Graduate Research Assistant Jordan Goodwin
Presentation Title: Vicarious Traumatization and the Study of Homelessness: Preparing Students for Social Work Research
Presentation Type: E-Poster
Time: 12:30pm

Alum Dana Spett
Presentation Title: Equine-assisted Services as a Model for Social Work in the Environment
Time: 1:45pm

Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Office of Global Social Work Programs Rebecca Davis, Ph. D., LCSW
Presentation Title: Global Field Education: Liberatory and Reciprocal
Time: 2:15pm

Assistant Dean of Innovative Learning Technologies and Associate Professor of Teaching Rachel Schwartz 
Presentation Title: Reflecting on pandemic (and beyond) teaching practices: Maintaining academic rigor with compassion (poster presentation)
Time: 3:30pm

Graduate Research Assistant Jordan Goodwin
Presentation Title: Indicators of Client ‘readiness’ to ‘move On’ from Permanent Supportive Housing
Presentation Type: E-Poster
Time: 4:15pm

Saturday, October 28
Associate Professor of Professional Practice Tawanda Hubbard
Presentation Title: Walking the walk: Advancing anti-racism in a predominantly white institution
Time: 12:30pm

BASW Program Director (Camden) and Assistant Professor of Teaching Natalie Moore Bembry, Associate Professor of Professional Practice Marla Blunt-Carter, and Ph.D. Candidate Lorraine Howard
Presentation Title: Political Social Work: A Social Justice Imperative
Time: 12:30pm

Postdoctoral Associate Yong Gun Lee
Presentation Title: An Urgent Call for Review and Revision of Social Work Research Doctorate Programs
Time: 3:20pm