Rutgers School of Social Work at CSWE’s APM 2026

Title: Applying Historical Resilience to Contemporary Social Work Education and Practice
Presentation Type: Interactive Workshop
Time: 1:45-2:45pm
Location: L503
Presenters: V. DuWayne Battle, PhD, MSW, Assistant Dean, Professor, and Program Director and Bernardo Hiraldo, MSW, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Associate Director of Practicum Learning

Title: Exploring Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence: Finding Balance for People and the Planet (Council on Environmental Justice and Human Rights)
Presentation Type: Connect Session
Time: 1:45-2:45pm
Location: M102
Presenters: Natalie M. Moore-Bembry, EdD, MSW, LCSW, Director of Camden BASW Program & Associate Professor of Teaching and Mariann Bischoff, MS, MSW, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Teaching & Management and Policy Practicum Learning Coordinator

Title: Complicity of Institutions: Perspectives from LGBTQ+ MSW Students Amid Political Hostility
Presentation Type: E-Poster
Time: 2:00-2:30pm
Location: Atrium Ballroom - E-Poster Board 17
Presenter: Samantha Luxmikanthan, MSW, PhD Student

Title: Access, Accountability, and Gatekeeping: A Cross-Institutional Dialogue on Field Education Leadership
Presentation Type: Panel
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Location: Imperial Ballroom Salon B
Presenters: Hina Rehman, MSW, LSW, Senior Program Coordinator and Sherie Augustin, MSW, LCSW, Senior Program Coordinator

Title: Building Resilience Through Networking: A Workshop for Social Work Field Directors
Presentation Type: Interactive Workshop
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Location: International 10
Presenter: Nicole Oceanak, MSW, LSW, Assistant Director of Practicum Learning

Title: Let’s Talk About Resiliency and Humanization from a Liberatory Consciousness Lens Engaging Black Communities
Presentation Type: Paper
Time: 4:15-4:45pm
Location: A704
Presenter: Tawanda L. Hubbard, PhD, DSW, MSW, LCSW, Associate Professor of Professional Practice

Title: Black Administrators, Researchers, & Scholars (BARS) at CSWE
Presentation Type: Partnership Session
Time: 4:15-5:15pm
Location: International C
Presenter: Durrell Washington, PhD, Assistant Professor

Title: Interprofessional Education: How Social Work Students Learn with and from Other Disciplines
Presentation Type: E-Poster
Time: 5:00-5:30pm
Location: Atrium Ballroom E Poster Board 5
Presenter: Mary Beth Ali, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Teaching Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives

Title: Accepting and Leveraging Eco-Emotions Through Ungrading: Teaching Environmental Justice and Social Work
Presentation Type: Interactive Workshop
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Location: A702
Presenters: Christine Morales, EdD., MSW, LCSW, Associate Professor of Teaching and Assistant Dean of Lecturer Development and Mariann Bischoff, MS, MSW, LCSW, Assistant Professor of Teaching & Management and Policy Practicum Learning Coordinator

Title: The Politics, Truth, and Evidence in Shifting Geopolitical Landscapes: Teaching and Assessing Research Competency
Presentation Type: Connect Session
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: M103
Presenter: Natalie M. Moore-Bembry, EdD, MSW, LCSW, Director of Camden BASW Program and Associate Professor of Teaching

Title: Dare to Prepare: Multifaceted Approaches to Training Social Work Practicum Educators
Presentation Type: Panel
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: M303
Presenters: Hina Rehman, MSW, LSW, Senior Program Coordinator, Sherie Augustin, MSW, LCSW, Senior Program Coordinator, Kathleen Mannino-Dolphin, MSW, LSW, Senior Program Coordinator, and Christine Morales, EdD., MSW, LCSW, Associate Professor of Teaching and Assistant Dean of Lecturer Development

Title: Ethical Social Work Practice in the Face of Anti-Trans Violence
Presentation Type: Interactive Workshop
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: International 10
Presenter: Samantha Luxmikanthan, MSW, PhD Student

Title: Lifting the Veil: Navigating Higher Education Pathways After the DSW Social Work Practice
Presentation Type: Panel
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: A705
Presenter: Elsa Candelario, DSW, MSSW, LCSW, Professor of Professional Practice, MSW Program Director and Director, Latina/o/x Initiatives for Service

Title: Meeting the Moment: Generational Communication and Change in Social Work Graduate Recruitment
Presentation Type: Partnership Session
Time: 1:45-2:45pm
Location: International 8
Presenter: Laura A. DiMarcantonio, PhD, M.Ed., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Recruitment

Title: Reframing Resilience: Navigating Tensions Between Overaccommodation and Student Autonomy
Presentation Type: Panel
Time: 1:45-2:45pm
Location: Imperial Ballroom Salon A
Presenters: Christine Chapais, DSW, LSW, Director of Online MSW Programs & Assistant Professor of Teaching, Hina Rehman, MSW, LSW, Senior Program Coordinator, and V. DuWayne Battle, PhD, MSW, Assistant Dean, Professor, and Program Director

Title: Pedagogical Resilience Training for Ethnocentrism and Nativism
Presentation Type: Interactive Workshop
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: M104
Presenters: Karun K. Singh, PhD, Professor of Teaching and Elsa Candelario, DSW, MSSW, LCSW, Professor of Professional Practice, MSW Program Director and Director, Latina/o/x Initiatives for Service