Professor Fred Newdom will not be teaching this summer. He is addressing a medical issue. He will not be serving as Chair of Policy -- Professor Yoosun Park is serving as Chair of Policy for the full summer. Fred may be visiting campus from time to time when possible.
If you have any questions, please contact sswdean@smith.edu.
We recognize that graduate study can be stressful. We also know that the summer pace challenges students to achieve at a high level in a compressed amount of time. Self-care is an essential component of learning at Smith and because self-care means different things to different people, we provide a range of support from which students can choose to help them during their summer-time learning.
Our support resources include:
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/life_wellness.php
345 Transgender Studies: Theory, Practice and Advocacy
Davey Shlasko (HBSE Elective Advanced Social Theory)
This course situates contemporary trans identities, experiences, communities and movements in their historical and social contexts and explores implications for social work practice.
346 Social Work in Health Care: A Holistic Approach
Arden O'Donnell (General Practice Elective)
This course is designed to introduce students to social work practice in healthcare settings from a biopsychosocial perspective.
374 Social Work Challenges to Clinical Social Work and What to do about Them
Cheryl Jacques (General Policy Elective)
The purpose of this course is to understand and recognize the impact of social welfare policies on clinical social work practice.
378 History of Black Lives Matter: Intersectional Anti-Racism and Violence Studies
Leigh-Anne Francis (General Policy Elective)
In this course, students use intersectionality theories to critically analyze scholarly and activist writings that expose and interrogate the spectrum of legal and extralegal individual, collective and institutional anti-black violence in the United States from slavery to the present.
396 Queering Practice: Clinical Considerations for Engaging Queer Identities and Queer Spaces
Jaycelle Basford-Pequet (General Practice Elective)
This course is designed to engage students through a person-in-environment perspective for practice with queer communities.
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_msw_newelectives.php
The Smith College School for Social Work and the Office of Disability Services (ODS) invites all SSW students to meet with Jeannette Landrie, Learning Specialist. For a daytime appointment please call (413) 585-2071. Evening appointments will meet in the King Lounge on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings between 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.. On Thursdays, Jeannette is available from 4:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m., followed by an ADHD/LD motivational group meeting from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Students can schedule an appointment with Jeannette at www.tinyurl.com/jbvg99q.
More about Jeannette:
For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/jbvq99q
We would like to introduce you to this summer's Visiting International Scholar, Andrew Hoang from Hong Kong University. Andrew will be on campus during term 2.
Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Hoang, and I am entering my second year of doctoral studies in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong. I will be coming to Smith as a visiting scholar during the second summer term, and am looking forward to meeting the Smith community during my stay!
I completed a Master of Social Work in integrated practice with individuals, families and groups at Wilfrid Laurier University. I completed local and international practicums as a school social worker in Waterloo, Canada and as a personal development school counselor, in Shenzhen, China.
I am grateful that my identity (particularly as a queer Asian-Canadian) continues to crystallize throughout my social work journey, as I encounter social work in its various forms. I think that the ways I have reflected upon questions of identity, belonging and dislocation in my life have cultivated a desire within me to explore what could happen when I refract social work research in a way that flows more from my center.
My dissertation is a comparative ethnographic project that explores school social work as an institution and practice in Hong Kong and Toronto. I am interested in the various ways that school social workers dis/engage with ethno-racialization, gender and sexuality issues, and how these issues become socially constructed cross-nationally. Theoretically, I am interested in how issues of diversity, equity and social justice appear phenomenologically, and the possibilities for/barriers to politicizing a domain of social work that is predominantly seen as clinical practice.
Drop-in support groups are being offered on Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at the Schacht Center. The group is open to all SSW students. There is no need to register.
In 2014, the faculty voted to reorganize how electives were counted toward graduation requirements; this change impacts students differently depending upon when they began their M.S.W.
For those who began their M.S.W. in 2014: The 3-2-2 requirement was amended to 2-2-2 in recognition that the change was made after students had registered for their second summer electives.
For those who began their M.S.W. in 2015: students are required to take 2 electives in each of the Practice and Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) sequences, and 3 electives in the Policy sequence.
Additionally, one of the Practice electives must be designated as Multi-person Modality; one of the HBSE electives must be designated as Advanced Social Theory and one of the Policy electives must be designated as Field of Practice; these are referred to as "Content Specific" electives.
For those who are beginning their M.S.W. in 2016: the elective structure is slightly different for this class reflecting the recent changes made in the Research sequence. For those who began in 2016 or after, in addition to the requirements listed for those who began in 2015 (see above), students will also need to take an additional required Research course in year 2, term 1 and one Research elective in year 3, term 2 (3-2-2-1).
Questions about how to find these course designations can be directed to the Office of Academic Support at sswoas@smith.edu.
Chairs |
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Sequence | Chair | |
Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) Sequence |
Dennis Miehls | |
Field | Carolyn du Bois | |
PhD Program | Kathryn Basham Joanne Corbin |
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Practice Sequence | AnneMarie Gockel | |
Policy Sequence | Fred Newdom | |
Research Sequence | Marsha Pruett |
Course Coordinators |
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TERM | Course # | TITLE | COURSE COORDINATOR |
1/2 | 0101/0102 | Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families | AnneMarie Gockel |
1 | 0130 | Theories of Individual Development | David Byers |
2 | 0131 | Problems in Biopsychosocial Functioning | David Byers |
1 | 0190 | Group Theory and Practice | Kirk Woodring |
1/2 | 0301/302 | Clinical Social Work Practice | Phebe Sessions |
2 | 0330 | Child Development from Infancy to Adolescence | Karen Zilberstein |
1 | 0331 | Comparative Psychodynamic Theories for Clinical Social Work Practice | Kris Evans |
1 | 0334 | Racism in the United States: Implications for Social Work Practice | Mary Gannon |
We are pleased to introduce our new (and newly returning) adjunct faculty for 2016!
Follow the links to learn more about individual faculty or follow the link at the bottom to view the whole list with details.
Ziblim Abukari, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Jaycelle Basford-Pequet, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Ana Selma Berrios, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Kalima DeSuze,L.M.S.W., M.P.A.
Brooke Evans, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., CSAC
Leigh-Anne Francis, B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Edith Fraser, B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.
Eunjung Lee, B.A., M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.
Olivia Mora, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., A.B.D.
Tamarah Moss, Ph.D., MPH, M.S.W.
Marco Posadas, M.S.W., R.S.W., doctoral candidate
Deepa Ranganathan, M.S.W.
Sarah Rigney, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Davey Shlasko, M.Ed.
Amity E. Quinn, A.B.,Ph.D.
Laura Quiros, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
Anne Valentine, M.A., M.P.H., doctoral candidate
Xiying Wang, Ph.D.
Raven Weaver, B.A, doctoral candidate
For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/ssw/faculty_msw_adjuncts_new.php
In keeping with College recommendations to enhance the comfort of all students, faculty and staff, we are becoming a fragrance free environment.
There are an increasing numbers of people who have sensitivity to fragrances and scented products that can lead to serious health effects. Please make every effort to adhere to the following: