Portland State University School of Social Work

Portland State University School of Social Work The School of Social Work at Portland State University is ranked among the top 25% of all social work programs in the nation by US News & World Report!

The School of Social Work at Portland State University is Oregon’s #1 social work program, as the oldest, largest and only public social work higher education program in the state. Founded by the Oregon Legislature in 1961 to serve the entire state’s social work education needs, the program serves over 1,000 students each year in Portland, Ashland, Bend, Eugene and Salem, and now online. Its natio

nally recognized research and workforce development centers are helping to define the future of social work and human services practice and generate $10 million in research funding for Portland State each year. Using social media is a way for us to share information, communicate, and to provide a space where we can hear from you! We encourage your participation and feedback, upholding expectations that we are respectful of each other and considerate of differences of opinion and experience. The School of Social Work at Portland State reserves the right to screen and remove any content that is inappropriate or harasses, abuses, threatens, or in any other way violates the rights of others. Additionally, we will moderate any commercial content whose primary purpose is to sell a product or a service. We are not responsible for the content posted by others, and we will uphold the Terms of Service standards administered by Facebook.

Assistant Professor Antonia Alvarez, PhD, MSW, published a poem in the Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping p...
10/17/2023

Assistant Professor Antonia Alvarez, PhD, MSW, published a poem in the Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping publication.

"This is a poem that emerged in the wake of another incident of anti-Asian violence and my own rage and exhaustion as a q***r, Filipina-American social work educator and scholar-mama, teaching throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the endemic of anti-Blackness in the United States. "

To read the full poem, follow the link below:
https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1970/1737

Assistant Professor Lakindra Mitchell Dove, MSW, PhD, was recently published in the Reflections: Narratives of Professio...
10/16/2023

Assistant Professor Lakindra Mitchell Dove, MSW, PhD, was recently published in the Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping publication.

Her article was titled "Resistance to the Academy: A Call to be a Disrupter." This personal narrative provides an account of Lakindra's path to academia as a Black woman.

Stay tuned for more articles published by our staff in the Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping publication.

To read the full article, follow the link below:
https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1980/1743

Taylor Geyton, PhD, LCSW, will present on October 25, from 6 – 8pm EST (3 – 5pm PDT), as part of Temple University's "Bl...
10/12/2023

Taylor Geyton, PhD, LCSW, will present on October 25, from 6 – 8pm EST (3 – 5pm PDT), as part of Temple University's "Black Activism in Healthcare and Social Services" event. The importance and history of Black activism within the social services and healthcare systems will be discussed.

To sign up, follow the link below:
https://chpswtemple.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fUCiKipkN5gEuy

Join us next Monday for the upcoming information session to gain further insight into Portland State's Master of Social ...
10/12/2023

Join us next Monday for the upcoming information session to gain further insight into Portland State's Master of Social Work program.

For more information, follow the link below:
https://www.pdx.edu/social-work/info-sessions

Adjunct Professor LaFreda Ceasar, MSW, was recently featured on the Boosting Our Voices podcast. The episode was titled ...
10/11/2023

Adjunct Professor LaFreda Ceasar, MSW, was recently featured on the Boosting Our Voices podcast. The episode was titled "Second Chances and the Right to Dream".

The episode discusses "how to challenge the systems that we exist within and the inequities that are in our day-to-day lives." Ceasar discusses her personal experiences with a social work background and her recent work with New Narrative.

To listen to the full podcast, follow the link below:
https://www.boostoregon.org/boosting-our-voices/season1recap-ktx5f-68sp4-3e7x2-yn65y-6b3pl-rgl2b-5adyn-stjfa-ybf6k-da7wc-mj67s-7z6bn-fgsjm-j9yrf-ht7bm

Earn 4 Credits for 300-Level UNST while studying abroad!Our study abroad program and course will be basedin Italy’s capi...
10/11/2023

Earn 4 Credits for 300-Level UNST while studying abroad!

Our study abroad program and course will be based
in Italy’s capital, Rome, with a visit to Palermo, the largest
city on the island of Sicily. We will explore national, regional,
and international efforts to address human migration
associated with environmental factors and climate change.

Throughout our two weeks in Italy, we will listen to firsthand
accounts from impacted communities, such as hosts, migrants,
refugees, and organizations that are supporting their needs.

Our course will involve experiential and community-based
learning. We will work directly with community organizations
in Rome and Palermo that are responding to the global
migration fueled by climate change.

Deadline to Apply: January 15th, 2024
http://tiny.cc/4xuzuz

Alma Trinidad, PhD, MSW, Antonia Alvarez, PhD, LMSW, gita mehrotra, MSW, PhD, Roberta Suzette Hunte, Ph.D. MS, Lakindra ...
10/10/2023

Alma Trinidad, PhD, MSW, Antonia Alvarez, PhD, LMSW, gita mehrotra, MSW, PhD, Roberta Suzette Hunte, Ph.D. MS, Lakindra Mitchell Dove, PhD, MSW, and Jessica Rodriguez-Jenkins, PhD, MSW were all recently published in a publication called, "Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping".

Within this publication, all faculty co-authored the article "Love Letters for Liberatory Futures".

"This collection of letters serves to explore the narratives of a collective of women of color in academia by examining individual, collective, spiritual, and institutional strategies for surviving and transforming our institutional spaces and the ways that White Supremacy has shaped our journeys. Multiple perspectives are viewed, and we have written to our children, our future social work students, our future selves, our BIPOC faculty siblings, and our feared enemies to envision and embody more liberatory futures."

Stay tuned for more articles that have been published by our faculty in "Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping"!

Link to full article: https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1977/1738

Welcoming the new hires to the School of Social Work! We are excited to have you!
10/10/2023

Welcoming the new hires to the School of Social Work! We are excited to have you!

Assistant Professor Antonia R.G. Alvarez, PhD, LMSW was recently published in, "I See Myself Strong: A Description of an...
10/06/2023

Assistant Professor Antonia R.G. Alvarez, PhD, LMSW was recently published in, "I See Myself Strong: A Description of an Expressive Poetic Method to Amplify Two-Spirit, Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Q***r Indigenous Youth Experiences in a Culture-Centered HIV Prevention Curriculum".

"In this article, the authors describe and illustrate an adapted expressive poetics research method through highlighting the experiences of Two Spirit, le***an, gay, transgender, or q***r (2SLGBTQ) Indigenous youth that participated in a culture-centered HIV prevention curriculum."

To read the full article, follow the link below:
https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/7/3/55

[Image Description: A photo of Antonia Alverez]

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