The Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education (CORSW) is a council of the Commission on Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. It is responsible for providing awareness about the status and role of individuals who identify as women in social work education. The council also works for the full participation of individuals who identify as women, uplifting the work of individuals who identify as women in social work education, facilitating mentorships for peers, junior faculty, and students through their education journey and into leadership positions in social work education.
Activities include an Annual Feminist Networking Breakfast and Mentor Recognition Fund and the Feminist Scholar Award, Feminist Manuscript Award, Community Impact Award, and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Manuscript Award.
CORSW is charged with the following functions:
- To uplift the voices and work of people who identify as women from all racial/ethnic backgrounds and diverse identities in social work education.
- To further develop the availability of social work education curriculum materials and faculty development opportunities related explicitly to feminism and womanism through an intersectional lens.
- To recommend policy statements, procedures, and activities that advance inclusion and social justice using an anti-oppressive framework within social work education of people who identify as women.
- To engage and facilitate the development of mentorship relationships between students and junior faculty who identify as women through their careers and educational journeys and help lift them to positions of leadership within social work education.
- To identify and advocate for change of any policies, procedures, or activities that impede full and affirming participation within CSWE and social work education by people who identify as women.
- To further develop the availability of social work education curriculum materials and faculty development opportunities related explicitly to feminism and womanism.
Statement on Social Justice
The members of CORSW worked to create a statement in support of Black faculty, staff, and students in social work education. It is the Council's first step in an ongoing effort to lift up the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color voices and scholarship in the profession. Visit the Social Justice Community on CSWE Spark to read the statement.
Leadership & Members
Krystal P. Finch, DSW, LCSW
Department Chair and Assistant Professor at Southern Connecticut State University
Chair
Amy Traylor, PhD, MSW
Washington D.C. Program Coordinator, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama
Annette Anderson-Engler, PhD, MSW, MS-CAR
Adjunct Doctoral Faculty, Dissertation Chair & Qualitative Research Methodologist at Saybrook University
Candace Riddley, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Interim BSW Program Chair, Assistant Professor at Jackson State University
Catherine Poehling, DSW, MSW, MS, LCSW-BACS, LCSW-S, SEP
Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi
Chelsea Toth, DSW, MSW, LSW
MSW Program Director & Associate Professor at Cedar Crest College
Cyleste Collins, PhD, MA, LSW
Professor at Cleveland State University
Dana Burdnell Wilson, PhD, LCSW
Chair, Associate Professor, MSW Department, School of Social Work at Morgan State University
D’Netra Young-Lawal, LCSW
Lecturer of Social Work at Fort Valley State University
Frances Furio, PsyD, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Division of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento
Hsiu-Fen Lin, PhD, MSW, MA
Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida
Jacoba Rock, PhD, LCSW
Clinical Associate Professor at Boise State University, Simmons University
Jamie Peralta, EdD, MSW
Visiting Assistant Professor and BSW Program Coordinator at Colorado State University, Pueblo
Melissa Littlefield, PhD
Professor, MSW Department, School of Social Work at Morgan State University
Michelle Desir, LCSW
Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management and Recruitment, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
Monique Bostic, DSW, LCSW
Adjunct Professor School of Social Work at Syracuse University
Renessa Banks, LISW-S
Adjunct Professor College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky
Sekai Turner, PhD, MSW
Honors Program Director, Associate Professor of Social Work at Keuka College
Tatyana Kitchen, MSW, DSW, LMSW
Instructor, Master of Social Work Program at Grand Canyon University
Tina Jiwatram-Negron, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work at Arizona State University