The Commission on Global Social Work Education works with other international organizations to promote international programs and projects and to develop the international dimension of social work curricula.
This commission has two councils and two committees:
Council on Global Social Issues
Council on Global Learning and Practice
Committee on Environmental Justice
Committee on Human Rights
Commission's Charge
The commission's charge, as per the CSWE bylaws, includes the following:
- Further the international/global agenda of CSWE
- Assist in the growth and development of the Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education (KAKI)
- Provide leadership to the organization in global social work education and research
- Collaborate with complementary international organizations
- Encourage the development and inclusion of an international dimension in social work curricula
Updates
2018–2019 Joint Special Project
The Global Commission and the Council on Global Social Issues received CSWE special project funding to support the development of Transforming Community, an online educational platform for social workers, policy makers, and community-based service providers about the relevance of social work practice in working with refugees. Using a human rights perspective and a relational-cultural lens, the website offers 12 curriculum modules, videos, photographs, and classroom activities focused on current refugee resettlement practices in Germany.
The webpage is linked to a partner site, the Armenia Refugee Project, also developed by the Global Commission.
Visit Transforming Community.
Annual Reports
A review of recent activities can be found in the Commission's Report to the Board of Directors, Feb 2022.
Member
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Mashura Akilova
Co-Chair Council on Global Social Issues
Columbia University
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Ali-Sha Alleman
Chair Council on Global Learning and Practice
Radford University
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Kala Chakradhar
Co-Chair Council on Global Social Issues
Murray State University
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Monique Constance-Huggins
Commissioner
Winthrop University
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Smita Ekka Dewan
Commissioner
New York College of Technology
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Lalit Khandare
Commissioner
Pacific University
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Angela Kim
Assistant Professor
Marywood University
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Esther Langston
Commissioner
University of Nevada Las Vegas
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Jennifer Lilly
Commissioner
Fordham University
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Sarah Moore
Commissioner
University of North Texas
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Ande Nesmith
Associate Professor
University of Saint Thomas
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Vijayan Pillai
Commissioner
University of Texas at Arlington
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Amy Restorick Roberts
Commissioner
Miami University
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Renie Rondon-Jackson
Commissioner
California State University Monterey Bay
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Felicia Tuggle
Commissioner
Auburn University
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Leticia Vilarreal Sosa
Professor
Dominican University