Hokenstad International Lecture

2025 Hokenstad International Lecture

The Hokenstad International Lecture series was launched in 2007 through an endowment from M. C. “Terry” Hokenstad, a former president and long-time member of CSWE. The 2025 Hokenstad International Lecture will be given during the 2025 CSWE Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, October 23–26, 2025. The lecturer will be provided international airfare (economy class), 2 nights of hotel accommodation, a conference registration, and an honorarium of $1,000 (US).

 

Nomination Criteria

The CSWE Commission on Global Social Work Education reviews all submissions. It selects each year’s lecturer based on the nominee’s body of scholarly work and practice that enhances and complements the work of the Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work and the work of CSWE’s Commission on Global Social Work Education, using the following criteria:

• The nominee’s accomplishments promote standards of excellence for global work that are consistent with the values of social work education, research, and practice set forth by CSWE and IASSW.
• The nominee has developed innovative global content in social work education or a related field and has published educational materials for globalizing the curriculum.
• The nominee has demonstrated success with the implementation of programs and initiatives that facilitated collaboration in the global social work community.
• The nominee has advanced theory and practice for global social work education.
• The nominee demonstrates a connection to the conference theme—"It's Time to Act: Championing Disability Justice and Disability Joy in Social Work."

 

Nomination Process

All nomination submissions must include the following:

1. Nominator and nominee information
2. The proposed, topic for the lecture (limit to 12 words)
3. A letter indicating how the nominee meets selection criteria, specifically, how the nominee's global accomplishments are consistent with the values of social work education, research, and practice (maximum of 2 pages)
4. Nominee's current curriculum vitae
5. A YouTube/video link to an example of the nominee speaking publicly

Nominations must be submitted through Submittable by March 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM (ET). Please note that the application will require you to complete all form fields and upload a letter and your nominee's CV. E-mailed or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

 

Applications

 

 

Previous Lecturers

Year	Country	Speaker
2024	India	Dr. Bipin Jojo
2023	Mexico	María Elena Ramos Tovar
2022	India	Avatthi Ramaiah
2021	The Republic of Congo	Abye Tasse
2020	Canada	Cindy Blackstock
2019	Italy	Annamaria Campanini (PowerPoint Slides)
2018	Trinidad & Tobago	Innette Cambridge
2017	Australia	Manohar Pawar
2016	Slovenia	Darja Zaviršek
2015	South Africa	Vishanthie Sewpaul
2014	Israel	Asher Ben-Arieh
2013	South Africa	Stefanus Snyman
2012	Singapore	Tan Ngoh Tiong
2011	Sweden	Sven Hessle
2010	Jamaica	Peta-Anne Baker
2009	South Africa	Fikile N. M. Mazibuko
2008	India	Vimla Nadkarni
2007	Australia	Jim Ife