The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is pleased to announce the grantees for the eighth cycle of the Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education grant program. Grantees were selected based on their innovative projects that demonstrated sustainability, transferability, and potential to advance the field of international social work education.
This year's grantees and projects are as follows:
Culturally Responsive, Queer Affirmative Practice in a Global Context
Project Lead: Trevor Gates-Crandall, PhD
Colorado State University Pueblo
"Culturally Responsive, Queer Affirmative Practice in a Global Context" aims to develop nine reusable case studies for culturally responsive queer affirmative practice in social work education. The cases will be created with a focus on the US and Asia and Pacific contexts. The project recognizes the importance of understanding the cultural context of individuals and equips social work educators to provide inclusive and empowering support to queer people in a global, cross-cultural context.
Using Community Assessments to Assess Food Insecurity in Global Settings Through Simulation Education
Project Lead: Erica Campbell, PhD
Fayetteville State University
“Using Community Assessments to Assess Food Insecurity in Global Settings Through Simulation Education” will use an integrative mixed-method, simulation-based education to design to prepare social work students to assess food insecurity using community assessment models. The project aims to use virtual simulation-based learning to better prepare social work students with the skills and knowledge to assess global communities experiencing food insecurity.
International Perspectives on Social Work Practice in Disaster Risk and Recovery
Project Lead: Lauri Goldkind, PhD
Fordham University
“International Perspectives on Disaster Social Work” brings together investigators from around the globe to develop Social Work practice in Disaster Reduction and Recovery (DRR) curricular materials. The project’s aim is helping students to understand how culturally relevant, anti-oppressive and indigenous social work practices are critical to DRR work and to train them to support communities and to cultivate, retain and regain stability through the DRR cycle.
Development of a Service User Curriculum Guide
Project Lead: Katherine Dill, PhD
Marist College
The project proposes the development of a specialized curricular Guide for Service User Involvement in Social Work Education. The objective of the project is to create a comprehensive and practical guide to enable social work educators to involve service users meaningfully in the teaching and learning process. The project aims to advance international social work education for U.S. students by bringing a global context into the U.S. classroom.
Internationalizing the Classroom: Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework for Addressing Global Issues
Project Lead: Asli Yalim, PhD
University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
“Internationalizing the Classroom: Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework for Addressing Global Issues” is a project that seeks to bring awareness to students regarding the needs of people on pressing social justice and health issues and interventions to address those needs, all from a global context. Specifically, this project addresses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN Goals) of eradicating poverty, promoting gender equality and wellbeing, and enhancing world peace.