This past spring, clinical professors Robin Smith and Sarah Sloan shared U.S. perspectives on teaching social work practice with colleagues at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile, through Skype sessions. In the summer, they made a week-long trip to Santiago where they met daily with their Chilean colleagues to… read more
Issues
Norton Armour: A teaching life
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in his fifteenth year as an adjunct instructor, Norton Armour taught in his Loss and Grief course for the last time. With his beloved Marilyn by his side, he lay at home in a hospice bed, his head propped up by pillows. His voice was… read more
Fall 2017 Class Notes
CURRENT POSITION: Lecturer in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, and I’ve started Daring Dialogues Consulting, which provides trainings on LGBTQ, cultural humility and responsiveness, and social justice frameworks. THREE THINGS YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Students, because they keep me vital and current. Community, broadly defined. And nature. If I can’t get… read more