Foreword to the School of Social Work
Accreditation
Board of Visitors
Degree and Certificate Programs
Directory of the School of Social Work
Faculty and Administration
Social Work
The School of Social Work is an integral part of Wayne State University, an urban university in a culturally diverse, industrialized, metropolitan area. The School is committed in its teaching, research, and service activities to address the problems of people living in this environment. Through applied research, work in the classroom and placements in human service organizations that are the sites for field education, students learn how to provide effective social services and to influence social policies.
The specific mission of the School lies in teaching the knowledge, values, and skills of the social work profession. Graduates of the School should understand the needs of vulnerable populations and those for whom the quality of life is threatened. Through research on practice, faculty and doctoral students contribute to the knowledge base of the social work profession. Both faculty and students serve the community by participating in professional societies, civic and community groups, and human service organizations.
The school prepares professionals to alleviate the condition of those affected by poverty, racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, unemployment, and those with emotional disturbances, or physical or developmental impairments, or both. Students learn methods of intervention with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. Doctoral students learn the advanced research competencies required to engage in applied research for social work practice and social welfare policy. Consistent with its emphasis on serving people in the Detroit metropolitan area, the School shares with the university a commitment to recruiting students of minority ethnic backgrounds.
The School of Social Work offers opportunity for study at the undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare students for practice in the profession of social work. Its principal programs lead to the Bachelor of Social Work degree and the Master of Social Work degree.
The Bachelor of Social Work degree program prepares students for entry-level generalist practice. Course work in this program includes University-wide General Education Requirements as well as the core knowledge, values and skills - the professional foundation - for social work practice.
An individual course is also available at the freshman and sophomore levels and post-degree courses are available to those who have been awarded the bachelor's and master's degrees. The Master of Social Work degree program includes concentrations in interpersonal practice and community practice and social action. The School conducts special institutes and workshops for persons working in the fields of social work and social welfare.
Informational Meetings
The school holds informational meetings every two weeks to introduce its undergraduate and graduate programs. Informational meetings for the Ph.D. Program are held monthly during the fall semester of each academic year. Potential applicants are encouraged to attend one of these meetings prior to applying. Meeting schedules for the B.S.W. and M.S.W. programs may be obtained by calling the School's Office of Admissions and Student Services (313-577-4409). Meeting schedules for the Ph.D. Program may be obtained by calling the Ph.D. Program Office (313-577-4419). Meeting schedules for all programs are also posted on our website: http://www.socialwork.wayne.edu/
Accreditation
The undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Social Work degree and the graduate program leading to the Master of Social work degree are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the authorized accrediting body for social work education. There is no accreditation process for doctoral programs in social work, however, the School is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work, the professional body that provides guidelines for and oversight to doctoral degree programs in social work.
Board of Visitors
The School of Social Work's Board of Visitors works with the faculty and staff to advance the goals of the School focusing on fund development, external relations, and alumni development, and helping to effect a close working relationship between the School and local and national leadership in the private and public sectors. The board consists of influential community leaders with varying backgrounds and ethnicity, many of whom are alumni or have other substantial connection to the goals and programs of the school. Members of the Board of Visitors are:
Kimberly Adams
N. Charles Anderson
C. Patrick Babcock
Richard J. Brehler
Michael Brennen
Juanita Doss
Michael Earl
Annette S. Freedman
George D. Gaines, Jr.
Allan Gelfond
Louise Guyton
Nora Holt
Paul L. Hubbard
Angela G. Kennedy
Virginia B. King
Winston Lang
Guadalupe G. Lara
Mohamed Okdie
Lonnie Peek, Jr.
Susan H. Rogers
Al Seoud
Lenora Stanfield
Lillie Tabor
John H. Talick
Alice G. Thompson
Eloise C. Whitten
Angela B. Wilson
Degree and Certificate Programs
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Social Work
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS in Social Work Practice With Families and Couples Disabilities
Directory of the School of Social Work
DEAN:
201 Thompson Home; 313-577-4400; Fax: 313-577-6555
ASSOCIATE DEAN:
335 Thompson Home; 313-577-4401; Fax: 313-577-8770
GENERAL INFORMATION:
105 Thompson Home; 313-577-4409
ADMISSIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES:
105 Thompson Home; 313-577-4409; Fax: 313-577-4266
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
236 Thompson Home; 313-577-4433
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
237 Thompson Home; 313-577-4408
SOCIAL WORK Ph.D. PROGRAM DIRECTOR
302 Thompson Home; Telephone: 577-8806
DIRECTOR OF FIELD EDUCATION:
144 Thompson Home; 313-577-4479
RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS:
105 Thompson Home; 313-577-4409
STUDENT ORGANIZATION:
32 Thompson Home; 313-577-1639
GREATER DETROIT ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK SOCIAL WORKERS-WSU
32 Thompson Home; 313-577-1639
STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF LATINO/A SOCIAL WORKERS:
32 Thompson Home; 313-577-1639
Website: http://www.socialwork.wayne.edu/
Mailing address for all offices: School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Faculty and Administration
Dean: Phyllis I. Vroom
Interim Associate Dean: Beverly M. Black
Interim Director of Research: Eileen Trzcinski
B.S.W. Program Coordinator: Cassandra Bowers
M.S.W. Program Coordinator: Margaret Brunhofer
Ph.D. Program Director: Anna M. Santiago
Assistants to the Dean: Loren Hoffman
Assistant to the Associate Dean: Marilynn Knall
Director of Admissions and Student Services: Janet M. Joiner
M.S.W. Academic Adviser: Julie Alter-Kay
Academic Services Officer: Takisha LaShore
Administrative Officer: Curtis Brahm
Assistant to Administrative Officer: Juanitta D. Hill
Professors
Jerrold Brandell, Anna M. Santiago, Eileen Trzcinski
Associate Professors
Beverly Black, Anthony King (Clinical), Durrenda Onolemhemhen, Melvyn C. Raider, Phyllis I. Vroom, Arlene Weisz
Assistant Professors
Terrence T. Allen, Cassandra Bowers (Clinical), Margaret O. Brunhofer (Clinical), Antonio Gonzalez-Prendes, Loren J. Hoffman (Clinical), Faith Hopp, Royce Hutson, Debra Jozefowicz-Simbeni, Poco Kernsmith, Fayetta Martin, Bart Miles, Joanne Sobeck, Shirley Thomas
Lecturer
Lois Garriott
Emeriti Professors
Creigs Beverly, Leon W. Chestang, Betty Rusnack, Betty Welsh
Emeriti Associate Professors
Ralph Abramowitz, Theodore Goldberg, Carl Hartman, Alice E. Lamont, Sandy G. Reid, Mavis M. Spencer