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Interactive Workshop

Higher Education/Non-Profit Leadership

Session: Decolonizing work culture in social work academia: Recommendations from literature and our committee experience

Decolonizing Work Culture in Social Work Academia: Recommendations From Literature and Our Committee Experience

Friday, October 25, 2024

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2502A

Earn 1 CE Hour

Main Presenter(s)

Lana Hart Elkins, LMSW (she/her/hers)

Director of Assessment & Compliance
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Rhonda DiNovo, MSW, LISW-CP, ADC (she/her/hers)

MSW Program Director
University of South Carolina College of Social Work
West Columbia, SC, United States

Social work programs benefit from decolonizing their curriculum as one method to advance anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. However, social work programs should also consider ways to decolonize their own work culture in the academy. We will share decolonization recommendations from the literature and our own experiences as a committee.

Learning Objectives:

Describe administrative elements of the academic environment that derive from colonialism.
Identify ways to apply decolonization to the administrative elements of the academic environment.
Recognize elements of their own academic environment that align with colonialism and decolonization.