Council on Global Social Issues Connect Session: Indigenization and Decolonization of Knowledge Sources in International Social Work Education

Saturday, October 26, 2024

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 3501D

Main Presenter(s)

Mashura Akilova, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers)

Senior Lecturer
Columbia University, NY, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

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Yiwei Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE, United States
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Bonita B. Sharma, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio, College for Health, Community, and Policy
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Caleb Kim, PhD

Associate Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
Laura A. Lewis, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Dean Global Partnerships, Clinical Associate Professor
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY, United States

Contributor(s)

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Abha Rai, PhD, MSW

Associate Director, Center for Immigrant and Refugee Accompaniment
Loyola University Chicago, United States

This session will discuss the need to indigenize and decolonize international social work education, addressing the limitations of Western-centric curricula in preparing social workers. Tools for educators in curating knowledge from indigenous sources on diverse topics like environmental justice, displacement, conflict negotiation, and trauma-informed practices will be shared.