Clinical Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Dr. Travis J. Albritton is a clinical professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. His research interests include diversity in higher education, anti-racist pedagogy, and the applications of critical race theory for social work practice. Dr. Albritton has presented nationally on various topics, including the importance of critical conversations in the classroom, anti-racist pedagogy in social work education, and supporting Black males in K-12 education. He served on the Council on Social Work Education’s Task Force for Anti-Racism, which was created to offer recommendations to CSWE on Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards.
Dr. Albritton is a co-investigator for the National Initiative for Trauma Education and Workforce Development (NITEWD), a five-year, $3 million demonstration project funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The initiative focuses on building capacity among mental health clinicians to serve traumatized youth and families.
Dr. Albritton is a 2022–2023 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Academic Diversity Officers Fellow. He was also selected for the first cohort of the Provost's Distinguished Faculty Leaders Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, his MSW from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School, and his Bachelor’s degree from Elizabeth City State University.
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Pre-Conference Leadership Development Institute: Front Lines Leadership: A Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 24, 2024
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CT
Toward Decolonization, Anti-Racism and Resistance: Practices of Reckoning and Liberation
Saturday, October 26, 2024
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT