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Lacey M. Sloan, BSW, MSSW, PhD (she/her/hers)

Full Professor / MSW Program Director
Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL, United States

Dr. Lacey Sloan is a Professor and Director of the developing Master of Social Work program at Auburn University at Montgomery. She received her BSW from the University of Mississippi and her MSSW and Ph.D. in social work from The University of Texas at Austin. Her three intertwining areas of scholarship are environmental justice; sexual rights and gender-based violence; and, social work education and practice in Islamic contexts. Her most recent research on environmental justice was a study documenting indigenous practices for environmental sustainability that have maintained the unique biodiversity in Socotra, Yemen. Dr. Sloan served on the steering committee for development of the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) specialized practice curriculum in Environmental Justice. She served on CSWE’s environmental justice committee from 2019 to present. She also serves on CSWE’s Commission on Education Policy (COEP). Since 2001, using local and indigenous knowledge and decolonizing practices, she facilitated the development and/or accreditation of 25 new social work programs in the US, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Somaliland, and South Sudan, including seven one-year certificates in social work, seven two-year diplomas in social work, eight Bachelor of Social Work programs, and three Master of Social Work programs. Dr. Sloan has served as a consultant for UNICEF in Somalia and South Sudan supporting curriculum development and training to support the rapid deployment of the child protection workforce.

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