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James A. Forte, MSW, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor
Salisbury University School of Social Work
Salisbury, MD, United States

Jim Forte earned his MSW at Virginia Commonwealth University, and provided social work services for more than 15 years. As a social worker, Jim Forte worked with African American elderly persons and their families in a community center, served as a group worker and executive director in a clubhouse for persons with mental health and housing problems, created and led a group services program for nonviolent offenders, facilitated multi-family group work for families with adolescents charged with minor offenses, and counseled urban youth with learning challenges in a special school. For 10 years Jim served as a supervisor for counselors and group workers.
Professor Forte has been a full time social work educator since 1990 and a teacher at Salisbury University since 2003. He was recipient of the Outstanding Virginia Social Work Educator Award, Virginia Social Work Education Consortium in 1994. He received the President's Award for Outstanding Teaching at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia in 1996, the National Association of Social Work, Maryland Chapter (NASW-MD), Social Work Educator of the Year Award in 2010, and the Salisbury University Distinguished Faculty Award in 2014.
His book, HBSE: Models, Metaphors, and Maps for Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Practice, introduced a set of theory translation tools and translated ten theories for use by social workers. Professor Forte has recently published two books. An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice and Skills for Using Theory in Practice. Forte is working on a new book, Hazardous Intersections, Perilous Paths.

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