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Jason A. Ostrander, PhD, MSW, BSW (he/him/his)

Associate Professor and BSW Program Director
Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA, United States

Jason Ostrander, Ph.D., M.S.W., is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Anna Maria College. He has conducted several studies utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and more than 50 presentations on social workers’ political participation, civic engagement, and child welfare. Jason is a frequent presenter at major professional conferences. While a doctoral student, he was also a research assistant for the Performance Improvement Center (PIC) at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and worked with and was funded by the Connecticut State Department of Children and Families (DCF) to assist Community Partner Agencies (CPAs) to enhance the quality of and evaluate their work, and to make recommendations to the CPAs and DCF. Dr. Ostrander brings extensive experience working in the local, state, and federal political spheres. This experience includes serving as a congressional aide to a former U.S. Congressman. He brings extensive experience in research, policy development, child welfare practice, and personal experiences—living in an impoverished single-parent household and being exposed to drug addiction, alcoholism, and inter-partner violence throughout his childhood. He currently serves on the Research Committee and Advisory Board for the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work, the Board of Directors for the Social Work Democracy Project, the Board of Directors of Influencing Social Policy, and the Director of Research for the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy.

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