Assistant Dean and Teaching Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
DuWayne Battle is an Assistant Dean and Teaching Professor, Director of the New Brunswick Baccalaureate Social Work program, and Campus Coordinator of the Baccalaureate Child Welfare Education Program. Dr. Battle is the past President of the National Association of Social Workers – NJ Chapter and the Association of Baccalaureate Program Social Work Directors. He served as a guest editor and reviewer for the Journal of Teaching in Social Work and reviewer for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. Dr. Battle is the course coordinator for the “Diversity and Oppression” and “Introduction to Social Work and Social Justice” courses. He developed three fully online courses and co-created and teaches the “Confronting Anti-Black Racism” course. He includes the Liberatory Consciousness Framework in both his courses and the overall BASW program. His recent work utilized various methods of dissemination on antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) topics: Difficult conversations, honest assessments, and renewed commitments; and William M. Ashby – New Jersey’s First Black Social Worker. His co-authored articles, Institutionalizing Antiracism in Social Work Education; Challenging Anti-Black racism across the curriculum: Situating the social work legacy and moving forward; and Measuring student learning in social justice courses: The Diversity and Oppression Scale, provide important contributions to the ADEI literature. His co-authored book chapter, Leading and managing a large BSW program supports efforts to promote successful baccalaureate social work programs. His current work includes a program evaluation and developing a scale to measure online social, racial, economic, and environmental (SREE) justice engagement.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Saturday, October 26, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT