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  • “It’s the tone.” Respect as accessibility in a family shelter.
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 2
    Presenter: Jeanelle S. Sears, PhD, Msw, MSc – Bowling Green State University Social Work Program
    Values and Ethics
  • Affirmative Care with Transgender Clients: Legislative Restrictions, Ethical Issues, and Options
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Tower Court C
    Presenter: Allan Barsky, PhD, MSW, JD – Florida Atlantic University
    Values and Ethics
  • American Social Work’s Perfect Storm and the Profession’s Uncertain Future
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Plaza Court 8
    Presenter: Michael W. Hassler, DSW, LCSW (he/him/his) – Alvernia University
    Values and Ethics
  • Breaking the Chains: Understanding the Damaging Effects of Institutional Betrayal in Social Work
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Presenter: Melody S. Benedict, PhD; LMSW – Montclair State University
    Presenter: Nelia M. Quezada-Horne, Ph.D., LMSW (she/her/hers) – SUNY University at Albany, School of Social Welfare
    Values and Ethics
  • Broad vs. Selective Advocacy: Social Work Students' Conceptualization of Social Justice
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 23
    Presenter: Mary Kirk, DSW, MSW, LICSW (she/her/hers) – Winona State University
    Presenter: CJ Van Wright, DSW, MSW, LICSW (they/them/theirs) – Westfield State University
    Values and Ethics
  • Burnout Prevention is More than Self-Care: Teaching Radical Resilience Skills in Social Work Education
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Presenter: Amelia Seraphia Derr, PhD MSW (she/her/hers) – Seattle University
    Values and Ethics
  • Critical Consciousness: Values and Action
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 17
    Values and Ethics
  • Helping or Hindering? Ethical Challenges in Preparing Struggling Students for Field
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 17
    Presenter: Heather Fronckowiak, LCSW (she/her/hers) – SUNY Plattsburgh
    Presenter: Penny McQuinn, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Plattsburgh College State University of New York
    Contributor: Julie Richards, PhD – Plattsburgh College State University of New York
    Values and Ethics
  • Heterodoxy in Social Work Education
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 17
    Panelist: Nafees Alam, PhD – University of Nebraska Kearney
    Panelist: Heidi Rueda, MSW, PhD – University of Nebraska Omaha
    Panelist: Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW – Florida State University
    Panelist: vicki lens, MSW, J.D., PhD – Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, CUNY
    Moderator: Steve Hoffman, PhD – Brigham Young University
    Values and Ethics
  • Interdependence and Healing: Collective Care and Mutual Aid as Responses to Structural Violence
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Terrace Level - Columbine
    Moderator: Miriam G. Valdovinos, PhD – University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work
    Panelist: Maritza A. Vasquez Reyes, PhD, LCSW, MA – AYS School of Social Work, Georgia State University
    Panelist: Annie Zean Dunbar, PhD, AM (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Colorado Springs
    Panelist: Danielle Maude Maude Littman, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers) – University of Utah College of Social Work
    Panelist: Caitlin Elsaesser, MAT, LICSW, PhD – University of Connecticut School of Social Work
    Values and Ethics
  • Knowledge is Not Enough: Deficit Narratives and Cisheteronormativity in LGBTQ+ Social Work Practice Syllabi
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Tower Court C
    Presenter: Shiloh Dailey, BSW – Colorado State University
    Presenter: Quinn Hafen, PhD – University of Wyoming
    Values and Ethics
  • LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practice In Hostile Times
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Tower Court C
    Values and Ethics
  • Moral Injury: Addressing an Invisible Workplace Wound in Social Work Education
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Lobby/Street Level - Director's Row J
    Presenter: James R. Brown, Ph.D., LCSW – Indiana University, Bloomington
    Presenter: Sheila R. Dennis, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Social Work
    Presenter: John M. Keesler, PhD, LMSW – Indiana University Bloomington
    Presenter: Renee Betts, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Indiana University, Indianapolis
    Values and Ethics
  • Mutual aid and Abolition Pedagogy
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 15
    Moderator: Emily Saltzman, LMSW – University of Denver - Graduate School of Social Work
    Panelist: Sophia Sarantakos, PhD, MSW (they/them/theirs) – University of Denver
    Panelist: Maximillion Kilby, MSW – University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
    Panelist: Maveryck Boyett, LCSW (they/them/theirs) – University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
    Contributor: Kimberly Bender, PhD – University of Denver
    Values and Ethics
  • Professional Resistance and Resilience
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Values and Ethics
  • Solidarity in Praxis: Abolitionist Values and Pedagogies of Disability Justice
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 14
    Panelist: Brianna J. Suslovic, MSW, LSW – University of Chicago
    Panelist: Sophia Sarantakos, PhD, MSW (they/them/theirs) – University of Denver
    Panelist: Alan Dettlaff – University of Houston
    Moderator: Cameron Rasmussen, PhD – University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
    Values and Ethics
  • The Politics of pedagogy: Educational ethos, SW classrooms & the experiences of conservative students
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Plaza Court 8
    Presenter: Dante D. Bryant, PhD – University of North Carolina Charlotte
    Values and Ethics
  • Uplifting Palestinian perspectives: Peer-based learning for critical consciousness and values-guided action
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 17
    Presenter: Fernando R. Valenzuela, MSW (they/he/el) – University of Connecticut
    Presenter: Jamie S. Smith, LCSW (she/they) – University of Connecticut
    Values and Ethics
  • What are the Ethical Implications of Social Work’s Shift To A Critical Paradigm?
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 17
    Presenter: Brett Drake, PhD – George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
    Values and Ethics
  • Words Create Worlds: Maintaining Social Work Values in the Current Socio-Political Environment
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Kelly Melekis, PhD – University of Vermont
    Values and Ethics