MSW Program Director / Assistant Professor
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Kris Atkinson (she/her) is a mama, lover of nature, gardener, crafter, baker, and athlete. As a neurodiverse, cisgender white woman from a family of educators, she is dedicated to building alliances and creating transformative educational spaces. Her practice background is centered around social justice youth development and includes work to reduce interpersonal and community violence, build intergenerational partnerships and embed anti-oppression within organizations. In her current role as an Assistant Professor of Social Work at MSU Denver, Kris collaborates on research that explores young people’s activism for social justice, as well as how we teach from anti-oppressive, trauma-informed and liberatory approaches. She teaches classes on community and organizational leadership, research methods, and civic engagement.
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