2025 CSWE Annual Program Meeting
Denver, Colo. Sheraton Denver Downtown
Translating Research into Teaching, Learning and Practice
An important element of conducting and leading research is translating knowledge into action and education. Our research is done to inform policy, practice and educational programming that leads to improving the lives of individuals, families and communities.
Some of that programming led and informed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work faculty, staff and students will be presented at the 2025 Council on Social Work Education’s 71st Annual Program Meeting in Denver, Colo.
The conference, which runs from Oct. 23-26, includes 12 presentations from our Tar Heels.
Presentations
Thursday, Oct. 23
Pre-Conference: Assessment Institute: Evidence-Informed Implementation Approaches to Inclusive Curriculum Development and Assessment
PRESENTERS
Research Professor Virginia C. Strand and Associate Professor Betsy Bledsoe
CO-PRESENTERS
Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professor of Social Work Trenette Clark Goings and Associate Dean for Student Success and Belonging Travis Albritton
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 14
TIME
3:15-4:15 p.m. MT
Friday, Oct. 24
Strengthening Social Work Education: Incorporating Affirming I/DD Content Into the Curriculum
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for MSW Education Andrea Murray-Lichtman and Kimberly Schlegel (UNC School of Medicine)
LOCATION
Sheraton Tower, Mezzanine Level
TIME
10:30-11:30 a.m. MT
Criminalization in Schools as a Disabling System: Reframing the Conversation
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for Student Success and Belonging Travis Albritton and MSW student Lily Kays
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Governor's Square 10
TIME
10:30-11:30 a.m. MT
Expanding Horizons: Best Practices for Social Work Practicums in Non-Traditional Settings
PRESENTERS
Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Amy Levine and MSW student Sarah-Margaret Christy
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom — Poster 6
TIME
1-1:30 p.m. MT
Rejecting Internalized Ableism: Embracing Collective Care and Joy for Individuals With Invisible Disabilities
PRESENTERS
MSW students Julia Hubbard and Hannah Burgess
LOCATION
Sheraton Tower, Majestic Level — Savoy
TIME
3-4 p.m. MT
Anti-Ableist Social Work: Epistemic Justice for People with Disabilities (Panel Session)
PRESENTERS
Clinical Assistant Professor Karon Johnson, Clinical Assistant Professor Michele Patak-Pietrafesa and MSW student Annalise Von Sprecken
MODERATOR
Dual-degree MSW and MDiv student Rebekah Beck
LOCATION
Sheraton Tower, Mezzanine Level — Silver
TIME
4:15-5:15 p.m. MT
From Exclusion to Empowerment: Disability Justice and Holistic Social Support to Uplift Communities
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for Student Success and Belonging Travis Albritton and MSW student Lily Kays
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Governor's Square 17
TIME
4:15-5:15 p.m. MT
Saturday, Oct. 25
Substance Abuse, Disabilities, and Black Women: Exploring Intersectional Challenges-Nurturers Need Nurture
PRESENTER
Clinical Assistant Professor Michelle Chambers-Rollins
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom — Poster 13
TIME
10:30-11 a.m. MT
Creating the Other: The Construction of “Disability” as an Instrument of Colonization
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for Student Success and Belonging Travis Albritton, Clinical Associate Professor Laurie Selz-Campbell and Neil Bilotta (Skidmore College Department of Social Work)
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Governor's Square 11
DATE AND TIME
12:30-1:30 p.m. MT
Help-Seeking and Reporting by Persons with Disabilities who are Victims of Violent Crime
PRESENTERS
Postdoctoral Research Associate Jenna Muller
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Plaza Court 4
TIME
4:15-4:45 p.m. MT
Integrating Disability Justice Principles Into an Affirming Social Work Practice Model
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for MSW Education Andrea Murray-Lichtman, Elspeth Slayter (Salem State University), Lisa Johnson (Salem State University), Alison B. Wetmur (University of Kentucky) and Esther Son (College of Staten Island)
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Governor's Square 17
DATE AND TIME
4:15-5:15 p.m. MT
Reckoning With Social Work’s History: Addressing Implicit Bias and Advancing Anti-Oppressive Education
PRESENTERS
Associate Dean for Student Success and Belonging Travis Albritton, Kenyette S. Garrett (University of Tennessee) and Amanda S. Fackler (University of North Dakota)
LOCATION
Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level — Governor's Square 12
DATE AND TIME
4:15-5:15 p.m. MT
Advancing equity. Transforming systems. Improving lives.
UNC School of Social Work
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
325 Pittsboro Street | Campus Box 3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550