Centering Racial Equity in a BSW Program: What We’ve Learned in Five Years

Authors

Stephanie A. Bryson, Portland State UniversityFollow
Gita Mehrotra, Portland State UniversityFollow
Jessica Rodriguez-Jenkins, Portland State UniversityFollow
Passion Ilea, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Journal of Social Work Education

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-12-2022

Subjects

Social Work education, Pedagogy

Abstract

In response to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump and calls for antiracist action from activists and communities of color, our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program embarked on a process of curriculum revision. In this article, we describe our efforts to center critical and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) scholarship and to better align our curriculum with the experiences of students of color. While we have drawn from feminist and critical race theories, we have also borrowed concepts from literatures not typically associated with antiracism work, such as policy implementation and leadership/management. We present our ongoing work as a case study of, and methodology for, systematic social work curriculum change to promote racial equity and justice.

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Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2119354

DOI

10.1080/10437797.2022.2119354

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39241

Citation Details

Bryson, S. A., Mehrotra, G., Rodriguez-JenKins, J., & Ilea, P. (2022). Centering Racial Equity in a BSW Program: What We’ve Learned in Five Years. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-16.