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School of Social Work
The School of Social Work aims to educate students to become competent human service providers
for versatile, creative, and sensitive practice. The School provides educational foundations that
foster leadership, scholarship, and activism to achieve equity and social justice. In addition to
its BASW and MSW programs, which are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education,
the School houses the Master of Arts (MA) in Gerontology, an interdisciplinary and professional
program, which meets the diverse aging population challenges of California, the nation and globally.
Faculty scholarship is focused on mental health in same-sex couples; research issues in aging and
caregiving; fostering global peace and justice; international family violence and elder abuse; former
foster youth; and student mental health. Faculty publications are found in a variety of national and
international journals, and one faculty member was awarded a Fulbright Award to conduct research
in a partnership with Allahabad University in India. In addition to scholarship, the faculty are
involved in the community through work on federal government, regional and state health advisory
committees and community-based organizations, including DHSS-OWH Minority Women’s
Health Panel of Experts, DHHS-CMS Advisory Panel on Outreach and Ed V6F