2024-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
School of Social Work
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Dean: Anna McPhatter
Interim Assistant Dean: Laurens Van Sluytman
Chairperson of Department: Yvonne Greene
Associate Professors: Rhonda Wells Wilbon, Melissa Littlefield, Kevin Daniels, Sandra Austin
Assistant Professors: Laurens Van Sluytman, Denise McLane-Davison Michael Sinclair, Anthony Estreet, Taqi Tirmazi; Paul Archibald, Linda Darrell;Dawn Thurman, Minili Liao
Lecturer: Margaret Pittman
Director of Field Education: Thelma Rich
Assistant Director of Field Education: Johanna Cottman
The Social Work Program was formed in 1969 and was known as the Undergraduate Social Welfare Program in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts. In 1975 the program received departmental status and the name was changed to Department of Social Work. The change in name and status was a reflection of the recognition that the baccalaureate degree in social work is the first professional degree in this profession. The social work program received approval by the Council on Social Work Education in 1971. In 1975, it became one of the first undergraduate programs in the country to receive accreditation by this body. The department has continued to receive re-accreditation since that time. In 2005 and 2006 respectively the department reached new growth and expanded to add both a Masters and PhD program. Both programs have adapted the rich tradition of enhancing the knowledge base of future social workers and leaders in America with a specific focus in urban areas. In 2009, the Department of Social Work became the School of Social Work.
Since the first class earning the B.A. degree graduated 1971, students completing the undergraduate degree in social work have gone on to distinguished careers in social work and other related disciplines. Social agencies located in the Baltimore-Metropolitan area employ numerous Morgan social work graduates. These agencies include Baltimore Public Schools, hospitals, psychiatric facilities, correctional facilities, child welfare agencies, and agencies that provide services to the elderly. In addition, seventy-five percent of the students receiving the bachelor’s degree in social work from Morgan pursue graduate studies in social work within two years of receiving the BSW.
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