College of Social Work
Teri Browne, Dean
Terry Wolfer, Associate Dean for Curriculum
Brandi Anderson, Director of Inclusion
Aidyn Iachini, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Sonya Singleton, Assistant Dean for Students
Rhonda DiNovo, MSW Program Director
Margriet de Zeeuw Wright, MSW Charleston Site Coordinator
Candice Morgan, MSW Greenville Site Coordinator
Avril Lail, Interim Director of Field Education
Maryah Fram, Ph.D. Program Director
The College of Social Work has offered graduate professional education at the master’s level at the University since 1969. The doctoral program admitted its first class in fall 1987. The Master of Social Work degree is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education.
Mission
To promote social well-being and social justice with vulnerable populations through dynamic teaching, research, and service conducted in collaboration with diverse people of South Carolina, the nation, and the international community.
Vision
To become a leading institution for innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to educating social work practitioners and scholars, conducting research, and serving as a catalyst for positive social change.
Goals
Goal 1
The College prepares M.S.W. graduates to work effectively and ethically within public and private agencies, including interdisciplinary settings, where they will serve primarily those vulnerable populations who experience problems related to economic and social deprivation and the consequences of institutional discrimination and oppression.
The College also produces Ph.D. graduates who are able to perform all the role expectations of academicians within social work degree-granting colleges and universities. Graduates are effective in transdisciplinary, community-engaged social work research and education and possess a commitment and a capacity to meet University and community service expectations through both graduate and undergraduate courses.
The College prepares BSW graduates for ethical, competent, and culturally relevant generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. The College’s social work minor prepares University undergraduate students from other academic programs for responsible citizenship by introducing them to social work as a means to helping people enhance their well-being.
Goal 2
The College advances the knowledge base of the profession and translates research into practice in order to reduce poverty and oppression and promote social and economic justice in global society.
Goal 3
The College provides faculty consultation and service to local, state, national and international organizations; student provision of services to consumers in supervised field agency settings; and leadership as a catalyst in positive social change.