Future of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Social Work

Mo Yee Lee is Professor and PhD Program Director, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA. She is editor of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work since 2007, president of The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work from 2019 to 2021, and recipient of the 2022 GADE Faculty Educational Leadership Award.Jerome H. Schiele is Professor and Chair of PhD/DSW Department, Morgan State University, Maryland, USA. His research expertise is oppression studies, social welfare history, policy analysis, and social work education. He served on the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work’s Board of Directors from 2021 to 2024, and he has served on the Editorial Boards of major social work journals.Michael S. Spencer (Kānaka Maoli) is the Ballmer Endowed Dean in Social Work and a Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, Washington, USA. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative and co-leads two critical Grand Challenges: Close the Health Gap and Eliminate Racism. A dedicated leader and scholar, Spencer’s work focuses on advancing equity, addressing systemic racism, and promoting health and social justice through innovative research, education, and advocacy.

• Introduction: The future of race, ethnicity, and culture in social work: challenges and opportunities 1. Reconciling the past and shaping the future: The importance of social work history in the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism 2. Social work’s grandest challenge: re-contextualizing racism and reducing its deleterious effects on its members and those we serve 3. Decolonizing big data: addressing data colonialism in social work’s grand challenges 4. Advancing the grand challenge to eliminate racism: a call to action for citational justice in social work 5. Epistemic ethics justice: a “radical imaginary” 6. Infusing social justice into the signature pedagogy: a decision-making model emphasizing anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in social work practicum 7. Eliminating racial disparities in policing: a social work infusion model 8. The intersectionality of race, gender, and low-wage work 9. Antisemitism and social work: challenges and opportunities for education and practice 10. Invisible no more: the intersectionality of Asian American immigrants experiences 11. An incongruence between policy, practice, and cultural values: implications for mental health services in Namibia 12. The shoe on the other foot: considering oppression for BIPOC social workers 13. Reproductive violence and environmental injustice in the United States: opportunities to promote justice, equity, and inclusion