New Associate Dean to Serve on CSWE Accreditation Committee
Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, associate dean and professor, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, former President of the New York City Chapter of National Association of Social Workers, joined Wurzweiler as Associate Dean and Professor in July 2005.
Dr. Hendricks is a 1993 graduate of our doctoral program and was a member of the faculty at Hunter College School of Social Work for the past 25 years. Dr. Hendricks has held numerous social work leadership positions over her career, having served as President of the NYC Chapter of NASW (1996-1998) and on several national committees of NASW. She chaired the National Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (2002-2003), and was a member of the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in which she chaired the sub-committee which developed the NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice (2001). She has served as a Board Member of the Council on Social Work Education and its Commission on Educational Policy.
Professor Hendricks is recognized for her expertise in culturally competent social work education and practice especially with regards to the Latino community. She has made numerous presentations on these topics both locally and nationally. Dr. Hendricks has played a major role in the development of the NYC/NASW Latino Social Work Task Force which has developed a strategic plan for the development of the Latina/o social work workforce to meet the growing needs of the Latino community in NYC and the U.S. Her report on the “Supply and Demand for Latina/o Social Workers” has been widely distributed throughout NYC agencies.
Among her publications, Dr. Hendricks is co-author of a book on field instruction, Learning to Teach—Teaching to Learn: A Guide to Social Work Field Education which she anticipates will be available September 1, 12005 from the CSWE Press. She is also co-editor of a CSWE text, Intersecting Child Welfare, Substance Abuse, and Family Violence: Culturally Competent Approaches also due out this year. She is currently working as a co-editor of another text for CSWE entitled, Women of Color in Social Work Education.
Dr. Hendricks earned her MSW from Adelphi University and her BA from Molloy College.
We are pleased to welcome her to her exciting and challenging new position with us. We know that students and faculty will benefit from her expertise and will enjoy working with her as we look towards the future of Wurzweiler and Yeshiva University.
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Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, former President of the New York City Chapter of National Association of Social Workers, joined Wurzweiler as Associate Dean and Professor in July 2005.
Dr. Hendricks is a 1993 graduate of our doctoral program and was a member of the faculty at Hunter College School of Social Work for the past 25 years. Dr. Hendricks has held numerous social work leadership positions over her career, having served as President of the NYC Chapter of NASW (1996-1998) and on several national committees of NASW. She chaired the National Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification (2002-2003), and was a member of the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in which she chaired the sub-committee which developed the NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice (2001). She has served as a Board Member of the Council on Social Work Education and its Commission on Educational Policy.
Professor Hendricks is recognized for her expertise in culturally competent social work education and practice especially with regards to the Latino community. She has made numerous presentations on these topics both locally and nationally. Dr. Hendricks has played a major role in the development of the NYC/NASW Latino Social Work Task Force which has developed a strategic plan for the development of the Latina/o social work workforce to meet the growing needs of the Latino community in NYC and the U.S. Her report on the “Supply and Demand for Latina/o Social Workers” has been widely distributed throughout NYC agencies.
Among her publications, Dr. Hendricks is co-author of a book on field instruction, Learning to Teach—Teaching to Learn: A Guide to Social Work Field Education which she anticipates will be available September 1, 12005 from the CSWE Press. She is also co-editor of a CSWE text, Intersecting Child Welfare, Substance Abuse, and Family Violence: Culturally Competent Approaches also due out this year. She is currently working as a co-editor of another text for CSWE entitled, Women of Color in Social Work Education.
Dr. Hendricks earned her MSW from Adelphi University and her BA from Molloy College.
We are pleased to welcome her to her exciting and challenging new position with us. We know that students and faculty will benefit from her expertise and will enjoy working with her as we look towards the future of Wurzweiler and Yeshiva University.
Traer Sabiduria a la Vida! Bring Wisdom to Life!
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