Practicum Information
The Social Work Practicum is the culmination of social work education. During the practicum experience, broad understanding, specialized skills, analytical judgments and life experiences transform students into competent social work practitioners. The purpose of practicum education is to provide students with on-going opportunities to learn and apply theoretical knowledge and practice through the use of social work methods and skills, aid integration of learning in class and in practice, develop appropriate professional uses of self, and further identification with the social work profession.
Student Information
Field application information and forms are located in the BSW Field Education Blackboard Site and the MSSW Admissions, Orientation and Advising Site.
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Supervisor Information
The Field Educator Journal is free and available to all; published twice annually, fall and spring: http://fieldeducator.simmons.edu
Practicum Faculty
Rebecka Bloomer
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interests: youth, diverse communities, gender issues
Jennifer Bobo
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interests: mental health; child abuse, neglect and dependency; trauma informed practices; children and families; and the child welfare population
Barbara Carter
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; BS University of Louisville
Interests: child welfare, administration
Sheila Cundiff
Adjunct Instructor 1, Field Practicum Faculty, Coordinates the Alcohol and Drug Counselor Specialization and teaches in the Military Social Work Specialization and the BSW program
MSW, Spalding University; BSSW, Spalding University
Interests: clinical social work and chemical dependency
Carl Enoch
Adjunct Instructor III, Teaches Practice & Policy in the BSW Program, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; BS Murray State University
Interests: social work with persons with disability and research
Dr. Seana Golder
Associate Professor. Teaches in Foundation Practice and HBSE.
B.A., University of Maryland; M.S.W., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests: women’s engagement in high risk behaviors (e.g., substance use; risky sexual behavior); victimization; criminal justice populations
Dr. Lesley Harris
Assistant Professor, Head of the Gerontology Specialization. Teaches Advanced Qualitative Research in the Doctoral Program and the Practicum Seminar for the Gerontology Specialization M.S.S.W. students.
B.S., Purdue University; M.S.W., University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: international social work; intergenerational caregiving; gerontology; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
Jenny Heineken Johnson
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSW, University of Missouri
Interests: gerontology, social justice, and international policy and social work.
Dr. Judy Heitzman
Adjunct Associate Professor, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
PhD, MSSW Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, BS Counseling & Guidance, University of Louisville
Interests: psychotherapy, mood disorders, domestic violence perpetrators, violence recovery
Tony Helm
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; BS Western Kentucky University
Interests: child welfare, improving the child welfare system, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender issues.
Ramie Martin-Galijatovic
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interest: child welfare
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Deborah McMurray
Adjunct Instructor II, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSW, Saint Louis University; BA Illinois State University
Interests: working with children and adolescents in an educational setting
Larry Michalczyk
Adjunct Instructor, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, University of Louisville; BA Loyola University
Interests: community child protection, foster care systems reform, management consulting, youth development and racial disproportionality
Phyllis Parker
Adjunct Instructor III, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; BS, University of Louisville
Interests: mental health.
Dr. Andy Patterson
Adjunct Associate Professor, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
PhD, University of Louisville; MSW, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; BS, Jacksonville State University
Interests: homelessness and poverty issues, nonprofit management, program evaluation, housing
Dr. Susan Heffner Rhema
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
PhD, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interest: trauma, human trafficking
Steve Rickner
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; BSW Ball State University
Interests: school social work
Sharon Sanders
Adjunct Instructor, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; MA, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; BME, Samford University
Interests: children & families, social work & the law
Becky Smith
Adjunct Instructor III, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; BA, University of Louisville
Interests:services for the elderly, elder abuse prevention, adult guardianship services.
Lisa Smith
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
ABD, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interests:
Kimberly Williams
Adjunct Instructor Level I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
MSSW, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville
Interests: oncology
Steve Williams
Adjunct Instructor I, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville; Grant Writer, Home of the Innocents, Louisville, KY
MSW, Carver School of Social Work; BA University of Louisville
Interests: services to children, youth & homeless, fund raising.