READINGS (links provided to all readings except Just Practice text for students enrolled in course through Course Group membership)
SESSIONS I-V: PREPARING FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE/REFLECTIONS ON CURRENT PRACTICE
August 19, 2021- Orientation Week
Glenn, E.N., (2015). Settler Colonialism as structure: A framework for comparative studies of U.S. race and gender formation. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity , 1 (1), pp. 54-74.
DiAngelo, R. & Sensoy, O. (2014). Leaning in: A student’s guide to engaging constructively with social justice content. Radical Pedagogy, 11 (1), 1-19.
August 26, 2021- Week I: Introduction & Course Overview
hooks, b. (1994). Chapter 11 Language: Teaching new worlds/new words in Teaching to transgress. New York, NY: Routledge. (pp.167-175)
September 2, 2021- Week II: History of Social Work and Practice Lab Course
Concepts: Oppression, Trauma, Positionality, Power, Resilience, Intersectionality, Coloniality, Decolonization
Assignments: Selection of books for Fall Book Club
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 3 Looking Back. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work (4th ed) . (pp. 63- 102). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Singh, G. (2019). Anti-oppressive social work, neoliberalism and neo-eugenics in What is the future of social work? Michael Lavalette (Ed). Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. (pp. 99-122)
Smith, A. (2016). Heteropatriarchy and the three pillars of white supremacy: Rethinking women of color organizing. In Color of violence: The INCITE! Anthology. Durham NC: Duke University Press.
Habtom, S. and Scribe, M. (2020). To Breathe Together: Co-Conspirators for Decolonial Futures, Posted in Social Policy.
September 9, 2021- Week III: Introduction to Ethics in Social Work Practice (To be explored further in the Spring Semester)
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 4 – Values, Ethics, and Visions. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work (pp. 105 – 144). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Almeida, R.V. (2019. Coloniality and intersectionality in social work education and practice. Journal of Progressive Human Services. 30(2), pp. 148-164.
Lindsey, T. B. (2015). Post-Ferguson: A “Herstorical” approach to Black violability. Feminist Studies, 41 (1), pp. 232-237.University Press .
NASW Code-of-Ethics-English
September 16, 2021-
September 23, 2021 – Week IV: Asking for Help
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 5 – Just thinking: Theoretical perspectives on social justice-oriented practice. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work 3rd ed) . (pp. 145-182). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Tamburro, A. (2013). Including decolonization in social work education and practice. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 2(1), pp. 1-16.
Thrasher, S. (2019). Discursive hustling and Queer of Color interviewing in Imagining Queer methods by Amin Ghaziani, Matt Brown. New York NY: NYU Press, pp. 230 -247.
September 30, 2021- Week V: Pre-engagement; Mindfulness & Use of Self in Social Work Practice
Finn, J. (2021) Chapter 2 – Critical reflection: A starting place for understanding difference, oppression, and privilege. Just Practice (4th ed.) (pp 33-62).
Almeida, R.V., Melendez, D., and Paez, J.M. (2015). Liberation based-practice. Encyclopedia of Social Work.
READINGS VI-XII: APPLICATION OF JUST PRACTICE & LIBERATION HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO SOCIAL WORK SKILLS
October 7, 2021- Week VI: Engagement (Pt 1) & Introduction to Just Practice Framework
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 6 – Just get started: Engagement. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work (pp. 183-222). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Owusu-Bempah, A. (2017). Race and policing in historical context: Dehumanization and the policing of Black people in the 21st century. Theoretical Criminology, 21(1), 22-34.
Walters, K. et al. (2011). Bodies don’t just tell stories, they tell histories. Embodiment of historical trauma among Native American Indians and Alaska Natives. Du Bois Review 8 (1), 179-189.
In NYC Activism begins with lessons in theater: Code switch NPR
October 14, 2021-Week VII: Engagement (Pt 2)
Lawrence, D. T. (2019). “The soul to see”: Toward a hoodoo ethnography. Water & Environmental Justice, Issue 13, Spring, pp. 123-129 Levine, B. (2016). Antisemitism and anti-racist social work. In Journal of Social Work 16(2). Bristol UK: Bristol University Press.
Levine, B. (2016). Antisemitism and anti-racist social work. In Journal of Social Work 16(2). Bristol UK: Bristol University Press.
Martinez, M.J., Kawan, E. (2018). Historical trauma and social work: What you need to know. The New Social Worker , 25(2), pp. 15-16.
Meyer, D. (2015). “I’m making Black people look bad”: The racial implications of anti-Queer violence. In Violence against Queer people, New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp. 44-63.
Nascimento, L.F. (2013). Historical Trauma. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism 2nd Ed.
October 21, 2021- Week VIII: Engagement (Part 3)
Alexander, B. K. (2013). Queer(y)ing masculinities. In Global masculinities and manhood. Chicago IL: University of Illinois Press, 52-74. Rickford, R. (2016). Orlando and the American pathologies of masculinity and militarism. Black Perspectives .
October 28, 2021- Week IX: Assessment (Part 1) Overview
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 7 – Teaching-learning: Reframing the assessment process. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work 3rded) . (pp. 223-262). New York, NY:Oxford University Press.
De La Garza, A. T. (2019). A eulogy for Roxsana Hernandez: Tracing the relationship between border rhetorica and Queer Debilty. A journal n BLBTQ Worldmaking, 6(3), pp. 94-99.
Black, H.K. (2016). Three generations, three wars: African American Veterans. The Gerontological Society of America, 56(1), pp. 33-41.
Johnston-Goodstar, K. (2013). Indigenous youth participatory action research: Re-visioning social justice for social work with indigenous youths. Social Work , 58(4), pp. 314-320.
November 4, 2021-Week X: Assessment (Part 2) Just Practice Infused Assessment with Individuals and Families
Borges, S. (2018). Home and homing as resistance. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 46(3&4), pp. 69-84.
Overboe, J. (2007). Vitalism: Subjectivity: Exceeding racism, sexism, and (psychiatric) ableism. Wagadu 4 Intersecting gender and disability perspectives in rethinking postcolonial identities, pp. 23-34.
The Queer Insominac (2019). How do we really see each other across identities?: Notes from a Queer breakup.
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group.
November 11, 2021- Week XI: Assessment (Part 3) Just Practice Infused Assessments with Agencies and Organization
Bladisdell, B. (2020). Cupcakes, white rage, and the epistemology of antiblackness. The Journal of Culture and Education, 19(1), 70-90.
[Assessment in Macro Practice PPT] Brown, L.X.Z. (2020). How to center disability in the tech response to covid. Brookings Institute.
https://prezi.com/ec0zrqsdermc/co py-of-just-practice-framework/
November 18, 2021- Week XII: Strategies for Change (Interventions) & Introduction to Liberation Health Framework and Liberation Based Healing Framework
Assignment: Contribution on Decolonizing Social Work Knowledge Due
Finn, J.L. (2021). Chapter 8 – Action and Accompaniment. In Just practice: A social justice approach to social work 4th ed) . (pp. 263-304). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Almeida, R., Hernandez-Wolfe, P. & Tubbs, C. (2011). Cultural equity: Bridging the complexity of social identities with therapeutic practices. The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 3 , 43-55.
Almeida, R., Dressner, L. & Tolliver, W. (2018). Decolonizing couples and family therapy: Social justice praxis in liberatory healing community practice. Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy.
Kant, J.D. (2015). Toward a socially just social work practice: The liberation health model. Critical and Radical Social Work, 3 (2), 309-319.
December 2, 2021- Week XIII: Just Practice Assessment
Brown-Manning, R. & Tolliver, W. (2021). “Just as I am”: Moving from biopsychosocials to just practice assessments. In J.L. Finn (ed). Just practice in action: Contemporary case studies (pp. 10-24)
Arguello, T. M. (2016). Queering social work methods in health disparities and health promotion in the United States. The British Journal of Social Work, 46(8).
Lizarraga, J. R. & Cortez, A. (2019). #gentrification, cultural erasure, and the (im)possibilities of digital Queer gestures. In #identity: Hashtagging race, gender, sexuality, and nation . Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press, pp. 152-164.
Qureshi, S. (2019). A manifesto for survival. In To exist is to resist. London UK: Pluto Press, pp. 10-15
Ramos, N.C. & Bellerin, M.M. (2017). Social Work and applied theatre: Creative experiences with a group of homeless people in the city of Seville. European Journal of Social Work , 22(3)
SESSIONS XII-XV: ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
December 9, 2021- Week XIV: Intersectionality
Hall, R. E., et al (2017). Light supremacy vis-à-vis non-white immigrants: The implications of skin color in pursuit of the American dream. Race, Gender & Class, 24(3/4), pp.5-19.
Mattson, T. (2014). Intersectionality as a useful tool: Anti-oppressive social work and critical reflection. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 29 (1), 8-17.
Smith, C.A. (2019). Intersectionality and sizeism: Implications for mental health practitioners. Women & Therapy , 42(1-2), pp. 59-78.
December 16, 2021- Week XV: Endings and Transitions
Assignment: Just Practice Assessment Paper Due
Harrigan, M.P., Fauri, D.P & Netting, F.E. (2015). Termination: Extending the concept for macro social work practice. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 25 (4), 61-80.
Lipscomb, A.E. (2020). You have a right to exclaim your pain: Honoring Black familial voices impacted by police induced trauma in the United States. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 7(1), pp. 131-142.
