Faculty Award for Educational Leadership
Established in 2016, the GADE Faculty Award for Educational Leadership in Social Work Doctoral Education is given to a current or former faculty member at a member institution who has made significant contributions to advancing doctoral education in the field of social work. Faculty distinguished by this award display a strong commitment to doctoral education and a demonstrated record of advancing doctoral education at the national or international level.
*Nominations open annually on March 15 and are due on May 1 at 11:59pm Eastern. Be sure to subscribe to our Email Updates to be the first to know when applications are live!
Awardees
2024: Dr. Renee Cunningham-Williams
School of Social Work, Arizona State University
2023: Dr. Julia R. Henly
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, & Practice, The University of Chicago
2022: Dr. Mo Yee Lee
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
2021: Dr. Kia J. Bentley
School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
2020: Dr. Bruce Thyer
College of Social Work, Florida State University
2019: Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
2018: Dr. Michálle Mor Barak
Suzanne Dwarak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California
2017: Dr. Beverly Black
School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
2016: Dr. Paula Nurius
School of Social Work, University of Washington
2016: Dr. Christopher Petr
School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas