The University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) recognizes the importance of global social work through research, teaching, field opportunities and faculty engagement. In line with our JEDI principles, UMSSW emphasizes a decolonization lens through global social work practice, community engagement, partnership/exchange development and student opportunities. Within this strategy we emphasize the value of reciprocal innovation and different ways of knowing to address the needs and well-being of vulnerable populations in global contexts. In addition, this strategy aims to increase global opportunities for students, faculty, staff and alumni both here at UMSSW and in our partnering agencies/institutions, especially focused on ways in which we can increase equity in opportunities for global work.
The Global Initiatives Strategy is in line with the UMB Strategic Plan of 2022-2026 addressing the five themes throughout our initiatives where relevant. Namely,
- ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRATION OF CORE VALUES
- STUDENT GROWTH AND SUCCESS
- UNIVERSITY CULTURE, ENGAGEMENT, AND BELONGING
- INNOVATION AND REIMAGINATION
- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION
- GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION
Center for Global Engagement
Center for Global EngagementThe campus hub for interprofessional global health and education.
Global Student Opportunities
Global Student OpportunitiesCourses that include international travel and the international field placement program.
Global faculty/staff engagement and partnerships
UMSSW encourages and supports engagement in global opportunities for faculty and staff. Through increased awareness of global opportunities among all faculty and staff at UMSSW, global perspectives can be fostered and integrated into UMSSW as a whole. We hope to increase and emphasize opportunities particularly among staff who may benefit from such opportunities.
- Global Opportunities
- South Korea (Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, Seoul, South Korea)
- Costa Rica (University of Costa Rica, the Alicia and Yaya Initiative in Global Aging Research)
- Zambia University of Zambia Department of Social Work and Sociology
- Israel (University of Haifa School of Social Work)
- India (Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi, Kerala, India)
- Faculty Development Institute
- COIL
Global Impact
Exploring Global and Mental Health in Kerala, India: A Transformative Journey with the UMSSW
Exploring Global and Mental Health in Kerala, India: A Transformative Journey with the UMSSWThe Elm
Addressing Trauma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk in Non-Western Contexts
Addressing Trauma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk in Non-Western ContextsAssociate Professor, Lynn Michalopoulos
School of Social Work’s Transformative Partnership in Israel
School of Social Work’s Transformative Partnership in IsraelThe Elm
Upcoming Events
6Sep
Global Course Information Session 12:15 PM | Virtual Please join us for one of two information sessions about our upcoming global course: Collaboration and Conciliation: Working together to provide professional services against a backdrop of conflict.
9Sep
Global Course Information Session 5:15 PM | Virtual Please join us for one of two information sessions about our upcoming global course: Collaboration and Conciliation: Working together to provide professional services against a backdrop of conflict.
Contact Us
Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, AM, PhD
Director of Global Initiatives
Associate Professor
lynn.michalopoulos@ssw.umaryland.edu
lynn.michalopoulos@ssw.umaryland.edu
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