Our Students Abroad
This semester more than two dozen social work students will spend at least three plus weeks abroad. A total of 18 students will travel to Dharamsala, India, from Sept. 2 to Sept. 30 to visit the home of the Tibetan Government in Exile. Read about their experiences here.
While nine international social work students will travel to one of five different locations (Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, India and Belize) to complete their final, semester-long international field placement before December graduation. Read about their experiences here.
Related Links
Professor Charles Figley talks about combat stress on PRI
PRI The World's anchor Marco Werman speaks with Tulane School of Social Work trauma expert Charles Figley about the kind of work that the alleged Ft. Hood shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, did. Hasan is an Army psychiatrist with a specialty in treating combat stress.
Listen to the interview here.
Congratulations to Torin T. Sanders
and Rebecca L. Kendig!
Both Sanders and Kendig recently successfully defended their dissertations before their respective committees. Kendig's dissertation was entitled "Developmental trajectories of young African-American men in New Orleans." Sanders' dissertation was entitled "Premarital counseling: An assessment of the readiness of social workers to promote an approach to divorce prevention."
Congrats to Dr. Sanders (below) and Dr. Kendig!
Do Work That Matters.
Now more than ever before, New Orleans is a living laboratory, with social work front and center in the recovery of one of America’s greatest cities. Tulane School of Social Work, the first program for social workers in the deep South, is on the ground working in partnership with numerous non-profit organizations to rebuild our city. Join Tulane School of Social Work, and do work that matters.
Tulane School of Social Work, 6823 St. Charles Ave., Building 9, New Orleans, LA 70118 800-631-8234 msw@tulane.edu