International Social Work Conference | Boston 2008

Ph.D., was appointed Professor and Dean of the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in August 1997. She served as Director of the School of Social Work at Florida International University from June 1994 to August 1997 and as the Undergraduate Program Director of the School of Social Work at Florida International University from 1986 to 1994. She received her baccalaureate degree in Sociology from the University of Central Florida in 1974, the Masters Degree in Social Work from Florida State University in 1977 and the Ph.D. in Social Work from Florida State University in 1986. Dr. Sowers serves on several local, national and international boards including the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Curricular Innovation and Excellence, the International Planning Committee for the International Consortium for Social Development, the American Board of Mental Health Examiners, and the International Task Force on Social Work Education of the National Association of Deans of Social Work. Dr. Sowers is nationally known for her research and scholarship in the areas of international practice, juvenile justice, child welfare, cultural diversity and culturally effective intervention strategies for social work practice, evidence-based social work practice and social work education. Her current research and community interests include evidence-based practice, mental health practice, international social work practice and juvenile justice practice. She has authored or co-authored numerous books, book chapters and refereed journal articles. She has served as a founding editorial board member of the Journal of Research on Social Work Practice, founding co-editor of Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal and is currently serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Evidence-based Social Work: Advances in Practice, Programs, Research and Policy and Journal of Stress, Trauma and Crisis: An International Journal.