Humphreys, Nancy - Oral History Interview - CSWA

Описание: Nancy Humphreys, PhD - Oral History Interview for the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA)

Interviewer: Ellen Dunbar, PhD

An interview with Nancy Humphreys, MSW as she discusses her work in social work education, professional associations, and influence on policy.

Date: October 10th, 2015

(1:15) – Her start in social work, Occidental College
(3:02) – MSW at USC School of Social Work
(4:45) – Experience as a child with polio knowing a social worker
(5:15) – Her mother’s work in the relief department as a social worker
(6:09) – Political, social, economic climate in the 1960s
(7:30) – Civil Rights Act of 1964
(8:09) – Career Development, work for the Welfare Department, organizing welfare rights groups
(10:45) – PhD at UCLA; teaching at Cal Poly Pomona, USC, and UCLA
(12:00) – Leaving California for Rutgers University, social work in policy practice
(13:20) – President of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), first president of CA chapter
(15:30) –Director at Montana State University, headed policy practice institute at UCONN, created Nancy A. Humphreys Political Social Work Institute at UCONN
(17:55) – Changes in MSW and BSW programs from 1960 to 2015
(18:32) – Founding BSW and MSW in Armenia after the earthquake in 1988, during the collapse of the USSR
(20:30) – Political social work as a career, running for political office as a social worker
(22:03) – Difficulties as a young woman president of NASW
(23:00) – Regrets for not being a stronger proponent for the gay and lesbian community as president of NASW
(24:45) – Increase in Affirmative Action target for women in the social work profession in leadership positions within NASW
(26:40) – Social work under presidents Nixon and Reagan
(28:20) – Change in political, social and economic climate during her career, denial of healthcare in some states
(29:15) – Balancing micro and macro practice in MSW programs
(30:15) – Preparing students better for policy change on behalf of their field, and getting people to vote and advocate for themselves politically
(35:40) – Political Social Work
(38:20) – Millennials’ creative use of technology and not joining traditional social work/professional groups
(40:00) – “Black Lives Matter” movement, NASW involvement in Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Gay Rights movements
(43:10) – Closing

To learn more about Nancy Humphreys, view her biography on the California Social Work Hall of Distinction website: http://socialworkhallofdistinction.us...

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