CLAUDIA J. DEWANE cdewane@temple.edu (717)231-3658 EDUCATION Penn State University, College of Education Doctorate, Adult Education Columbia University, School of Social Work Masters, Social Work, Cum Laude Rutgers University, Douglass College Bachelors, Sociology & English, Magna Cum Laude Temple University: Provost s Teaching Academy Temple University: Certificate, Teaching in Higher Education Temple University: Certificate, Virtual Teaching Smith College: Certificate, Advanced Clinical Supervision Smith College: Certificate, Family Studies ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS 2006 present Temple University, Harrisburg Associate Professor, Assistant Chair, Harrisburg Campus 1993 2006 Temple University Harrisburg Graduate Schools of Social Administration & College of Education Adjunct Faculty 1991 2006 Employee Education Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Faculty & Curriculum Planner Messiah College, Social Work Department Guest lecturer; Practicum supervisor (advise & supervise students) Shippensburg University, Graduate Counseling Program Internship supervisor (advise and counsel students) Temple University, School of Social Administration Marywood College, School of Social Work Field Supervisor, MSW program (advise and supervise students) Lebanon Valley College & Cedar Crest College Field supervisor, MSW & BSW program (advise and supervise students) 1
GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT Clinical Practice with Individual, Families & Groups, I & II Social Work Supervision, Staff Development & Training Clinical Practice in Social Service Delivery Ethics, Dilemmas & Social Work Practice Adult Organization & Development Environmentalism & Social Work Teaching In Higher Education Foundations of Social Work Integrative Seminar PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006 - present Associate Professor Senior Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty Liaison Temple University, Harrisburg Teach graduate MSW courses (Foundation, Clinical Practice & Integrative Seminar). Teach in post-graduate certificate program: Teaching in Higher Education Recruit, oversee, and mentor adjunct faculty. Developed post-graduate certificate program proposal in Advanced Clinical Practice. Serve as Faculty Advisor to Student Alliance. Developed and established three one-credit elective courses: Special Topics in Social Work. Developed and present continuing education workshops. Serve on Continuing Education Advisory Board. Co-chair Curriculum Committee, Merit Committee, Teaching Evaluation Committee Received Educator of the Year Award, 2008, 2009. 1991 2007 Adjunct Faculty Temple University, Harrisburg Taught several graduate level (MSW) courses and continuing education 2
workshops. Served on Continuing Education Advisory Board. Developed curriculum and workbook for culminating seminar. Developed and implemented independent study projects with students. Developed syllabi on several practice courses. 1995 present Social Work Consultant & Clinical Supervisor Clinical Support Associates Camp Hill, PA Provide clinical supervision and consultation to professional social workers in individual, group and agency setting. Developed and published a curriculum on clinical supervision. Consultant to hospice social work staff. 1993 2007 Deputy Field Director Women Veterans Health Program Department of Veterans Affairs Provided consultation, education and oversight on issues affecting the delivery of medical care to women veterans at 50+ medical facilities. Provided training and continuing education to Women Veteran Program Managers in these facilities. Position involved program development, policy formulation, and implementation of new initiatives for women veterans. Project leader on multiple educational initiatives. Chaired multiple committees at headquarters level. Received multiple Outstanding Performance Awards. 1981 1993 Director Veterans Readjustment Counseling Center Harrisburg, PA Responsible for community-based counseling center, providing readjustment services to veterans and their families. Provided oversight of service delivery in a 24 county area of Central PA. Provided clinical and administrative supervision of staff. Initiated one of the first therapy groups for women who served in Vietnam, which culminated in the publication of the book, Another Kind of War Story: Army Nurses Look Back to Vietnam. 1979 1981 Supervisor, Social Work 3
Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic Allentown, PA Developed, implemented, and supervised Social Work Department of newly established outpatient clinic; provided clinical services to veterans and families. Provided psychosocial individual and family services to patients admitted to medical and psychiatric wards. PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED Dewane, C. (2013-09-02). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Encyclopedia of Social Work. Retrieved 3 Jan. 2014, from http://socialwork.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.001.0001/acre fore-9780199975839-e-843. Dewane, C. (2013). Green social work: From environmental crises to environmental justice. International Journal of Social Welfare, Vol. 22 (3) 328-329 doi:10.1111/ijsw.12035 Dewane, C. (2006). Use of self: a primer revisited. Clinical Social Work Journal. Vol. 34 (4) Winter 2006. DOI: 10-1007/s10615-005-0021-5. Dewane, C. Humor in therapy. Social Work. 1978. Vol. 23, #6. Dewane, C.M. Post-traumatic stress disorder in medical personnel in Vietnam. Hospital & Community Psychiatry. 1984. Vol. 35, #12. PUBLICATIONS: NON-REFERREED Strategies for Conquering Profession Fatigue, Social Work Today. March, 2014 Considerations in Group Supervision, The New Social Worker, Oct., 2013. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Veterans with PTSD. Social Work Today, May/June 2012. Environmentalism and Social Work: The Ultimate Social Justice Issue. Social Work Today. Sept/Oct 2011. The Legacy of Addiction: A form of complex PTSD? Social Work Today, Nov/Dec. 2010. Treating New Social Worker Anxiety Syndrome. The New Social Worker. Summer 2010. Dual relationships in social work healthcare. Social Work Today. (accepted for publication). Emotional implications of hearing loss. Aging Well. Fall, 2010. Acceptance and commitment therapy. Social Work Today. Sept. 2008. Leadership Strategies for Women Social Service Managers. Social Work 4
Today. March, 2008. Ethical Issues in Supervision. Social Work Today. June/July 2007. The impact of the Persian Gulf War on Vietnam veterans. VOICE. Vol. 12, #4, available from the Department of Veterans Affairs. BOOKS Editorial consultant /collaborator: Another Kind of War Story: Army Nurses Look Back to Vietnam. 1993. Blyler Publishing, Lebanon, PA. MEDIA Scriptwriter for professional training video: Military Sexual Trauma (2002). Video received national award. MANUSCRIPTS 2012 You Can Take the Social Worker Out of Social Work - - Can You Take Social Work Out of the Social Worker? A Report on Social Workers in Non-Social Work Jobs being submitted to Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics. Clinical social work: applied practice. 2006. [Curriculum and workbook for practice seminar and supervision.] Under revision for publication. Top Ten Leadership Strategies for Women Program Managers. 2007. Dept of Veterans Affairs. EDITORIAL WORK Editorial Advisory Board: Social Work Today Editor-in-chief, Newsletter, Women Veterans Health Program, US Dept. of Veterans Affairs Editor, Coordinators Connection, Women s Health Newsletter, US Department of Veterans Affairs. Editorial Board, VOICE (Department of Veterans Affairs). Judge: The Judith Kasser Award, PA Society for Clinical Social Work (Social Work student paper award at Widener University) CURRICULUM & STAFF DEVELOPMENT Co-chair, Curriculum Committee, Temple University, School of Social Administration Developed and printed Adjunct Faculty Desk Reference Clinical social work: applied practice. 2003. [Curriculum and workbook for practice seminar and supervision.] Developed and edited Women Veterans Program Managers Desk Reference [training manual]. 2007. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Women Veterans Program Manager Orientation Training. [Self-Study, web-based, training module]. 2005. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. 5
RESEARCH Current Research: Skills-set crossover of social workers in non-traditional roles 1993: Doctoral Dissertation: Self-Help Groups and Adult Learning 1996: Principal Investigator: Military Sexual Trauma and Implications for Preventive Healthcare in Women Veterans, Dept. of Veterans Affairs PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS : PA Society for Clinical Social Work: Certificate in Clinical Supervision 2014: PA Society for Clinical Social Work: Certificate in Clinical Supervision 2014: PA Society for Clinical Social Work: Ethics and Clinical Note-Taking 2012: Temple University: A Guide to Informed Practice and Supervision 2011: Penn State Hershey Medical Center: Medical Ethics for Social Workers 2011: Adelphi University: A Guide to Informed Practice and Supervision 2010: PA Society for Clinical Social Work: The Legacy of Addiction 2010: Temple University: Managing Community Collaboration 2009: Society for Social Work Leaders in Health Care: Dual Relationships 2009: Temple University: Dual Relationships in Academia 2009: Temple University: Dual Relationships: The Rubik s Cube of Ethics 2008: Temple University: Practical Ethics: Using a Decision-Case Model 2007: Hoffman Homes for Children & Temple University: Ethical Practice with Children & Adolescents 2007: Association of Applied & Professional Ethics: Supervision in the Human Services Ethics Required 2007: NASW Social Work Month: Women Returning From War 2006: PA Society for Clinical Social Work: Use of Self: Appreciating the Complexity of the Therapeutic Relationship 2006: Temple University: Ethical Issues in Supervision 2006: Temple University: Returning from War: It Takes a Village 2005: Temple University and Compassionate Care Hospice: Medical Ethics: Implications for Social Work 2005: Department of Veterans Affairs: Medical Ethics: To Do or Not to Do 6
2005: NASW- PA State Convention: Revisiting the Use of Self 2004: Temple University: Ethical Dilemmas and Social Work Practice 2003: Temple University & NASW: Ethical Dilemmas & Social Work 2002: Temple University: Ethics for Field Instructors 1995: Department of Veterans Affairs: Military Sexual Trauma 1994: Central PA NASW - After the Storm: The Impact of the Gulf War on Vietnam Veterans 1991: NASW National Convention: Secondary Traumatization 1991: International Society for Traumatic Stress: Impact of PTSD on the Family 1987: PA Psychological Association: Trauma and Its Implications 1986: PA Department of Corrections: PTSD 1985: PA Board of Probation: PTSD: Impact on Families COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER 2009, 1999, 1996, 1995: Temple University School of Social Administration, Harrisburg KEYNOTE / INVITED SPEAKER 2011: Invited speaker: Annual Social Work Series, Penn State Hershey Medical Center 2011: Invited speaker: Adelphi University School of Social Work, Conference on Supervision 2006: Use of Self: Appreciating the Complexity of the Therapeutic Relationship, Annual Dinner Banquet, PA Society for Clinical Social Work 2005: Women s Health: Living Long & Living Well, Buffalo, NY 2005: Spring into Health, Wilkes-Barre, PA 2003: Women Veterans in Prison, Muncy Prison, Muncy, PA 2000: Clinical Update: Women s Health Conference, Baltimore, MD 1998: Clinical Assessment of psycho-physiological manifestations of sexual trauma 1998: Women Veterans Recognition & Award Ceremony, Northampton, MA 1997: Marketing & Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 1997: Fulfilling the Commitment, Women s Conference, San Antonio, TX 1996: Leading Change, Women Veterans Leadership Seminar, Baltimore, MD 1996: Women Veterans Recognition, Albany, NY 7
1996: Grand Opening of VA Women s Health Clinic, West Haven, CT 1996: Veterans Day Ceremony, Wilmington, PA 1999: Women Veterans Recognition, Coatesville, PA 1995: Women Veterans Health Conference, Scottsdale, AZ 1995: Women Veterans Recognition Ceremony, Altoona, PA 1994: Women Veterans Health & Issues of Sexual Trauma, San Antonio, TX 1994: Veterans Day Ceremony, Perry Point, MD 1994: Veterans Day Ceremony, Martinsburg, WV 1994: 50 th Anniversary, D-Day, White River, Junction, VT 1991: Veterans Day Ceremony, Department of Labor & Industry 1989: A Decade of Honor, Anniversary Celebration, Harrisburg, PA PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS Educator of the Year Award, 2008 & 2009, Temple University, School of Social Work Best National Website, Hearing Loss Association of America, 2014 Special Contribution Awards, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Citation for Outstanding Community Service, 99th US Congress Member, National Association of Social Workers Member, PA Society for Clinical Social Work Member, American Board of Social Work Examiners LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Board-Certified Diplomate, Clinical Social Work, #28605 Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PA # CW013545 Certificate, Advanced Clinical Supervision, Smith College School for Social Work Academy of Certified Social Workers Certified Hearing Loss Support Specialist COMMUNITY SERVICE Recipient, 2011 PA State Recognition Award for service to hearing loss community Member, Ethics Committee, PA Society for Clinical Social Work Women in Prison Project, Unitarian Church of Harrisburg Board, Hearing Loss Association of the Capital Region www.hlacapregion.org (Recipient of best national website award) CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE Participated in Spanish/Social Work Immersion program. Account of the experience was published in Social Work Today: http://www.socialworktoday.com/swtenewsjan081.shtml 8