Clark Atlanta University congratulates Dr. Jenny Jones, Ph.D., MSW, on being elected to serve as the Chair-elect to the of the Board of Directors for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Board of Directors. In this role, Jones will be working with the CSWE board of directors to ensure the organization meets its obligations to its constituencies to include its membership, social work community and programs, commissions, councils, and ad-hoc groups.
Dr. Jones currently serves as a professor and Dean of Clark Atlanta University’s Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work. She has more than 24 years of professional social work experience in higher education, public child welfare service systems, HIV/AIDS community-based multiservice organizations. Dr. Jones’ research uses applied methods to test scalable policy and practice innovations that have the potential to expand opportunities for marginalized families and communities. As such, she examines issues of wealth inequality and financial inclusion, to seek and advance a just and inclusive society.
“It is an honor to have been elected by my peers to serve as Chair-elect to the Board of Directors at CSWE. I look forward to this partnership and working with the Board to ensure that the organization meets its obligations.”
CSWE is the social work profession’s national association in the United States. The association includes membership for more than 900 accredited baccalaureate and master’s degree social work programs and their affiliated social work educators, students, and staff, as well as practitioners and agencies dedicated to advancing quality social work education
About the Council on Social Work Education
Founded in 1952, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the national association representing social work education in the United States. Its members include more than 800 accredited baccalaureate and master’s degree social work programs and their affiliated social work educators, students, and staff, as well as practitioners and agencies dedicated to advancing quality social work education. Through its many initiatives, activities, and centers, CSWE supports quality social work education and provides opportunities for leadership and professional development so that social workers are empowered to play a central role in achieving the profession’s goals of social and economic justice. CSWE’s Board of Accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States and its territories.
About Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University (CAU) was formed with the consolidation of Atlanta University and Clark College, both of which hold unique places in the annals of African American history. Atlanta University, established in 1865 by the American Missionary Association, was the nation’s first institution to award graduate degrees to African Americans. Clark College, established four years later in 1869, was the nation’s first four-year liberal arts college to serve a primarily African American student population. Today, with nearly 4,000 students, CAU is the largest of the four institutions (CAU, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Morehouse School of Medicine) that compose the Atlanta University Center Consortium. It is also the largest of the 37-member UNCF institutions. Notable alumni include: James Weldon Johnson, American civil rights activist, poet, and songwriter (Lift Every Voice and Sing – “The Black National Anthem”; Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., American civil rights activist; Congressman Hank Johnson, Georgia District 4; Kenya Barris, American award-winning television and movie producer; Kenny Leon, Tony Award-winning Broadway Director; Jacque Reid, Emmy Award-winning Television Personality and Journalist; Brandon Thompson, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for NASCAR; Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Recording Academy. To learn more about Clark Atlanta University, visit www.cau.edu.