{"id":60951,"date":"2012-06-15T08:22:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T12:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=60951"},"modified":"2015-11-24T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T20:57:51","slug":"distinguished-professor-lynne-healy-brings-international-prominence-to-school-of-social-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/06\/distinguished-professor-lynne-healy-brings-international-prominence-to-school-of-social-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Professor Lynne Healy Brings International Prominence to School of Social Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lynne Healy. (UConn School of Social Work Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lynne Healy has spent the past three decades preparing new generations of social workers for deployment in an increasingly diverse world.<\/p>\n

Healy\u2019s efforts helped secure the UConn School of Social Work\u2019s national reputation as one of the country\u2019s leading programs for international social work training. In recognition of Healy\u2019s expertise, dedication, and leadership, the Board of Trustees recently honored her as one of two new distinguished professors at UConn.<\/p>\n

The growing diversity in the communities where graduates of the School of Social Work\u2019s advanced degree programs work is reflected in the classes the students take. A recent class on International Development, Healy said, included students from Albania, Dominica, Ghana, Guyana, Nepal, Nigeria, and Rwanda. While a few of the students were foreign nationals, most of them were immigrants living in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has definitely been a growth in interest in international studies,\u201d says Healy, who started working at UConn full-time 33 years ago. \u201cFor some of those students, there is interest in working in another country; but for others, those international issues are right here in the diverse populations in Connecticut and places like Hartford.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the latest census figures, one in eight Connecticut residents were born outside the United States, and one in five Connecticut children speak a language other than English at home.<\/p>\n

Connecting with individuals from diverse and sometimes dramatically different cultures can be a challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery social worker needs some awareness and knowledge of international issues,\u201d says Healy. \u201cThere is a lot more attention being given to these different populations coming into our agencies, our schools, our hospitals, our clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healy said the social work profession was focused almost entirely on domestic issues when she first started at UConn. But steady growth in the country\u2019s immigrant population, and recognition of the impact of globalization, have changed that perspective over time.<\/p>\n

UConn in many ways was ahead of the curve. Healy was instrumental in establishing UConn\u2019s Center for International Social Work Studies 20 years ago. She still serves as the Center\u2019s co-director. Located within the School of Social Work at UConn\u2019s campus in West Hartford, the Center helps social workers develop a global perspective on human rights, human needs, social policy, and social work practice.<\/p>\n

Since its inception, the Center has hosted talks by visitors from 37 different countries and it continues to sponsor frequent seminars and conferences on topics such as human trafficking, World AIDS Day, immigration law, and others. Through her work with the Center, Healy has initiated international and interdisciplinary collaborations, most notably UConn\u2019s partnership with the University of the West Indies \u2013 Mona Campus.<\/p>\n

Salome Raheim, dean of UConn\u2019s School of Social Work, describes Healy as a \u201cteacher of teachers\u201d and \u201can internationally known scholar in the field of international social work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Healy is an educator of extraordinary ability and dedication,\u201d Raheim said in a letter nominating Healy for consideration as a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. \u201cThe global perspective that she brings through her scholarship and internationally-focused public engagement enriches the content of our academic programs and enhances student learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

An administrator, teacher, researcher, and accomplished author, Healy is credited with writing one of the seminal publications on international social work: International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent World <\/em>(Oxford University Press, 2001, 2008). More recently, she served as co-editor of the Handbook of International Social Work: Human Rights, Development, and the Global Profession <\/em>(Oxford University Press, 2012).<\/p>\n

Angelina Yuen, a professor and vice president at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and president of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, described the Handbook of International Social Work as \u201ca monumental masterpiece that is destined to become a classic text for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in international social work across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yuen said Healy is \u201cgenerally regarded as one of the most outstanding pioneers\u201d in the field of international social work, adding that her works have been used as textbooks by social work scholars and students throughout the globe and have \u201csignificantly impacted the development of international social work worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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