Public Lecture Series

The Smith College School for Social Work is pleased to offer its lively and informative summer public lecture series to area professionals, students and alumni.

Lectures are free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. (See below for additional accessibility information).

• Sunday, June 3 
  Lydia Rapoport - Convocation Presentation
  Speak These Bodies
  Lenelle Moïse
  Poet and Playwright 
  Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
  4:15 - 5:15 p.m

• Monday, June 18 
  Lydia Rapoport - Anti-Racism Lecture
  Clinical Social Work in the Age of Neoliberalism: “Staying Woke” and a Path Forward for Clinical Practice
  Dr. Dawn Belkin Martinez
  Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
  7:30 - 9 p.m.

• Saturday, June 30 
  E. Diane Davis Lecture
  Beyond the Service Member: Working with Post-9/11 Military Families throughout the Deployment Cycle   
  Dr. Ellen R. DeVoe
  Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
  9:30 - 11 a.m.

• Monday, July 23 
  Brown Foundation Research Lecture
  Embodiment of Historical Trauma and Micro-aggression Distress: Lessons from 10 years of research with American Indians and Alaska Natives
  Dr. Karina Walters
  Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
  7:30 - 9 p.m.

   

Continuing Education Credits (CECs)

Lectures also provide one and one-half (1.5) Continuing Education Credits (CECs). The cost to register for CECs will be $15 per lecture. Those who wish to earn CECs should arrive 15 minutes ahead of the lecture to register; the registration fee will be collected at that time. Payment must be made by check or money order ONLY.

Accessibility Accommodations

Weinstein Auditorium is wheelchair accessible. For other disability accommodations or sign language interpreters, please contact the Office of the Dean at 413-585-7950 or email deanasst@smith.edu, at least two weeks in advance of the lecture.