Dual Pandemics

Mo Yee Lee is Professor and PhD Program Director, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University. She is editor of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work since 2007 and president of The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work from 2019-2021. Monit Cheung is Professor of Social Work, Mary R. Lewis Endowed Professor in Children & Youth, Principal Investigator of Child Welfare Education Project, and Director of Child & Family Center for Innovative Research at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Michael A. Robinson is Professor at the University of Georgia School of Social Work. He is the author of over 40 articles and book chapters. Two of his articles have received national awards. He has focused his research on the unjust killings of African American males by police and continues to publish in this area. Michele Rountree is Associate Professor and Academy of Distinguished Teacher with the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. She founded Black Mamas ATX, providing culturally aligned, client centered and mental health services that support Black women through pregnancy and postpartum period. Mike Spencer (Kānaka Maoli) is Presidential Term Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work and Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceania Affairs, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. He is Grand Challenges for Social Work Executive Committee Member and Co-lead for the Close the Health Gap and Eliminate Racism Grand Challenges. Martell L. Teasley is Interim Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost. Appointed dean of the College of Social Work in 2017, Martell is in his second terms as president of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work. As the lead investigator on the Social Work profession’s Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism, his major areas of research interests are African American adolescent development, school social work practice, and diversity in social work education.

Introduction—Dual pandemics: creating racially-just responses to a changing environment through research, practice and education Part 1 – Anti-racist pedagogy in social work education 1. Dual pandemics awaken urgent call to advance anti-racism education in social work: pedagogical illustrations 2. Advancing critical race pedagogical approaches in social work education 3. Coloniality of power, critical realism and critical consciousness: the three “C” framework 4. Anti-racism and equity-mindedness in social work field education: a systematic review 5. “Talking about race is exhausting”: social work educators’ experiences teaching about race and racism Part 2 – Conceptualizing anti-racist social work practice and research 6. Dual pandemics or a syndemic? Racism, COVID-19, and opportunities for antiracist social work 7. Visualizing structural competency: moving beyond cultural competence/ humility toward eliminating racism 8. From social justice to abolition: living up to social work’s grand challenge of eliminating racism 9. Power knowledge in social work: educating social workers to practice racial justice 10. Ethical mental health practice in diverse cultures and races Part 3– Impact of dual pandemics on special groups and populations 11. Necessary, yet mistreated: the lived experiences of black women essential workers in dual pandemics of racism and COVID-19 12. Demanding migrant/immigrant labor in the coronavirus crisis: critical perspectives for social work practice 13. Mask mandates, race, and protests of summer 2020 14. Model Minority Mutiny: addressing anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic in social work 15. Conceptualizing anti-Asian racism in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for action to social workers