We prepare culturally responsive social work practitioners, organizational leaders and scholars to address social problems and promote social justice through teaching, research and service.
Programs
Institute for Nonprofit Organizations
The Institute offers interdisciplinary teaching, research, and service programs that focus on improving the leadership and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.
Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights
The Center fosters a fair, inclusive society through community engagement, education and research that examines links between historic and present day inequalities.
CenHTRO
The center conducts research, develops programming, and influences policies that measurably reduce human trafficking and other forms of exploitation.
News
Fulbright Award Helps UGA Researcher Improve Outcomes Of Child Trafficking Survivors In Sierra Leone
Elyssa Schroeder, a predoctoral fellow with the University of Georgia’s Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach is the recipient of a 2022 Fulbright Research Grant. The award enables the School of Social Work doctoral candidate to further her dissertation research on improving outcomes for survivors of child labor trafficking in Sierra Leone.
Events
Screening and conversation: Barmmy Boy
9/20/2022 19:00The Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach (CenHTRO) and the Willson Center for Humanities ...
Global Engagement
Social work practice is informed by international issues.
We provide world-changers with opportunities for impactful study, research and service around the globe. From North and South America to Europe, Africa and Asia, we explore and learn about new ways to solve shared problems.