ABSTRACT

Fisk University began the genesis of HBCU graduate programs in 1880. During the next fifty years, several other HBCUs established graduate programs. That group included Lincoln, Howard, and Morgan State. However, only Lincoln University established a PhD program. The primary goal of this paper is to provide a historical perspective regarding the development of social work doctoral degree programs in the context of HBCU graduate degree program development. Although HBCU social work doctoral programs have only existed since 1978, they are significant and growing academic enterprises which are expanding the pool of doctoral level social work experts and professors of color. Further, these programs should be viewed contextually as producers of scholars on the larger landscape of the academy.

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Hal Aubrey

Hal Aubrey is the former Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.

Tina Jordan

Tina Jordan is MSW Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware.

Andre P. Stevenson

Andre P. Stevenson is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland.

Rena Boss-Victoria

Rena Boss-Victoria is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing, Bowie State University.

James Haynes

James Haynes is Title III Coordinator, Office of the Provost, and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Anthony Estreet

Anthony Estreet is Assistant Professor in the Master Of Social Work Department at Morgan State University.

Jahmaine Smith

Jahmaine Smith is Graduate Coordinator of Recruitment and Admissions, School of Graduate Studies, at Morgan State University

Elijah Cameron

Elijah Cameron is Director of Assessment and Quantitative Services in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Quotasze Williams

Quotasze Williams is HMIS/QM Coordinator for Partners to End Homelessness, Jackson, Mississippi.

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