Guest Editors: DuWayne Battle, Samuel Jones & Laura Curran
From time to time, the Journal of Teaching in Social Work will publish a special issue centered on a contemporary topic of pedagogical importance. This special double issue focuses on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism, and to be able to effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. The eleven articles presented here represent cutting-edge examples and analyses by leading educators who are among those who are spearheading the educational innovations currently taking place in this arena.
We hope that this special issue, with its close examination of the present status and future direction of Anti-Black Social Work Education, will provide a fresh and timely look both at its current state and future trends for our profession. I am deeply grateful to Drs. DuWayne Battle, Samuel Jones and Laura Curran of Rutgers University for serving so ably as coeditors of this special issue, and we all are greatly indebted to the 41 contributors to the articles for their thoughtful observations and scholarly contributions.