Breakout Session – Understanding the Imposter Phenomenon Among BIPOC Students: Implications for Social Work Education
1.5 Cross Cultural Credits
Understanding the Imposter Phenomenon Among BIPOC Students: Implications for Social Work Education
Speaker: Gerri K. Connaught
The imposter phenomenon is an internal experience of feeling inadequate and like a fraud. There are ways in which social work programs may foster and exacerbate feelings of phoniness and not belonging among students who identify as BIPOC. This presentation will discuss the role of social work educators and practitioners in addressing this issue.
The Fierce Urgency of Now - Deepening Our Commitment to Social Justice Practice
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Nicotera, JD, DSW, LSW
Dr. Nicotera serves as Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University and Director of NYU’s Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Spirituality and Social Work. He has been teaching social work, social justice, peacemaking, and multifaith leadership courses for over 20 years. He has published book chapters and scholarly journal articles on the intersection of social justice, spirituality, and social work. He created the Circle of Insight framework, a process to foster the practice of peace, justice, and transformative love. He helps lead the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the nation's oldest, largest, multifaith peace and justice organization, of which Dr. King was a member. He worked in Central America and in Calcutta with Saint Mother Teresa.