Tonya Edmond, interim co-dean of the Brown School, has been聽聽of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2023. The AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners who are dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare.
Edmond is one of 14 scholars in the AASWSW Class of 2023 inductees. She joins more than a dozen current Brown School faculty members that have already achieved this honor and many more alumni. Fellows are recognized for their distinguished accomplishments as scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in high-impact work that advances social good.
鈥淚 am truly humbled to have been inducted as a Fellow of the Academy for Social Work and Social Welfare. It is a tremendous honor to be recognized alongside scholars and practitioners that I have long admired,鈥� Edmond said.
She was formally inducted as an AASWSW Fellow during the January 2023 Society for Social Work and Research鈥檚 Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Edmond鈥檚 research focuses on testing the effectiveness of interventions for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and intimate partner violence. In January 2022, Edmond was聽appointed聽to serve as interim dean of the Brown School in partnership with聽Rodrigo Reis. Edmond is co-director of聽the聽聽and a faculty affiliate for the聽.听
In addition to Edmond, current Brown School fellows include:
- , Barbara A. Bailey Professor of Social Work
- , Professor and Director of PhD Program in Social Work
- , Professor of Data Science for the Social Good in Practice
- , Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor
- , Frank J. Bruno Distinguished Professor of Social Work Research
- , Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
- , Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work Research
- , George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
- , Vice Provost of Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Dean of the Brown School (2016 – 2022)
- , Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy
- , Professor, Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor (2014-2018)
- , Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare
- , Research Professor
- , George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
- , William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Transdisciplinary Faculty Research