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2015 Awardees

Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award


Jack Rothman
Professor Emeritus | University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Jack Rothman’s professional accomplishments in social work education and practice span more than half a century. He has been a role model and mentor for three generations of social wor...


Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award


Katherine Briar Lawson
Dean | State University of New York, Albany

The Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Work Education is presented to Dr. Katherine Briar-Lawson, dean of the State University of New York, Albany, School of Social Work. What she has accompli...


Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award


Lori K Holleran Steiker
Associate Professor | University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Lori K. Holleran Steiker is receiving the Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award for teaching excellence; scholarship; and research with adolescents, young adults,...