Dr. Rosemary Clews

Department of Social Work
Professor, (2005)
MA (Deviancy and Social Policy), M.SocSci (Social Services Management), PhD (Social Work)
Phone (506)452-0481
Fax (506)452-0611
email: clews@stu.ca

New Curriculum Vitae

New Curriculum Vitae Highlights

Dr. Rosemary Clews moved to Canada in 1993, after more than 20 years experience as a Social Work practitioner, educator and manager in rural and urban communities in the United Kingdom. Rosemary spent three years as an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Regina before joining the social work department at St. Thomas University.

Courses regularly or recently taught:

SCWK 2023 Introduction to Social Work
SCWK 3033 Applied Social Research
SCWK 3223 Social Work and the Organization
SCWK 3753 Anti-racist Social Work
SCWK 3743 Social Work with Oppressed Groups
SCWK 4023 Field Integration Seminar

Research Interests

Human services in rural communities
Teaching and learning about social work
Social work and diversity
Applied social research
Partnerships between universities and human service agencies
Social work and aging

Current Research and Scholarship

The tales that bind: Rural stories and the helping professions, (with Dr. Bill Randall, Gerontology, St. Thomas University and Dr. Dolores Furlong, Nursing, University of New Brunswick)
War brides stories: Lessons for refugee resettlement, (with Dr. Laura Taylor, University of Manitoba)
Into Work: Narratives from New Social Workers (with St. Thomas University Social Work graduates for 2002)
Teaching and learning about diversity (with Dr. Ann Marie Powers, Acadia University)

Conference activity:

Dr. Clews is a regular attender and presenter at the following conferences:

Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development
Atlantic Teaching Showcase
International Rural Network
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry