Third candidate for dean of Social Welfare to present Monday

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LAWRENCE — Daphne Cain, associate professor and chair of the Department of Social Work at the University of Mississippi, will make a public presentation Monday, April 24, as a candidate for dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas.Cain is the third of four candidates for the position who will make public presentations during their respective campus visits. Her talk will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.

Her areas of research expertise include disaster mental health, parenting interventions with high-risk and vulnerable families, religion/spirituality and social work practice, and child welfare training. She has written or co-written numerous journal articles and currently serves on editorial boards of two professional journals.

At Mississippi, Cain oversaw development of the doctoral program in social welfare. The department has also seen increases in grants, peer-reviewed articles and conference presentations during her tenure. From 2001 to 2014, prior to joining the University of Mississippi, Cain held various academic appointments and leadership roles at Louisiana State University. She served as interim director and associate professor of the School of Social Work at Louisiana State from 2012 to 2014. Her professional experience also includes work in marriage and family therapy in private practice and in agencies.

Cain received her doctorate in social work from the University of Tennessee, a master’s of social work from East Carolina University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from North Carolina State University.

The dean of social welfare search committee, led by Stephen Mazza, dean of the School of Law, invites students, faculty and staff to attend the presentations and provide feedback of their impressions. Each candidate will prepare a presentation on the topic: “The Social Work Profession in 2027 and the Role of Schools of Social Work in Preparing for It.” 

The university will release information about each candidate roughly 48 hours before the candidate’ ...

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