Raymond Adams, a tenure-track social work professor at Southern Arkansas University in the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program, was recognized recently by the Council on Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity as Outstanding Doctoral Student.
Adams is a PhD candidate at Jackson State University, a historically African-American university in Jackson, Mississippi. He has served as a social work professor in SAU’s nationally-accredited BSW program since fall 2014. The recognition was bestowed during the Council on Social Work Education conference held in Denver, Colorado on Oct. 24-27.
Raymond Adams
During the summer of 2019, Adams was the inaugural West Chester University Frederick Douglass Institute Summer Scholar in the Graduate Social Work Department, where he taught a five-week accelerated MSW level course, Mental Health: A Recovery Approach. He plans to continue his career at SAU after his November 2019 defense of his doctoral dissertation, “The Effects of Mental Health, Social Networks, and Spirituality on PRCA Survivorship Among Rural African-American Men: A Pilot Study.” Following the defense, he plans to explore best practices and interventions for older African-American prostate cancer survivors.
