Archives

• Spring 2026

  Vol. 26 No. 1 (2026)

  The twenty-one articles for the Spring 2026 issue are intentionally grounded in social work values, whether the focus is education, practice, research, or theory. The issue has a focus on reimagining social work through the lens of equity, social justice, and professional transformation. Across the articles, authors critically examine how social work education, practice, research, and theory can better align with our stated values by addressing systemic racism, oppression, and structural inequality. Key themes include anti-racist and abolitionist approaches, ethical and values-based education, interprofessional and experiential learning, cultural responsiveness and inclusion, and support for diverse and marginalized populations, including refugees, military-affiliated students, survivors of violence, women experiencing multiple disadvantages, and communities affected by climate change. Several contributions emphasize the need to strengthen workforce preparation through innovative teaching methods, advocacy training, simulation learning, and ongoing professional development. The issue also highlights the importance of advancing social change through movement-based practice, environmental justice, critical quantitative methods, and new theoretical frameworks. Collectively, the articles call for a more reflective, inclusive, and socially accountable profession that actively confronts oppression while preparing social workers to address emerging societal challenges.

• Fall 2025

  Vol. 25 No. 3 (2025)

  Fall 2025

• Special Issue on Licensure

  Vol. 25 No. 2 (2025)

• Spring 2025

  Vol. 25 No. 1 (2025)

• Volume 24, Issue 3

  Vol. 24 No. 3 (2024)

• Summer 2024

  Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)

• Spring 2024

  Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024)

  Spring 2024

• Summer/Fall 2023

  Vol. 23 No. 2 (2023)

  Summer/Fall 2023 Issue

• Spring 2023

  Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023)

• Fall 2022: Questioning the Status Quo

  Vol. 22 No. 3 (2022)

  In the Fall 2022 issue of Advances in Social Work, we are pleased to present 17 full-length papers (11 empirical, 6 conceptual) written by 52 authors representing all different regions of the country and one paper hailing from Ethiopia. The papers in this issue are organized into five areas of contribution: challenges to national social work organizations, technological innovations in social work, curriculum innovations, COVID-related impacts, and diverse client populations. Each paper is introduced briefly, followed by our annual recognition of AISW reviewers.

• Re-Envisioning the Social Work Profession, Education, and Practice

  Vol. 22 No. 2 (2022)

• Spring 2022

  Vol. 22 No. 1 (2022)

• Fall 2021

  Vol. 21 No. 4 (2021)

  Fall 2021

• Summer 2021-Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Education

  Vol. 21 No. 2/3 (2021)

  Special double issue of Advances in Social Work on Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Education. Guest edited by Charla Yearwood, Rosemary A. Barbera, Amy K. Fisher, & Carol Hostetter

• Spring 2021

  Vol. 21 No. 1 (2021)

  Spring 2021

• Fall 2020

  Vol. 20 No. 3 (2020)

  Fall 2020

• Summer 2020-IPE

  Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020)

  Summer 2020-Special Issue on Interprofessional Education

• Spring 2020

  Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020)

  Spring 2020

• Fall 2019

  Vol. 19 No. 2 (2019)

  Fall 2019

• Promoting Social Change: Policy Advocacy, Research, & Innovation in Social Work

  Vol. 19 No. 1 (2019)

  Special Issue Editors: Dr. Amy Murphy-Nugen and Dr. Sunny Rome

• Fall 2018

  Vol. 18 No. 4 (2018)

• Special Issue Immigrants and Refugees

  Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018)

  This special issue of Advances in Social Work focuses on current challenges and best practices with migrants and refugees, in an increasingly difficult global context. Over the past decade, forced migration and displacement reached record numbers, while complex geopolitical, economic, and environmental factors contributed to escalating current challenges. International human rights and migration laws provide a framework too narrow and too limited for these recent developments. Political pressure and a growing identity crisis add to the xenophobia and climate of fear, in which security has in some cases become the primary rationale underpinning rapidly changing migration policies. Social work as a profession – in education and practice – has an important (if largely unfulfilled) role to play in advancing the human rights of migrants and refugees. In this commentary, we outline the macro contexts that shape social work practice with migrants and refugees, highlighting the great potential for social work to do much more to advance the rights and interests of those fleeing conflict, economic or natural disasters, or other upheavals.

• Vol. 18 No. 2 (2017)

• Special Issue: Trauma-Informed Practice

  Vol. 18 No. 1 (2017)

• Fall 2016

  Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016)

• Special Issue: Promoting Online Learning

  Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016)

• Fall 2015

  Vol. 16 No. 2 (2015)

• Special Issue: Technology, the Internet & Social Work Practice

  Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015)

• Fall 2014

  Vol. 15 No. 2 (2014)

• Special Issue: Eyewitnesses to History: First-Hand Accounts of Sages of the Profession

  Vol. 15 No. 1 (2014)

• Fall 2013

  Vol. 14 No. 2 (2013)

• Special Issue: The Impact of Socio-Economic, Cultural, Political, and International Factors on Latinos/Latinas in the US

  Vol. 14 No. 1 (2013)

• Fall 2012

  Vol. 13 No. 3 (2012)

  Fall 2012

• Special Issue: Global Problems/Local Solutions

  Vol. 13 No. 2 (2012)

• Special Issue: Military Social Work

  Vol. 13 No. 1 (2012)

• Fall 2011

  Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011)

• Special Issue: Social Work and Service Learning in the Age of Competency-based Education

  Vol. 12 No. 1 (2011)

• Vol. 11 No. 2 (2010)

• Spring 2010

  Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

• Vol. 10 No. 2 (2009)

• Vol. 10 No. 1 (2009)

• Vol. 9 No. 2 (2008)

• Vol. 9 No. 1 (2008)

• Vol. 8 No. 2 (2007)

• Vol. 8 No. 1 (2007)

  Special Issue: Critique of HBSE Theory

• Vol. 7 No. 2 (2006)

• Vol. 7 No. 1 (2006)

• Vol. 6 No. 2 (2005)

• Vol. 6 No. 1 (2005)

  Special Issue: The Futures of Social Work

• Vol. 5 No. 2 (2004)

• Vol. 5 No. 1 (2004)

  Special Issue: Student Assessment

• Vol. 4 No. 2 (2003)

• Vol. 4 No. 1 (2003)

• Vol. 3 No. 2 (2002)

• Vol. 3 No. 1 (2002)

• Vol. 2 No. 2 (2001)

• Vol. 2 No. 1 (2001)

• Vol. 1 No. 2 (2000)

• Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000)