MSW Practicum Education Coordinator, Senior Instructor
Contact Information
Email: ceturner6@ua.edu
Office: Little Hall 2012
Phone: (205) 348-7278
Departments
- Field Program
- MSW Program
Areas of Interest and Expertise
- Child Welfare
- Practicum Education
Education
- BS, The University of Alabama
- MSW, The University of Alabama
Bio
Carrie Turner, LICSW, currently serves as a MSW Practicum Education Coordinator for the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama. In this role, Ms. Turner has worked closely with the members of the Practicum Education Program to address changing curricula and student needs. She is responsible for providing communication to each MSW cohort regarding the practicum education process to ensure timely applications, developing new agencies while also maintaining relationships with current agencies, and serving as a faculty liaison and practicum instructor. Ms. Turner also teaches the Integrative Practicum Seminar course.
Ms. Turner received both her BS in Commerce and Business Administration and her MSW from The University of Alabama. Ms. Turner is a licensed independent clinical social worker in the state of Alabama. Her practice experience is primarily in child welfare where she worked in foster care, adoption, protective service, resource development, family daycare homes, and quality assurance.
Selected Publications
Ruggiano, N., *Ellis, T., Gibson, K. B., Smith, S. T., Turner, C. A., Curington, A. M., Phelps, C. C., Ferruccio, A., Fendley, K. (in press). The Unity Wall Project: A Student-led Community Organizing Effort to Advance Public Discourse on Social Justice. Journal of Community Practice.
Cheatham, L. P., Smith, S., Siler, M., Johnson, K., Turner, C. A., Wilkes, S. K., Shah, A. A., Johnson, L., Swails, P. L., *Lopaczynski, J. (2020).”Own Your Vote”: A Novel Approach to Teach Social Workers about Voting Rights