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Meet the BPD Board and Staff
PRESIDENT
Dr. Catherine Gayle, Ph.D., LCSW, CCFC, MFLAC, MAC
Chair, Department of Social Work
Savannah State University, Savannah, GA
VICE-PRESIDENT
Dr. Lorri McMeel, Ph.D., LCSW
Department of Social Work Chair; BA Program Director; Associate Professor
Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Dr. McMeel has been teaching in higher education and serving as a BSW Program Director for over 16 years. She currently serves as the Chair of the Social Work Department, Associate Professor, and Undergraduate Program Director at Lewis University. She is extremely passionate about undergraduate social work education and advancing the profession. Her main areas of interest are in social work pedagogy, mental health, suicidology, and at-risk children and adolescents. She received her BA in Psychology from Georgia State University, a MSW from University of Georgia, and her Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is honored to serve on the Board of Directors of BPD in the role of Vice-President.
SECRETARY
Katrina Boone, BSW, MSW
Director of Field Education, Social Work
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Katrina J. Boone currently serves as Director of Field Education at Florida State University, College of Social Work. Her career encompasses 16 years of practice experience with children and adults in mental health, addictions, and child welfare. She has served in higher education for 23 years as an educator and director. Katrina serves as a member of the Council of Social Work Education, as a site visitor in training, on the board of the Association of the Baccalaureate Program Directors, and as President of the Florida Field Consortium. Katrina is passionate about social work education and strives to build a bridge between academia and community partners. She endeavors to develop and maintain robust internship experiences for the next generation of social workers.
Dr. Gayle heads the Department of Social Work, Savannah State University. She brings more than three decades of experience in higher education and clinical settings to her role at the university. Prior to her appointment, Dr. Gayle served nine years as Chair of the Department of Social Work at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Over her career, she has held administrative and/or academic positions at West Georgia Technical College, Miles College, Lawson State Community College, Talladega College, Voorhees College, and Denmark Technical College. Dr. Gayle earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree from Tuskegee University, Master of Social Work degree from Florida State University, and Ph.D. in Social Work from Clark-Atlanta University.
TREASURER/ PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dr. Peg Pittman-Munke, PhD, MSW, M.Ed, MLS
She, her, hers
BSW Program Director
Murray State University, Murray, KY
PROGRAM MANAGER
DaJuana Diggins-McMurray, BBA
Bowie State University Alumna, Bowie, MD
BPD, Program Manager
Alexandria, VA
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TREASURER-ELECT
Dr. Christopher Streidl , PhD, MSW
BSSW Program Director, Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
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Dr. Streidl serves as Assistant Professor and BSSW Program Director at Slippery Rock University, where he emphasizes student-centered education, innovative teaching strategies like gamification and collaborative learning, and fostering belonging through DEIB principles. His research explores mental health interventions for incarcerated populations, animal-assisted treatment, and the therapeutic mechanisms underlying role-playing and board games. Dr. Streidl earned his BSW from the University of Toledo, his MSW from Wayne State University, and his Ph.D. in Social Work from Walden University. He actively mentors students in practice-informed research projects and is honored to serve BPD as Treasurer-Elect.
Dr. Munke has been an outspoken advocate for BSW social work education for nearly 50 years. She brings a background in organization and administration in higher education and in nonprofit leadership. Her interests are social work education and its history, social work program administration, rural social work education and practice, social welfare history, accreditation issues, social and economic justice issues, diversity issues, HIV/AIDS, macro practice, and housing issues. She has held positions in social work education at Our Lady of the Lake University, Concordia College, Southeastern Louisiana University, Tulane University, and Texas A&M International University.
DaJuana Diggins-McMurray is a graduate of Bowie State University with a Bachelor of Administration, Concentration in Management. She is also a licensed and Associate Minster
at Mount Jezreel Baptist Church of Alexandria, VA, where the Pastor is Rev. Anthony T. Oliver. She has served as the assistant church clerk, president of the youth choir and dance ministry for many years. She is married to Corin McMurray with 3 beautiful children. Her social work interests came about when she worked at the City of Alexandria Department of
Human Services for 3 years. She also has been an advocate for Youth in the Community for many years, working for ALIVE! CDC and with the Youth of Mount Jezreel Baptist Church
of Alexandria, VA. Both are nonprofit organizations and she worked very closely with the leadership of both organizations. DaJuana has been honored to serve as BPD Program Manager since February 2021.
BPD Program Director
BPD Non-Program Director
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Norma Love-Schropshire, DSW, LMSW
Assistant Professor, Teaching
BSW Program Director
Wayne State University ~ School of Social Work
Detroit, MI
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Courtney Ruggles, DSW, LSW
Program Director, Bachelor of Social Work
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH
NON-PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Brian. E. Anderson, Ph.D., LMSW
Professor of Social Work
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Dr. Brian E. Anderson, a Professor of Social Work at Jackson State University, serves as a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) site visitor and a member of CSWE’s Commission on Membership & Professional Development. He has served on the CSWE Commission on Educational Policy, a founding member of the Alliance of Social Workers in Sport and was a National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (MS) Chapter board member. He has prior experience as a BSW Program Director and is on the Urban Social Work Journal's editorial board. Additionally, he served in the U. S. Army National Guard as a Dental Specialist and the U. S. Army Reserve as a Medical Combat Service Support commissioned officer, holding the position of Executive Officer. Brian was honored as the Social Work Educator of the Year in 2022, 2019, 2014, and 2009 by the Alabama/Mississippi Social Work Education Conference. Dr. Anderson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology at Tougaloo College, a Master of Social Work degree at Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. degree in Social Work at Jackson State University.
Dr. Courtney Ruggles is a passionate advocate for social work education, policy, and social justice. She is the founding Program Director and an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Shawnee State University, where she has been instrumental in designing and developing the BSW program to directly address the unique needs of the Appalachian region. Through collaborative planning sessions and data-drive curriculum development, she has ensured that the program equips future social workers with specialized knowledge in behavioral health, substance use, Appalachian culture, and poverty. With a professional background in behavioral health and hospice care, Dr. Ruggles brings a wealth of real-world experience to her work in higher education. She is a staunch advocate for suicide prevention, having served on a board and in various groups in Ohio and actively championed suicide prevention legislation at both state and national levels. Her dedication to policy and social justice advocacy extends beyond the classroom, as she works to advance the profession and promote the value of BSW education and licensure. Dr. Ruggles is committed to strengthening undergraduate social work education, supporting students and faculty, and ensuring that social work programs continue to cultivate skilled, ethical, and community-focused social workers.
Norma Love-Schropshire joined Wayne State University’s School of Social Work as a part-time faculty member in Fall 2012. Presently, she serves the School of Social Work as a Lecturer and BSW Program Director. She received a Doctor of Social Work (DSW, 2020) degree from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. She received a Master of Social Work (MSW, 2000) from the University of Michigan with a concentration on interpersonal practice with children, youth and families in society. She received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSW, 1998) and Certificate in Human Resources (2012) from Eastern Michigan University. Love-Schropshire holds a dual macro and clinical license as a master level social
work practitioner with the State of Michigan. She practiced more than eighteen years as a case
manager, assessment specialist, medical and clinical social worker and school social worker in the Detroit Public Schools among other Michigan public school districts.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Angela Gaddis, LCSW PhD
Associate Dean/BSW Program Director
College of Social and Behavioral Health
Barbara Solomon School of Social Work
Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
Angela Gaddis, LCSW PhD, is currently serving as Program Director for Walden University, BSW. She has worked at Walden for 10 years. Before Walden, she began the BSW program at Belhaven University. She has over 25 years of academic experience, both administratively and in the classroom. She has over 25 years of clinical experience in the areas of mental health, military service members, and substance abuse. She received her PhD from the University of Alabama, MSW from the University of Southern Mississippi and her BSW from the University of Mississippi. She has served on various Board of Directors including MS Chapter of NASW. She has presented at local, National and International conferences.
NON-PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Judith D. Crocker Billingsley, PhD., MSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work Department of Social Work
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC
Dr. Judith D. Crocker-Billingsley is an Assistant Professor of Social Work in the Department ofSocial Work BSW Program at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). Dr. Crocker- Billingsley has over 25 years as a social work educator and is often referred to as a social work social policy practitioner. She uses her social work and the media platforms to create collaborative social policy initiatives for students with national social work organizations and universities along with other congressional social work warriors and pioneers. Known in the social work communities as “Dr. J”, she has become historically recognized for creating undergraduate social work
internships with the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP), and the Congressional Social Work Caucus RoundTable. Dr. Crocker-Billingsley has a BA degree in
Human Services from Spelman College; an MSW from Clark Atlanta University and a PhD in Social Work Policy, Planning Administration and Social Science from the Whitney M. Young,
Jr., School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University.
Professor Lukas is currently pursuing a doctorate with a focus on simulation-based learning within practicum education. I have had the amazing opportunity to share my 20 years of practice experience with homelessness, foster care youth, criminal justice, HIV youth, and mental health to incorporate it into pedagogy as a professor for both graduate and undergraduate social work students. The last five years of my academic career have been driven by the mission statement of the School of Social Welfare while also enhancing learning opportunities for our students within practicum education and in social work.
NON-PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Jeanette Lukas, LMSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stony Brook School of Social Welfare,
Stony Brook, NY
FIELD DIRECTOR
Sherrie Faulkner, LCSW, MBA
Director of BSW Field Education at UIUC School of Social Work, Rantoul, IL
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Tammy Faux, MSSW, Ph.D.
She, her, hers
Professor and BSW Program Director
Department of Social Work
Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
NON-PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Tiffany Lane, Ph.D., MSW
She, her, hers
Associate Professor, BSW Coordinator
School of Social Work -University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Sherrie Faulkner has been in the field of social work for over 25 years. She has a BA in Human Services from the National College of Education, a MSW from UIUC School of Social Work, and a MBA from Baker College. Prior to starting her current position in 2010 as the Director of BSW Field Education at UIUC School of Social Work she worked in the community as a medical social worker. Superpowers include program development, empathy, and creativity.
Dr. Tammy Faux, a Professor of Social Work and BSW Program Director at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, has worked in social work education since 1998. Her academic interests include community-based research, campus, and community food security, emphasizing experiential and community-engaged learning, and curriculum development. Dr. Faux’s professional experience includes working with children and families, disabilities, and foster care.
Dr. Tiffany Lane is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). Before her appointment at UNCW, Dr. Lane held a two-year appointment at Norfolk State University in the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work as the BSW program director and program chair in the Social Work Department at West Chester University, PA. She has over 13 years of experience in social work education in various administrative roles. Her interests include child welfare services, issues impacting youth who age out of foster care, and African American youth academic and
social success in low-resourced communities. Dr. Lane earned her Bachelor of Social Work from West
Chester University, PA, Master of Social Work from Howard University, Washington DC, and a Ph.D. from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD.
Generalist Social Work Practice: Work with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations in a variety of social work and host settings. Generalist practitioners view clients and client systems from a strength's perspective in order to recognize, support, and build upon the innate capabilities of all human beings. They use a professional problem solving process to engage, assess, broker services, advocate, counsel, educate, and organize with and on behalf of clients and client systems. In addition, generalist practitioners engage in community and organizational development. Finally, generalist practitioners evaluate service outcomes in order to continually improve the provision and quality of services most appropriate to client needs.
Generalist social work practice is guided by the NASW Code of Ethics and is committed to improving the well being of individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations and furthering the goals of social justice.
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