Cheryl Williams-Hecksel (she/her)

Cheryl Williams-Hecksel (she/her)
  • Evidence Based Trauma Treatment Certificate Coordinator
  • Specialist - Outreach - Fixed Term

EDUCATION

  • MSSW, University of Texas - Arlington
  • BS, Oakland University

INTERESTS

  • Field education
  • Child traumatic stress
  • Evidence based practice
  • Trauma treatment
  • Reflective supervision
  • Child welfare
  • Social work ethics
  • Child welfare workforce issues
  • Leadership
  • Mental health

CURRICULUM VITAE

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AWARDS

Distinguished Academic Staff Award in 2021

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Bishop, J., & Williams-Hecksel, C. (In press - 2022). Career outcomes and past trauma exposure of MSW graduates of a trauma treatment certificate.  Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
  • Williams-Hecksel, C., & Riebschleger, J. (2021).  Advancing innovations in child welfare education. In Anderson, G. R., & Briar-Lawson, K. H. (Eds.), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development. Washington DC, Child Welfare League of America.
  • Anderson, G.R., & Williams-Hecksel, C. (2021). University and Agency Partnerships: The Fundamentals of Working Together. In Anderson, G. R., & Briar-Lawson, K. H. (Eds.), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development. Washington DC, Child Welfare League of America.
  • Lawrence, C., Chakravarty, S., Williams-Hecksel, C., Armendariz, S., Kollar, S., Wilcox, C. (2021). Advancing Racial Equity in the Child Welfare Workforce. In Anderson, G. R., & Briar-Lawson, K. H. (Eds.), Strategic Child Welfare Agency-University Partnerships to Advance Workforce Development. Washington DC, Child Welfare League of America.
  • Anderson, G. R., Williams-Hecksel, C., & de Guzman, A. (2020). The stipend student commitment to child welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 14(1), 122-138.
  • Popescu, M., Strand, V., Wey, I., Williams-Hecksel, C. & Abramovitz, R. (2017). Beginnings of a Legacy for Social Work Education: Building Trauma-Informed Workforce Capacity, Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

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