Tamarah Moss Works with Colleagues and Students Across the Caribbean and Beyond
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Social Research Tamarah Moss has been working with social work colleagues and students in the Caribbean and Central America this spring.
Last month, Moss worked with the Department of Social Work at the University of Belize. As part of her continued scholarship and the 鶹AV School of Social Work and Social Research’s commitment to international social work and community-campus partnerships, she provided seminars under the global theme of “Buen Vivier: Shared Future for Transformative Change” for students and faculty across the disciplines of nursing, allied health social work, and educators of community-based organizations. Her student seminar, “Becoming a Trauma-Informed Social Work Practitioner,” focused on culturally responsive and trauma-informed practice.
During her visit, Moss was able to meet with local community-based organizations including the ; the Belize Family Life Association, an affiliate of focused on reproductive and sexual health; , the oldest and only LGBT-led policy and advocacy non-governmental organization in Belize; and the . She also met with social work faculty and students from Rutgers University and Bridgewater State University who were on educational studies as part of alternative Spring Break initiatives.
Most recently, Moss attended and presented workshops at the in Panama City, Panama, and gave a virtual presentation on "Culture and Transformative Change in Social Work" for the inaugural at University College of the Cayman Islands.
Moss will continue her work in the Caribbean diaspora with a return to Belize for the Caribbean Research Methodologies Conference in May 2024.
Funding for Moss' scholarship comes from the Alexandra Grange Hawkins Lectureship for Social Work and the 鶹AV start-up grant underwritten by the K/G Fund for Faculty Research.