SANDRA EDMONDS CREWE
Sandra Edmonds Crewe
Dean
Profile Type: Faculty
School / College: School of Social Work
Department / Office: Office of the Dean, Social Work
Additional Position: Professor of Social Work , Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
secrewe@howard.edu | (202) 806-7311
https://www.socialwork.howard.edu
BIOGRAPHY
Sandra Edmonds Crewe is dean and professor of social work at Howard University. Dr. Crewe previously held the position of interim dean, and associate dean for academic and student advancement. She has research, scholarship, and public advocacy in the areas of caregiving, aging, ethnogerontology, welfare reform, and social welfare history. She has numerous publications in these areas.
Dr. Crewe holds both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from the National Catholic School of Social Service (Catholic University of America) and a Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University. She is a 40 year member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. She also holds a certificate from the Harvard Institute of Leadership and Management in Education through a Council on Social Work Education fellowship. Prior to joining the faculty, she served in executive level positions in the field of public and assisted housing and was instrumental in developing self-sufficiency programs as well as health and well-being programs for older persons.
Dr. Crewe is a long standing trustee for the Maryland Affordable Housing Trust. She serves as secretary and member of the board of the American Association of Service Coordinators. Additionally, she serves on the board for the National Association of Deans and Directors. Dr. Crewe is a founding member of the HBCU Schools of Social Work Network. She is co-lead of the network addressing eradicating social isolation, a grand challenge of the American Society of Social Work and Social Welfare Dr. Crewe is a NASW Pioneer.
EDUCATION & EXPERTISE
Education
Howard University
Social Work
PhD
1997
Catholic University of America
Social Work
MSW
1975
Catholic University of America
Social Work
BSW
1974
Expertise
Caregiving, Social Isolation, Housing, Leadership, Macro Social Work Practice
Academics
COURSES
History and Philosophy of Social Welfare
This course examines the development of social welfare in the United States. It addresses the welfare state using an interdisciplinary perspective. It chronicles social welfare policies and practices against the historical, social, and economic events of the 19th 20th and 21st centuries. The examination of events in these time periods explicates not only the development of social welfare policies, but the evolution of the Social Work profession as well. There is strong emphasis on the philosophies that guide beliefs about social welfare including the enduring beleifs about the worthy vs unworthy poor and persistent and pernicious inequalities that exist in contemporary society. The course highlights the contributions of African-Americans and women within the Social Work and the social welfare arena. This is a seminar course and students are assigned periods of social welfare history and expected to use historical artifacts including interviews to capture definining moments.
Independent Study
Graduate student study surrounding historical periods addressing the leadership of African American women.
Accomplishments Education
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
- National Association of Social Work - NASW Pionner (2017)
- National Association of Deans & Directors, Leadership Academy in Aging (2015)
- Network Social Work Manager, Exemplar Award (2015)
- Howard University School of Social Work Student Council – Executive Award (May, 2015)
- White House Conference on Aging. Pre-Conference Caregiving – NASW Delegate (May 2015)
- First Baptist Church of Highland Park, Md. Outstanding Volunteer Nursery Service (2014)
- National Alliance NAR-SAAH—Outstanding Academic Award (2013)
- Council of Social Work Education- Harvard Management Leadership Program Scholarship (2010)