College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

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Joan Blakey

  • School of Social Work Director
    Professor and Gamble Skogmo Land Grant Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy

Dr. Blakey holds a BS and MSW from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in social work from the University of Chicago.

    BS, University of Minnesota
    MSW, University of Minnesota
    PhD, University of Chicago

      Dr. Blakey holds a BS and MSW from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in social work from the University of Chicago. Her areas of expertise include child advocacy, protection, and welfare; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); justice and corrections; substance use and substance use treatment; and trauma and trauma-informed care. She also focuses on anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice within the social work profession.

        Dr. Blakey holds a BS and MSW from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in social work from the University of Chicago. Her areas of expertise include child advocacy, protection, and welfare; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); justice and corrections; substance use and substance use treatment; and trauma and trauma-informed care. She also focuses on anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice within the social work profession.

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        Joan Blakey, professor and director of the School of Social Work, smiles in a professional portrait wearing a turtleneck and hoop earrings.
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