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Cassandra McKay

Assistant Professor 

BA, University of Iowa
MSSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD University of Illinois at Chicago

Email: cmckay@uic.edu
Phone: (312) 355-2280 
Room: 4204, ECSW 

Cassandra McKay

Professional Interests 

  • Social Construction of Race
  • Critical Service learning
  • Youth Activism

Current Research

  • Curriculum and instruction, and learners' internal locus of control
  • Improving Instruction in Highest Need Schools: A New Model of Mentoring.
    U.S. Department of Education.

Teaching

  • School Social Work Practice

Practice Experience

Ten year's experience providing:

  • Therapeutic services to youth and families in an outpatient, and school settings;
  • Supervising staff of mental health professionals;
  • Managing a statewide training department for a child welfare agency.

Selected Recent Publications

McKay, C. (in press). Critical service learning: A school social work intervention. Children and Schools.

McKay, C. (in press). Community education and critical race praxis: The power of voice. Journal of Educational Foundations.

Massat, C. R., McKay, C. & Moses, H. (2009). Monkeying around: Use of Survey Monkey as a tool for school social work. School Social Work Journal, 33, 44-56.

Massat, C.R. & McKay, C. (2009). A history of the education of African American children (Ch. 15). In R. Constable, C.R. Massat, S. McDonald, & J. Flynn, J. (2007) 7th edition (291-301). School social work: Practice, policy and research Chicago: Lyceum.

Massat, C.R. & McKay, C. (2009). Policy and law affecting school social work with vulnerable populations (Ch. 16.) In R. Constable, C.R. Massat, S. McDonald, & J. Flynn, J. (2007) 7th edition (pp.302-317). School social work: Practice, policy and research Chicago: Lyceum.

McKay, C. (2009). Charles Cobb, Sr. In P. Finkelman (Ed.)Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present. Retrieved from http://www.oxford-africanamericanhistory2.com/entry?entry=t0005.e0273

McKay, C. (2009). Freedom Rides. In P. Finkelman (Ed.). Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present . Retrieved from http://www.oxford-africanamericanhistory2.com/entry?entry=t0005.e0453

McKay, C. (2009). Congress of Racial Equality. In P. Finkelman (Ed). Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present. Retrieved from http://www.oxford-africanamericanhistory2.com/entry?entry=t0005.e0005

McKay, C. (2008). A new consciousness toward leadership. Educational Gerontology, 34, 670-690.

Books & Articles in Progress

McKay, C. (under review). A new consciousness toward leadership. Educational Gerontology.

Affiliations, Associations & Consultations 

  • School Social Work Association of America
  • Education for Liberation Network
  • American Educational Research Association
  • Council on Social Work Education