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