Vanessa Brooks Herd Associate Professor of Social Work Appointed to SVSU in 2001 Ed.D. Wayne State University M.S.W. Wayne State University B.S. W. Wayne State University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Brooks Herd, V. (2011, March). Passport please: Creating space in a BSW th program. Presented at The 4 International Conference on International Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Brooks Herd, V. (2011, April). Not another bad hair day: life in the foster care system. Presented at the Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Worker State Conference, Dearborn, MI. Brooks Herd, V. (2011, August). Foster parent cultural diversity training. Presented at the Saginaw County Department of Human Services, Saginaw, MI. Brooks Herd, V. (2011, August). Bad hair days: life in the foster care system. Paper presented at the Michigan County Social Services Association Training Conference, Bay City, MI. Brooks Herd, V. (2011, October). Understanding stress triggers. Paper presented at the State of Michigan Recipients Rights Conference, Thompsonville, MI.
GRANT Brooks Herd, V. Wes Moore at SVSU. Saginaw Community Foundation, $1000, January 2011. The Saginaw community was please to host author and activist Wes Moore. The Saginaw Community Foundation in cooperation with Saginaw Valley State University Office of Diversity Programs, the SVSU Foundation and the department of Social Work sponsored a stimulating dialogue with the author. Additional community partners were Independence Bank and the NAACP.
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