Saliwe Kawewe | Human and Behavioral Sciences Programs | SIU

Social work

Saliwe Kawewe, Ph.D., M.S.W., B.S.W. Dr. Kawewe is a Professor Emeritus and a former Director
of the School of Social Work. Prior to this, she had not only been a Graduate Program Director.
She engaged in various CSWE’s reaffirmation of accreditations successfully. She became a faculty
member at SIUC in 1996; and taught micro practice and macro practice classes mostly in the
Graduate Program. Dr. Kawewe obtained her Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in 1985; an M.S.W.
from Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in Saint Louis in 1979; and a B.S.W.
from the University of Zambia in 1974.

Dr. Kawewe’s Background Experience is diverse. It entails working in administration at the
University of Zambia, social work practice as a Social Services Worker and Probation Officer in
Zimbabwe; and Child Welfare/ Protective Family Services in Foster Care in the U.S.A. Dr. Kawewe
has a commendable record of scholarship. She has been recognized with numerous academic
awards and honors for teaching effectiveness, community organization and professional service.
In addition to publishing over 50 publications including refereed articles, book chapters and
proceedings, Dr. Kawewe attended numerous professional conferences and made over 75
combined local, national and international presentations in the U.S., the Caribbean Islands, Asia,
Europe, and Africa. She continues to be a consulting editor for the Journal of Social Development
Issues; and manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Social Work Education (J.S.W.E.); British
Journal of Social Work; Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services; Journal of Sociology and Social
Welfare; Open Social Science Journal; Journal of Language and Culture; Gender and Development;
and Advances in Social Work. She has also served on the editorial boards of the National Women
Studies Association Journal: N.W.S.A., Journal of African Policy Studies; Journal of Women and
Language; New Global Development: Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare
now(the Journal of Comparative Social Welfare). She had been a regular reviewer of various book
proposals and manuscripts for numerous textbook publishers. Since 2007, Dr. Kawewe continues
to be a regular Conference Proposal Reviewer for the Council on Social Work Education (C.S.W.E.)
Annual Program Meetings’ tracks that include Cultural Competence; Child Welfare; Violence
against Women and Their Children; Social and Economic Justice; International Issues; Refugees
and Displaced Persons; African Americans and the African Diaspora; Clinical Practice; Feminist
Scholarship; and Community Organization.

Skills and Expertise: Cultural, Ethnic and Human Diversity; Child Welfare; Social Work Practice
with Individuals and Families; Groups and Communities; Public Policy Planning, Analysis,
Development and Administration; Feminism/Gendered and Racialized Social Exclusion; Human
Rights and Social Justice; Dynamics of Poverty within the US and globally; International Social
Development; Community Development, Social Action and Empowerment; Socio-economic
Globalization and the Devastating Impact of Patriarchal Governance’s Wars on Women and
Children globally.