Abigail Lash-Ballew
Abigail Lash-Ballew
(She/Her)
MSW in Administration, Planning, and Policy Practice, Virginia Commonwealth University: Richmond, Virginia, USA.
BSW in Generalist Practice, George Mason University: Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Research Interests:
- Social Work Education
- Child Welfare
- Critical Race Theories
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Resoljution
- Nonprofit Management
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Bio
Abigail Lash-Ballew (she/her) is a registered social worker and PhD student at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include anti-racism in social work education and practice, with a particular focus on institutional whiteness as it relates to child welfare and motherhood. Abigail is a macro practitioner who has managed and facilitated cross-cultural experiential learning processes including workshops, group dialogues, healing circles, and team retreats for a range of non-governmental organizations internationally. Abigail received a Master of Social Work degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Social Work degree from George Mason University, which is located close to her childhood home just outside Washington D.C. In her free time, Abigail enjoys traveling with her partner and experiencing the world through the eyes of their two young children.