University of St. Thomas

Committees and Positions:

•    MSW Program Committee
•    MSW Research Content Committee
•    MSW Policy Content Committee (chair)
•    Institutional Review Board, College of St. Catherine
•    Supervision Institute, School of Social Work at the College of St. Catherine and University of St. Thomas
•    Civic Engagement committee, Center for Women, Economic Justice, and Public Policy College of St. Catherine

•    GRSW 500 History and Philosophy of Social Work
•    GRSW 505 & 506 Field Practicum and Seminar I & II
•    GRSW 625 Social Policy and Planning
•    GRSW 650 Clinical Services Supervision and Program Management
•    GRSW 681 Social Work Practice Research
•    GRSW 682 Applied Research Seminar and Clinical Research Paper

•    Supervision (clinical and administrative)
•    Administration
•    Supervision in Child Welfare
•    Social policy
•    Policy analysis
•    Program evaluation
•    Social Work Education

•    BA, Drake University
•    MA, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
•    MSW, University of Minnesota
•    PhD, University of Minnesota

•    Project Director, Destination 2010 Evaluation Project, Gamble-Skogmo Land Grant Chair in child Welfare and Youth Policy, 1 year
•    Area Training Manager, Minnesota Child Welfare Training System, 2 years
•    Program Director, Crisis Nursery of Washington County, Children’s Home Society 2.5 years
•    Policy Advocate, Family & Children’s Services, ½ year
•    Child Protection Worker, Dakota and Washington Counties, ½ year
•    Children’s and Youth Advocate, Tubman Family Alliance, 3 years

•    Ferguson, S. M. (2009) Clinical supervision in child welfare. In C. C. Porter & C. Brittain (Eds.), Child Welfare Supervision. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2007, October) Policy analysis from three perspectives: policy science, theory of justice, and Catholic Social Teachings. Paper presented at the 2007 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
•    Erickson, C. & Ferguson, S. M. (2007, October) The state of macro social work practice. Paper presented at the 2007 Minnesota Council on Social Work Education, Annual Conference.
•    Bomstad-Miller, A., Bosch, L., Crudo, T., Ferguson, S. M. & Franck-Meyer, A. (2007, June) Macro practice social work: Where it’s at and where it’s going. Paper presented at the 2007 National Association of Social Workers, Minnesota Chapter Seventeenth Annual State Conference, St. Paul, MN.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2007, March) Role conflict in public child welfare supervision: Information for the field. Paper presented at the 2007 Minnesota Social Service Association 114th Annual Training Conference and Expo, Bloomington, MN.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2007) Policy Analysis from two perspectives: A social justice framework based on Catholic social Teachings and a policy science framework. Paper presented at the 2007 Social Work for Social Justice Conference, School of Social Work at the College Of St. Catherine and the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2006). [Review of the book Child welfare and social policy: An essential reader]. International Journal of Sociology and the Family.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2006, June) The transition from co-worker to supervisor: Can’t we still be friends?. Paper presentation at the 2006 National Association of Social Workers, Minnesota Chapter Sixteenth Annual State Conference, St. Paul, MN.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2006, February) Post-graduate group consultation for macro practice social workers. Paper presented at the 2006 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Chicago, IL.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2005, February) Balancing accountability and casework supervision in public child welfare supervision. Paper presented at the 2005 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, New York, NY.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (Ed.) (2002). Proceedings from the professional education to advance child welfare practice: An invitational working conference September 20 and 21, 2002. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (2002, June). Child welfare outcomes and supervision: Challenges to studying a connection. Paper presented at Child Welfare League of America’s Finding Better Ways, Managing the Workforce Crisis: Promising Practice and Emerging Research, St. Louis, MO.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (1998, November). Who knows best: A community-based, family-centered model for family support and child abuse and neglect prevention. Paper presentation at the National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis Care Services’ Tenth Annual National Conference of Respite and Crisis Care Programs, Washington D.C.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (1996) A community response to child neglect: Position paper for the coalition for action to prevent child abuse and neglect. Minneapolis, MN.
•    Ferguson, S. M. (1995) Report of the Minnesota Children’s Justice Act: A survey of county services for child protection. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Association memberships & affiliations:

•    National Association of Social Workers
•    Council on Social Work Education
•    Association of Macro Practice Social Workers
•    Association of Community Organization and Social Administration