University of St. Thomas

Committees and positions:

• Chair, BSW Practice Content Committee
  
• BSW Program Committee
• BSW Research Content Committee
• BSW Outcome Coordinator
• UST Teaching Evaluation Committee
• UST Faculty Sentate
  

Courses taught:

• Social Research: Design & Statistical Applications
• Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families & Groups
• Working with Groups:  Theory and Practice

• School Social Work
• Social Work Practice Research
• Applied Research Seminar

Current research interests:

• School Social Work
  
• Evidence-Based Practice
  
• Group Work in Schools
• Social Work Record Keeping
  

Academic experience:

• B.A., M.S.W., University of Iowa
• Ph.D. The Catholic University of America

Practice experience:

• Clinical social worker, Christ Child School Counseling Program, Washington, D.C., 3 years
• Clinical Social Worker, Ivymount School, Rockville, MD, 4 years
• School Social Worker, Air Academy Schools, Colorado Springs, CO, 4 years
• School Social Worker, Pikes Peak Mental Health Center, Colorado Springs, CO, 1 year
• Social Worker, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO, 3 years
  
  

Publications:                                               

• Garrett, K.J., (in press) Evaluation of school-based counseling groups in :  Constable, R., Massat, C.R., McDonald, S., & Flynn, J. School Social Work:  Practice, Policy, and Research. (7th Ed.), Chicago:  Lyceum Press.
• Garrett, K.J. (2007). Ecological perspectives for school social work. In L. Bye and M. Alvarez (Eds.), School Social Work: Theory to Practice (pp. 41-50).  United States: Thompson Brooks/Cole.
• Garrett, K.J., & Herman W.R. (2006). Foreign-born students in baccalaureate social work programs: Meeting the challenge. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 12(1), 24-38.
• Garrett, K.J. (2006). Making the case for school social work. Children & Schools. 28(2), 115-121.
• Garrett, K.J. (2005). School Social Workers’ Evaluation of Group Work Practices. Children & Schools, 27(4), 247-252.
• Garrett, K.J. (2004). Practice evaluation and social group work in elementary schools. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 1(4), 15-31.
• Garrett, K.J. (2004). Use of groups in school social work: Group work and group processes. Social Work with Groups, 27(2/3), 75-92.
• Garrett, K.J. (2001). Reducing School-Based Bullying. School Social Work Journal, 12(1), 74-90.
• Barretta-Herman, A., & Garrett, K.J. (2000).  Faculty-student  collaboration: Issues and recommendations. Advances in Social work, 1(2), 148-159.
• Garrett, K. J. (2000). School social work: In S. Torres, Jr. & R. Patton (Eds.) Teaching school social work: Model course outlines and resources (pp. 29-38). Arlington VA: CSWE, 29-38.
• Garrett, K.J., & Berger, B.E. (1999).Multiple intelligences in group work activities:  Reaffirming Our Roots in H. Bercher, L. Kurtz, and A. Lamont, Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work. New York:  Haworth Press, 161-170.
• Cohen, M. B., & Garrett, K. J. (1999). Breaking the rules: A group work perspective on focus group research. British Journal of Social Work, 29(3), 359-372.
• Graham. M. A., Kaiser, T., & Garrett, K. (1998).Naming the spiritual: The hidden dimension of social work practice. Social Thought, 18(4), 49-62.
• Garrett, K., & Rice, S. (1998) Psychoeducational multiple family  groups. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 3(2), 89-99.
• Garrett, K. (1998) Cooperative learning in social work research classes: Helping students help one another. Journal of Social Work Education, 32(2), 237-246.
• Cohen, M., & Garrett, K.J. (1995). Helping field instructors become more effective group work educators. Social Work with Groups, 18(2/3), 135-146.
• Garrett. K.J., & Barretta-Herman, A. (1995). Moving from supervision to professional development. The Clinical Supervisor, 13(2), 97-110.
• Garrett, K.J., & Barretta-Herman, A. (1995) Missing links: Professional development in school social work. Social Work in Education, 17 (4), 235-243.
• Thornton, S., & Garrett, K. (1995). Ethnography as a bridge to multicultural practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 31(1), 67-74.
• Garrett, K. (1994). Caught in a bind: Ethical decision making in schools, Social Work in Education, 16(2), 97-106.
• Garrett, K.J., & Thornton, S.B. (1993). Teaching cross-cultural social work through ethnography.  Ethnotes, 3(1), 3-7.
• Garrett, K.J., & Thornton, S.B. (1993). Helping social work students overcome homophobia.  Model Educational Innovations Abstract, Council on Social Work Education Program of the Annual Program Meeting.

Association memberships and affiliations:

• NASW since 1973
  
• Minnesota Association of School Social Workers (MASSW)
• School Social Work Association of America