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Author: Karen Zgoda

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW, is a social worker at the Department of Children and Families in Massachusetts. For over 10 years, she has taught social work courses at Brandman University, Simmons University, Bridgewater State University, Boston College, Wheelock College, and Salem State University. While at Bridgewater State University, she was nominated for the Presidential Award for Distinguished Part-time Teaching and served as the Teaching and Technology Faculty Advisor for the Teaching and Technology Center. Since 2000, Karen has hosted online social work chats and is currently a #MacroSW Twitter chat partner focused on macro social work practice. From 2009-2011 Karen wrote the SW 2.0 technology column for The New Social Worker Magazine and served as an AmeriCorps *VISTA member and project coordinator at CTCNet working on digital divide issues. Her research and pedagogical interests include technology in social work and education, macro social work, social policy, and research methods.

What’s My Lane 2: Stay Home and Advocate During Covid-19 #MacroSW 9-24 #SWcovid19

Transcript Analytics Are our workplaces or unemployment offices or home offices or schools or universities open? Maybe? Sometimes? Are you … More

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#MacroSW Fall 2020 Chat Schedule

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Veterinary Social Work and the Link between Human and Animal Violence: #MacroSW 4/23 at 9pm EST

Chat transcript Our guest expert is Dr. Bethanie A. Poe, LMSW, graduate of the University of Tennessee’s College of Social … More

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#SWcovid19 & #MacroSW Chat 3/19 at 9pm EST

Chat transcript Folks, please join us for an open chat this week (online! we’re social distancing) as we discus the … More

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No #MacroSW Chat This Week

Happy Social work Month!  The #MacroSW crew will be practicing self-care this week and we will not have a scheduled … More

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Grow Your #MacroSW Network: #MacroSW 2-20 at 9pm EST

Chat Transcript You may have heard that #MacroSW is conducting a survey to learn more about our community. One of … More

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Digital Technology for Social Work Practice with Laurel Hitchcock: #MacroSW Chat 1-23-20 #swtech

Chat transcript Recently, the chat organizers made a commitment to address White Supremacy in social work. For this chat, we … More

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Addressing the Opioid Crisis – #MacroSW 9/26 at 9pm EST

Editor’s Note: This is our first Patreon Influencer benefit! We are a group of Western Michigan University MSW students currently … More

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Social Work Advocacy w/ Immigrants – #MacroSW 9-5-19 at 9pm EST

Chat transcript The national debate on America’s approach to the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living and working here is … More

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Inequality for All w/ @JimmySW: #MacroSW 3/21/19 at 9pm EST

Chat transcript Social work students (and everyone else) from across the country are welcome to participate in a student-focused chat … More

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