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Responding to the war with Iraq among social work faculty in the USA, UK and Australia

University of Tennessee College of Social Work, Nashville Campus, 193E Polk Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210, USA, cdavis3{at}utk.edu

Sherry Cummings

University of Tennessee College of Social Work, Nashville Campus, 193E Polk Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210, USA

Samuel MacMaster

University of Tennessee College of Social Work, Nashville Campus, 193E Polk Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210, USA

Albert Thompkins

University of Tennessee College of Social Work, Nashville Campus, 193E Polk Avenue, Nashville, TN 37210, USA

English

The current study explored how social work educators responded to the war with Iraq. The majority of respondents felt that faculty had a responsibility to educate students about the war. However, more Australian respondents felt that social work faculty had a responsibility to advocate for or against the war.

French

La présente étude explore la réponse des professeurs en travail social à la guerre en Irak. La majoritédes répondants soutiennent que leur facultéa la responsabilitéde renseigner les étudiants au sujet de la guerre. Toutefois, les répondants australiens soutiennent en plus grand nombre que la facultéa aussi la responsabilitéde justifier un positionnement en faveur ou à l'encontre de la guerre.

Spanish

El presente estudio explorócómo reaccionaron los educadores de trabajo social frente a la guerra con Iraq. La mayoría de los entrevistados expresóque la facultad tenía la responsabilidad de educar a los estudiantes acerca de la guerra. Sin embargo, muchos de los entrevistados australianos manifestaron que la facultad de trabajo social tenía una responsabilidad de abogar por la guerra o en contra de ella.

Key Words: activism • political • social work faculty • teaching • war

International Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 2, 185-195 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807073966


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