Our Offices
Office of American Indian Projects
The Office of American Indian Projects (OAIP) was founded in 1977, based on the advocacy of the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, the Indian Health Services, the Navajo Nation, the Phoenix Indian Center, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The purpose of OAIP is to develop the capacity of American Indian communities and programs.
Office of Office of Community Health, Engagement, and Resiliency
ASU’s Office of Community Health, Engagement, and Resiliency’s mission is to co-create interventions with communities that focus on inherent strengths and assets that promote resiliency, especially with underserved communities of color, and to create or strengthen pathways of opportunity for all people to achieve their full potential.
Office of the Distinguished Professor
This office highlights the exceptional work of professor Emilia Martinez-Brawley, specifically relating to social service delivery in rural areas, intercultural issues and different ways of understanding.
Office of Gender-based Violence
Together with community partners, grass-roots organizations, social workers, and survivors we aim to reimagine interventions for those affected by gender-based violence. We will accomplish our goals through academic research, community education and advocacy, and collaboration with community agency partners.
Office of Gerontological and Interprofessional Initiatives
The Office of Gerontological & Interprofessional Initiatives was established to support and promote the preparation of baccalaureate and graduate social workers for professional practice with older adults and their families.
Office of Global Social Work
The Office of Global Social Work was established to foster global connections and international relations by developing and sharing experiences and opportunities, good practices among social work practitioners, scholars, educators and students in a global environment, and provide an opportunity to engage in international collaborations to promote international social work practice, education and research.
Office of Offender Diversion and Sentencing Solutions
The Office of Offender Diversion and Sentencing Solutions (OODSS) promotes the use of scientific evidence in designing and evaluating sentencing policies and practices for pre-booking and post-booking diversion programs, pre-sentence and post-conviction proceedings, and offender reentry programs for adult and juvenile offenders.
Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research
The Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research (STIR) is a central source of research on domestic sex trafficking which will inform the decisions made by those who contact victims and perpetrators of sex trafficking including law enforcement and prosecutors, educators, medical services and social services. The STIR office is staffed by academics, researchers and law enforcement community research partners.