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Personal Data Address: (Home) 108 Haven Drive , Radford, Virginia 24141
(Work) School of Social Work, Radford University
(703) 831-5266, 5290 e-mail address: dcogswel@.runet.edu
Academic Degrees Held and Related Credentials Doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education (Ed.D.) (1985) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia Master's Degree in Social Science Administration (M.S.W.) (1968)
School of Applied Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology (B.A.) (1966)
ACSW Certification since 1970. Membership in Academy of Certified
Social Workers is the highest professional certification available to professional
social workers.
Computer Related Skills Windows 95, Word Perfect 7.0, Microsoft Word, Authorware, HTML Editors,
Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Front Page
Consultations: Baccalaureate Social Work Education Program Development (1995-97) College of West Virginia, Beckley, West Virginia (1995-96) Livingston College, Salisbury, North Carolina (1993-94) Johnson C. Smith Univ., Charlotte, North Carolina (1993) Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina. (1991) University of North Carolina-Charlotte; (1991) Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina. (1989-90) Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania. (1989-90) Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia (1988) Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia. Consultations: Other: (1995). Council on Social Work Education, Site Visitor Training Committee. (1995-1996). 1996 Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting,
Publications (1994). Marson, S., Cogswell, D., & Smith, Marshall . "Commonly asked questions about electronic communication and computer networking" The New Social Worker. Fall (1993). Marson, S,, Cogswell, D., & Vernon, R. " If I write, I Understand...Electronic Mail: A 1990's Learning tool for Social Work Education". BSW Education for Practice: Changing Our Vision: Affirming Our Past-Shaping Our Future. The BPD Forum. Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, pp. 42-47 (1993) Cogswell, D. (Ed.) Proposal to Council on Social Work Education for the Development of a 2+2 Program in Social Work at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke, Va. Department of Social Work and Human Development, Radford University. (1992) Cogswell, D. Proposal to Virginia State Council on Higher Education for the Development of a Master's Degree in Social Work (3 volumes). Department of Social Work and Human Development, (1989) Cogswell, D. Copyrighted Computer Program, "The Adventures of Quest: Text Adventure Game Occurring Throughout the Annuals of the History of Social Welfare." Written in a modified Turbo Pascal source code for use on IBM/IBM compatible computers. (1988) Stubblefield, H. & Cogswell, D. "Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals," Administration and Policy in Mental Health. Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall (1985) Cogswell, D. "Assessing the Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Professionals: A Multi-Method Framework," unpublished doctoral dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. (1984) Miles, L. & Cogswell, D. "Becoming a Social Work Consultant:
The Issue of Models,"
(1978) Cogswell, D. "Rural Mental Health Services: Issue in Design and
Delivery - Draft One.: Social Work in Rural Virginia. Richmond:
NASW.
Research and Evaluation 1976-1998). Twenty-six Accreditation Site Team Visitations for Council on Social Work Education. 1992-1994) Staff Development and Needs Assessment Grant; Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia. $11,317 NIMH Grant to help develop a multi-method needs assessment model to assess the training and staff development needs of community mental health professionals. Carried out in the Norfolk and Suffolk CSB's in Virginia. (1989, 1987, 1986). External Grant Reviewer for Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Research Award Fund, Virginia Center on Aging, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. (Spring 1987). Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly in the New River Valley, Virginia. New River Valley Community Services Board. (Spring 1986). Multi-Method Needs Assessment Project to Assess the Training Needs of the New River Valley Community Services Board Professionals. New River Valley Community Services Board. (March 1986). Site Visit Team Member, Southern Association of Colleges
and Universities; Leeland Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky.
Major Paper/Workshop Presentations (Fall 1993) "Electronic mail and the Internet: A Workshop for Social Work Educators." Workshop presented at the 11th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, Baltimore, Md. (Fall 1992) "If I Write, I Understand..." Electronic Mail: A 1990's Learning Tool for Social Work Education. Paper; 10th Annual Baccalaureate Program Director's Conference, San Antonio, Texas. (1992-1998) Presented on five occasions a five day sequence on Administration and Supervisory Concepts and Techniques, Virginia Institute for Social Service Training Activities (VISSTA). (Spring 1991) Workshop: "Community Involvement and Power Assessment;" New River Valley Community Services Board. (1988-89) Group Psychotherapy/Counseling Training Program. A twenty-four session (1987-88) ongoing program to train professionals in group psychotherapy/counseling models and techniques. Offered in 1987-88 and repeated in 1988-89 by Mental Health Services of the New River Valley. (May 1987) Workshop: "Goal Setting and Yearly Work Plan." Annual Meeting of New River Valley Community Services Board. (Oct. 1986) Workshop: "Use of Nominal Group Method." Officers, Virginia State Jaycee Chapter, Roanoke, Virginia. (Nov. 1985) Paper: "Needs Assessment, The State of the Art." National Association of Social Workers 1985 Symposium, Chicago. (Dec. 1984) Paper: "More Effective Needs Assessment thru Research." Third Annual Conference, Sharing What Works: Continuing Education in Action. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. (Oct. 1984) Workshop: "Use of a Multi-Method Needs Assessment Framework for Assessing Training and Staff Development Needs of Mental Health Professionals." Training Directors, Virginia Community Mental Health Centers, Alton Mountain, Virginia. (April 1983) Paper: "Utilizing the First Portion of a Workshop to Obtain a Learning-Teaching Contract." Second Annual Conference, Sharing What Works: Continuing Education in Action, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. (March 1983). Paper: "Training and Education for Social Workers: The Early Roots 1860-1920." 1983 Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, San Antonio, Texas. (1974-1982) Workshops: During this time period I presented over twenty
plus (20) different workshops in various settings to a wide variety of
professional audiences on many clinical and administrative topics.
Professional Positions Held (1995-1998) Coordinator, BSW Program , Professor and senior faculty member, School of Social Work, Radford University, Radford, Virginia. (1993-1994) Director, School of Social Work, Radford University. (1991-1993) Chairman, Department of Social Work and Human Development, Radford University. (1984-1991) Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University. (1979-1984) Associate Professor, Department of Social Work,Radford University. (1976-1979) Chairman, Department of Social Work, Radford University. (1974-1976) Program Director, Social Work Program, Department of Sociology & Social Work. In these roles I helped develop the present undergraduate social work program to one that has been nationally accredited by the Council on Social Work Education three times and grown from 75 majors to 250 on campus majors and eleven full-time faculty. I also provided the leadership to develop a 90 graduate student M.S.W. program and an off-campus BSW program at Virginia Western Community College that has approximately 60 majors. In addition, I negotiated to have a human development program with 60 majors and five full-time faculty join the department. I have served on dozens of departmental, college, and university committees, too numerous to list. (1995-97) Senator, Faculty Senate, Radford University. (1995) Faculty Member in the University 100 Program, Freshman Advocacy Program and Students On the Road To Success - three different but related student retention programs. (1994-95) Member of Advisory Board of the Student Transition and Retention Project. (1994-96) Retention of Minority Faculty Committee; Special Project funded by State Department of Higher Education. (1990-94) Chair: Virginia Consortium of Social Work Educators (1985-1987) Advisor, National Federation of Student Social Workers. (1981-85) Advisor, Alpha Delta Mu (National Social Work Honorary) (1979-81) Student Affairs Advisory Council (1978-1998) Quest Advisor (Special Advisor to incoming students). (1985-1991) Adjunct Faculty Member, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Social Work, Southwest Virginia Off-Campus Graduate Program. I taught their graduate Macro Practice course during those six years. (1975-1989) Psychiatric Social Work Consultant, Mental Health Services of the New River Valley. In this role, I led psychotherapy groups, supervised a large number of professionals in relation to clinical practice and provided consultation on many programs and projects. (1972-1974) Director of Planning - Community Planning Services of Durham, N.C. This specialized division of the Durham United Way provided planning and coordination services in the area of human services to the Durham Community. Specific planning programs included: Community Policy Planning, Problem Solving Planning, Inter-Agency Program Development and Coordination, and Agency Administration Planning. (1968-1972) Psychiatric Social Worker - Family Practice Clinic, Sharon, Pennsylvania A base service unit of a county mental health center that provided individual, marriage, family and group counseling, Here I also supervised professional staff and prepared and administered an in-service training program for B.A. degree social workers. From June 1969 to the fall of 1971, I functioned in the capacity of Chief Psychiatric Social Worker. (1971-1977) Private Practice. Marriage, individual, and groups counseling were contracted for by such diverse groups as individuals, married couples, a management consultation firm, Roanoke City Human Relations Office, church groups, the members of a commune, and New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia. (1969-1970) Instructor in Sociology (part-time), Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania |