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• Dr. Sanders is a professor of Social Work at Governors State University. She holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from the College of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; a Master of Social Work, from California...More

  Dr. Sanders is a professor of Social Work at Governors State University. She holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from the College of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; a Master of Social Work, from California State University, Sacramento, with a Poverty and Minority Concentration; and, a BS in Applied Behavioral Science with an emphasis on Cross Cultural Human Development. Dr. Sanders has taught for 22 years. Prior to coming to academia, and in conjunction with her teaching, she has thirty years of community practice with poor and minority communities, including twenty-five years working with some of the California tribal nations in their restoration and reconstruction. She also has a long history of social activism. Her research interests lie in praxis, melding theory and practice. Dr. Sanders has particularly published related to diversity, sovereighty, and social work practice with tribal communities. She describes herself as an emic reseracher, inside out, because she, herself, is an Indigenous person of Eastern Cherokee descent. Less

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