Melissa Indera Singh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6749531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Indera Singh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa Indera |
| FAMILY NAME | Singh |
| SIGNATURE | SINGH M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern California University for Professional Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6499-2243 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Infusing social justice into the signature pedagogy
Social work practicum is a core experience for students at the bachelor's and master's levels. Practicum links the academy with the practitioner world and exposes gaps in preparation, integration, and aspiration between these two worlds. This article focuses on what students learn about anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in classes, what they experience in agency settings, and how practicum education contributes to the widening …
From Gaslighting to Enlightening
This conceptual article aims to inform social work educators on facilitating critical discourse among social work students by applying reproductive justice, leveraging interdisciplinary practice, and addressing the Social Work Grand Challenges. Reproductive justice tenets provide an interdisciplinary framework that assists in the development of the learning environment, participant's critical thinking, self-awareness, and self-regulation; prepari…
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Grand Challenges
Developing social workers’ capacity and engagement in collaborative community-based innovations to climate-driven and other environmental hazards better ensures progress on the Grand Challenges. Such inclusive solutions value community leadership and are culturally responsive and justice-centered. Multisolving, pioneered by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, offers a framework to pair social work goals from the Grand Challenges with climate-responsive interdis…
Experiential Learning Labs in Practicum Education
The global COVID-19 emergency disrupted educational systems and created internship crises for universities and students. In response, one west coast social work program’s practicum education department developed virtual, interactive labs that addressed the Grand Challenges (GCs), increased interdisciplinary collaboration, and ensured the continuation of student practicum. The Experiential Learning Labs (ELLs) created an organic collective of acad…
Reproductive violence and environmental injustice in the United States
This conceptual article highlights the intersections of the historical and current status of reproductive violence and environmental injustices in the United States. Environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities, affirming their culture. Current trends exacerbate racial, ethnic, and cultural disparities. The Grand Challenges of Soci…
Reproductive violence and environmental injustice in the United States
This conceptual article highlights the intersections of the historical and current status of reproductive violence and environmental injustices in the United States. Environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities, affirming their culture. Current trends exacerbate racial, ethnic, and cultural disparities. The Grand Challenges of Soci…
From Gaslighting to Enlightening
This conceptual article aims to inform social work educators on facilitating critical discourse among social work students by applying reproductive justice, leveraging interdisciplinary practice, and addressing the Social Work Grand Challenges. Reproductive justice tenets provide an interdisciplinary framework that assists in the development of the learning environment, participant's critical thinking, self-awareness, and self-regulation; prepari…
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Grand Challenges
Developing social workers’ capacity and engagement in collaborative community-based innovations to climate-driven and other environmental hazards better ensures progress on the Grand Challenges. Such inclusive solutions value community leadership and are culturally responsive and justice-centered. Multisolving, pioneered by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, offers a framework to pair social work goals from the Grand Challenges with climate-responsive interdis…
Experiential Learning Labs in Practicum Education
The global COVID-19 emergency disrupted educational systems and created internship crises for universities and students. In response, one west coast social work program’s practicum education department developed virtual, interactive labs that addressed the Grand Challenges (GCs), increased interdisciplinary collaboration, and ensured the continuation of student practicum. The Experiential Learning Labs (ELLs) created an organic collective of acad…
Reproductive violence and environmental injustice in the United States
This conceptual article highlights the intersections of the historical and current status of reproductive violence and environmental injustices in the United States. Environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities, affirming their culture. Current trends exacerbate racial, ethnic, and cultural disparities. The Grand Challenges of Soci…
Infusing social justice into the signature pedagogy
Social work practicum is a core experience for students at the bachelor's and master's levels. Practicum links the academy with the practitioner world and exposes gaps in preparation, integration, and aspiration between these two worlds. This article focuses on what students learn about anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in classes, what they experience in agency settings, and how practicum education contributes to the widening …
Political science (5 works) · Social Work (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social justice (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Criminology (2 works)