Education:
Ph.D., Social Work, The Catholic University of America
Dissertation Topic: The Influence of the Organizational Context, Professional Role Integration, and Personal Style on the Conflict Management Skills of Social Work Supervisors
M.S.W., Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.S., Bachelor of Science, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
Areas of Specialty:
Sr. Ann Patrick teaches, researches, lectures, and facilitates workshops and seminars in the areas of Professional Social Work Ethics, Social Justice and Human rights, Social Policy, Supervision, and the religious/spiritual dimension of social work practice.
Research Interests:
Her current research interests are in the inter-related areas of social justice, human rights, and social work ethics.
Professional Experience:
Dr. Conrad has served on the faculty of the National Catholic School of Social Service in many roles including Dean of the School, Chair of the Master of Social Work Program, Director of Admissions, and Assistant to the Director of Field Instruction. In addition, she has been Secretary of the University’s Academic Senate as well as Chairperson of the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects and is currently a Fellow of the Catholic University Life Cycle Institute. She has served on national boards including the Adjudication of Grievance Board of the National Association of Social Workers, Catholic Charities U.S.A. Board of Trustees, and has been Chairperson of the Board of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington. Currently, she is Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Council on Accreditation of Family and Child Service Agencies, New York. She has been an Assistant Professor at Marywood University, Scranton, Pa.; a Visiting Professor at Washington Theological Union, at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile and at Souchow University in Taiwan; was a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown; and teaches in the Social Work Education Program in the Philippines. In addition, she has taught, lectured, presented research and provided consultation in the United States, Chile, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Europe in the areas of Professional Social Work Ethics, Supervision, Social Justice, Social Policy and the Religious/Spiritual dimension of Social Work Practice; and has conducted empirical studies of the life and ministries of Religious Communities in the United States, Canada, and Europe. An experienced clinician, she has pursued advanced clinical training at the Washington School of Psychiatry and the Tavistock Institute, London; and has worked with individuals, families, children, and communities in various Catholic Charities agencies as well as in private practice.
Selected Publications:
Her publications over the past ten years include:
O’Donnell, P; Ferrar, A; Brintzenhofe-Szoc, K; Conrad, A.P., et al (2008). Predictors of Ethical Stress, Moral Action and Job Satisfaction in Health Care Social Work. Social Work in Health Care, 46 (3), 29-51.
Conrad, A.P. & Joseph, M.V. (2007). Catholic Charities USA Code of Ethics. Charities U.S.A. February, 2007.
Conrad, A.P. & Joseph, M.V. (2006). A code for our times. Catholic Charities USA, 33 (2), 32-33.
Conrad, A.P. (2006). Ethical competence in social work supervision: Key considerations for ethical practice. In Social work supervision in health care. Petersburg, Va: The Dietz Press, pp. 31-48.
Conrad, A.P. & Joseph, M.V. (2005). Models of housing for the future: A study of the current and future preferences of the Sister of St. Francis, Philadelphia. Silver Spring, Md.: Pastoral Research Associates
Conrad, A.P. (2005). A Short History of Distributive Justice by Samuel Fleischacker. Book review published in Social Thought, 24 (3), 110-112.
Conrad, A.P. & Joseph, M.V. (2003). Spirituality and Burnout Prevention. In Solid Practice III, Hong Kong: Cosmos Books, Ltd., pp. 18-42. Published in English and Chinese.
Greene, R. R. & Conrad, A. P. (2002). ABasic Assumptions and Terms.@ In R. R. Greene (Ed.). Resiliency: An integrated approach to practice, policy, and Research. Washington, DC: NASW Press, pp. 29-62.
Greene, R. R. & Conrad, A. P. (1999). AProfessional tools for religiously and spiritually sensitive social work practice. In R. R. Greene (Ed.). Human behavior theory and social work practice. NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
Raber, M. & Conrad, A. P. (1999). Distributive justice in the workplace: Emerging social work issues. Social Thought: Journal of Religion in the Social Services.
Selected Presentations:
In addition to many regional and local presentations, her presentations to national/international audiences over the past ten years include:
2009 Panel Presentation on Needs, Rights, and the Human Family at Conference on the Convention on Child Rights, Sponsored by the National Campaign on Children’s Rights, Georgetown University, June 2009.
2008 Conrad, A.P. Colloquium on Ethics and Accreditation Issues in Adoption Practice. Sponsored by Seaton Hall Law School, New Jersey, May 9. 2008.
Conrad, A. P. & Joseph, M. V. Ethics in Social Work. Three session interactive series of ethics trainings held at Walter Reed Army Hospital, May, 2008.
2007 Conrad, A.P., Joseph, M.V.; Corbin, B. “Revising a Code of Ethics.” Presented at the Annual Program Meeting of Catholic Charities USA, Cleveland, Ohio, September 2007.
2006 Conrad, A. P “Relaional Justice and Leadership: The Contribution of Women Religious to a Post Modern Paradigm of Social Development.” Presented at Oxford Round Table, Oxford University, England, August 6-11, 2006.
Conrad, A.P. “Towards a Theology of Social Work: Implications of ‘Deus Caritas Est.’” Presented at Working Conference on Christian Scholarship, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 2006.
“Social Work Ethics: Professional Challenges—Ethical Choices,” a three session interactive video conference series at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that was distributed live to six additional military health care facilities. Designed and co-presented with M. Vincentia Joseph, May 2006.
2004 “Professional Social Work Ethics: A Changing Professional Landscape,” a four session interactive video conference series at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that was distributed live to seven additional military health care facilities, presented with M. Vincentia Joseph, February 2004.
2003 “Ethics in Social Work Practice: A Changing Professional Landscape,” presented with M. Vincentia Joseph at International Family Assistance Program Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Army, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 2, 2003.
“Burnout and Spirituality in Professional Practice,” presented at International Symposium entitled, APoverty, Social Cohesion and Challenges to the Human Services Profession@ making the 50th Anniversary of Caritas Hong Kong.
“Preliminary Findings of the Catholic Charities U.S.A. Ethical Decision Making Project.” Presented for social work managers at the Annual Conference of Catholic Charities, U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan, September 14, 2003
2002 Workshops of Social Work Ethics, Management Ethics, Parish Social Ministry, Social Work Supervision presented at Caritas Hong Kong, October 2002. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
2001 Social Work Ethics: New Directions and Cultural Issues, a one-day conference for medical social workers, Soochou University, Taipei, Taiwan. May 18th, 2001. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Social Work Ethics: Contemporary Directions. A workshop for social work practitioners and faculty. Soochou University, Taipei, May 28th, 2001. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Social Work Ethics. A seminar for faculty and students. Tunghai University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 21st, 2001. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Contemporary Social Work Ethics: Overview and Issues@. All day conference for medical social workers. Tunghai University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 24th, 2001. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Social Work Ethics: Transcultural Implications, an all day conference, Taichung, Taiwan. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Social Work Ethics: Implications for Taiwan Code, lecture to students and faculty. Fu Jen University, Taipei, May 28th, 2001. Co-presented with M. V. Joseph.
“Resilience and Spirituality: A Dynamic Interaction.” Workshop co-conducted with M. Vincentia Joseph. Seventh International Conference of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, July 2001.
Ethical Challenges Facing Managers: Workshop on Managerial Ethics. Annual Conference of Charities USA, September 7th, 2001, Newark NJ. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Survival, Policy, Ethics, Endowments and Responsibility to Mission, Workshop at Annual Conference of Charities USA, September 10th, 2001, Newark, NJ. Conducted with M. V. Joseph.
2000 Social Work Ethics for the Millennium. Feature one day conference on ethics for the Association of US Uniformed Services Social Workers, San Diego, California, January 2000.
“Spirituality and Social Justice.” Sixth National Meeting of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, June 27, 2000.
1999 Spiritually Sensitive Clinical Practice, Invitational Workshop at 76th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, Washington, DC, April 10th 1999. Co-conducted with M. V. Joseph.
Consultant and Workshop director on ACatholic Identity,@ College of St. Catherine/St. Thomas, Minnesota, November 1999.
“Social Justice Curricula Content.” Faculty Development Institute at Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco, CA
“A Model for the integration of the religious and social work roles.” Fifth National Meeting of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work, June 28, 1999. St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
Courses Taught:
Currently, she teaches courses in both the Master’s and Doctoral Programs. These include:
SSS 740 Ethical Issues in Contemporary Social Work
SSS 814 Theory and Practice of Supervision/Consultation in Social Work
SSS 882 Adult Learning Theories for Professional Education
SSS 890 Analysis and Critique of Social Policy Models
SSS 944 Theoretical Framework for Ethical Decision Making and Knowledge Building
SSS 946 Theories of Social Justice
Honors and Awards:
Sister Ann Patrick received the Msgr. John O’Grady Award presented by the National Conference of Catholic Charities (currently known as Catholic Charities U.S.A.) for her paper entitled, “The Health Care Policy Pendulum: An Ethical Perspective”; an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate in the “Justice in Health Care” seminar at Tufts University; and was an invited participant and presenter at the Oxford Round Table at Oxford University, England.
Licensure and Certification:
Dr. Conrad is currently a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the District of Columbia and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) in the State of Maryland.
Professional Memberships:
Her professional memberships include:
National Association of Social Works
Council on Social Work Education
Society for Spirituality and Social Work
North American Association of Christian Social Workers
