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DOI: 10.55521/10-021-203
Stephen M. Marson & Donna DeAngelis, Editors
International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics • Volume 21(2), Copyright 2024 by IFSW
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Elena Delavega, IJSWVE Editor
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your service and your leadership all these years!
Elena
Elena Delavega, PhD, MSW
Professor & DSW Program Director
School of Social Work
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Ann Callahan <Ann.Callahan@eku.edu>, IJSWVE Editor
Wow, Steve. What a contribution you have made to our profession. It seems too feeble to thank you, but I do. Enjoy your well-deserved break from such a huge responsibility.
Ann
Ann M. Callahan, PhD, LCSW
Professor, Master of Social Work Program
Department of Social Work, Eastern Kentucky University
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Thank you so much Steve for all your hard work helping all of us and improving our profession.
Best wishes to Dr. Robert McKinney.
Abdulaziz Albrithen
Professor of Social Work
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
United Arab Emirates University
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Laura Gibson <laura.gibson@brescia.edu>, Book Review Editor
Steve,
It has truly been an honor and a pleasure to work with you. As the Book Review Editor, you have given me the opportunity to grow professionally as well make a contribution to the profession I love. Since we met on the ASWB exam committee, I have had tremendous respect for your expertise and experience. I appreciate and thank you for your support over the years. I also welcome Robert McKinney to his new role and look forward to working with him. Pascal could not have said it better, and I wholeheartedly agree. The success of the journal has been due to your talent, hard work, and commitment.
Warmly,
Laura Gibson
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Pascal Rudin <pascal.rudin@ifsw.org>, Publisher
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your message and for the dedication you have shown over the past 24 years as the editor of the International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics. Your contribution to the journal and to the field of social work has been immense, fostering a space for critical dialogue, ethical reflection, and scholarly excellence. The fresh vision you speak of is a testament to your commitment to the journal’s growth and relevance in changing times.
We welcome Robert McKinney as the new editor starting with Volume 22 Issue 1. We are confident that under his leadership, the journal will continue to thrive and evolve, building on the strong foundation you have established. Your decision to assist Robert during the transition is greatly appreciated and will undoubtedly benefit the journal’s continued success.
The publication timelines for Volume 21 issues 1 and 2 are noted, and we look forward to the insightful contributions these editions will bring to our readership. The announcement in Volume 21 Issue 1 will serve as an important marker of this significant transition within the journal.
On behalf of IFSW and myself, I extend our deepest gratitude for all the help and hard work you have contributed to the journal. Your efforts have not only enhanced the discourse within the field of social work but have also significantly contributed to the profession’s ethical and values-based practice globally.
We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and look forward to your continued involvement in the journal as Robert McKinney takes the helm. Thank you, Steve, for everything.
Warmest regards,
Pascal Rudin
Publisher
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Michael R Daley <mdaley@tamuct.edu>
Steve:
You have made a great contribution over the years and established a very important journal. You can be very proud. I will miss working with you. Very best wishes moving forward.
Well deserved. Having been an editor of two journals, one of which I started. I know how challenging the work can be and you were very good at it. Before USVWE it was difficult to get material on social work values & ethics published. I don’t think the subject was really considered real scholarship. That has complete changed thanks to your efforts. It is a significant accomplishment. But I do know there does come a time to let someone else take the lead on things with a journal. And I do wish you well with your next step.
Mike
Michael R. Daley, PhD, LMSW-AP, ACSW
Regents Professor & Chair, Department of Social Work
NASW Social Work Pioneer
Texas A & M University – Central Texas
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Sanjoy Roy <sanjoyroy30@gmail.com>
Dear Prof Stev
It was really wonderful experience to work with you. Best wishes. We will continue to work further as well.
Regards
Dr. Sanjoy Roy (MSW, LLB, M.Phil., Ph.D.)
Professor & Head
Department of Social Work
(UGC Centre of Advanced Study) & Director, Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL)
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Elaine Congress <congress@fordham.edu>
Steve
Thank you for all your expert and dedicated leadership of our journal over the last 24 years! In addition to your expert knowledge about social work values and ethics, you have also modeled for us how a social worker leader should direct an organization in an inclusive, non-judgmental way. I have always admired how well you have navigated challenging professional issues in editing our journal and how much time and effort you devoted to our journal. Even though you are retiring as editor I hope you will continue to be involved. I look forward to working with the new editor Bob McKinney as we continue to make our journal even stronger and more widely read by social work professionals and students around the world.
Elaine
Elaine Congress, MSSW, MA, DSW, LCSW
Associate Dean and Professor
Fordham University
Graduate School of Social Service
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revakh@earthlink.net
24 years, Steve. That’s incredible, and your dogged devotion is incredible. Also, your vision has worked out just fine. Good for you, though, making this decision. I know it was hard.
Kathleen
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Allan Barsky <abarsky@fau.edu>
Dear Steve. I appreciate all that you’ve done for the journal from its inception to the current situation and transition. Your work has contributed greatly to the field of ethics, the professional of social work. All the best with your next adventures.
Allan
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John McNutt <mcnuttjg@udel.edu>
Wow! This is the end of an era. Steve, thank you for your years of devoted effort. You build a phenomenal publication and a wonderful community to support it. In doing so, you uplifted the profession and all who serve within.
Best, John
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Ravita T. Omabu Okafor <ravitaok@ravitaokafor.com>
WELL DONE!! I appreciate your inviting me to serve as a reviewer, and I wish you EXCELLENT health, joy, and peace for the next leg of your journey. You have been a true asset to the profession. CHEERS TO YOU!!
Ravita
Ravita T. Omabu Okafor, MSW, LCSW, PLLC
Adult-Child Counselor/Trainer/Consultant
Chair, NASW-NC Chapter Ethics Committee (2004-March 2022)
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Felicia Parker-Rodgers <flparkerrodgers@gmail.com>
Gratitude, Steven, may you be blessed in your coming and goings! Best wishes!🕊️
Felicia Parker-Rodgers, LCSW, BCD, DACM
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Teresa Francesca Bertotti <teresa.bertotti@unitn.it>
Dear Steve,
thank you for your leadership and dedication as editor of the journal
I am grateful for having met you and the board.
Thank you, Robert, for taking the role and look forward to working together
Best regards
Teresa Bertotti
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Diane Falk<Diane.Falk@stockton.edu>
Dear Steve,
Thank you so much for having the vision to create the journal and for doing all the hard work to sustain and nurture it for so many years. And thank you for Inviting me to be a part of this work!
Diane
Diane S. Falk, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor Emerita of Social Work
Stockton University
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Judy Krysik <Judy.Krysik@asu.edu>
Steve,
Congratulations on your decision. I agree with John – this represents the end of an era! You have the journal in an excellent position to hand off to the new editor. So much growth over the years, so much work, and so many decisions and transitions. What a board you have grown. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and working with you. Thank you for your incredible service and contributions to social work. I hope we keep in touch.
Regards,
Judy
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Ogden Rogers <ogden.w.rogers@uwrf.edu>; IJSWVE Editor; IJSWVE Policy Board
Dear Steve:
Thank you for your vision, stewardship, and friendship. The IJSWVE has been served well by you. Again, thanks. Dear Bob: good luck and also thanks.
Ogden Rogers, Ph.D., LICSW, ACSW
Dean (Ret) & Professor emeritus of Social Work
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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Céline LEMBERT <celine.lembert@anas.fr>
Bonsoir,
merci beaucoup pour le travail accompli.
Au plaisir
Cordialement
Céline LEMBERT
Assistante de Service Social – Adhérente ANAS
Numéro RPPS: 10006661713
Association Nationale des Assistants de Service Social
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Steve,
I never responded to this email from back in late January and it is my oversight. I have enjoyed working with you and hope to stay in touch in whatever way. I think you’ve nurtured and developed an excellent journal and it has been a pleasure to participate in this venture with you. I look forward to getting to work with Bob on future issues. On a related note, do we have any sense of when the next issue will be uploaded?
Best wishes.
Eric Levine, DSW, LMSW, MSW
Touro University Graduate School of Social Work