Spring 2025 Editorial

Navigating the Academy, Educational Processes, and Practice Innovations

Abstract

In the Spring 2025 issue of Advances in Social Work, we begin with a critical view of standard research practices in the academy. Then we investigate racism, well-being, pedagogy, culture wars, executive coaching, and eco-friendly conferences in social work education. In our section on social work practice, 10 articles address aiding people from a wide range of backgrounds. Authors write about issues for people who are elderly, transgender, incarcerated, marginalized, traumatized, struggling with recovery, considering self-harm, or needing child protection support. Social workers ourselves are the focus of three articles, whether experiencing compassion fatigue, experiencing inequities in clinical supervision, or experiencing challenges in interprofessional teams. Understanding ways to support the profession is valuable as the profession grows and develops.