Meet the Instructor

Dr. Salome Raheim is Dean Emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany—SUNY School of Social Welfare. Her areas of expertise include promoting equity in organizations and addressing implicit bias, as well as mindfulness and other integrative body-mind-spirit practices. During her 40+ year career, she has provided direct services as a psychiatric social worker, led two schools of social work (University of Connecticut and University of Iowa), and made presentations to thousands of practitioners. As an academic administrator, she led organization-wide, multi-year change initiatives to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 

Dr. Raheim’s passion for creating more just and healthy organizations has taken her across the United States and to four continents to provide training and consultation to schools, universities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. Recent consulting and training clients include the Albany County, NY Department of Children, Youth and Families, Genesis Healing Institute, Liberty Healthcare Corporation, and National Association of Social Workers—New York State Chapter. Previous national leadership roles include founding co-chair of the Commission for Social and Economic Justice—Council on Social Work Education and Board of Directors member of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work.  Dr. Raheim received the NASW Pioneer Award in 2015.

 

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Raheim holds the PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa, MSW from Catholic University of America, MA in Integrative Health and Healing from the Graduate Institute, and BSW from Bowie State University.  She is a systemic constellations facilitator, reiki practitioner, and a certified chair yoga and mindfulness instructor.