Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor, CESW Special Assistant to the Dean for Social Work
Anderson Hall 436
CBohrman@wcupa.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Degrees
- PhD: University of Pennsylvania
- MSW: University of Pennsylvania
- BS, Rehabilitation and Human Services: Boston University
Main areas of interest
- Intersections between the criminal justice and mental health systems
- Motivational interviewing
- Use of social media to influence social change
Inspiration
At a young age I began volunteering in nursing homes, homeless shelters, the Special
Olympics - basically any organization that would take me as a teenager. I never thought
I could save the world, but I was operating under the misguided idea that I could
rescue individuals in need of help. My undergraduate education in Rehabilitation Counseling
introduced me to the Recovery Framework, which taught me that everyone is capable
of change and that I could best help people make those changes through working in
partnership with them. I learned that people are the experts of their own lives and
that I could actually do more harm than good with my attempts at rescuing them.
I moved from Rehabilitation Counseling to Social Work because I was interested in
learning more about neighborhoods and communities. My direct practice experience
and my research have both focused on how individuals are impacted by their communities
as well as institutional and governmental policies. What I love most about social
work is that we work at all levels: micro, mezzo and macro. We promote structural
change, while simultaneously working with vulnerable individuals, families and communities.
What I love most about being a social work educator is that I never stop learning.
My students constantly inspire me. Together we learn constantly new things from each
other.
Presentations
- Bohrman, C. Interactions with people with mental illnesses: Why cultural context matters. Chester County, Pennsylvania Crisis Intervention Team Training, April 26, 2017.
- Bohrman, C., Watson, A., and Draine, J. How police officers assess for mental illness. International
Congress on Law and Mental Health, Vienna, Austria, July 2015.
- Bohrman, C., Golden, T., Johnson, D., Lassiter, C., Thame-Taylor, L. “The Color of Justice: A
conversation about the Ferguson case and the intersection of race and social and economic
inequalities.” A panel discussion for MLK Celebration Day, January 22, 2015.
- Bohrman, C., & Barrenger. Structural barriers to critical participatory action research with returning
citizens. Society for the Study of Social Problems. Philadelphia, Pa August 2018
- Bohrman, C., & Tennille, J. Everything falls on me: Motherhood, heavy drinking and intimate partner
violence. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November
2016.
- Bohrman, C., & Tennille, J. Being superwoman: Balancing motherhood, problem drinking and intimate
partner violence. Society for Social Work Research Conference, Washington D.C., January
2016
- Bohrman, C. , & Flynn, K. Whose social justice prevails. Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association for
Multi-Cultural Education Conference. Philadelphia, PA March 2018
- Bohrman, C., Wysor-Nguema, S., Linares, R., Lewis, L. Twitter for Social Policy Classes: Feel the
fear and do it anyway. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Dallas,
Tx, October 2017.
- Bohrman, C., & Brown, A. When a white woman facilitates discussions of race with a predominantly
black group of students. International Association of Social Work Group Work Conference.
New York City, NY. June 2017
- Bohrman, C., Fields-Woodson, Y., Combs-Harris, R. Tweeting towards social justice. Pennsylvania
Association of Undergraduate Social Work Education Conference, Valley Forge, PA October
2016
- Bohrman, C. and Feldman, B. Social media in the classroom: It’s not always a bad thing. Association
of Baccalaureate Social Work Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, March 2015.
- Tennille, J., & Bohrman, C. Let’s talk about sex: Using Motivational Interviewing for conversations about intimacy
and sexuality. Coalition for Behavioral Health, Inc., 1-day training, June 7 and
21, 2018
- Tenille, J., & Bohrman, C. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing, Wellspan Philhaven, 1-day training, September
15, 2017.
- Tennille, J. & Bohrman, C. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing, Saint Gabriel’s Hall, 1-day training, October
14th, 2016
- Tennille, J. & Bohrman, C. Motivational Interviewing in Homeless Services. Bethesda Project, speakers during
annual retreat, September 21, 2016
- Tennille, J. & Bohrman, C. Motivational Interviewing in HIV Prevention, Philadelphia AIDS Activities Coordinating
Office, 2-day long workshop for prevention specialists in Club 1216 pilot program,
August 2016
- Tennille, J. & Bohrman, C. Motivational Interviewing in Social Work. Tristate Consortium of Field Directors,
Eastern University, June 3rd, 2016
- Stanhope, V, Tennille, J., Bohrman, C., Motivational interviewing: Creating a leadership role for social work in the era
of health reform, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver,
Co, October 2015.
- Tennille, J & Bohrman, C. Inspiring Change: Motivational Interviewing for Trauma and PTSD. NASW-Brandywine Continuing
Education Event, November 3, 2015
- Bohrman, C. “Motivational Interviewing with Challenging Populations” Action Wellness clinical
supervision, August 2015
- Tennille, J., & Bohrman, C. “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Techniques.” University of Pennsylvania,
School of Nursing, 3 day-long workshops for entire undergraduate student body during
psychiatric rotation, January and February 2015.
- Bohrman, C., Tennille, J. “Motivational Interviewing: An Evidence-based Practice with Broad Applicability.” Crossing the Boundaries of Health Disciplines: Promoting Recovery and Resiliency Conference,
October 1, 2014
Publications
- Bohrman, C., Wilson, A.B., Watson, A.C., Draine, J.D. (accepted) How police officers assess for
mental illnesses. Victims and Offenders
- Bohrman, C. (2014 August, 17). Societal connection between blackness and criminality leads to
violence against innocent. Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Bohrman, C., Tennille, J., Levin, K., Rodgers, M., & Rhodes, K. (2017). Balancing motherhood
and intimate partner violence: Superwomen driven to drink. Journal of Family Violence, 32(7), 699-709.
- Bohrman, C. (2018, in production). Legal systems and violence. In C. L. Dente (Ed.), Social work practice with LGBTQIA clients (pages TBA). New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
- Lane, T. Y., Chiarelli-Helminiak, C., Bohrman, C., & Lewis, T. (2017). The teachable moment: engaging students in social justice movements.
Social Work Education, 1-14.
- Bohrman, C. (2015, May 1). Making social policy relevant through social media. Teaching and Learning in Social Work Website: http://www.laureliversonhitchcock.org/2015/05/01/making-social-policy-relevant-through-social-media/.
- Stanhope, V., Tennille, J., Bohrman, C., & Hamovitch, E. (2016). Motivational Interviewing: Creating a Leadership Role for
Social Work in the Era of Healthcare Reform. Social Work in Public Health, 31(6) 1-7.
- Tennille, J., Solomon, P., & Bohrman, C. (2014) Using the FIELD Model to prepare social work students and field instructors
on sexuality and intimacy for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Sexuality and Disability, 32(4), 1-15.
- Tennille, J. & Bohrman, C. (2017). Conversations about Intimacy and Sexuality: A Training Toolkit Using Motivational
Interviewing. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals
with Psychiatric Disabilities. Available at: www.tucollaborative.org.
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