University of Arkansas at Little Rock

 pawilkerson@ualr.edu
I am from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Memberships

• Arkansas Chapter NASW
• Council on Social Work Education
• Baccalaureate Program Directors
• Women’s Project
• AGESW

Professional Background

UALR MSW Program

• Diversity and Oppression
• Foundations III
• Advanced Direct Practice III (Groups)
• Advanced Standing Seminar

UALR BSW Program

• HBSE I
• Practice I & II
• Policy I and II
• Policy Practice

Publications

• Bell-Tolliver, L. & Wilkerson, P. (submitted).The use of spirituality and kinship as contributors to successful therapy outcomes with African American families. NASW Press.
• Montague, David R. and Wilkerson, Patricia (in press). Abuse, Elderly. In H.T. Greene and S.L. Gabbidon
  (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Race and Crime.

Past Positions

• 2004-present: Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock-School of Social Work
• 2000-2004: Instructor, Field Liaison, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Social Work Program
• 1998-2000: Graduate Assistant, Adjunct Faculty, Jackson State University-School of Social Work
• 1994-1998: Instructor, Field Experience Coordinator, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Social Work Program
• 1990-1994: Social Worker III. Arkansas Department of Health, Division of Public Health Social Work
• 1986-1987: Placement Specialist. Arkansas Department of Human Services—Children and Family Services/Permanency Planning Unit
• 1984-1986: Social Worker II. Homemaker Home Health Aide Project. Arkansas Department of Human Services/North Little Rock

Educational Background

• Ph.D., 2004-Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
• MSW, 1983-UALR Graduate School of Social Work, Little Rock, Arkansas
• BA – Sociology, 1981-University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas