Shantih E. Clemans, who joined ESC in 2011 as a faculty mentor in Community and Human Services in the Brooklyn location, has extensive experience in teaching, mentoring, and faculty development. With a prior professional career in social work, specifically in the practice areas of trauma and group work, Clemans has offered many studies to Community and Human Services students that pulled from her direct work in the social work field.  She has published and presented widely on topics including group work with survivors of trauma, vicarious traumatization of social workers, staff supervision, cultural competency, and more recently, the complexity, nuances and rewards of teaching and mentoring adult students.   She is currently the Director of the Center for Mentoring, Learning and Academic Innovation (CMLAI).

Degrees

  • B.A. in Social Work from Hood College
  • M.S.W. in Social Welfare from University at Albany - State University of New York

Publications

  • Clemans, S.E. (2018). On love and learning: Reflections of a white professor "teaching" black adult students. Dialogues in Social Justice.
  • Clemans, S.E. (2016). Caring attention: What is "good enough" mentoring at ESC? All About Mentoring, #49.
  • Clemans, S.E. (2016). Group work with intimate partner violence survivors. In G. Greif & C. Knight (Eds). Group work with vulnerable populations, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press.
  • Clemans, S.E., Mandell, A. & Wright, A.J. (Winter, 2016). Brown bag on mentoring practices. All About Mentoring, #48. Boyce, F.A. and Clemans, S.E. (Summer 2015). "The struggle to be critically conscious" Two mentors in conversation. All About Mentoring. #47.
  • Clemans, S.E. (2011). The purpose, benefits, and challenges of "check-in" in a group work class. Social Work with groups, 34: 121-140. Clemans, S.E. (2004). Life changing: The experience of rape crisis work. Affilia: Journal of Women in Social Work, 19(2), 146-159.