Introduction
Katharine Hill, MPP, MSW, PhD, is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Research, and a Professor of Social at the University of St. Thomas, Morrison Family College of Health. In her current role she oversees the Center for Faculty Development, internal and external grants, sponsored programs, the Institutional Review Board, and faculty orientation and onboarding. She works collaboratively across the University to support strategic priorities of diversity, equity, and inclusion and inter-professional learning and development.
Dr. Hill has taught in multiple social work programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels and served as the BSW Program Director and the Director of the School of Social Work at the University of St. Thomas. Her scholarly and professional work focuses on educating social workers - and others - to become leaders, advocates, and change agents in their communities. Dr. Hill’s expertise includes voter registration and engagement, political social work practice, and policy and issue advocacy. Dr. Hill holds degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and Macalester College. Dr. Hill is a Research Scholar at the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute on Political Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.