Dr. Rebecca Davis, Director and Lecturer, Center for International Social Work at Rutgers University School of Social Work, has primary teaching responsibilities in social work practice with children and families in the international context.
Dr. Davis's 19 years of international experience in social work began in 1992 as a Fulbright Scholar in social work at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Later, she was involved in USAID-funded initiatives in child welfare reform and social work education across the former Soviet Bloc.
Dr. Davis has completed five evaluation studies for the United States Agency for International Development on community based social services and social work practice and education in the former Soviet Bloc Countries and Africa.
Dr. Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey and North Carolina and was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Association of Social Workers' New Jersey Chapter.