Tiffany D Sanders Baffour portrait
  • Associate Professor, College Of Social Work
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Graduate School
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, University of Utah, Graduate School, Graduate School
801-581-6233

Research Keywords

  • critical pedagogy; diversity, equity and inclusion; alternatives to carceral systems; health equity; community-based participatory research

Presentations

  • Baffour, T.D. & Monges, S. (2023, December). Sense of Belonging as a Social Justice Issue: Supporting Well-Being and Professional Development Through a BIPOC Graduate Student Group. Paper presented at NASPA Racial Equity Conference. Washington, D.C. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/08/2023.
  • Baffour, T.D. & Musson Rose, D. Tools to Accelerate Anti-Racist Supervision Practices in Social Work Practicum Education Settings (2023, October). Paper presented at The Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/28/2023.
  • Garcia, M. & Baffour, T.D. (2023, October). Advancing the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism: A Call to Action for Citational Justice. Paper presented at The Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/27/2023.
  • Baffour T. D., Whitaker, T., Cowell-Mercier, C., Handrop, J., Rutledge, L. & Mowdood, A. McFarland, M (2023, November). Utah Black Summit: A Scoping Review Protocol of Anti-Racist Interventions in Higher Education: Implications for Racial Equity. Panel, Presented, 09/29/2023.
  • Baffour, T.D. (2023). Techniques for Developing Student Competency in Field Education through Anti-racist and Anti-oppression Lenses. Presented to MSW Students, MSW Student Orientation, University of Utah College of Social Work. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/25/2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/25/2023.
  • Baffour T. D., Whitakar, T., Rutledge, L. & Mowdood, A. McFarland, M (2022). A Scoping Review Protocol of Anti-Racist Interventions in Higher Education: Implications for Social Work. Paper presented at The Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, California. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/12/2022.
  • Baffour, T.D. (2021). Techniques for Developing Student Competency in Field Education through Anti-racist and Anti-oppression Lenses. Presented to Field Educators, Annual Field Educators Training Series, University of Utah College of Social Work. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/18/2021.
  • Williamson, E., Baffour, T.D., Boone, K. (2021, November). Techniques for Developing Skills in Field Education through Anti-racism and Anti-oppression Lenses. Paper presented at The Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/06/2021.
  • Baffour, T.D., Congress, E. Cooper-Bolinskey, D., Ivery, J.M., Lawrence, S. K,, Miller-Cribbs, J.E & Natale, A. (2021, November). Fostering Inclusion and Belonging: Promising Practices and Resources for Faculty Onboarding. Commission on Membership and Professional Development. Paper presented at The Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Panel, Presented, 11/06/2021.
  • Baffour, T.D. (2021). Field Education through Anti-racism and Anti-oppression Lenses. Presentation for the Commission on Field Education. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/24/2021.
  • Exploring College student attitudes’ toward the environment: Implications for Environmental Justice Education Tiffany Baffour & Jill Chonody . Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 01/16/2020.
    https://healthsciences.unimelb.edu.au/departments/...

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Namibia

Publications

  • Baffour T.D., Cowell Mercier M., Rutledge L., Mowdood A. & McFarland M. (2023). A scoping review protocol of anti-racism programs and practices in higher education: Implications for developing interventions to advance equity. Vol. 5, International Journal of Educational Research Open. Published, 12/01/2023.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Musson Rose D. & Baffour T. (2023). Tools to accelerate anti-racist supervision practices in social work practicum-based education settings. Social Work Education. Published, 11/08/2023.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02615...
  • Gharbi, V. & Baffour, T. D. (2023). Advancing culturally disruptive pedagogies to dismantle anti-Black racism in the generalist social work curriculum. In L. S. Abrams, S. Edmonds Crewe, A. J. Dettlaff, & J. H. Williams (Eds.), Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning with Our History, Interrogating Our Present, Re-Imagining Our Future. . Oxford University Press.. Published, 10/15/2023.
  • Baffour, T. D., & Lawrence, S. K. (2023). Reflections from the Editorial Leadership Team: A Call for Social Work Educators to Confront and Dismantle Systemic Racism Within Social Work Programs. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 29(2), 4–12. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/2151. Published, 09/29/2023.
    https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping...
  • Baffour, Tiffany D. 2023. “Challenging the Brick Wall: A Narrative of Misogynoir, Institutional Courage and Post-Traumatic Healing.” ADVANCE Journal 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/ADVJRNL.4.1.4. Published, 09/29/2023.
    https://www.advancejournal.org/article/77806
  • Osteen P., Morris R.C., Castillo J. & Baffour T.D. (2023). Professional Values, Gatekeeping, and Motivations for Seeking the MSW Degree. (pp. 66-77). Vol. 59, Journal of Social Work Education. Published, 01/01/2023.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10437...
  • Baffour, T.D. & Henderson, D. X., Nation, D., & Hernandez, P. M. ( (2022). A Qualitative Exploration of Justice System Stakeholders' Perceptions of Disproportionate Minority Contact and Behavioral Health Access among System-Involved Youth of Color. J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare. Vol. LXIX2, 5-27. Published, 06/01/2022.
    https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein...
  • Morzenti, H., Baffour, T., Koelling, E., & Gringeri, C. (2021). Exploring Employer Perceptions of Hiring Ex-Offenders. CrimRxiv. https://doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.222d9667. Accepted, 01/12/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.222d9667
  • Osteen, P. & Castillo, J, Morris, R.C & Baffour T.D. (2021). Professional values, gatekeeping, and motivations for seeking the MSW degree. Journal of Social Work Education. Vol. Advance online publication. Published, 12/16/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1997680
  • Chonody, J. , Sultsman, V. & Baffour, T.D. (2020). A Scoping Review of College Students’ Attitudes Toward the Environment: Implications for Integrating Environmental Justice Education into Social Work . Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Education in Social Work. Vol. V23. Accepted, 08/01/2020.