Dorothy Van Soest, DSW, is associate dean and associate professor, School
of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. She is former director of the NASW Violence
and Development Project and was the development education coordinator of NASW's previous
international education initiative, the Child and Family Well-Being Development Education
Project. She also served two terms as chair of NASW's Peace and Social Justice Committee.
Dr. Van Soest has more than 20 years of teaching experience in social work education and
has authored several articles and book chapters on issues related to violence, oppression,
cultural diversity, social justice, peace, and development. She wrote two curriculum
books, Incorporating Peace and Social Justice into the Social Work Curriculum (1992) and
Challenges of Violence Worldwide: A Curriculum Module and An Educational Resource (1997,
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