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Frann K. Franklin, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Fran FranklinAssociate Professor/BSW Program Director
Social Work
ffranklin [at] desu.edu
302.736.2525

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. 2005 Organizational Social Work The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
  • MSW 1983 Clinical Social Work The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 

POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATION

  • Certificate in Effective College Instruction, 2021, Association of College & University Educators (ACUE)
  • Blackboard Training Certificate 2019, Delaware State University

CURRENT AND PAST LICENSURE

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), State of Delaware
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) State of Pennsylvania
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) State of Virginia
  • Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical (LCSW-C) State of Maryland

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Health Care Disparities
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Social, Economic and Environmental Justice
  • Licensure, Public Protection and Ethics

PRESENTATIONS  AND PROJECTS (SELECTED)

  • Franklin, F. (March 2023). Legislative Day.  Legislative Hall, Dover, DE
  • Franklin, F. (January 2023). Increasing Awareness State Prostate Cancer Coalitions. National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions. Washington, DC
  • Franklin, F. (January 2022). Best Practices for State Prostate Cancer Coalitions. National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions. Washington, DC
  • Franklin, F. (March 2022). Selecting a Career. Social Work Month. Delaware State University –       Dover, DE
  • Franklin, F. (March 2022). Research: Interviewing Social Workers from NIH. Social Work Month. Delaware State University, Dover, DE
  • Franklin, F. (February 2021). The Role of HBCU’s.  New Jersey HBCU Recruitment Group. ZOOM Presentation         
  • Franklin, F. (March 2019). Social Justice Presentation/Innocence Project. EH Theatre - Delaware State University, Dover, DE
  • Franklin, F.,  & Gootee-Ash, A. Boots on the Ground for Undergraduates. Poster presented at Temple University Annual Teaching Conference, Philadelphia, PA (January 2019).
  • Franklin, F. (March 2019). Legislative Day.  Legislative Hall, Dover,
  • Comer, J., Starks, S., Franklin, F., & Robinson, Ashyya. What Is Fact and What Is Fiction about the Social Work Licensure Exam. NABSW Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (March, 2016).
  • Hill, A.J. & Franklin, F. Measuring Mastery of Core Competencies: The Social Work Self-Efficacy Scale. 34th Annual Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Dallas, TX (March 2016).
  • Franklin, F.K., & Hill, A.J.  Building Self-Efficacy: The Effects of Self-Assessing Mastery of Core Competencies and Practice Behaviors. Interactive Poster Presentation submitted to the Council on Social Work Education, 61st APM, Denver, CO (October 2015).
  • Hill, A.J., Franklin, F. & Jordan T. (Accepted). Project Resilience: Preparing Youth to Make Healthy Responses to Gang Violence. Paper submitted to the International Conference on Outreach: Youth Gang, Violence and Female Delinquency. Hong Kong (December 2015).
  • Franklin, F.K., Comer, M.J., & Starks, S. Urban Legends: Preparing the Next Generation for Licensed Practice. NABSW Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April 2015).
  • Franklin, F. (May 2015). Documentation & Ethics. Department of Social Services – Dorchester County Department of Social Services, Cambridge, MD

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • National Association of Social Work (NASW) 1983-Present
  • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 2012-Present
  • Delaware Prostate Cancer Coalition 2014-Present
  • Baccalaureate Program Directors (BPD) Past Member
  • Association of Oncology Social Workers, Past Member
  • Clinical Social Work Society- Delaware, Past Member

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

  • State of Delaware Child Death Review Commission – Governor Appointed (Present)
  • State of Delaware Maternal Death Commission – Governor Appointed (Present)
  • State of Delaware Board of Social Work Examiners – Governor Appointed (Present)
  • Committee Chair – National Alliance for Prostate Cancer Coalitions (Present)
  • Executive Board Member DE Prostate Cancer Coalition – (Present)
  • Association of Social Work Boards 2007-2016 Secretary, Member at Large (Past)