Beth Archer-Kuhn
Positions
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work, Calgary Campus
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
B.S.W. General Practice, University of Windsor, 1986
Doctor of Philosophy Social Work, University of Windsor, 2016
Doctor of Philosophy , University of Windsor, 2016
Master of Social Work Child and Family, University of Windsor, 1991
M.S.W. Social Work, University of Windsor, 1991
Biography
Beth Archer-Kuhn joined the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary in August 2015. She brings with her twenty-five years of practice experience, starting in child welfare. Beth was employed in children’s mental health for 23 years as a clinical social worker, clinical director of services, and executive director. For 15 years, Beth completed child custody and access evaluations for the family court in Ontario.
Beth’s research experience and interests include the overlap of child custody decision-making and domestic violence. The implications of this work invite partnerships in the fields of social work, child welfare, children’s mental health, domestic violence shelters and law. As a Teaching Scholar, Beth’s second area of research is social work education with a specific interest in inquiry-based learning, on campus, on-line and study abroad. Beth integrates research and teaching to support student learning as critically reflexive practitioners. She teaches across programs, clinical, ICD, leadership, and across levels of programs, BSW, MSW, and PhD.
In November 2022, Beth co-authored, Reigniting Curiosity and Inquiry in Higher Education: A Realist's Guide to Getting Started with Inquiry-Based Learning. Her second book on Inquiry-Based Learning is in the process of development.
Research
Areas of Research
- Studying system responses to child custody and domestic violence.
- Development and evaluation of child custody, children’s mental health, and child welfare
- Understanding child welfare workers practice with families experiencing domestic violence.
- Exploring inquiry-based learning in social work education from student and instructor perspective
- Understanding risk and trust in higher education specific to inquiry-based learning
Current Research
Principal Investigator – Alberta Community Justice Grant to develop a community awareness project.
- Community Awareness Campaign
Principal Investigator – Networking in communities across Canada to support meaningful study recruitment
- Creating a national network of key stakeholders to support recruitment of a hard-to-reach population
Co-Investigator - Social Science Humanities Research Council, Partnership Engage Grant, Advancing the Children's Cottage Society program evaluation framework: An examination of programs and tools for evidence-informed decision-making
- Supporting a local community agency to construct an evaluation framework for the organization
- 2-year project
Co-Investigator - Social work crosses borders but does our education? – IASSW Grant
- Exploring ethical and theoretical tensions found in social work pedagogy for international students
- 1 year project
Principal Investigator - Social Science Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
- Impacts of Shared Parenting on Women and Young Children: The Importance of Differentiating Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
- 2-year project
Co- Principal Investigator - Social Science Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
- Students in Driver Seats: Informational Interviews for Careers, Entrepreneurship and Research
- 2-year project
Principal Investigator – Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, Teaching Scholar Award
- Shifting Educational Practices with Inquiry-Based Learning: Aspiring to Meet the Educational Needs of Today’s Learner
- 3-year project
Co-Principal Investigator – Social Science Humanities Research Council Connection Grant & University of Prince Edward Island, Internal Grant
- Reigniting curiosity and inquiry in higher education: A working conference
- 12-month project
Co-Principal Investigator – Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
- Developing trust in students, professors and the process within short-term higher education inquiry-based learning environment
- Grounded Theory
- 2-year project
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| SOWK 361 SEC 03 S03 | Professional Use of Self | 2020 |
| SOWK 361 SEC 01 S01 | Professional Use of Self | 2020 |
| SOWK 602 | Research and Philosophy in Advanced Social Work Practice | 2023 |
| SOWK 641 | Models of Practice | 2023 |
| SOWK 602 | Research and Philosophy in Advanced Social Work Practice | 2022 |
| SOWK 642 | Transformational Leadership and Supervision in Human Services | 2020 |
| SOWK 355 | Research in Context | 2023 |
| SOWK 302 | Research in Context | 2023 |
| SOWK 302 | Research in Context | 2021 |
| Wellness 300 | Challenges in Intersectionality in Mental Wellbeing | 2020 |
Awards
- Faculty Publication Award, University of Calgary. 2019
- TEACHING SCHOLARS AWARD, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. 2019
- VPR TRAVEL AWARD, University of Calgary. 2019
Publications
- Achieving critical life skills with inquiry-based learning in Social Work Education: Self and peer assessment reports. Archer-Kuhn, B., Beltrano, N., Wang, J., & Esmaeili, S. . Journal of Teaching in Social Work. (2024)
- Realizing an evidence-based framework for the management and delivery of family support services. Archer-Kuhn, B., Lind, C., Beltrano, N., Garrisen, L., Hettler, J., & Reilly, S.. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. (2024)
- Defining immersive learning. Motley, P., Archer-Kuhn, B., Dobbs, J., Hondzel, C., Eady, M., Tyrrell, R., & Seeley, J.. Teaching and Learning Inquiry. (2024)
- Measuring and validating a transformational learning survey through social work education research. Corchado Castillo, A., Wallengren Lynch, M., Archer-Kuhn, B., & Earls Larrison, T.. Journal of Transformative Education. (2023)
- It’s not a book; it’s a Bok. Social work students’ experience of using creative journaling practices as a pedagogical tool to develop transformative learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wallengren Lynch, M., Archer-Kuhn, B., Earls Larrison, T., Segev, M., Blanco, M., Mercado Garcia, E., Chen, H. L., Mitra, N., Corchasdo Castillo, A. . International Journal for Social Work Education. (2023)
- Sustaining positive change in the Teaching Scholars’ online community of practice.. Mardjetko, A., Jacobsen, M., Archer-Kuhn, B., Din, C., Donszelmann, D., Nowell, L., Jamniczky, H. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) Journal. (2023)
- A survey of women’s experiences of shared parenting and domestic violence. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Saini, M., Tam, D., Hughes, J., Trudgill, D. . Family court review. (2023)
- Who is going to keep us safe? Surviving shared parenting and COVID-19. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Hughes, J., Tam, D., Saini, M., Beltrano, N., & Still, M. . Journal of Child and Family Studies. (2022)
- A balancing act when children are young: Women’s experiences in shared parenting arrangements as survivors of domestic violence. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Hughes, J., Saini, M., Tam, D., Beltrano, N., & Stills, M.. Journal of Family Violence. (2022)
- Leadership, SoTL, and mentorship in a teaching scholars community of practice. Din, C., Alharbi, H., MacInnis, M., Mardjetko, A., Archer-Kuhn, B., Jamniczky, H. & Jacobsen, M. . Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching. (2022)
- Mining for gold and finding only nuggets: Attempting a rapid systematic review, on trust in higher education IBL classrooms. . Beltrano, N. R., Archer-Kuhn, B., & MacKinnon, S. L. . Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. (2021)
- Min(d)ing the gap: Comparing student and instructor experiences with critical reflection. . Arend, B., Archer-Kuhn, B., Hiramatsu, K., Seeley, J., Ostrowdun, C. & Jones, A.. Teaching and Learning Inquiry. (2021)
- Recruitment in response to a pandemic: Pivoting a community-based recruitment strategy to Facebook for hard-to-reach populations during COVID-19. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Beltrano, N. R., Hughes, J., Saini, M., Tam, D. . International Journal of Social Research Methodology. (2021)
- Transformative learning in field education: Students bridging the theory/practice gap. Archer-Kuhn, B., Samson, P., Damianakis, T., Barrett, B., Ahern, C., Matin, S.. British Journal of Social Work. (2021)
- Growing together: Cultivating inquiry-based learning in social work education. Archer-Kuhn, B., Lee, Y., Hewson, J., & Burns, V. . Social Work Education. (2020)
- Canadian reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in social work education: From tsunami to innovation. Archer-Kuhn, B., Ayala, J., Hewson, J., & Letkemann, L. . Social Work Education. (2020)
- Inquiry-based learning in higher education: A pedagogy of trust.. Archer-Kuhn, B. & MacKinnon, S. . Journal of Education and Training Studies. (2020)
- Putting social justice in social work education through inquiry- based learning.. Archer-Kuhn, B. Journal of Teaching in Social Work. (2020)
- Student engagement and deep learning in social work education: Reflections on inquiry-based learning on our group study program course in the UK. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Wiedeman, D., & Chalifoux, J. . Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. (2020)
- Inquiry-based learning as a facilitator to student engagement in higher education. . Archer-Kuhn, B., Lee, Y., Finnessey, S., & Liu, J. . Teaching and Learning Inquiry. (2020)
- The obscure nature of Signature Pedagogy in Social Work Education? A Canadian Perspective.. Archer-Kuhn, B., Allen, D., Schweizer, L., & Meghji, F., & Taiwo, A. Social Work Education, the International Journal. . (2019)
- Transformative learning in graduate education: Masters of social work students define their experiences of personal and professional learning.. Damianakis, T., Barrett, B., Archer-Kuhn, B., Samson, P., Matin, S., & Ahern, C.. Studies in Higher Education. (2019)
- Understanding the parent experience in child custody decision-making: How social workers can help. . Archer-Kuhn, B. Families in Society. (2019)
- Teaching for Transformation: Masters of Social Work Students Identify Teaching Approaches that Made a Difference. Damianakis, T., Barrett, B., Archer-Kuhn, B., Samson, P., Matin, S., & Ahern, C.. Journal of Transformative Education. (2019)
- Gendered practices in child protection. A call for shifting practices away from mother accountability and father invisibility in situations of domestic violence. . Archer-Kuhn, B., & de Villiers, S.. Social Inclusion. (2018)
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- Reigniting Curiosity and Inquiry in Higher Education. Mackinnon, S. & Archer-Kuhn, B. 304. (2022)
In the News
- Child custody. http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2015-08-14/courts-can-improve-support-child-custody-cases-says-uwindsor-researcher. (2015)
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