Carmen Reese Foster

Dr. Carmen Reese Foster is the Interim Online MSSW Program Director, an Assistant Professor of Practice, and the Director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work. She is also the Executive Director of the Coalition of Black Social Workers. Dr. Reese Foster is a 2022 DSW graduate of the University of Alabama, where she was the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Winner for the University and the Southern Region. While at Alabama, Carmen was the recipient of the Laura Langley Social Justice Award and the DSW Scholarship Award. Simultaneously, as a faculty of practice at the University of Tennessee, Carmen was the 2022 recipient of the Inspirational Teaching Award. Her research focus is race-based trauma and its impact on mental health.