Dr. Duehn joined the faculty in 1970. He is currently engaged in clinical
research on sexually abusive parents and juvenile sex offenders. As a
national lecturer and trainer, Dr. Duehn is also consultant to many institutions
including The Casey Family Programs, National CASA, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Association, National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, and has conducted
training for law enforcement personnel, schools, CASA staff/volunteers,
and social service/mental health agencies throughout the United States. He
earned his Master's degree in Social Work from Loyola University, Chicago, and
holds a Ph.D. degree in Psychology and Social Work from Washington University,
St. Louis. While in St. Louis, Dr. Duehn was a research associate at the
Masters and Johnson Institute and has done post-doctoral work and taught
at The University of Hawaii. He has written extensively in the area of clinical
practice and has presented research findings at the International Conference on
Child Abuse and Neglect, Paris, France; the World Congress of Medical Sexology
in Mexico City and Jerusalem; and the United Nations Conference Facilities in
Vienna. He has conducted training seminars for Air Force, Navy and Army
medical personnel in Germany, Guam, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Panama, and the
Philippines. Dr. Duehn is co-author of Beyond Sexual Abuse:
The Healing Power of Adoptive Families, which is an outgrowth of an
ongoing educational program of the Three Rivers Adoption Council, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. This project is designed to develop educational materials to
assist adoptive families in parenting the sexually abused child. Most
recently, Dr. Duehn developed a child abuse prevention program for the
Department of Defense Dependents Schools which has been implemented world wide.
Dr. Duehn is a cofounder of
Praesidium, Inc., an abuse risk
management firm for organizations. Dr. Duehn is a recognized authority and educator in the intervention and
treatment of sexually abusive families.
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
COMMENDATION
Wayne D. Duehn, Ph. D.
As one of the
faculty appointed in the early days of the School of Social Work and
as the first chair of the direct practice sequence and chair of the
committee on graduate studies, you laid the foundations and shaped
the direction of the curriculum in the School. You have educated
and influenced generations of social workers, and you have been
highly regarded by students, having received several times the
Torgerson Award for excellence in teaching.
Your scholarship
was consistently innovative: you incorporated into the social work
curriculum material from the sexology revolution in the 1970s led by
Masters and Johnson, under whom you trained; you took a
research-based approach to direct practice at a time when this was
not the norm in the profession; and you conducted outstanding
research on interpersonal communication and outcome effectiveness of
training in direct practice, work which you gained a national
reputation and helped place the new School of Social Work on the
map.
Reflective of
your eminence as a scholar-practitioner, your research has been
applied in training human serviced agency staff throughout the
region, the nation, and the world. Your more than 800
presentations, keynote conference presentations and agency workshops
on child sexual abuse and child welfare are in themselves an
outstanding achievement. Through your extensive professional
travel, you have exerted significant influence within the profession
and have proven an important ambassador for the School of Social
Work.
Your 38-year
career at UT Arlington represents the best in academia: outstanding
scholarship based on research, strong and effective leadership in
curriculum development, exceptional teaching ability, and extensive
service to the profession in the application of scholarship.
For your long,
outstanding and meritorious service, the faculty of The University
of Texas at Arlington designate you Professor Emeritus, a title we
confer with honor, respect and admiration.
October 31, 2008
Phillip
Popple
Interim Dean, School of Social Work |
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Donald R. Bobitt
Provost and Vice
President
for Academic Affairs |
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James D. Spaniola
President |
