Stephen Cummings is a clinical associate professor with over 20 years of practice in social service fields, including 10 years as a licensed social worker in a Trauma I level hospital setting. His areas of interest include ethical use of technology in social work practice, clinical supervision, and preparing students for the social work licensure exam.

Virtual office hours

• Tuesdays, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  https://uiowa.zoom.us/my/stephencummings

Drop-in office hours

• Monday, Iowa City: 9:00 - 10:00 am., NH 321-A-1 (Inside Wild Bill's)
• Tuesday, Des Moines: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Des Moines,  JMPEC 123.
• Thursday, Des Moines: 11:45 a.m. To 12:45 p.m., Des Moines, JMPEC 123.

Teaching areas

• Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• Professional Social Work Writing
• Social Work in Health Care Settings
• Family Violence
• Discrimination, Oppression and Diversity
• Integrated Theory and Practice I and II

Work experience

• Medical Social Work

Recent publications

• Cummings, S. (2021). L. Grobman (Ed.), Self-care A-Z: sound self-care advice – Listen. The New Social Worker
• Cummings, S. (2021). L. Grobman (Ed.), "Social workers essential? Only if we believe it." The New Social Worker.
• Jones, N., Cummings, S. (2020). M. Sage & H. Laurel (Eds.), "How to write and submit a peer-reviewed blog post." Social Work with Digital Technology.
• Sanders, S., Cummings, S. (2020). L. Grobman (Ed.), "Reaching out to our front-line social work alumni: providing a virtual environment of support during the Covid-19 pandemic" (2nd ed., vol. 27, pp. 24-25). The New Social Worker.
• Cummings, S. (2020). L. Grobman (Ed.), "Ok, social work boomer: the things I believed about getting older." The New Social Worker.
• Coohey, C., Cummings, S. (2019). Evaluation of an online group intervention to improve test-taking efficacy and reduce licensure anxiety. Journal of Social Work Education, 55(2), 376-388.  
• Kleinschmit, J., Cummings, S. (2018). Meet me at the Hub: Online support for social work adjunct instructors. Professional Development: The International Journal of Social Work Education, 21(2), 3-10.  
• Gilster, M., Kleinschmit, J., Cummings, S., Ronnenberg, M. (2018). Teaching note - Pick Your platform: social media advocacy skill building. Journal of Social Work Education.  

Stephen Cummings CV