Dr. Robert Cosby sits down to speak with Dr. Cudore L. Snell, current professor at the Howard University School of Social Work and Assistant Provost for International Programs at Howard University. In Part 1 of this interview, Dr. Snell offers vivid insights into growing up in South Africa during the apartheid era, including details and memories regarding losing his childhood home to the effects of the 1965 Group Areas Act, arrests and banishments of family members and friends, the detrimental mental health effects for oppressed populations, and more. Check back in two weeks for Part 2.
Dr. Snell holds a Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Social Work and Psychology from the University of the Western Cape, a Bachelor’s of Social Science Honours Degree in Psychiatric Social Work from the University of Cape Town, and a Master of Social Work Degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He then obtained a Doctor of Social Work Degree from Howard University, where his dissertation research focused on help-seeking behavior among young street males in Washington, DC. In South Africa, he practiced rural and urban family social work with a specialization in childhood mental health. Dr. Snell is the former Chair of the Council on Social Work Education’s Global Commission for Social Work Education and is a Social Work Pioneer from the NASW.
The podcast features music performed by the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Fred Irby III.
