Britney (Pitts) Carter, Ph.D., joins the School of Social Work as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the online Master of Social Work program (M.S.W.) Her teaching centers on antiracism and social justice to support individual, family, and community well-being.
Before to joining Syracuse University, Carter taught human behavior courses, advanced clinical practice courses, and generalist field instruction at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She supervised M.S.W. and bachelor of social work (B.S.W.) interns and received the 2023 Liaison of the Year Award at VCU. She also taught research courses at Iona University.
Carter has seven years of practice experience serving local and virtual school communities, assisting social work students in making tangible connections between the social work profession’s code of ethics, competency-based education, and real-world application.
The recipient of several awards and honors—including the Robin M. McKinney Dissertation Honor Fund and VCU School of Social Work Service and Leadership Award—Carter received her Ph.D. in social work from VCU, an M.S.W. from the University of Maryland, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from VCU.