Ivania Delgado, MS, MSW, Psy.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Master of Social Work Program
Coordinator, SHSE
Adjunct - Social Work

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Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Social Work

Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work

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Ivania has over 17 years of teaching experience in higher education. Her liberation and critical pedagogy approach is grounded in equity, collaboration, and trauma-informed, compassionate principles. Before transitioning to academia full-time in 2019, Ivania worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups in both public and private sectors in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She provided trauma-informed mental health services, including support for foster-care youth negatively impacted by commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking. She is a proud mother, partner, hija, and community member.

- Delgado, I. (2024). Liberating the Intake Assessment. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428232.2024.2434786
- Delgado, I. (2023). Searching for Liberation in Higher Education: Testimonio from Miami-Dade
  County. In: Sajjad, F.W. (eds) Peace as Liberation. Peace Psychology Book Series.
  Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41965-2_6
- Delgado, I., Spirko, N., & Rahamat, S. (2023). Nobody Wants to Work Under These Conditions. In H. Schnackenberg & D. Simard (Eds.), Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding (pp. 216-233). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8597-2.ch011
  (Popular) Writing
- Delgado, I. (2023, January 11). How educators can fight commercial sexual exploitation of children in our communities. The Educators Room. https://theeducatorsroom.com/national-human-traffficking-day-commercial-sexual-exploitation-of-children/
- Delgado, I. (n.d.). Industry perspectives: The only thing the Stop-Woke Act will stop is critical thinking. Social Work Today. https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/Winter23p28.shtml
- How to help students thrive during pandemic times and beyond. (2022, September 1). THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-help-students-thrive-during-pandemic-times-and-beyond
- It takes a village (to help young people heal). (2022, November 6). The Educators Room. https://theeducatorsroom.com/how-to-help-young-people-heal-grief-trauma-covid19/
- USA Today. (n.d.). Fact check: False claim of human trafficking at Pennsylvania Walmart. USA Today. (Dr. Ivania Delgado provided expertise commentary).