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Professor Cini Bretzlaff-Holstein, DSW

19th April 2019

is the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Program Director, Social Work Department Chair, and Associate Professor of Social Work at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL. Additionally, she is a licensed social worker in the state of Illinois. She completed her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work in Waco, TX, and her Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree at St. Catherine University-University of St. Thomas’ School of Social Work in St. Paul, MN. Professor Bretzlaff-Holstein completed her banded dissertation (three publishable articles- 1 research-based, 2 conceptual) for the doctoral program entitled The Case for Humane Education in Social Work Education. One of her conceptual articles was published in the international journal Social Work Education. Her research article has been submitted for publication to the international journal entitled Journal of Social Work Education. Her scholarly interests include food justice, environmental and ecological justice, social work education and humane education, and the human-animal bond in social work. Furthermore, she is currently exploring veganism and the professoriate as a research project in her scholarship agenda.