Frances Ferrante

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Frances A. Ferrante-Fusilli is a Clinical Associate Professor and BSW Practicum Director for the undergraduate social work program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience working in child/adolescent mental health, crisis intervention, school social work, foster care, and social work administration. Professor Ferrante has been teaching  since 2011 and has served as a practicum instructor for both BSW and MSW students.

Education

  • MSW – NYU Silver School of Social Work
  • BSW – Concordia College, New York
  • Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) – NYU Silver School of Social Work

Certifications

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (North Carolina)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Work (New York, inactive)

Teaching

  • Practicum I
  • Practicum II
  • Mental Health & Substance Use

Research Interests

  • Practicum Education
  • Interprofessional collaboration
  • Professional Development

Funding

  • UNC Charlotte Inclusive Excellence Grant Funding “Promoting Inclusive Practices in Social
    Work Field Education and Community” Ferrante-Fusilli, F, Ross, T., Richardson, S., Auten, B.,
    & Sanders, B., Fall 2022-Spring 2023, Principal Investigator, $2,275
  • UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services Research Enhancement Fund “Creating
    Inclusive Field Placements” T. Ross & F. Ferrante-Fusilli, Spring 2022, Co-Investigator $2000
  • UNC Charlotte Center for Teaching and Learning, “Peer Supervision: Preparing Social Work
    Students to Thrive in an Evolving Workforce” T. Ross & F. Ferrante 2018-2019,
    Co-Investigator $13,980,

Publications

Ross, T.C., Ferrante-Fusilli, F., Sherrin, A., & Manning, C. (2022). Preparing future field
educators: Reflections from developing placements within the field office. Field Educator.
Mennicke, A., Kulkarni, S., Ross, T.C., Ferrante-Fusilli, F., Valencia M., Meehan E., Crocker
T., (2021) Field Note—Responding to the #MeToo Era in Social Work: A Policy for Sexual
Harassment in Field, Journal of Social Work Education, DOI:
10.1080/10437797.2021.1943582

Powers, K., Neustrup, W., Sossoman, L. B., Dexter, A., Clark, K., Ferrante-Fusilli, F. A., Ross,
T. C., Thomas, C., & Saine, A. (2021). Simulations using telehealth to collaborate with other
health-care professionals: effect on pre-licensure nursing students’ competencies and amount of
collaboration in the clinical setting. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 35(3), 430–437.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1780203

Powers, K., Neustrup, W., Thomas, C., Saine, A., Sossoman, L. B., Ferrante-Fusilli, F. A.,
Ross, T. C., Clark, K., & Dexter, A. (2020). Baccalaureate nursing students’ experiences with
multi-patient, standardized patient simulations using telehealth to collaborate. Journal of
Professional Nursing, 36(5), 292–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.03.013