M Beyers
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Mail code: 3920Campus: Dtphx
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Michelle ‘Mick’ Beyers received her master's degree in social work from the Arizona State University School of Social Work's Tucson campus in 2002. She went to Seattle to pursue a doctorate at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Mick moved to Belfast, Ireland to conduct fieldwork for her doctoral thesis which analyzed the political culture of volunteers in the Irish Republican Army completing her degree in 2007. Concurrently for the past 17 years she has worked on social justice issues in Northern Ireland, a society emerging from three decades of deeply protracted political conflict. Her work has focused mainly on transitional justice issues including advocacy for former political prisoners and victims and survivors of the conflict as well as dealing with the legacy of the past including extrajudicial killings and torture. Mick has worked exclusively in disenfranchised communities with marginalized populations including former political prisoners both republican (guerrillas) and loyalist (paramilitaries), individuals bereaved and injured by the conflict, immigrants and refugees, and individuals coping with homelessness. At the Committee on the Administration of Justice, she worked on policing and human rights, monitoring compliance with the terms of the Peace Agreement with a particular focus on accountability, covert policing, and police use of 'emergency' powers. She continued her human rights work with Amnesty International’s 'My Body My Rights' campaign to promote and protect the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls. This was exciting work as Northern Ireland has some of the most punitive and restrictive abortion legislation in Europe.
On the ground, Mick has used a variety of tactics to promote social and political change, engaging extensively in advocacy, research and policy development, grant writing, campaigning and grassroots activism. Most recently, she founded a not-for-profit charitable body that promotes social justice and welfare through community-based research and informed action.
Mick is honored to be teaching at the School of Social Work. She hopes that her research and work history provides an example of the potential for social work scholars to contribute to change at the macro-social level by engaging deeply and directly with the seemingly intractable real-world problem of political conflict.
- Ph.D. University of Washington, School of Social Work
- M.S.W. Arizona State University School of Social Work (Tucson)
Prior to returning to Tucson my research has focused on a variety of social justice issues to protect human rights and promote a durable peace in Northern Ireland, a society emerging from three decades of guerrilla conflict. Specifically I researched transitional justice issues related to combatants including former political prisoners (both state and anti-state agents), individuals bereaved and injured by the conflict, extrajudicial killings and torture, and state accountability including covert policing. Currently I am interested in working with combat veterans who are transitioning to civilian life and developing alternative interventions to address and resolve issues attached to this realm of experience.
Courses
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
2024 Spring
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SWU 332 | Social Policy and Advocacy |
SWU 454 | Overview of Addictions |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 693 | Applied Project |
SWG 693 | Applied Project |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2021 Summer
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SWG 693 | Applied Project |
SWG 693 | Applied Project |
2021 Spring
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SWG 519 | Research Methods/Social Work |
SWG 519 | Research Methods/Social Work |
SWG 693 | Applied Project |
SWG 693 | Applied Project |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 533 | Diversity/Oppression/Soc Work |
SWG 533 | Diversity/Oppression/Soc Work |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 693 | Applied Project |
SWG 693 | Applied Project |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 519 | Research Methods/Social Work |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 533 | Diversity/Oppression/Soc Work |
SWG 533 | Diversity/Oppression/Soc Work |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 632 | Policy Practice |
SWG 585 | Macro Social Work Practice |