Karen Countryman-Roswurm Explained

Karen Countryman-Roswurm
Birth Name:Karen Countryman
Birth Date:1980
Birth Place:Wichita, Kansas, US
Education:Wichita State University (BSW, MSW, PhD)
Occupation:Social worker, professor, academic administrator

Karen Irene Countryman-Roswurm (born June 5, 1980) is a Native American (Blackfoot)[1] social worker, professor, and academic administrator who specializes in the field of human trafficking and other forms of exploitation.[2] She is an associate professor in the school of social work at Wichita State University and the founder and executive director of the Wichita State University Center for Combating Human Trafficking (CCHT).[3]

Early life and education

When she was 13, Countryman-Roswurm's mother died and she subsequently spent her adolescence on the run, on the streets, and in and out of foster homes, and a children's home.[4] Despite this, Countryman-Roswurm completed her GED and successfully became an emancipated minor from state custody at age 16. She is the only Kansas child to do so to this date.[5] Following her emancipation, she was hired to be a street outreach peer counselor through the same children's home she had previously received services from.

Countryman-Roswurm received her undergraduate degree in social work in 2005, her masters social work degree in 2006, and her doctorate in community psychology in 2012, all from Wichita State University.

Career

Countryman-Roswurm began working as a peer counselor in street outreach services and has since worked across the country as a therapist, in youth programs, community organizing, and advocating for vulnerable populations. Currently, Countryman-Roswurm serves as a tenured associate professor in the Wichita State University School of Social Work and as the Founding Executive Director of the Wichita State University Center for Combating Human Trafficking.

Much of Countryman-Roswurm's recent work has been advocating for survivors of sex trafficking in Kansas, and across the country, who have been unjustly criminalized.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Countryman-Roswurm . Karen . Rise, Unite, Support:Doing "No Harm" in the Anti-Trafficking Movement . Slavery Today Journal . January 2015 . 2 . 1. 26–47 . 10.22150/stj/VPCM7780 . free .
  2. News: Wenzl . Roy . Wichita State expert part of national training to fight human trafficking . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 9 June 2015.
  3. News: Wenzl . Roy . WSU setting up center to aid youths ensnared in human trafficking . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 23 March 2013.
  4. News: Wenzl . Roy . Karen Lost and Found Part 1: Reenie and Mom . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 7 May 2000.
  5. News: Wenzl . Roy . Karen Lost and Found Part 6: A 16-Year-Old Asks the Court to Grant Her Freedom . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 12 May 2000.
  6. News: Wenzl . Roy . Wichita child-trafficking victim, now 18, may soon be released from jail . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 22 March 2016.
  7. News: Kansas tries to stop human trafficking . 6 November 2019 . Kake news . 14 February 2017.
  8. News: Shine . Tom . WSU's Center for Combating Human Trafficking to Host Love Not Lockup Event . 6 November 2019 . KMUW 89.1 . 23 January 2018.
  9. News: Burgess . Katherin . Runaway foster kids raise sex-trafficking fears in Kansas . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eagle . 16 February 2018.
  10. News: Smith . Sherman . In sex trafficking fight, Kansas officials want more people talking about victims . 6 November 2019 . Topeka Capital Journal . 9 July 2018.
  11. News: Lowe . Peggy . Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal - she wants another chance . 6 November 2019 . KCUR 89.3 . 14 October 2019.
  12. News: Lowe . Peggy . Kansas Foster Care Instability led to Surge in Runaways, Left Children Vulnerable to Sex Traffickers . 6 November 2019 . KCUR 89.3 . 15 October 2019.
  13. News: Inaugural Pay Ayars Mentoring Award Given to Karen Countryman-Roswurm . 6 November 2019 . Wichita Business Journal . 31 July 2014.
  14. News: Boese . Chandler . 2017 Martin Luther King Day Events Planned . 6 November 2019 . The Wichita Eage . 6 January 2017.

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