“Critical analysis is at the heart of what we teach at the Brown School. It is all about the ability to think beyond an empirically supported intervention to evaluate how it may or may not work in a particular practice or policy situation. Or in the absence of the evidence, what approaches professionals can take to develop an effective program, plan or policy. We have developed an innovative model that teaches students how to do this in the classroom and in the field.

“I love that we are sending the next generation of social work and public health professionals into the world prepared to lead with an understanding of what effective, evidence-based practice is.”