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Tanya Greathouse

Associate Professor of Social Work

Social Work

Bio

Dr. Greathouse teaches in MSU Denver’s MSW program, Smith College School for Social Work’s Doctoral Program, and has been the Senior Sotomayor Fellow for Smith College SSW 2015 and 2016.

Degree

PhD in Clinical Social Work

Smith College

Other in

Smith College

MSW in

University of Denver

BA in Sociology

University of Colorado

Published Works

  • Greathouse, T., Cozens, K. D., Darnel, L., Brandon, J. B. (2026, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). Relational and Culturally Responsive Supervision: Developing Culturally Responsive Clinicians and Assessing Impact with the Intercultural Development Inventory.
  • Greathouse, T., Darnel, L., Montano, M. (2026). Mentorship in Higher Education: Threading the Needle to Tenure. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, https://doi.org/doi.org/10.62935/ s2405p
  • Masters, M., Sinley, C. R., Torro, D. J., Lunsford, J., Greathouse, T. (2025). Impact of Department-Level and Discipline-Specific Cultural Humility Trainings on Faculty and Staff Intercultural Development. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Journal of Critical Dietetics.
  • Montano, M., Greathouse, T., Darnel, L. . Building a Brave Container to Facilitate Critical Conversations on Race, Systemic Oppression, Gender Identity and other DEI Related Topics. Journal of Social Work Education, https://www.cswe.org/publications/journal-of-social-work-education/
  • Starr, E., Matera Bassett, R. D., Greathouse, T., Ryder, S., Darnel, L. . Working Title: Challenges and Emerging needs of Telemedicine in Behavioral Health. (). NASW Press. https://www.socialworkers.org/Shop/NASW-Press-Publications
  • Taylor, A., Greathouse, T. (2024). Legacy Mentoring: Securing the Future of Black Women in Social Work . The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, https://doi.org/10.62935/4p5cxu
  • Darnel, L., Retrum, H. J., Matera Bassett, R. D., Greathouse, T., Ryder, S., Starr, E., Atkinson, N. K., Knechtel, L. (2024). Improved Student Outcomes: A Unique, Culturally Relevant, and Intensive Behavioral Health Training Program. Social Work in Mental Health, 22(5), -622. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2024.2354678.
  • Retrum, H. J., Knechtel, L., Darnel, L., Greathouse, T., Matera Bassett, R. D., Ryder, S. (2023). Colorado Behavioral Health Network of Providers HSRA SNA Report. ,
  • Greathouse, T., Darnel, L., Mendez-Shannon, E., Nelson, J. (2023). Windows and Mirrors: Creating a Culture of inclusivity in Undergraduate Social Work Programs. (). Council on Social Work Education Press.
  • Clockston , M. J., Darnel , L., Retrum , J., Taylor, A., Greathouse, T. (2022). Metamorphosing White Supremacist Organizational Practices: Stages of Liberatory Engagement. [Manuscript submitted for publication].
  • Greathouse, T. (2022). Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. 2015 EPAS Curricular Guide,
  • Greathouse, T. (2020). Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice (SUD Curriculum). Council on Social Work Eduation, https://cswe.org/Education-Resources/2015-Curricular-Guides/2015-Substance-Use-Guide-Web-Version?_zs=6p22j1&_zl=bnpv6
  • Greathouse, T., Darnel, L., Matera Bassett, R. D., Meurer-Lynn, S. M. . Scaffolded Approach to Help Social Work Students Learn and Practice Strategies to Address and Dismantle Oppressive Ideologies. Advances in Social Work, Special Issue Summer 2021,
  • Greathouse, T. (2020). Promoting Multicultural Humility: A Strategy for Building a Foundational Building Block for Multiculturally Informed Supervision. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping,
  • Greathouse, T., Starr, E., Zeiler, D. K., Rossi-Katz, J. . HCPS 1001: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Telehealth from a Multi-Disciplinary Approach. ,

Research Interests

Developing individual and organizational cultural awareness and application in processes and programming. Black Faculty mentorship and building a diverse social work workforce. Establishing Study Abroad Programs on the African continent.

Teaching Interests

Human and Psychological Developmental Theories, Practice, Supervision and Multicultural Awareness

Office Hours

Thursday - [11:00 to 04:00]