Karen Hopkins

Dr. Karen Hopkins, PhD, MSW is Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Co-Director of the Human-Centered Leadership in Health and Human Services Certificate at the School of Social Work, University of Maryland.  Her focus in teaching and research is on nonprofit and public human service agencies related to supervision and leadership practices and outcomes, performance management, workforce development, and organizational learning and capacity building.  She is a national peer reviewer for the Standards of Excellence Institute certification for nonprofits.  She has served on the Boards of the Network for Social Work Management, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), and the Association of Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA).  She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Human Services Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance journal. She received a PhD from the University of Chicago, MSW from the University of Pittsburgh, and a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.