Katherine Occhiuto

Assistant Professor

PhD (Carleton), MSW (Carleton) BA, Political Science and Communications Studies (York University)
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Katherine Occhiuto, MSW, RSW, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton University. Her research and teaching are informed by her practice experience as a youth worker, clinical social worker, community developer, and program evaluator. Katherine’s work focuses on how systems and services can better support people and on how social workers can bridge their values with their practice behaviours.

Areas of Interest:

Critical clinical and community-based practice
Mental health
Poverty and the working poor
Simulation-based education and research
Social services provision
Social work education

Recent Publications (2020- present):

Asakura, K., Gheorghe, R. M., Tarshis, S., & Occhiuto, K. (2023). Translating critical social work into clinical practice: A pilot simulation-based study from Canada. Smith College Studies in Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377317.2023.2221353

Sewell, K., Occhiuto, K., Tarshis, S., Todd, S., & Kalmanovitch, A. (2023). Simulation in social work education: A qualitative study of standardized clients’ experiences. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2194318

Gheorghe, R., Tarshis, S., & Occhiuto, K. (2023). Student research peer support group: Reflections on mutual aid in qualitative research. Social Work with Groups: A Journal of Community and Clinical Practice, 46(3), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2022.2153196

Sewell, K., Occhiuto, K., Tarshis, S., Kalmanovitch, A., & Todd, S. (2022). Adapting to online live streamed OSCEs: A teaching note. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2194318

Occhiuto, K., Sewell, K., & Asakura, K. (2022). Pivoting to online live-streamed simulations: Students’ experiences in clinical social work education. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2089306

Occhiuto, K. (2022). Data collection strategies for sharing lived experiences: Low-income mothers’ perceptions of text (SMS) and multimedia (mms) data collection. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 37(1), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109920978575

Occhiuto, K., Todd, S., Wilson, T., Garrod, J.Z. (2021). Towards greater transparency regarding cross-sector partnerships for technology development. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 12(2), 89-103. https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/413/348

Asakura, K., Occhiuto, K., Tarshis, S., & Dubrowski, A. (2021). Designing and conducting healthcare simulations: Contributions from social work. Cureus Journal of Medical Science, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16193

Todd, S., Occhiuto, K., Asakura, K., & Grassau, P. (2021). Navigating uncertainty in clinical social work practice: A pilot simulation-based study. Clinical Social Work, 49(2), 286-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-021-00800-4

Todd, S., & Occhiuto, K. (2021). Feminist Theories, pp. 259-274. In K.W. Bolton, J.C. Hall., & P. Lehmann (Eds.), Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice: A Generalist-Eclectic Approach (4^th edition). Springer Publishing.

Occhiuto, K., & Todd, S. (2020). Critical perspectives on community work with youth, pp. 321-343. In S. Todd & S. Savard’s (Eds.), Canadian perspectives on community development. Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press.

Asakura. K., Occhiuto, K., Todd, S., Leithead, C., & Clapperton, R. (2020). A Call to Action on Artificial Intelligence and Social Work Education: Lessons Learned from a Simulation Project Using Natural Language Processing. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 40(5), 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2020.1813234

Asakura, K., Lee, B., Occhiuto, K., & Kourgiantakis, T. (2020). Observational learning in simulation-based social work education. Social Work Education, The International Journal, 41(3), 300-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1831467

Wilson, T., Todd, S., Occhiuto, K., Garrod, J.Z. (2020). Social workers as double agents: Critical inquiry, social work education, and the youth question. Social Work Education, The International Journal, 39(1), 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2019.1653273