Job Titles
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Professor of Social Work, Department Chair
Social Work , College of Arts and Sciences -
Department Chair
Social Work (M.S.W.), Graduate School
Highlight
Dr. Eydie Dyke-Shypulski (LICSW) has served as the chair of the Department of Social Work at Bethel University, MSW program director, and associate professor of social work.
Started at Bethel
2015
Education
- Asbury University - B.A. in English Literature, 1987
- St. Louis University - M.S.W. , 1997
- Bethel Seminary - D.Min. in Global and Contextual Studies, 2017
Biography
Dr. Eydie Dyke-Shypulski (LICSW) serves as the chair of the Department of Social Work at Bethel University, MSW program director, and associate professor of social work.. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Asbury University, an MSW from St. Louis University and a doctorate in global and contextual studies from Bethel Seminary. Her practice experience includes work with people experiencing co-occuring medical and mental health diagnoses, houselessness, refugees, veterans, children and families, substance abuse and domestic violence. Her research interests include the intersections of environmental justice, neoliberalism, social and economic ethics. Eydie has studied and lived abroad in France, Belgium, Moscow, Palestine, Israel, Sudan, Malaysia and India. Together with her husband Michael, she has served on the National Ski Patrol for 18 years. They love to spend time traveling, at their cabin in the BWCA and dogsledding. They have five children, six dogs, and two cats.
Courses Taught
CLASSES TAUGHT:
SOWK770 Environmental Justice, Community Health, and Health Disparities (Summer 2023)
SOWK790 MSW Capstone Seminar (Summer 2023)
SOW 200z Introduction to Social Work (Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2016)
SOW 304 Social Work Practice I (Fall 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
SOW 351 Applied Methods of Social Research (Fall 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
SOW 305 Social Policy (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
SOW 330 Social Work Field Experience I (Spring 2016)
SOW331 Social Work Field Experience II (Spring 2016)
SOWK432 Senior Field Experience I (Fall 2022)
SOWK433 Senior Field Experience II (Spring 2023)
SOWK434 Senior Field Experience III (Spring 2023)
SOW499 Senior Seminar (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021)
SOW307z Intentional Urban Living (Fall 2019)
HUSE320 Social Change and Advocacy (Fall 2019)
Awards
Dissertation with Distinction
U.S. Coast Guard Award for Bravery
Presentations
Shypulski, E., Zalanga, S. (2020) Juxtaposing Hayekian Social and Economic Ethics with the Christian Struggle for Social Justice: Lessons and Insights for Social Work Education and Practice. Peer reviewed presentation at the National American Association of Christian Social Workers (NACSW). Washington, DC.
Shypulski, E., Davis, H., Shepard, M., Grussing, G. (2020) National Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Conference 2020. Washgingon, DC.
Shypulski, E., Zalanga, S. (2019) Neoliberal Philosophy, Global Trends, and Social Work Education. Peer reviewed presentation at the National Council of Social Work Education Conference (CSWE/ APM). Denver, CO.
Shypulski, E. Zalanga, S. (2019) Neoliberal Philosophy, Global Trends and Social Work Practice. Peer reviewed presentation at the National American Association of Christian Social Workers (NACSW). Indianapolis, IN.
Shypulski, E., (2018). Examining the Intersections of Social Justice, Moral Development and Theology. Peer reviewed presentation at the North American Association of Christian Social Workers (NACSW). Hartford, CT.
Shypulski, E., (2017). The Crucible of Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy: Examining the Intersections of Social Justice, Moral Development and Theology. Presented at the Bethel University Colloquium. Saint Paul, MN.
State Peer Reviewed Conferences
Shypulski, E. (2020) Guiding Student Research to Advance Environmental Justice: Examining Urban Green Strategies to Address Environmental Health Disparities through a Case Exploration of Land Bridges and Gentrification. Peer reviewed presentation at the Minnesota Conference of Social Work Education (MCSWE). Duluth, Minnesota USA
Shypulski, E. (2020) Neoliberal Philosophy, Global Trends, and Social Work Education. Peer reviewed presentation at the Minnesota Conference of Social Work Education (MCSWE). Duluth, Minnesota USA
Certificates and Licenses
LICSW
Outdoor Emergency Technician (OEC)
National Ski Patrol (NSP)
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
NASW
Hobbies and Interests
Skiing, exploring, camping, kayaking, paddleboarding, biking, dog sledding, playing the piano, making music, laughing.
Quote
"To love another person is to see the face of God." -Victor Hugo