Ren Winnett, DSW, LICSW

Assistant Professor of Social Work

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Phone: 253-535-7144

Email: rwinnett@plu.edu

Office Location: Xavier Hall - 114

Office Hours: (On Campus) Tue: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (On Campus) Wed: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm (On Campus) Thu: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional
  • Biography

Education

  • DSW, School of Social Work, Rutgers University
  • MSW, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
  • BA (Hons), Psychology & Sociology, Queens University, Canada

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

  • Health Care
  • Health Care and Homelessness
  • Mental Health in Adult Populations
  • Substance Use in Adult Populations
  • Health Care Social Work From A Global Perspective

Selected Publications

Books

  • Navigating Human Service Organizations: Essential Information for Thriving and Surviving in Agencies, 4th ed. (Oxford University Press 2020) : View Book
  • Health Care Social Work: A Global Perspective (Oxford University Press 2019) : View Book

Professional Memberships/Organizations

Biography

Ren Winnett, DSW, LICSW earned his BA (Honours) in Psychology and Sociology from Queen’s University, Canada, and his MSW from the University of Washington, Tacoma. Dr Winnett completed his Doctor of Social Work (DSW) from Rutgers University in New Jersey. He has practiced hospital-based clinical social work for 23 years and focuses on adult populations with acute health conditions and comorbid psychiatric, addiction, and behavioral needs. Dr. Winnett is particularly interested in practice with patients experiencing homelessness. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Washington, Tacoma, for 11 years, and joined Pacific Lutheran University as an assistant professor of Social Work in 2022. Dr. Winnett is the co-editor and a chapter author of Health Care Social Work: A Global Perspective (Oxford, 2019), as well as the co-author of Navigating Human Services Organizations: Essential Information for Thriving and Surviving in Agencies (Oxford, 2020). His work, “The experiences of hospital social workers who care for homeless patients: An interpretive phenomenological analysis”, can be found in Social Work in Health Care (2022). His article “Homeless and Hospitalized: A Case Study of Intervention to Support Collaborative Behavior and Safety” (2024) can be found in Studies in Clinical Social Work.