Ren Winnett
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Phone: 253-535-7144
Email: rwinnett@plu.edu
Office Location:Xavier Hall - Room 114
Office Hours: (On Campus) Tue: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (On Campus) Thu: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Curriculum Vitae: View my CV
- Professional
- Biography
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 in Kingston, Canada, his MSW from the University of Washington,
Tacoma, and his Doctorate of Social Work from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Ren
has practiced hospital-based clinical social work over 19 years and focuses on adult
populations with acute health conditions and comorbid psychiatric, addiction, and
behavioral needs. He is particularly interested in practice with patients experiencing
homelessness. Ren has 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. He 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 most recent 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 research interests include the care of hospital
patients experiencing homelessness, clinical intervention in hospitals, issues of
autonomy during inpatient care, and health care social work on a global spectrum.
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