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

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 joins Pacific Lutheran University as an assistant professor of Social Work this fall. Ren 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.