Research and Evaluation Lead
Katie Galvin, MSW, Ph.D.
Finding out whether programs actually serve the people in them.
Katie is a researcher, program evaluator and social work educator with two decades in higher education, apprenticeship and community programs. She is an Associate Professor of Social Work at California State University, Stanislaus, and has directed Field Education at San José State University and consulted with community colleges across California. At Eleven Tenths she leads research and evaluation, including evaluation support for AWS pre-apprenticeship pilots in Columbus, Ohio; Fredericksburg, Virginia; and Jackson, Mississippi.
Where she has done the work
- Associate Professor of Social Work at California State University, Stanislaus, where she teaches graduate courses in social welfare policy and practice and chaired the College Curriculum Committee from 2021 to 2023
- Director of Field Education, San José State University School of Social Work, 2007 to 2012, leading a program of 350 to 400 students a year and the network of placement sites behind it
- Educational Services Consultant to Foothill College’s apprenticeship team, 2018 to 2021, working with sheet metal, electrical, pipe trades and iron workers partners
- Research Analyst at Skyline College, 2012 to 2014, leading the Benefits Access for College Completion Project from design through reporting
- Director of the Hoover School Family Resource Center in Redwood City, leading a 15-person team drawn from seven programs and five agencies
Education
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Ph.D., Social Work
University of Utah
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M.S.W.
California State University, Sacramento
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B.A., Communications
University of California, San Diego
Curriculum mapping
Letting apprentices earn a degree while they learn the trade
For Foothill College’s apprenticeship team, Katie mapped four union apprenticeship curricula to general education requirements, so apprentices can earn an associate degree at the same time as they complete their apprenticeship.
She also worked with the Loyd E. Williams Pipe Trades Training Center to review its plumbing curriculum against Associate of Science degree requirements, work described in the plumbing degree pathway case study.
Commercial plumbing · HVAC · Steamfitting · Sheet metal
