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Charles Emlet, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Associate Professor ; Graduate Faculty
  • Ph.D., Social Work, Case Western Reserve University, 1998.
  • M.S.W., California State University, Fresno, 1979.
Dept: Social Work
Room: CP 223
Phone: 253-692-5827
E-mail: caemlet@u.washington.edu
Emlet, Charles Charles A. Emlet, Ph.D., LCSW joined the University of Washington Tacoma Social Work faculty in 1999. Prior to that, he held social work positions in direct practice and administration with Solano County Health and Social Services Department for 18 years. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, University of Washington and Affiliate faculty with the UW Center for AIDS Research. He was a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar from 2001-2003 and currently serves as a Hartford National Research Mentor. He received his Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and his MSW from California State University, Fresno. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California) and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. Dr. Emlet is co-author of In Home Assessment of Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 2nd edition, and editor of HIV/AIDS and Older Adults: Challenges for Individuals, Families and Communities. He has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters and serves as a consulting editor for the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. Dr. Emlet is an active member of various professional organizations including the Gerontological Society of America, (where he is a Fellow) the Association of Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGE-SW), the National Association of Social Workers and the Society of Social Work and Research. He has a gubernatorial appointment to the Governors Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. His current areas of research include older persons with HIV/AIDS and issues of stigma and service delivery for persons living with HIV/AIDS. In 2004 he received the University of Washington, Tacomas Distinguished Research Award.