Dr. Karen Hopkins is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and served as Co-Chair of the Management and Community Organization Concentration for 11 years. She has worked as a consultant and organizational/program evaluator for 17 years at the state and national levels with multiple nonprofit and public agencies related to: Supervision/management practices and outcomes; Workforce development and retention; Organizational learning and capacity-building; and Work-life integration.
She is a national peer reviewer for the “Standards of Excellence” nonprofit certification developed by the Maryland Association of Nonprofits, Board member for the Society for Social Work and Research, and Associate Editor for the Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance (formerly Administration in Social Work) journal. Dr. Hopkins received a Ph.D from the University of Chicago, MSW from the University of Pittsburgh, and a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.
