University of Nevada, Las Vegas

          Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

 

   School of Social Work

       

 

 

 

 


 

School of Social Work
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455032
4505 Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032

(702) 895-3311 telephone
(702) 895-4079 facsimile

 

Brief Vita
Esther J. Langston, Ph.D., ACSW, LCSW, Professor

Education: Received BA from Wiley College in Business Education, MSW San Diego State University, 3rd year certificate in Social Work and a certificate in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. Ph.D. in Human Service Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Work Experience: Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Social Worker and supervisor in the practice of, Child Welfare, Aging, Public Welfare, Residential Treatment, Mental Health, School Social Work, A.I.D.S. and Community Practice.

Service: President - Nevada Chapter National Association of Social Workers. Treasurer Nevada Chapter National Association of Black Social Workers and co founder of the Las Vegas Chapter. Member American Society on Aging, and the Council on Social Work Education. CSWE accreditation site visitor chair and a member of the Commission on Conferences and Faculty Development. Treasurer Baccalaureate Program Directors. National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work past member Nominations committee. National Association of Social Workers - Secretary - Past Chair Legal Defense Committee-Alternate member of the Committee on Identification and Leadership.

Community Service: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority- Member of the National Program Planning and Development Committee - Past Farwest Regional Program Chair, member of the Editorial Board DREF Journal. Chair of Operation Independence Board of Directors. Past President of Les Femmes Douze. Chair of the Committee for Implementation of Social, Racial and Economic Bias in the Nevada Criminal Justice System. Past Executive Director and board member for AFAN. Member trustees board Second Baptist Church, Las Vegas Nevada.