This collection includes 580 University of Montana graduate student portfolios, papers, and capstone projects, which some departments utilize as an alternative to the traditional thesis option. Use the following links to search discipline-specific portfolios:
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Advanced Integrated Practice: Holding Complexity with Integrity
Brittany Heather Mattfeld
This professional portfolio presents an integrated approach to social work practice that holds systems-level analysis alongside relational, client-centered engagement. Drawing from graduate coursework, residential youth work, and applied program development, it examines how policy, power, and institutional structures shape lived experience within child welfare and ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio
Ellen Mittlestadt
This portfolio describes how I have developed strengths, skills, values, and cognitive and affective processes through the ten competencies of the Master of Social Work program at the University of Montana. Through attending classes, engaging with professors and my cohort, and continuing to strengthen all ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio
Sara J. Murphy
This portfolio presents a comprehensive reflection of my development throughout the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at the University of Montana. It highlights the integration of knowledge, skills, values, and cognitive and affective processes across ten core social work competencies. Through critical self-reflection, I ... Read More
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Professional Portfolio: Becoming a Justice-Centered Practitioner
Akemi Nakagawa
This professional portfolio reflects my learning through this program, including the knowledge and skills I have developed, how my learning has been shaped by the people I have learned from and alongside, and what I will carry forward into future practice. I share my developing ... Read More
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A Guide to Growing Broad: : Expanding the Notion of Social for Mental Health, Natural Resources, and the Infinite Intersections of How to Care for the World
Leah D. Nuese-Yaker
This MSW portfolio narrative examines the expanding boundaries of social work practice at the intersection of human and ecological systems. Organized as a series of interconnected personal essays structured around river metaphors, the portfolio argues that social work's anthropocentric foundations limit the profession's capacity to ... Read More
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Embodied, Relational, and Rooted: A Social Work Portfolio
Deneen Pancari
This portfolio reflects my professional and personal growth over the past three years of the University of Montana!s (UM!s) Online Master of Social Work (MSW) Program and showcases my understanding of advanced social work competencies (University of Montana School of Social Work, n.d.). My background ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio: A Comprehensive Showcase of Academic Work and Achievements
Emma Elizabeth Piskolich
Social work practice carries significant professional responsibility. As political systems evolve and new research continues to emerge, it is essential for practitioners to remain committed to ongoing learning and professional development. The nature of social work involves serving vulnerable and impacted populations, which requires that ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio
Trebor J.C. Riddle
Introduction
My development throughout the Master of Social Work program at the University of Montana has been guided by a longstanding understanding that social work is more than direct service. This belief was central to my decision to pursue an MSW rather than a master’s ... Read More
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Restoring Joy: A Systems Approach to Postpartum Support and Advocacy
Brinn M. Rogers
Rooted in the profound lived experience of motherhood, this portfolio represents a professional evolution from offering grassroots peer support to designing advanced, systemic interventions for postpartum women. Driven by the belief that a mother’s struggle is often a reflection of her environment's failure to support ... Read More
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Practicing What I Value: Growth and Identity in Social Work
Janelle Diane Schmit
This portfolio showcases my growth as a social worker during the MSW program, highlighting both my academic accomplishments and practicum experiences. It contains artifacts that illustrate my proficiency in the key areas of social work practice. Guided by my personal and professional values, my work ... Read More
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Hi Friend! MSW Portfolio of Community Building and Advocacy
River Gerard Segar
This MSW Portfolio emphasizes the importance of being rooted in community and demonstrates how to engage in community building in a way that helps center marginalized voices. This portfolio also highlights advocacy in the United States for transgender people and asserts the need for increased ... Read More
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Standing in the Middle: Planting Seeds of Liberation
Halle V. Smith
This portfolio documents the development of an ecologically grounded and theoretically integrated social work practice across two years of practicum with the Crime Victim Advocate (CVA) program in Missoula, Montana. Drawing on ecofeminism, Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory (ICRT), and trauma-informed practice (TIP), the author frames ... Read More
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Practicing in Broken Systems: An Advanced Integrated Social Work Portfolio
Andrew Tomt
This portfolio documents my development as an advanced integrated social worker within behavioral health and crisis response systems. Grounded in the ten CSWE competencies, it illustrates my progression from foundational generalist practice to a more complex, systems-oriented approach that integrates ethical decision-making, trauma-informed care, research-informed ... Read More
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Decarceration & Voting Rights Advocacy
Sophie E. Trudgeon
Portfolio detailing my MSW practicum placement at Catalyst MT under the Justice Initiative and the growth that accompanied it.
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MSW Portfolio
Hannah N. Vasquez
This portfolio documents my development as a Master of Social Work student, demonstrating integration of relational, trauma-informed practice with systems-level analysis. Drawing on coursework and practicum experiences, it illustrates competency across micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. Selected artifacts highlight the application of theoretical ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio
N Williams
This portfolio is a collection of works demonstrating my journey through the University of Montana MSW program, highlighted through developmental and ecosystem theoretical frameworks, core competencies, the five elements of integrated practice, self-reflections, and field placements. It reflects an integration of learned skills and a ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio. Finding Purpose: A Journey Toward Meaningful Social Work Practice
Stephanie Altenhof
My MSW portfolio demonstrates my professional development through the University of Montana's MSW program using a multi-theoretical orientation. Through practicum experiences at the Alzheimer Society of BC and Coast Care Consulting, the portfolio showcases my mastery of the 10 social work competencies and five elements ... Read More
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MSW Portfolio
Steven Asire
This work encapsulates my progression both throughout my time in the MSW program as well as my practicum and professional experience working in the mental health field. The portfolio applies past work and describes my progression from a micro lense in practice to a more ... Read More
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Master of Social Work
Tanner J. Bailey
This portfolio documents my academic and professional development throughout the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at the University of Montana. Using my practicum experiences in juvenile probation and anonymous crisis intervention work, this paper integrates critical reflection, theory-informed application, and evidence-based practice to demonstrate ... Read More
