• DSW, Catholic University of America, Social Work, 1999
• MSW, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1978
• BA, Social Work and Psychology, Gallaudet University, 1976

Dr. Barbara White has been a member of the Gallaudet University faculty since 1983, where she has taught required and elective courses in both the undergraduate and graduate program, chaired the Department, and served on community boards and university committees. Dr. White is a licensed clinical social worker in the District of Columbia. Prior to coming to Gallaudet, she was Assistant Director of the Mental Health Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People at Family Service Foundation in Maryland, and was instrumental in establishing the state-wide mental health services for deaf and hard of hearing people. Her research interests include foster care and adoption of deaf children, macro social work, international social work, disaster relief, and mental health services to deaf and hard of hearing people. She has developed courses in adoptive families, global health and mental health, and global human rights and social justice. Dr. White has led study abroad courses to Guatemala (2005, 2006) and Costa Rica (2009-2012) and assisted in a disaster mental health response team during Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath in 2005. Dr. White received the Gallaudet University Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award and the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award in 2009, and the Dedicated Faculty Member Award by the Division of Student Affairs in 2012