Henrika McCoy
Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Acting Dean of the Morgridge College of Education
What I do
Dr. Henrika McCoy is the Morris Endowed Dean and professor at the Graduate School of Social Work. Across her career, she has served as a researcher, clinician and case manager and worked in partnership with community members and experts. She has focused predominately on the experiences of Black boys with mental health issues that precipitated their involvement in the juvenile legal system and those of young Black men ages 18 to 24 and their experiences with violence. Overall, her scholarship explores the impact of structural and systemic racism on Black persons in America
Prior to joining GSSW, she served as an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and interim associate dean for academic affairs and student services and associate professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. She received her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, Master of Jurisprudence from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis.