Wilma Peebles-Wilkins Author & Editor

Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi is director of the masters in social work program at George Mason University. Her areas of interest concern Pacific Islander culture and community and women of color in higher education. She has served in administration and leadership positions in several institutions of higher education and in professional social work organizations. Wilma Peebles-Wilkins is dean emerita of the Boston University School of Social Work and a NASW Social Work Pioneer. She has worked as an administrator in public and private practice settings and in two major research institutions. Her leadership role in the national arena has been extensive. She has served on the board of directors of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work and on both the Council on Social Work Education and the Council on Contemporary Families.