Andre' P. Stevenson
Dr. Andre P. Stevenson serves as Professor of Social Work and Director of International Programs at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). With a dynamic and multifaceted career in higher education, Dr. Stevenson provides strategic leadership for global initiatives on campus, expanding access to international experiences for students, faculty, and staff. As Director, he has established study abroad programming, facilitated prestigious scholarship opportunities such as the Gilman International Scholarship, and created robust collaborations that position ECSU as a hub for global learning within the HBCU context.
In addition to his administrative leadership, Dr. Stevenson teaches a range of courses including Social Welfare Policy, Research Methods, and Human Diversity. His teaching is deeply informed by a commitment to social justice, global engagement, and culturally responsive pedagogy.
Dr. Stevenson is a prolific scholar with a research agenda that spans international education, health disparities, rural social work, and global social welfare policy. His extensive list of peer-reviewed publications includes recent articles in Prevention Science, Child & Youth Services, and The Journal of Teaching in Social Work. He is also the co-editor of the forthcoming book Human Behavior Theories and Models: An Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Approach for Empowerment Practice, and the 2023 volume The Half Yet to Be Told: Study Abroad and HBCUs.
He has secured numerous grants to support global learning, including funding from the U.S. Department of State, the Institute of International Education, and the UNC Global – Carolina Asia Center. Notably, Dr. Stevenson’s projects use comparative policy analysis to increase interest in study abroad among underrepresented students in social work. He has also led suicide prevention and financial capability initiatives, and his research has been recognized for expanding opportunities for diverse and underserved student populations.
Dr. Stevenson’s international engagement is both extensive and sustained. He is a 2025 Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Scholar (Senegal and France), a 2024 Fellow of the Council on American Overseas Research Centers (Cambodia), and a 2023 Fulbright-Hays Scholar (Taiwan). His past international education work includes founding and leading faculty-led global learning programs to South Africa, Cuba, Japan, and Germany. He has served as an external examiner for numerous Ph.D. and MSW theses at universities in South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ghana, and currently holds an appointment as Affiliated Faculty with the South Asia Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
In recognition of his leadership, Dr. Stevenson received the 2024 Martha Fitch Trigonis Individual Award from the North Carolina Association of International Educators. He also serves on the editorial boards of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad and The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, and holds leadership roles in several national and international organizations supporting global education and social work.
Dr. Stevenson earned his Ph.D. in Social Work Research, Master of Public Health (Behavioral and Community Health Sciences), and Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Counselor Education from South Carolina State University. He recently completed a graduate certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at East Carolina University in 2024.