Frank R. Baskind

Dean emeritus and professor

Frank R. Baskind

Background

Frank Baskind, Ph.D., is dean emeritus and professor in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. He served as dean of the School of Social Work (1992-2008) and University ombudsman (2008-2013). Baskind is currently a member of United Way of Greater Richmond Community Building Committee, past member of Connecticut and Tennessee State NASW Board of Directors, and a former president of the Council on Social Work Education. His creation and coordination of Help-Line of Central Connecticut, a crisis intervention and suicide prevention telephone network for a six-town region in Connecticut, launched his career in professional social work practice and education.