Ph.D., Howard University
MSW, Howard University
BS, Babson College

Professional/Research Interests

Multiculturalism in Social Work Education; Cultural Competence with African American Women; Human Services Computer Technologies; Health Technology

Recent Publications

Kurzman, P., & Littlefield, M. (Eds.). (2020). Online and distance social work education: Current practice and future trends. Routledge.

Littlefield, M. (2019). An introduction: Reimagining social work education for the digital age. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 39(4-5), 253-259.

Littlefield, M., Rubinstein, K., & Brown-Laveist, C. (2019). Designing for quality: Distance education rubrics for online MSW programs. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 39(4-5), 334-349.

Darrell, L., Littlefield, M. & Washington, E.M. (2016) Safe Spaces, Nurturing Places, Journal of Social Work Education, 52:1, 43-49.

Littlefield, M.B. & Rubinstein, K., and Pittman, M. (2015). Beyond PowerPoint: Using Learning Objects to Enhance Social Work Courses. Journal of Technology and Human Services, 33, 172-190.

Littlefield, M.B., McLane-Davison, D. and Vakalahi, H.F.O. (February 2015) Global Gender Inequality. In Encyclopedia of Social Work. Washington, DC National Association of Social Work and Oxford University Press.

Littlefield, M.B., Edwards, L. and Akers, T.A. (2014). A Campus-Community Partnership to Disseminate Health IT Resources in an Urban African American Community. Journal of Social Work Education.

Refereed Presentations

Davis, B., Littlefield, M.B. Meyer, M., Schermerhorn, J. & Farlow, M. (2024). Exploring the P4P (Payment for Placements) Movement in Maryland: A Cross-campus Collaboration. Society for Social Work Research Conference, Washington, DC.

McLane Davison, D. & Littlefield, M.B. (2023). Nerdy by nature: Black Feminist/Womanist epistemology as active resistance. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Littlefield, M., Shatila, S., & McClernon-Chaffin-K. (2023). Generation-Regeneration: Intersectional Feminist Approaches in Futuring Anti-Oppressive Social Work Education.  Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

McLane Davison, D. & Littlefield, M.B. (2023). Nerdy by nature: Black feminist/womanist epistemology as active resistance. Canadian Association of Social Work Education Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Nau, E., Littlefield, M., & Shatila, S. (2022). Feminism: Critical Issues & Innovative Ideas. Connect Session, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Kleinschmit, J., Littlefield, M., Schwartz, R., Cox, T, & Reyes, M. (2021). The Online Social Work Educators’ League – Providing support and maximizing best practices. Social Work Distance Education Virtual Conference.

McLane Davison, Denise, Littlefield, M., Wilson, D., Mixon, L.* (2019). At The Table: Black Women’s Leadership in Nation Building.  National Association of Black Social Worker’s 49th National Conference, Atlanta, GA.