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Iris Carlton-LaNey
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| Meet Iris Originally from Warsaw, North Carolina, Iris B. Carlton-LaNey received her BS in social work from the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, NC; her masters in social work from the
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration; and her doctorate from the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work.
Iris is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught social work for over 26 years at three North Carolina universities: NC A&T, UNC-Charlotte, and now UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research
focus has included African American social welfare history and rural aging
issues, especially among women. She has written numerous articles and edited or
co-edited four books. The legacy of problem-solving and “making a way out of no
way” is reflected in the lives of the people she has chosen to research and
write about.
Iris has received numerous regional, state, and national awards, recognizing her contributions to teaching and advancement of the social work profession. These honors include awards from the North Carolina State Association of Black Social Workers in 1988 and 1991 and Teacher Appreciation Awards from UNC-Chapel Hill’s
School of Social Work in 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, and 2003.
Iris was a finalist for the NationsBank Teaching Excellence Award from UNC-Charlotte in 1992 and 1993. She was inducted into the Department of Social Work and Sociology Hall of Fame at NC A&T University in 1998 and received the Belle Ringer Image Award from Bennett College in 2001.
In 2003, the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work named Iris the alumna who is one of America's Most Influential Social Workers.
In 2003, the Council on Social Work Education honored her with their Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education award. This national award recognizes the recipient's scholarship, seminal writings, research, and service to the social work profession over the last ten years.
Finally, Iris was selected by UNC-Chapel Hill to receive a 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.
Iris grew up on her parents’ tobacco farm and is the knee baby in a family of
five children, three brothers and one sister. She is married to Marion
L. LaNey, II, and they have one son, Marion L. LaNey, III (Donnie). She lives
in Durham, North Carolina.
Contact Iris at ibc9717@email.unc.edu
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