Tanya Voss, MSSW

For nearly three decades, Tanya Voss has championed experiential learning and global social work for students at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Through the Texas Social Work practicum education program, Clinical Professor Voss has supported faculty-led academic internships for MSSW students in 20 countries, including agencies in six current partner countries: Chile, Hungary, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and Switzerland. 

As assistant dean for global engagement, Voss’s responsibilities include deepening connections with global partners through programs in Northern Ireland and along the Texas/Mexico border. She supports all students in embracing their role as global citizens as well as those seeking to serve as catalysts and leaders on a global stage. Engaging and uplifting partners, staff, faculty, and alumni in shared international endeavors is key to Texas Social Work’s current and future success. 

Some of Voss’s primary responsibilities include supporting international students and teaching the Global Practicum Seminar course for international interns. She serves on the executive committee for Projects with Underserved Communities, a collaboration between the Cockrell School of Engineering and the school of social work. She also teaches a month-long class in London each May for undergraduate and graduate students from multiple majors across the UT campus. In addition, she is a member of the International Oversight Committee Restricted Region Review Team. 

Before joining UT in 1996, she worked in experiential treatment programs, affordable housing settings, at Texas School for the Deaf, and in social services for adult and juvenile justice clients, to name a few. Voss earned her Bachelor of Journalism and MSSW with a concentration in administration and planning, both from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Council on Social Work Education, the International Federation of Social Workers, and the National Association of Social Workers. 

At UT, she served as the assistant dean for practicum education for 17 years, connecting students with transformative experiences both domestically and internationally, and has been the assistant dean for global engagement since 2023. She has been a proud member of the clinical faculty practicum education team throughout.