The Sanville Institute
About The Sanville Institute
The Sanville Institute is proud to continue its fifty-year mission of service to the social work and psychotherapy professions.
We are committed to promoting professional development that serves a culturally diverse community of mental health providers.
The Sanville Institute supports professional development by offering continuing education courses and doctoral-level research through a recently-introduced scholarship program. Learn more about The Sanville Institute.
Sanville - Smith Collaboration
The course Applying an anti-oppressive intersectional lens in clinical practice: A relational/attachment approach is the current collaboration between The Sanville Institute and Smith College School of Social Work. The collaboration began in 2005 and grew out of Jean Sanville’s vision of cross-fertilization between the program she founded and her alma mater.
The course is offered to Smith doctoral candidates and sponsored by The Sanville Institute. It is co-taught by Judith Kay Nelson, former faculty and dean emeritus at The Sanville Institute and adjunct faculty in the Smith School of Social Work doctoral program, and Tanya Greathouse, associate professor and MSW Program Director at Metropolitan State University of Denver and an affiliate faculty member at Smith College School for Social Work.
Sanville Institute Scholarship
The Sanville Institute’s scholarship program was established to assist qualified professionals pursuing doctoral research in mental health.
The application deadline for the 2026-27 scholarship has passed. View past recipients of the scholarship and learn more below.
Application Evaluators Needed
The Sanville Institute is seeking individuals to evaluate 3-5 scholarship applications in February-March 2026. Raters should have a doctoral degree themselves and some experience with doctoral level research related to mental health. Though people in academic positions are particularly suitable, an academic position is not required. To let us know you are interested, or to get more information, please contact admin@sanville.edu.
Join The Sanville Institute Board of Trustees
The Sanville Institute is looking for people interested in joining our volunteer board. Candidates should be in agreement with Sanville’s mission of promoting ongoing professional development that serves a culturally diverse community of mental health providers.
The Sanville Institute is a small but active organization mostly staffed by volunteers, so prospective board members should be prepared to participate in the Institute’s ongoing activities (no financial commitment is required to join the board).
If you would like to join the Board of Trustees or if you would like more information, please submit a letter detailing your interest or your questions to admin@sanville.edu.