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Michael A. Dover, BSW, MSSW, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae September 2009 Work Address: 326 Chester Hall School of Social Work Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44115-2214 Office: (216) 687-3564 Email: [email protected] Home Address: 2425 Foxway Dr. Ann Arbor MI 48105 Home: (734)663-6972 Cell: (216) 645-1555 Fax: (734) 661-5270 Email: [email protected] Professional Education Professional Education University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Ph.D. in Social Work and Sociology, August 2003 Full-time residency 1991-2003 while engaged in part-time teaching, research, and admissions work. Supported 1992- 1997 from a fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. Dissertation Title: The Social System of Real Property Ownership: Public and Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions and Corporate Tax Abatements in City and Suburb, 1955-2000 Dissertation Advisor: Prof. David J. Tucker Dissertation Committee: Prof. David J. Tucker, Co-Chair (Director, Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science); Prof. Howard Kimeldorf (Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology); Prof. Lawrence S. Root; Prof. E. Ian Robinson Preliminary Examination in Sociology: Status and Power Preliminary Examination in Social Work: Older Adult Volunteer Participation (Prof. Ruth Dunkle, Chair; Prof. Sheila Feld; Prof. Barry Checkoway) Other areas of research: Social Welfare and the Cold War; Voluntary Association Activity of Older Detroiters. Coursework: Race and ethnicity (Pedraza); social relationships (Orbuch); social participation (Checkoway); social organization (Paige); international social welfare (Sarri); policy analysis (Birdsall); gender, family and state (Adams); individual change (Garvin); personal, family and social relationships (Orbuch); human services innovation (Tropman); sociological theory (Anspach); historical methods (Kimeldorf); organizational studies (Zald); structure of social service systems (Hurl); Eastern European societies (Kennedy); Detroit Area Study (Rodgers); a total of eight courses in quantitative analysis including multiple regression analysis, survey data analysis (Alwin), Lisrel (Rodgers), event history analysis (Teachman). University of Michigan M.A. in Sociology, 1996 This degree was earned along the way to completing the

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Michael A. Dover, BSW, MSSW, Ph.D.Curriculum Vitae September 2009

Work Address:326 Chester HallSchool of Social WorkCleveland State University2121 Euclid AvenueCleveland Ohio 44115-2214Office: (216) 687-3564 Email: [email protected]

Home Address:2425 Foxway Dr. Ann Arbor MI 48105Home: (734)663-6972Cell: (216) 645-1555Fax: (734) 661-5270Email: [email protected]

Professional EducationProfessional EducationUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

· Ph.D. in Social Work and Sociology, August 2003· Full-time residency 1991-2003 while engaged in part-time teaching,

research, and admissions work. Supported 1992-1997 from a fellowship from the National Institute on Aging.

· Dissertation Title: The Social System of Real Property Ownership: Public and Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions and Corporate Tax Abatements in City and Suburb, 1955-2000

· Dissertation Advisor: Prof. David J. Tucker· Dissertation Committee: Prof. David J. Tucker, Co-Chair (Director,

Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science); Prof. Howard Kimeldorf (Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology); Prof. Lawrence S. Root; Prof. E. Ian Robinson

· Preliminary Examination in Sociology: Status and Power· Preliminary Examination in Social Work: Older Adult Volunteer

Participation (Prof. Ruth Dunkle, Chair; Prof. Sheila Feld; Prof. Barry Checkoway)

· Other areas of research: Social Welfare and the Cold War; Voluntary Association Activity of Older Detroiters.

·Coursework: Race and ethnicity (Pedraza); social relationships (Orbuch); social participation (Checkoway); social organization (Paige); international social welfare (Sarri); policy analysis (Birdsall); gender, family and state (Adams); individual change (Garvin); personal, family and social relationships (Orbuch); human services innovation (Tropman); sociological theory (Anspach); historical methods (Kimeldorf); organizational studies (Zald); structure of social service systems (Hurl); Eastern European societies (Kennedy); Detroit Area Study (Rodgers); a total of eight courses in quantitative analysis including multiple regression analysis, survey data analysis (Alwin), Lisrel (Rodgers), event history analysis (Teachman).

University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI

·M.A. in Sociology, 1996 This degree was earned along the way to completing the doctorate in social work and sociology. The degree required participating in the Detroit Area Study survey research, to which I later returned twice as a teaching assistant.

Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

· M.S.S.W., May 1980 (Four terms; direct practice of social work)· Internships: Harlem Hospital Child Psychiatry (Field Instructor,

Rubina Eatmon); District 65-U.A.W. Personal Services Unit (Field Instructor, Beth Silverman).

· Coursework: Studied with Professors Akabas, Cloward, Gitterman, Kahn, Miller, Rosen, Solomon, Hellenbrand and others.

· Accomplishments: GPA 3.9; Student Union President; Curriculum Review Committee; Admissions Committee.

Adelphi · B.S.W., August 1978 (Adelphi’s A.N.S.W.E.R. Program in

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University School of Social WorkGarden City, NY

Manhattan). Studied social policy (Phil Coltoff); social research (Michael Smith); social work practice (Kay Coltoff, George Lockhart and others). Was only European-American student in this urban extension program designed for anti-poverty agency and other paraprofessional social service workers. Later returned as a part-time Faculty Advisor 1990-1991 (see Professional Employment section).

·Internships: Community Service Society Cause Program in Chelsea (junior year); N.Y.C. Board of Education Child Find Program (outreach program to underserved children with disabilities).

Professional CertificationsProfessional Certifications

v Member, Academy of Certified Social Workers, 1983-Presentv Licensed Master Social Worker (Clinical and Macro), State of Michigan, #6801065703v Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Louisiana #2428

Academic Publications Academic Publications

2010, February (forthcoming)

Michael A. Dover, “Human Needs: An Annotated Bibliography”, Oxford Bibliography Online: Social Work. Edward Mullen, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. This 12,000 word peer-reviewed publication includes in introductory section, introductory paragraphs for each of twenty sections and approximately 160 annotated references.

2009 Michael A. Dover, “Rapport, Empathy and Oppression: Cross-Cultural Vignettes,” REFLECTIONS: Narratives of Professional Helping 15(4), 2009. Publication date November or December, 2009.

2008 Dover, M. A. (2008). Oppression, Dehumanization and Exploitation: Connecting Theory to Experience. In D. Van Soest & B. Garcia (Eds.), Diversity Education for Social Justice: Mastering Teaching Skills (Second ed., pp. 366-393). Washington, DC: Council on Social Work Education.

2008 Dover, M. A., & Joseph, B. H. R. (2008). Human needs: Overview. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), The encyclopedia of social work (20th ed., pp. 398-406). New York: Oxford University Press and National Association of Social Workers.

2006 David Horton Smith, Robert A. Stebbins, and Michael A. Dover, Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts, Indianapolis, Indiana University Press. 360 page book contains more than 1200 terms and concepts valuable for the advancement of research and theory on the nonprofit sector, voluntary associations, voluntary action, civic participation, philanthropy, volunteer administration, leisure activities and grassroots organizations. The manuscript was peer reviewed by two anonymous publisher-selected reviewers from the field of voluntary sector scholarship.

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Academic PublicationsAcademic Publications (Editor or Co-Editor)

2010, Spring Michael A. Dover, Guest Editor, Special Issue on Work and the Workplace, REFLECTIONS: Narratives of Professional Helping. Appointed November 2008 to edit this special issue, to which leading scholars and practitioners in the field will contribute. The Call for Papers was issued in the Fall 2008 issue. There is a December 31, 2009 deadline for submissions.

2000, June Michael A. Dover, Charles Garvin, Sara Goodkind, Marilyn Moch, and Michael Reisch, Co-Editors, Special Issue of REFLECTIONS: Narratives of Professional Helping 6(2, Spring), titled “Responding to War: Social Workers and War in the Balkans”.

Book ReviewsBook Reviews

1998, May Michael A. Dover. Review of: Marian Swerdlow, Underground Woman: My Four Years as a New York City Subway Conductor. Philadelphia, Pa: Temple University Press, 1998. Sociological Focus, Journal of the North Central Sociological Association 32(2, May): 223-224.

1993, Fall Michael A. Dover, “A Theory of Human Need.” Review of book of the same title by Len Doyal and Ian Gough (NY: Guilford Press, 1991). Published as page 8, BCR Reports: Quarterly Publication of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Fall 1993.http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_9310.pdf

Professional Publications (Edited Newsletters)Professional Publications (Edited Newsletters)

2005, Fall Michael A. Dover, “How Did We Lose New Orleans? Katrina as Our Pearl Harbor” BCRReports: Publication of the Social Welfare Action Alliance, Volume XVII, Number 1, Fall 2005. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_0511.pdf

2004, March Michael A. Dover, “Does social work need another rank-and-file movement?” BCRReports: Publication of the Social Welfare Action Alliance, Volume XV, Number 1, March 2004. Barbara Kasper, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, Editor. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_0403.pdf

2002, Summer “Linking education and practice: The need for an annual national social work conference.” ACOSA Update: Building Community and Administrative Practice in the 21st Century. Volume 16, Issue 2, Summer 2002, page 3. (Quoted and cited in Mildred “Mit” Joyner (2004), “Proactively Marketing Social Work Education and the Social Work Profession,” Federico Lecture, Baccalaureate Program Directors Association, Fall 2004 (Detroit, Michigan). For full text of article, please see: http://www.acosa.org/updt_sum2002.pdf

1998, Fall Michael A. Dover, “Globalization and Cold War: Why No Peace Dividend?”. BCR Reports, Publication of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society. (Volume X, No. 2, Fall 1998, pp. 12-13). Barbara Kasper, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, Editor. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_9810.pdf

1997, Spring Michael A. Dover, “Activism, Professionalization and the Future of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society: Another view.” BCR Reports, Publication of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society. Volume IX (1, Spring): 5-6, 1997. Cited in Michael Reisch and Janice Andrews (2002), The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_9704.pdf

1991, Winter Michael A. Dover, “Tearing Down the Walls on the U.S. Left,” BCR Reports: Publication of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Volume III,

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Nos. 2-3, Winter 1991, pp. 10-11. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_9101.pdf

1991, Winter Michael A. Dover and Marilyn A. Moch, “Work for Peace Now!”, BCR Reports: Publication of the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Volume III, Nos. 2-3, Winter 1991, pp. 1, 15. http://www.socialwelfareactionalliance.org/newsletter_9101.pdf

Presentation of Papers at Professional/Academic MeetingsPresentation of Papers at Professional/Academic Meetings

2009, September

Michael A. Dover, “Bringing Social Justice Back Into Social Work,” invitational plenary panel presentation, 4th Annual Conference of the National Social Work Action Network, held at the Department of Social and Policy Science, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom.

2009, September

Michael A. Dover, "From Social Work Practice to Sociological Theory: Theoretical Perspectives Arising from Direct Practice, Community Organization, TeachingPractice, and Social Change Activism." Peer-reviewed workshop presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the National Social Work Action Network, held at the Department of Social and Policy Science, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom.

2008, October Michael A. Dover, “Thinking Inside the Mixed Economy Box: Pragmatic Policy Analysis as a Progressive Alternative to Neoliberal Policy Assumptions”. Panel presentation at CSWE Partnership Presentation, Philadelphia, November 2008, “Katrina Recovery, Immigration, Social Activism: 2008 Social Welfare Action Alliance Conference Follow-up,” Manoj Pardasani, Moderator.

2007, October Michael A. Dover, “Yet Another Typology of Theories of the Welfare State,” Paper presented to a conference marking the 50th Anniversary of the Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2007, June Michael A. Dover, “Towards an Alternative to Neoliberalism,” paper presented to the 2007 Conference of the Social Welfare Action Alliance, New Orleans Louisiana, June 14-17, 2007.

2006, October Peggy Pittman-Munke and Michael A. Dover, “Bridging from Classroom to Practice: Outcome Assessment for Diversity Content.” Presented to the 24th Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Education Conference, Los Angeles, October 26, 2006.

2006, March Michael A. Dover, “Beyond the Isms: Getting in Touch with Words and Affective Phrases about Experiencing Oppression, Dehumanization and Exploitation.” Paper presented at the Midwest Social Work Education Conference, Ferris State University, March 2006. Participants identified words and affective phrases describing the feelings people experience due to acts of oppression, dehumanization and exploitation. These are shared on 3x5 cards that are shuffled, redistributed, and discussed. A compendium of responses from previous exercise participants is distributed for use in classrooms and in practice. Early draft of paper presented along with long-used teaching material being developed for submission for publication in the Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

2006, March “Deconstructing Accreditation Standards: Program Evaluation and Improvement of Diversity and Oppression Content,” Michael A. Dover and Peggy Pittman Munke, paper presented at the Midwest Social Work Education Conference, Ferris State University, March 2006. The paper presents a program evaluation and improvement strategy that facilitates practicing without discrimination, knowledge of diverse cultures and populations at risk, understanding oppression and social justice, and advocating for social change. Discrete objectives facilitate the identification of specific competencies and a modular curriculum that improves diversity and oppression content. Presentation being

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considered by the co-presenters for development into article for the Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.

2005, July “Human Needs Panel," Panel presentation at a semi-plenary panel on human needs, with Prof. Daysi Mejia and Prof. Barbara Joseph, 20th Anniversary Conference, Social Welfare Action Alliance, Toledo Ohio. Presented twice concurrent with the also-twice presented Human Rights Panel.

2004, October Michael Dover, “Towards an Alternative to Neo-Liberalism: Class, Institutional and Organizational Analysis of the Role of Public, Nonprofit and Market Mechanisms for Achieving Social Justice,” paper presented for the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sociological Association, Mt. Pleasant MI, October 23, 2004. Substantial paper presented is being revised for submission Summer 2007 to the Journal of Progressive Human Services.

2004, November

Michael A. Dover, “Better Marketing (Professionalism) or Better Organization (Professionalization)? Which Direction for Social Work?,” paper proposal submitted for presentation at the Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors conference, November 2004, Detroit Michigan. Paper not being developed for publication.

2004, October Michael Dover, Central Michigan University: “Globalization and the Fate of Post-Cold War Social Welfare”, invited presentation for panel on “Globalization and the Social Welfare State”, Prof. David Jesuit moderator, 36th Annual Michigan Conference of Political Scientists, Mt. Pleasant MI, October 15-16, 2004. Bibliographical updating and data exploration were begun Summer 2006, with a view to updating this and related work (see paper for Howard Kimeldorf, December 1996, and monograph for Michael Kennedy (December 1995) in section below on unpublished papers of continued intellectual interest. I plan to develop this into both a theoretical article and an empirical article, following publication of material based upon my dissertation.

2003, March Michael Dover, “Bringing property back into thinking about Cincinnati’s system of real property: The growth of public, nonprofit and religious tax exemptions and corporate tax abatements, 1955-2000,” at North Central Sociological Association. This paper was an early version of material subsequently included in my dissertation.

1998, November

Michael A. Dover, “Multiple Theories, Multiple Volunteer Role Relationships: Yet Another Typology of Theories of Volunteer Participation,” paper presented to the 17th Annual Conference, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 1998, Seattle, Washington.

1997, December

Michael A. Dover, “Enhancing Older Volunteer Empowerment, Activism and Effectiveness: Theoretical and Research Support for Developing a Senior Citizen Volunteer Association”, paper presented to the 16th Annual Conference, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, December 1997, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1997, June “‘The Racial Aspect of the Perennial Struggle for Human Rights’”: Anti-Racist Activism and Practice in Bertha’s Day and Ours”, Workshop Presentation, 12th Annual Conference, Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Saint Louis, June 1997. Co-presenter: Janet Nes, St. Francis College.

1996, November

Michael A. Dover, “Voluntary Organization Activity of Older Detroit-Area Residents: An Exploratory Study of Religious and Secular Voluntary Activity Reported in the 1993 Detroit Area Study.” Paper prepared for the Silver Anniversary Conference, A.R.N.O.V.A., New York City, November 1996.

1987, Fall "Common values of E.A.P. and Labor," invited presentation, New York City Chapter, A.L.M.A.C.A., Fall 1987.

1985, October Michael A. Dover and Daniel J. Molloy, "From Casework to Group Work to Community Organization: A Union Program Responds to Public Benefit

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Cuts." Paper presented at the N.A.S.W. National Symposium, Chicago, October 1985.

1985, May Michael A. Dover and Sheldon Weinberg, "Direct Services vs. Program Planning: EAP Dilemma? Creating Intermediary Resources to Fill the Gap." Paper presented at the N.A.S.W. National Occupational Social Work Conference, Boston, May 1985.

1985, May Paul Hufnagel, Elizabeth L. Torre, Michael A. Dover and Mark Gorkin, "Networking in the EAP Desert: Surviving the Rites of Passage." Paper presented at the N.A.S.W. National Occupational Social Work Conference, Boston, May 1985.

Academic Employment: Faculty and Teaching PositionsAcademic Employment: Faculty and Teaching Positions

2009-Present

Term Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Cleveland State University

Teach MSW courses in social welfare policy in the Joint MSW Program with the University of Akron and BSW courses in social welfare policy. Engage in field liaison visits to BSW and MSW students.

2007-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Cleveland State University

Academic year 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 appointments. Teach MSW courses in social welfare policy in the Joint MSW Program with the University of Akron and BSW courses in social welfare policy. Developed new syllabus for SWK 300 using Segal text and SWK 647 using the Blau/Abramovitz text. Participated actively in the MSW and BSW self-study process, as it bears on social welfare policy. Engage in field liaison visits to BSW and MSW students.

2003-2007 Assistant Professor and Director (8/03-6/06), Social Work Program, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Central Michigan University

Assumed tenure track assistant professor position and began three-year term as Director in August 2003. The position as director included responsibility for administering an undergraduate social work program in an interdisciplinary department and teaching three courses per academic year (50% release time appointment). Appointment also involved half-time summer appointment. The faculty included 4.5 full-time equivalent faculty members, and the program had approximately 100 majors and major intents. Obtained departmental approval for three year plan for program development leading to 30 graduates by 2006-2007 and approximately 35-40 graduates by May 2008. While director, my teaching load included responsibility for teaching in the policy and research sequences and co-teaching introduction to social work. Prepared for CSWE site team visit November 2003. Wrote program response to CSWE site visit in Fall 2003. The program achieved initial four-year accreditation February 2004, with a request for a progress report. Wrote the Progress Report by Fall 2004. The progress report was accepted by CSWE in February 2005. Facilitated two successful national faculty searches, filling two tenure-track faculty positions commencing Fall 2004 and Fall 2005. Further developed advisory board; further developed system of advisement and admissions. Sought and obtained program, department and Dean approval in January 2006 for by-laws revisions enhancing social work program autonomy and providing for a detailed job description for the social work director position. Later that month, submitted a memorandum indicating that I would not be seeking a second term as director, in order that I could focus on my teaching and research. For 2006-2007, taught two sections of research methods to BSW students and four sections of social welfare policy. In Spring 2007, requested

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and was granted a leave for the 2007-2008 academic year. Resigned from the faculty September 2007 shortly after arriving at Cleveland State University.

2002, Fall Graduate Student Instructor, Societal, Community and Organizational Processes

Re-appointed to teach Social Work 502: Societal, Community and Organizational Processes a second time. This course is the second in a two-term H.B.S.E. sequence. Sole responsibility for teaching first-term M.S.W. candidates. Re-designed course based on existing course description and objectives; updated course bibliography, and integrated additional material on privilege, oppression and diversity.

2002, Spring Graduate Student Instructor, Sociology 101: Social Psychology

Lead two discussion sections of undergraduate students; attend lectures; graded papers and exams. Instructor: Prof. Karen Honeycutt.

2001, Fall Graduate Student Instructor, Societal, Community and Organizational Processes

Taught Social Work 502: Societal, Community and Organizational Processes. This course was the second in a two-term H.B.S.E. sequence. Sole responsibility for teaching 21 first-term M.S.W. candidates. Re-designed course based on existing course description and objectives; updated course bibliography.

2001, Spring Graduate Student Instructor, Evaluation Research

Taught Social Work 683: Evaluation Research. Sole responsibility for instruction of 25 fourth-term M.S.W. candidates. Course content included instruction in principles and methods of policy, program and practice evaluation research and needs assessment research. Primary course assignment was the completion of an approved evaluation research proposal. Developed extensive course-related bibliography. (During this term, also had an appointment as G.S.I. in the Detroit Area Study, please see Academic Employment: Research section.

1998, Fall Graduate Student Instructor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Univ. of Michigan

Conducted two discussion sections for Sociology 303, Race and Ethnicity. Attend lectures by Dr. Michelle Harris-Reid. Graded papers and exams.

1997-1998 Instructor, Eastern Michigan University School of Social Work

Taught SWK 630/692, a yearlong research sequence to M.S.W. students in the part-time M.S.W. program. The Fall term course involved the development of a research proposal approved by the Human Subject Committee. The Winter term course was a seminar conducted while the students each carried out an independent, agency-based research project and produced an acceptable final research report. The research projects involved a range of qualitative and quantitative studies involving original data collection or the analysis of existing agency records.

1993, Summer

Graduate Student Instructor, Political Sociology, University of Michigan

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Sole responsibility for designing and teaching Introduction to Sociology Through Political Sociology to class of incoming first year undergraduates.

1991, Fall Graduate Student Instructor, Social Work and Workplace, School of Social Work

G.S.I. for Social Work and the Workplace, University of Michigan. Prof. Lawrence Root. Assisted with grading, discussion, taught one session.

1990-1991 Faculty Advisor (part-time), Adelphi University School of Social Work Urban Center

Served as part-time faculty adviser for fifteen undergraduate B.S.W. candidates at the New York City extension program of the School, the A.N.S.W.E.R. program. Responsible for academic advisement and oversight of fieldwork experience for this group of adult learners employed in public and voluntary human service agencies.

1989-1991 Instructor (part-time), Social Policy, Fordham University School of Social Work

Taught Foundations of Social Policy I and II Fall and Spring 1989-90; Oppression of Diverse Populations Fall 1990; Foundation of Social Policy I Spring 1991.

1985, Fall Instructor (part-time), Southern University School of Social Work

Taught Administration, Planning and Organizing, the core course in the macro practice sequence of the M.S.W. program. Also served as field instructor and as a member of the Advisory Board of this program during its early years.

1983, Fall; 1985, Spring

Instructor (part-time), Tulane University School of Social Work

Taught Integrative Field Work Seminar in Occupational Social Work, Fall 1983. Co-taught (with Prof. Elizabeth Torre), Organizational Issues in the Workplace, Spr. 1985.

Courses TaughtCourses Taught

vSocial Welfare Policy, 2007-2009 (In Fall 2007, two sections of SWK 646 to MSW Students at Cleveland State University and University of Akron using distance learning technology and alternating between sites, plus one section of SWK 300 to CSU BSW students. Spring 2008 taught two sections of SWK 647 and one of SWK 300. Fall 2008 one section of SWK 646, one section of SWK 300 and one section of SWK 201, the first policy course. Spring 2009 two sections of SWK 647 and one section of SWK 300. Fall 2009, one section each of SWK 300, 201 and 646. In all terms, the remainder of my load was field liaison visits.)v Research Methods (SOC 300), Fall 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007v Social Welfare Services and Policies I (SWK 250), F04, F05, S06, 2 sections in Fall 2006.v Social Welfare Services and Policies II (SWK 450), S04, S05, S07v Intro. to Social Work (Co-Taught with Prof. Fred Allen, 2 sections Fall 2003, one Spring 2004)v Human Behavior in the Social Environment (University of Michigan, Fall 2001 and Fall 2002)v Social Psychology (Two discussion sections, Dept. of Sociology, Winter 2002))v Social Policy (Fordham University, three terms, 1989-1991; CMU Fall 2003 and

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Spring 2004)v Evaluation Research (University of Michigan, Winter 2001)v Advanced Research Methods (Two term sequence, Eastern Michigan University, 1997-1998)v Survey Research Methods (Graduate Student Instructor, Detroit Area Study, 2000 and 2001)v Oppression-aware social work practice (Course on Oppression, Fordham University, 1990)v Macro practice: Community Organization (Macro practice, Southern University, Fall 1985) v Occupational Social Work (Tulane University, 1983 and 1985)v Generalist social work practice at the B.S.W. or M.S.W. foundation levelv Political Sociology (University of Michigan, Summer 1993)v Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (G.S.I., Race and Ethnicity, U. of M., 1998)v Field instruction (Served as field instructor for Southern University; Hunter College; Temple University; Hosted faculty field unit from C.U.S.S.W.)v Faculty liaison/advisement (Faculty advisor, Adelphi School of Social Work, 1990-1991)

Professional Employment: Social Work and Community PracticeProfessional Employment: Social Work and Community Practice

2/93-12/97 (part-time)

Admissions Counselor, University of Michigan School of Social Work

Following completion of work as a Research Associate (8/92-2/93) studying of admissions process, was employed by the Admissions Office as a part-time admissions counselor (with an appointment as a Graduate Student Service Assistant). Read and scored admissions applications. Reported to Assistant Dean for Student Services and Multi-Cultural Affairs Clarita Mays and to Assistant Director Tim Colenback (who is the current Assistant Dean). Worked on the implementation of modified rolling admissions procedures, affirmative action goals, and revised admissions criteria, including one of the first uses of “mission-oriented” criteria. Conducted admissions interviews where indicated. Made financial aid recommendations. Temporarily re-assigned to the Office of Professional Practicum 7/93-12/93 to work on developing placements, counseling students on choice of assignment, troubleshooting problems with placements, etc.. Reported in that capacity to Lily Jarman-Rohde, Director of Professional Practicum. Resumed admissions duties 1/94.

7/90—8/91 Social Worker, DC-37 AFSCME Legal Services Fund

Temporary position as social worker at a pre-paid legal services program for members of District 37, A.F.S.C.M.E. As part of the social work department, carried a diverse caseload of members having social service needs related to legal cases in areas of housing, family law, debt/bankruptcy, matrimonial. Presenting problems include public benefits, mental and substance abuse disorders, domestic violence, pending eviction, etc.. Provide advocacy; crisis intervention; evaluation and referral. Sheila Menashe, A.C.S.W., Director of Support Services. Resigned to commence full-time residency in the Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science at University of Michigan beginning September 1991.

9/89-4/91(part-time)

Instructor and Consultant, Fordham University School of Social Work

Taught Foundations of Social Policy I and II Fall and Spring 1989-90; Oppression of Diverse Populations Fall 1990; Foundation of Social Policy I Spring 1991. Also, during several months of this period, under supervision of

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Associate Dean Bertram Beck, produced Volume Three of the Self-Study, as part of the re-accreditation process for the Council on Social Work Education. Volume Three was a compendium of the School's syllabi (course descriptions, course outlines, course reading lists). Also produced a master bibliography of the materials included in the syllabi. The materials were prepared using optical character recognition, document conversion, Procite bibliographical database software and Wordperfect macros and word processing.

7/89-12/89 Social Worker, Bucks County Housing Group, Langhorn, Pennsylvania

Temporary position as social worker serving six homeless families residing in six-unit apartment building serving as a shelter. Provided casework with homeless couples with children and women with children referred from a short-term shelter for battered women. Also engaged in client and social policy advocacy, including staff/client participation in Housing Now! rally in Washington D.C.. This United Way agency operated three shelters for homeless families; one non-profit apartment unit; bridge housing program; housing assistance program; mortgage assistance program; alcohol and drug assessments; employment and training referrals. Initiated successful unionization drive for Non-Profit Agency Local, A.C.T.W.U., with the local subsequently ratifying a contract.

12/88-4/89 Director, Faculty/Staff Assistance Program, University of Pennsylvania

Directed in-house employee assistance program for 17,000 faculty and staff of the University. Program funded by Office of Human Resources through contract with School of Social Work. Reported to Dean Michael J. Austin. Directed overall program including assistant director; social worker; two temporary part-time social workers; student intern; support staff. Supervised grant providing for substance abuse education of faculty. Participated in three-day diversity workshop, and in committees on A.I.D.S. Awareness week and Drug-Free Workplace policy.

Consulted with members of Advisory Committee. Provided direct services for approximately one dozen clients. Initiated monthly staff discussions alternating between three topic areas: program structure/policies; organizational change goals; practice issues. During January-March period, reviewed supervisory/case review procedures; discussed proposal to include information about the E.A.P. in disciplinary letters issued under the proposed new personnel procedures; and discussed the role of the E.A.P. in relation to organization development services. Proposed expansion of services to include information and referral capacity in elder care and child care. Submitted resignation effective April 21, 1989. Subsequently declined offers of director positions at a major medical center, a statewide family services association and a statewide senior citizens council, pursuant to plans to begin doctoral studies.

4/88-12/88 Clinical Director, The Assistance Program, Philadelphia AFL-CIO

Served as Clinical Director of a non-profit agency sponsored by the Philadelphia Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO and funded by United Way, Independence Blue Cross, and the Commonwealth. Edward F. Toohey, Board and AFL-CIO President; James J. Mahoney, Project Director; Thomas Murgitroyde, Program Director. Responsible for all clinical operations including evaluation and referral services available to the 200,000 members of the affiliates of the

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Philadelphia AFL-CIO and their families. Operate E.A.P. contracts with several area companies and a substance abuse treatment division serving the general community. Responsible for day-to-day administration of the overall program, including marketing, training and education, office administration, proposal development, contract administration, resource development, etc.

Clinical supervision of Eugene Grevious, B.S.W., C.A.C. and Temple M.S.W. intern Florence Black (subsequently employed by the agency following my resignation). Brought agency into compliance with all state regulations for outpatient substance abuse treatment, successfully raising agency's status from provisional to full licensure.

Developed curriculum for previously planned program of staff training for all area personnel of the Office of Employment Services of the Department of Labor. Conducted training in all area offices to facilitate referrals of claimants and job service clients for assessment and referral services. Wrote response to Request for Proposal to follow up training with a community-based, state-funded Re-Employment Assistance Program for claimants. Co-wrote grant proposal for funding of substance abuse program for residents of city shelter for the homeless. Both proposals subsequently funded. Resigned to accept position at University of Pennsylvania.

1/86-4/88 Director, Medical/Psychiatric Social Work Service, Service Employees International Union Local 32B-J Health Fund, New York, NY

Social work director at one of the earliest managed mental health care programs in the country. Administered an in-house, labor-management sponsored, health fund-based employee/member assistance program serving 175,000 members and dependents of Local 32B-J, Service Employees International Union (AFL-CIO), the home local of current AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. Reported to Eugene G. McCarthy, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Adviser.

Supervised two social workers including Sara Millstein, MSW (now Ph.D.); three interns, and support staff. Coordinated in-service training of staff and interns. Provided oversight for a Columbia University faculty-based field unit. In direct practice, provided engagement, assessment, evaluation, short-term counseling, crisis intervention, referral and linkage to community-based treatment and services, for a wide-range of personal, marital and family concerns, but primarily for mental and substance abuse disorders.

Formulated recommendations for improvements in mental health benefits. Exercised overall responsibility for clinical and administrative concurrent review of inpatient and outpatient mental health benefit utilization, which totaled nearly three million dollars annually. Regularly attended substance abuse rounds at the Paine-Whitney Clinic. In weekly consultation with Cornell psychiatrist Robert Millman, M.D., reviewed each course of treatment; authorized continued utilization above a fixed benefit amount; promoted quality of care; ensured appropriate discharge planning and continuity of care. Resigned for position at AFL-CIP in Philadelphia closer to my home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

1987 Consultant, Manhattan Borough-Wide Interagency Council on Aging, Inc.

Consulted on advocacy and education effort for citywide para-transit system for people needing alternative forms of transportation and related efforts to increase safe access to buses and subways.

9/80-1/86 Regional Coordinator of Personal Services, National Maritime Pension and

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Welfare Plan, New Orleans, Louisiana

Coordinated the first social worker-staffed employee assistance program in the State. Engaged in the generalist practice of social work in this union-based, labor-management employee assistance program for merchant seafarers. Established services in three areas: Retiree Program; Alcoholism Program; and services to unemployed and disabled members. Served over 1500 individual members in first three years, including over 75% of active and retired members. Completed program implementation after five years of development. Properly relieved by Henrietta Porter, M.S.W. (who continued the program for ten more years), I resigned to accept position at Local 32B-J Health Fund in New York. Reported to Daniel J. Molloy, D.S.W. in New York and coordinated program activities with the Port Agent.

Alcoholism Program: Trained and supervised full-time union alcoholism program representative; developed network of referral sources; provided engagement, assessment, intervention and linkage to treatment; chose evaluation, treatment and follow-up resources; developed program and resource evaluation criteria; developed support network and monthly group of recovering members. Wrote alcoholism videotape script. Retiree Program: Developed continuum of services to retired pensioners. Planned, negotiated and monitored alternative health care system in cooperation with area hospital and clinic following closing of U.S.P.H. Hospital. Mailed reach-out packages to 850 retirees, obtaining a 66% response rate. Engaged 400 retirees in a long-range case management system with annual social service check-ups. Developed group work program for retirees, with monthly groups for disabled retirees, founding members and isolated elderly. Also: Built and staffed advisory board chaired by Mary Andrus-Overley, B.C.S.W. Developed field-work unit with Southern University. Coordinated with union and company staffs. Formed occupational social work and employee assistance networks among colleagues. Launched community advocacy organization in disability benefits area. Program representation on several board and committees. Social policy advocacy in area of unemployment compensation resulted in new State regulations permitting benefits to be received once fit for duty after leaving a vessel due to illness. Planned statewide conference on employee assistance programs while serving as President of A.L.M.A.C.A.

5/79-8/80 Social Work Intern 1979-1980 and Summer Social Work Employee 1979 and 1980

Direct practice with working, disabled, and unemployed union members and their families. Provided brief contact, short-term services or long-range case management. Individual counseling; crisis intervention; engagement, assessment and referral in areas of public benefits, disability, alcoholism and drug abuse, mental health, law-social work clinic. Conceived, planned, and implemented out posting of social workers to union’s hiring hall to serve unemployed members, a program which remained in place for several years. Due to Summer employment, became dues paid member of District 65, U.A.W. Throughout this period, received weekly hour-long supervision from Beth Silverman, D.S.W., Director.

9/78-5/79 Social Work Intern, Harlem Hospital Division of Child Psychiatry

Psychosocial casework therapy with families of latency-aged children. Group

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work with adolescents. Collaboration with psychiatric staff. Coordination with community resources. Field Instructor: Rubina Eatmon, M.S.W.

9/77-6/78 Family Assistant, N.Y.C. Board of Education Division of Special Education

Outreach to un/under-served children with special needs. With MSW-supervision, did home visits, screening, referrals for evaluation. Coordination with school and evaluation personnel. Member, AFSCME. My BSW senior internship was also done in conjunction with this position.

4/77-10/77 Counselor, Educational Alliance Project Contact Residence

Full-time counselor at short-term group home residence for male and female adolescents. This was a 48 hours on, 96 hours off direct care position in which I was teamed with a female counselor.

9/76-9/77 Social work intern, Community Service Society C.A.U.S.E. Program, New York, NY

Casework with clients of all ages around housing, alcoholism, family life, education. This was a one-day a week pre-practicum, under the supervision of Merilee Posner, M.S.W.. Field liaison: Kay Coltoff, M.S.W.

1/75-1/77 Housing Blockworker and Organizer, Chelsea Action Center, New York, NY

Community worker in the tenant advocacy program of this Community Action Agency. Organized buildings; trained tenants; supported rent strikes; negotiated with landlords and city officials; made court appearances; planned community tenant conference.

Academic Experience: ResearchAcademic Experience: Research

6/00-8/03 Full-time and Part-time Dissertation Research

A total of nineteen months of full-time and twenty months of part-time dissertation research was conducted during this period. Supported by a Lincoln Land Institute Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, this included the Summers of 2000, 2001, and 2002. Full-time dissertation research was also conducted Winter term 2003, supported by a Rackham Dissertation Fellowship.

During this time, part-time dissertation research was conducted while working concurrently as a half-time Graduate Student Instructor from Fall 2000-Fall 2002, with the exception of a full-time appointment in Winter 2001. (See G.S.I. position below and Academic Employment: Teaching).

The dissertation was completed, defended, revised in order to comply with a request that it be shortened (it was reduced from 500 to 389 pages), and submitted in Summer 2003, with the certificate of completion issued by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies on August 18, 2003.

9/00-4/01 Graduate Student Instructor, Detroit Area Studies of 2000 and 2001

Served as a half-time Graduate Student Instructor for Detroit Area Study Fall and Winter Term, 2000-2001.

Fall 2000, G.S.I. for Prof. Nick Valentino, principal investigator of Detroit Area Study 2000. Assisted graduate students with analysis, presentation and

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paper preparation for data collected in the 2000 Detroit Area Study.

Winter 2001, .25 G.S.I. for Prof. Bob Marans, principal investigator, Detroit Area Study 2001; Dr. Mick Couper, D.A.S. Director. Assisted team involved in data collection for D.A.S. 2001.

11/98-6/00 Research Associate, Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations

Regular year-round half-time position as research associate. Reported to Dr. Michael Belzer, Assistant Research Scientist. Prof. Lawrence Root, Director, I.L.I.R. Assisted in the design and implementation of research on the impact of trucking firm and truck driver characteristics on safety-related outcomes, funded by the Office of Motor Carriers of the Department of Transportation. Assisted with an intensive case study of a small sample of trucking firms. Applied expertise in bibliographical database development and management to perform a thorough literature search of literature on the trucking industry and on trucking and highway safety. Resigned after receipt of a Lincoln Land Institute Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, in order to do work full-time on dissertation in Summer 2000.

12/97-8/98 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Child Welfare Training Grant

Half-time position under the supervision of Prof. Kathleen Faller. Assisted in the development of training curriculum and manual for a federal grant, Interdisciplinary Training for Public Agency Workers and Supervisors to Improve Child Welfare Services.

Substantively, my work involved bibliographical database development of literature concerning the ways that parental substance abuse, mental disorders, and domestic violence affect the prevalence and severity of child maltreatment.

This position consolidated my skills in literature searches of Z239.50 compliant Library of Congress and University book and journal catalogs; online citation databases of journal articles indexes in the social, behavioral and health sciences; and bibliographical database management using Procite, EndNote and Reference Manager.

1992-1993 Research Associate, University of Michigan School of Social Work

Under the supervision of Prof. Edith Lewis, conducted a study of the admissions process of the School. In first phase, along with co-researcher Neil Guterman, read all admissions applications for the 1992 entering class of M.S.W. candidates. In second phase, designed and conducted simulated admissions process for a sample of 110 applicants, using recommended revisions to the admissions criteria and modified rolling admissions process. In final phase, produced report incorporating policy and procedural recommendations, which were revised and adopted by the Admissions Committee. Later, served five years as part-time Admissions Counselor until 1997 (see Professional Employment section).

1993-1995 Detroit Area Study: Research Practicum and Survey Research Center volunteer

Assisted in development and administration of survey questionnaire; in-person interviewing in Detroit area; individual data analysis for required paper; assistance with data cleaning; preparation of respondent report; assisted with preparation of longitudinal dataset using earlier survey results.

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Principal Investigator: Willard Rodgers.

Research InterestsResearch Interests

v Aging and Human Needs v Generalist Social Work Practice v Social work and social welfare history v Nonprofit Sector Studies v Urban Affairs vTheory Development

Research Related Grants and AwardsResearch Related Grants and Awards

2003 · Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 20032003 · Rackham Dissertation Grant2002 · Doctoral Research Award, Nonprofit and Public Management

Center, University of Michigan2000 · Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 1998-1999 · ICOS Doctoral Student/Faculty Small Grants, Michael Dover and

David Tucker, $3900 grant from the University of Michigan Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Studies, supporting Toledo-based research.

1992-1997 · Fellowship in Applied Aging, National Institute of Aging

Other Scholarly, Creative and Professional ActivityOther Scholarly, Creative and Professional Activity

University, Departmental and Community Contributions (Recent)

v2008-2009: Treasurer (January-April) and Co-Treasurer (April 2008-November 2009), Social Welfare Action Alliance. v2003-2009: Member, Membership Committee, and Database Coordinator (through April 2008), Social Welfare Action Alliance.v2003-2008: Member, National Steering Committee, Social Welfare Action Alliancev2006-2007: Member, Library Committee, Central Michigan Universityv 2006-2007: Member, Board of Directors, CMU Faculty Association (Affiliated with Michigan Education Association). v 2006-2007: Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Association for Higher Education (Served as one of the representative of the CMU Faculty Association).v 2006-2007: Treasurer, National Conference Committee, Social Welfare Action Alliancev 2003-2006: CMU United Way Steering Committeev 2003-2006: Advisor, CMU Social Work Student Associationv 2003-2006: Advisor for 50% of Social Work Majors and Major Intents, scaled down to 33% by Spring 2006.v 2003-2006: CMU Social Work Admissions Committee.v 2003-2004: Developed website for Welcome in My BackYard, Inc. (www.wimby.org), a Michigan Non-profit Corporation (officers Michael A. Dover and Larry Fox), founded in 1997.

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Professional Meeting Chair, Moderator or Respondent

2007, October

Chair and Session Organizer, Council on Social Work Education, Partnership Presentation, “Social Welfare Action Alliance: 2007 Katrina, Civil Rights and Activism Conference Follow-Up.” Presenters: Manoj Pardasani, Jull Murray, Susan Robbins, Candida Madgrigal, Michael Forster. San Francisco, California.

2005, November

“Co-Provocateur” (with Dr. Helen Morrow), “Pros and Cons of BSW Programs in Interdisciplinary Department,” Saturday evening Salon, Annual Conference, Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2005, Austin, Texas.

2004, November

Chairperson, Studies in Community Involvement and Development (Community and Neighborhood Development Track), Session E6, November 11, 2004. Presenters: Sungsook Cho and David Gillespie; Ian Bedford; John G. Messner ARNOVA: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Los Angeles.

2003,March

Co-chair, breakfast roundtable discussion in March 2003: “Michael A. Dover and Henry Louis Taylor, Radical thinking about the built environment: Do community development and large organizational growth undevelop the inner city?” at the Urban Affairs Association 33rd Annual Meeting, Cleveland.

1989, July Moderator, "Progressives in the Professions," plenary panel presentation by Richard L. Edwards, NASW President, and Samuel Bowles, U-Mass. Prof. of Economics, at the Annual Conference, Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Smith College, July, 1989.

1987, Summer

"Up From Poverty? The Welfare Reform Debate," Moderator, Panel Discussion, Annual N.A.S.W. Forum, New Orleans, July 1987.

1987, Summer

Moderator, Workshop on Labor and Social Work, Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, Smith College, July 1987.

Officer or Committee Member of a Professional Organization (Recent)

vCommittee member of a professional organization: Member, Legislative and Social Policy Committee, Michigan Chapter, N.A.S.W., 2006-2007.vOfficer of a professional organization: Treasurer, Social Welfare Action Alliance (January-April 2008), and Co-Treasurer, Social Welfare Action Alliance, April 2008-Present; Treasurer, 2007 National Conference Committee (for June 2007 Conference in New Orleans), Social Welfare Action Alliance.vOfficer of a professional organization: Member, Fall 2003 to present, National Steering Committee of the Social Welfare Action Alliance. v Officer of a professional organization: Member, 2006 National Conference Committee, National Conference and Meeting, Social Welfare Action Alliance, Loyola University, June 16-17, 2006.v Officer of a professional organization: Co-Chair, National Conference Committee, 20th Anniversary Conference and Meeting, Social Welfare Action Alliance, University of Toledo, July 2006.v Officer of a professional organization: Co-Chair (2005-July 2007) of the Membership Committee, Social Welfare Action Alliance. Re-organized the database of the organization, eventually bringing it on-line as a server-based Filemaker Pro Database; continue to provide database oversight; re-organized a list of 350 faculty network members at schools and departments of social work for the SWAA Faculty Network.vCommittee Member of a Professional Organization: Member of the Local Planning Committee for the National Conference in Detroit (November 2004) of the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Association.vCommittee Member of a Professional Organization (2006-2007): Appointed by the Board of Directors of the Michigan Chapter of the NASW Legislative and Social

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Policy Committee, Bill Long, MSW, JD, Chairperson.

Membership in Academic and Professional Organizations (Present)

1977-Present

Member, National Association of Social Workers; Chair, Membership Committee, and Member, Board of Directors, Louisiana Chapter NASW. 1982 – 1983; Chair, Occupational Social Work Committee, Louisiana Chapter, 1983-1984; Member, NASW Social Work Summit (representing Social Welfare Action Alliance), Michigan 2000-2001; Member, Legislative and Social Policy Committee, Michigan NASW, 2006-2007.

2003-Present

Member, Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Association (Attended conferences annually 2003-2006)

2003-Present

Member, Society for Social Work Research (Attended conferences annually 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

2000-Present

Member, Urban Affairs Association (Attended 2003 conference in Cleveland and 2008 conference in Baltimore)

2000-Present

Member, Social Science History Association

2008-Present

Member, Urban History Association (Attended Fall 2008 Conference in Houston)

1991-Present

Member, Association for Research on Non-Profit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Most recently attended in 2005 and 2008)

1985-present

Founding Member, Social Welfare Action Alliance/Bertha Capen Reynolds Society. Co-Convener in 1985 of the Call to Join the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society.

1992-present

Member, American Sociological Association

1996-present

Member or Associate Member, Council on Social Work Education, 1996-Present. Have attended annually 2003-2008.

1996-present

Member, Association for Community Organization and Social Administration

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