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Listed below are a selection of faculty publications. For a complete listing of faculty publications, please contact the faculty member directly.

Beth Angell Associate Professor
William Borden Senior Lecturer
Evelyn Brodkin Associate Professor
E. Summerson Carr Assistant Professor
Robert Chaskin Associate Professor
Research Fellow,
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Yoonsun Choi Assistant Professor
Faculty Associate,
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Malitta Engstrom Assistant Professor
Robert Fairbanks Assistant Professor
Sarah Gehlert Helen Ross Professor
Deputy Dean for Research Director, Center for Health Disparities Research
Executive Committee, Institute for Mind and Biology
Investigator, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
Research Associate, Center for Health Administration Studies
Colleen Grogan Associate Professor
Faculty Chair, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy
Research Associate, Center for Health Administration Studies
Neil B. Guterman Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor
Sydney Hans Associate Professor
Chair, Doctoral Program
Julia Henly Associate Professor
Penny Johnson Dean of Students
Lecturer
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr.

Associate Professor
Faculty Associate, Chapin Hall Center for Children
Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture

Susan Lambert Associate Professor
Research Associate, Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work
Judith A. Levine

Senior Lecturer
Research Associate, Population Research Center

Jens Ludwig Professor
Jeanne Marsh Dean
George Herbert Jones Professor
Stanley McCracken Senior Lecturer
Jennifer Mosley Assistant Professor
Dolores Norton Samuel Deutsch Professor
Virginia Parks Assistant Professor
Charles A. Payne Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor
Harold Pollack Associate Professor
Faculty Chair, Center for Health Administration Studies
Melissa Roderick Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor
Tina Rzepnicki David and Mary Winton Green Professor
Gina M. Samuels Assistant Professor
Faculty Associate, Chapin Hall Center for Children
William Sites Associate Professor
Michael Sosin Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor
Editor, Social Service Review
Karen Teigiser Senior Lecturer
Deputy Dean for the Curriculum
Dexter R. Voisin Associate Professor
Faculty Associate, Chapin Hall Center for Children
Henry Webber Senior Lecturer
Vice President for Community Affairs
Michael E. Woolley Assistant Professor

ANGELL, BETH. Associate Professor. B.A., North Carolina; M.S.S.W., Ph.D., Wisconsin. Fields of Special Interest: services for individuals with serious mental illness; social support and service delivery networks; therapeutic relationships; involuntary treatment; stigma and mental illness. Selected publications:

  • Angell, B. Under contract. "Behavioral Theory." In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press and NASW.
  • Tsang, H., Angell, B., Corrigan, P., Lee, Y.T., Shi, K., Lam, C.S., Jin, S., & Fung, K.M.T. In press. "A Cross-cultural Study of Employers' Concerns about Hiring People with Psychotic Disorder: Implications for Recovery." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
  • Watson, A.C., & Angell, B. In press. "Applying Procedural Justice Theory to Law Enforcement's Response to Persons with Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services.
  • Angell, B., & Mahoney, C.A. 2007. "Re-conceptualizing the Case Management Relationship: A Study of Staff Perceptions and Experiences." Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34, 172-188.
  • Angell, B., Martinez, N.I., Mahoney, C.A., & Corrigan, P. 2007. "Payeeship, Financial Leverage, and the Client-Provider Relationship." Psychiatric Services, 58, 365-372.
  • Angell, B., Mahoney, C.A., & Martinez, N.I. 2006. "Promoting Treatment Adherence in Assertive Community Treatment." Social Service Review, 80, 485-526.
  • Angell, B. 2006. "Measuring Strategies Used by Mental Health Providers to Encourage Adherence to Treatment." Journal of Behavioral Health and Services Research, 33, 53-72.
  • Watson, A.S., Corrigan, P.W., & Angell, B. 2005. "What Motivates Public Support for Legally Coerced Mental Health Treatment?" Social Work Research, 29, 87-94.
  • Monahan, J., Redlich, A.D., Swanson, J., Robbins, P.C., Appelbaum, P.S., Petrila, J., Steadman, H.J., Swartz, M., Angell, B., & McNiel, D.E. 2005. "Use of Leverage to Improve Adherence to Psychiatric Treatment in the Community." Psychiatric Services, 56, 37-44.
  • Angell, B., Cooke, A., & Kovac, K. 2005. "First Person Accounts of Stigma." In P. Corrigan (Ed.), On the Stigma of Mental Illness: Practical Strategies for Research and Social Change (pp. 69-98). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Angell, B. 2003. "Contexts of Social Relationship Development among Clients in Assertive Community Treatment." Mental Health Services Research, 5, 13-25.
  • Angell, B., & Test, M.A. 2002. "Clinical and Environmental Predictors of Social Functioning in Young Adults with Schizophrenia." Schizophrenia Bulletin, 28, 259-271.
  • Sands, R.G., & Angell, B. 2002. "Social Workers as Collaborators on Interagency and Interdisciplinary Teams." In K. Bentley (Ed.), Social Work Practice in Mental Health. Brooks/Cole.

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BORDEN, WILLIAM. Senior Lecturer. B.A., Indiana; A.M., Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: contemporary psychodynamic thought; comparative personality theory; life span developmental psychology; narrative studies; psychology of religion; clinical social work practice; brief treatment; role of humanities in social work education. Selected publications:

  • Borden, W. Under contract. Contemporary Psychodynamic Thought and Social Work Practice: Toward a Critical Pluralism. Chicago, IL: Lyceum.
  • Borden, W. 2006. “Psychoanalysis, Social Justice, and the Therapeutic Endeavor.” Psychoanalytic Social Work, 12(2), 67-76.
  • Borden, W. 2003. “Donald Woods Winnicott.” In L. Balter (Ed.), Parenthood in America (pp. 850–856). Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.
  • Borden, W. 2002. “Object Relations Psychology and Clinical Social Work.” In A. Roberts & G. Greene (Eds.), Social Workers’ Desk Reference (pp. 153–158). New York: Oxford University Press.

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BRODKIN, EVELYN Z. Associate Professor. M.P.A., Northeastern; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fields of Special Interest: public policy; politics of the welfare state; public management; social politics; policy delivery and implementation. Selected publications:

  • Brodkin, E.Z. Accepted for publication. "Accountability in Street-level Bureaucracies: Issues in the Analysis of Organizational Practice." International Journal of Public Administration.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. Accepted for publication. "Social Policy and Management in the U.S.: The Uncertain Politics of Reform." In M. Pardo & E. Velasco (Eds.), La Gerencia Pública en América del Norte. Tendencias actuales de la reforma administrativa en Canadá, Estados Unidos y México (Public Management in North America: Contemporary Trends in Administrative Reform in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.). Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2007. "Bureaucracy Redux: Management Reformism and the Welfare State." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 17, 1-17.
  • Brodkin, E.Z., & Majmundar, M. 2007. "Bureaucratic Proceduralism: A Study of Welfare Exits". Harris School Working Paper, University of Chicago.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2006. "Does Good Politics Make for Good Practice? Reflections on Welfare-to-Work in the U.S." In G. Marston, P. Henman, & C. McDonald (Eds.), Refereed Conference Proceedings: The Politics and Practice of Welfare to Work. Brisbane: The University of Queensland.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2005. "Toward a Contractual Welfare State? The Case of Work Activation in the U.S." In E. Sol & M. Westerveld (Eds.), Contractualism in Employment Services: A New Form of Welfare State Governance. The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
  • Brodkin, E.Z., C. Fuqua, & Waxman, E. 2005. Accessing the Safety Net: Administrative Barriers to Public Benefits in Metropolitan Chicago. Chicago, IL: Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2005. "Welfare Administration." In G. Mink & A.O. Connor (Eds.), Poverty and Social Welfare in America: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2003. "Requiem for Welfare." Dissent. Reprinted in T. Swartz & F. Bonello (Eds.), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Economic Issues (11th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill, 2003; and in Social Problems (32nd ed.) New York: Dushkin, 2004.
  • Brodkin, E.Z. 2003. "Street-level Research: Policy at the Front Lines." In T. Corbett and M.C. Lennon (eds.), Policy into Action: Implementation Research and Welfare Reform. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
  • Brodkin E.Z., Fuqua, C. & Thoren, K. 2002. "Contracting Welfare Reform: Uncertainties of Capacity-building within Disjointed Federalism." Joint Center for Poverty Research working paper.

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CARR, E. SUMMERSON. Assistant Professor. B.S., M.A., M.S.W. and Ph.D., Michigan, Ann Arbor. Fields of Special Interest: the anthropology of social work; therapeutic language and metalanguage; cultural and social theory; drug use and treatment; gender and sexuality; qualitative methods; personhood; semiotics and sociolinguistics. Selected publications:

  • Carr, E.S. 2006. "‘Secrets Keep You Sick': Metalinguistic Labor in a Drug Treatment Program for Homeless Women." Language in Society, 35(5), 631-653.
  • Carr, E.S. 2004. "Accessing Resources, Transforming Systems: Group Work with Poor and Homeless People." In C. Garvin, L. Gutierrez, & M. Galinksky (Eds.), Handbook for Social Work with Groups (pp. 655-687). Guilford Press.
  • Carr, E.S. 2003. "Rethinking Empowerment Theory Using a Feminist Lens: The Importance of Process." Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 18(1), 8-20.
  • Yoshihama, M., & Carr, E.S. 2002. "Community Participation Reconsidered: Feminist Participatory Action Research among Women." Journal of Community Practice, 10(4), 85-104.

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CHASKIN, ROBERT J. Associate Professor. B.S., Northwestern; A.M., Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: community organizing and development; community social organization; comprehensive community initiatives; youth development; associations and nonprofits; philanthropy and social change; research application and evaluation; cross-national research. Selected publications:

  • Chaskin, R.J., & Rosenfeld, J.M. (Eds.). In press. Research for Action: Cross-national Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy and Practice for Children. New York and London: Oxford University Press.
  • Chaskin, R.J., & Rosenfeld, J.M. In press. "Introduction: Mapping the Terrain." In R.J. Chaskin & J.M. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Research for Action: Cross-national Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy and Practice for Children. New York and London: Oxford University Press.
  • Chaskin, R.J. In press. "Research, Dissemination and Impact: Issues, Lessons and Future Directions." In R.J. Chaskin & J.M. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Research for Action: Cross-national Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy and Practice for Children. New York and London: Oxford University Press.
  • Rosenfeld, J.M., & Chaskin, R.J. In press. "Charting a Course for Fuller Engagement: Toward a Framework for Action." In R.J. Chaskin & J.M. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Research for Action: Cross-national Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy and Practice for Children. New York and London: Oxford University Press
  • Chaskin, R.J. In press. "Community-based Practice in Support of Youth, Families, and Community Change." In A. Maluccio, C. Canali, & T. Vechiato (Eds.), Measuring Success in Child and Family Services: International Perspectives. New York and London: Oxford University Press.
  • Brown, P., Chaskin, R.J., Hamilton, R., & Richman, H. In press. "Toward Greater Effectiveness in Community Change: Challenges and Responses for Philanthropy." In J. deFillipsis & S. Saegert (Eds.), The Community Development Reader. New York: Routledge.
  • Joseph, M.L., Chaskin, R.J., & Webber, H.S. 2007. "The Theoretical Basis for Addressing Poverty through Mixed-income Development." Urban Affairs Review, 42(3), 369-409.
  • Chaskin, R.J., Goerge, R.M., Skyles, A., & Guiltinan, S. 2006. "Measuring Social Capital: An Exploration in Researcher-community Partnership." Journal of Community Psychology, 34(4), 489-514.
  • Chaskin, R.J. 2006. "Family Support as Community-based Practice: Considering a Community Capacity Framework for Family Support Provision." In P. Dolan, J. Canavan, & J. Pinkerton (Eds.), Family Support as Reflective Practice. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Chaskin, R.J. 2006. "Defining Neighborhood." In M. Lewis & B. Klein (Eds.), Planning and Urban Design Standards. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Chaskin, R.J. 2005. "Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Community Planning Process." Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24(4), 408-419.

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CHOI, YOONSUN. Assistant Professor. B.A., Ewha University (Korea); M.S.S.W., Texas-Austin; Ph.D., University of Washington. Fields of Special Interest: minority youth development; effects of race, ethnicity, and culture in youth development; children of immigrants; Asian-American youth; prevention of youth problem behaviors; and quantitative research methods. Selected publications:

  • Choi, Y. In press. "Asian Americans: Korean." In T. Mizrahi & L. E. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th ed.): Oxford University Press & NASW.
  • Choi, Y. In press. "Diversity Within: Subgroup Differences of Youth Behaviors among Asian Pacific Islander American Adolescents." Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Choi, Y. 2007. "Academic Achievement and Problem Behaviors among Asian Pacific Islander American Adolescents." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36(4), 403-415.
  • Choi, Y., Harachi, T.W., & Catalano, R.F. (2006). Neighborhoods, Family, and Substance Use: Comparisons of the Relations across Racial and Ethnic Groups. Social Service Review, 80(4), 675-704.
  • Harachi, T.W., Choi, Y., Abbott, R., Catalano, R.F., & Bliesner, S.L. 2006. Examining Cross-cultural Equivalence of Concepts and Measures in Diverse Samples." Prevention Science, 7(4), 359-368.
  • Choi, Y., & Lahey, B.B. 2006. Testing the Model Minority Stereotype: Youth Behaviors across Racial and Ethnic Groups." Social Service Review, 80(3), 419-452.
  • Choi, Y., Harachi, T.W., Gillmore, M.R., & Catalano, R.F. 2006. "Are Multiracial Adolescents at Greater Risk? Comparisons of Rates, Patterns, and Correlates of Substance Use and Violence Between Monoracial and Multiracial Adolescents." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(1), 86-97.
  • Choi, Y., Mericle, A., & Harachi, T.W. 2006. "Using Rasch Model to Test the Cross-cultural Item Equivalence of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist across Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Mothers." Journal of Applied Measurement, 7(1), 16-38.
  • Choi, Y., Harachi, T.W., Gillmore, M.R., & Catalano, R.F. 2005. "Applicability of the Social Development Model to Urban Ethnic Minority Youth: Examining the Relationships between External Constraints, Family Socialization and Problem Behaviors." Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15(4), 505-534.
  • Choi, Y., Golder, S., Gillmore, M.R., & Morrison, D.M. 2005. "Analysis with Missing Data in Social Work Research." Journal of Social Service Research, 31(3), 23-48.

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ENGSTROM, MALITTA. Assistant Professor. A.B., Brown; M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia. Fields of Special Interest: women and families affected by substance use problems and co-occurring concerns, such as trauma, physical and mental health problems, and incarceration; multigenerational social work practice with families; gerontology; linking research and practice; and advanced quantitative methods. Selected publications:

  • Engstrom, M. (Accepted for publication). Involving caregiving grandmothers in family interventions when mothers with substance use problems are incarcerated. Family Process.
  • Engstrom, M. 2006. "Physical and Mental Health: Interactions, Assessment, and Intervention." In S. Gehlert & T. Arthur (eds.), Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Engstrom, M., El-Bassel, N., Go, H., & Gilbert, L. (Accepted for publication). Childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner violence among women in methadone treatment: A direct or mediated relationship? Journal of Family Violence.
  • Mahoney, C.A., Engstrom, M., & Marsh, J.C. 2006. "Substance Use Problems in Health Social Work Practice." In S. Gehlert & T. Arthur (eds.), Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Engstrom, M., Lee, R., Ross, R., Harrison, M., McVeigh, K., Josephson, L., Plapinger, J., Herman, D., King, C., & Sederer, L. 2003. Children's Mental Health Needs Assessment in the Bronx. New York: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Planning Evaluation and Quality Improvement.
  • Schiff, M., El-Bassel, N., Engstrom, M., & Gilbert, L. 2002. "Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Treatment Programs." Social Service Review, 76(2): 302-320.

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FAIRBANKS, ROBERT P., II. Assistant Professor. B.A. Boston College; M.S.W. University of Vermont; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. Fields of Special Interest: urban ethnography; urban studies; history and philosophy of the welfare state; critical social welfare policy analysis. Selected publications:

  • Fairbanks, R.P., II. 2007. "The Political-Economic Gradient of Urban Space." In R.A. Cnaan & C. Milofsky (Eds.), Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations. New York: Springer.
  • Iversen, R.R., Gergen, K.J., & Fairbanks, R.P., II. 2005. "Assessment and Social Construction: Conflict or Co-creation?" The British Journal of Social Work, (35), 1-21.
  • Fairbanks, R.P., II. 2003. "A Theoretical Primer on Space." Critical Social Work, 3, 131-154.
  • Fairbanks, R.P., II. 2003. "Research Note: Blighted Spaces and the Politics of Everyday Life." Social Work & Society, 1(1), 123-128.

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GEHLERT, SARAH. Helen Ross Professor. M.A., M.S.W., Missouri-Columbia; Ph.D., Washington University. Fields of Special Interest: health disparities, women's health and mental health; adaptation to neurologic illness and traumatic injury; survey methods of research; practice evaluation; transdisciplinary research and team science. Selected publications:

  • Furumoto-Dawson, A., Gehlert, S., Sohmer, D., Olopade, O., & Sacks, T. 2007. "Early Life Conditions and Mechanisms of Population Health Vulnerabilities." Invited manuscript, Health Affairs' 2007 Special Issue on Vulnerable Populations.
  • Grushko T., McClintock M., Conzen, S., Gehlert, S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. 2006. "Mechanisms of Environmental Influence on Mammary Gland Cancer Gene Expression: Achievements and Prospects of Research." Postmethodika, 7, 274-280 (Russ).
  • Grushko T., McClintock M., Conzen,S., Gehlert,S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. 2006. "Biological Consequences of Psychosocial Isolation: A report of Interdisciplinary Team Research." Scientific Bulletin Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Issue: Pedagogics. Melitopol, 7, 63-75 (Russ).
  • Gehlert, S., & Browne, T.A. (Eds.). 2006. The Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Gehlert, S., Kovac, K., Song, I.H., & S.A. Hartlage. 2006. "Understanding the Mental Health Services Use of Rural Women." In R.T Coward, L.A. David, C.H. Gold, H. Smiciklas-Wright, L.E. Thorndyke, & F.W. Vondracek (Eds.), Rural Women's Mental Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues (pp. 147-162). New York: Springer Verlag.
  • Gehlert, S. Chang, C.-H., Bock, D.R., & Hartlage, S.A. 2006. "Development and Validation of a Women's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WOMQOL)." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 59, 525-533.
  • McClintock, M., Conzen, S., Gehlert, S., Masi, C., & Olopade, O. 2005. "Mammary Cancer and Social Interactions: Identifying Multiple Environments that Regulate Gene Expression Throughout the Life Span." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Special Issue, 1, 12-23.
  • Chang, C.-H., & Gehlert, S. 2003. "Psychometric Evaluation of the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory (WPSI) Using the Dichotomous Rasch Model." Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 12, 261-267.

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GROGAN, COLLEEN. Associate Professor. B.A., Wisconsin; Ph.D., Minnesota. Fields of Special Interest: American government and public policy; health policy and health politics; the American welfare state; comparative state-level policy and politics. Selected publications:

  • Grogan, C.M. In press. "A Marriage of Convenience: The History of Nursing Home Coverage and Medicaid." In: Stevens, R.A., C.E. Rosenberg, and L.R. Burns (eds.), Putting the Past Back In: History and Health Policy in the United States. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
  • Grogan, C.M. 2005. "The Politics of Aging within Medicaid." In: Hudson, Robert B., (ed.), The New Politics of Old Age Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Grogan, C.M. and Patashnik, E.. 2005. "Medicaid at the Crossroads." In: Brown, L, Jacobs, L. and J. Morone (eds.), Healthy, Wealthy and Fair: Health Care and the Good Society New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Grogan, C.M. and Gusmano, M.K. 2005. "Deliberative Democracy in Theory and Practice: Connecticut"s Medicaid Managed Care Council." State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 5(2) Summer.
  • Kandula, N.R., Grogan, C.M., Rathouz, P.J., and Lauderdale D.S. 2004. "The Unintended Impact of Welfare Reform on the Medicaid Enrollment of Eligible Immigrants." Journal of Health Services Research, 39(5):1509-1526.
  • Grogan, C.M. and Patashnik, E. 2003. "Between Welfare Medicine and Mainstream Program: Medicaid at the Political Crossroads." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 28(5):821-858.
  • Grogan, C.M. and Patashnik, E. 2003. "Universalism within Targeting: Nursing Home Care, the Middle Class, and the Politics of the Medicaid Program" Social Service Review, 77(1): 51-71.

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GUTERMAN, NEIL B. Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor. B.A., California-Santa Cruz; M.S.W, Ph.D., Michigan. Fields of Special Interest: children and violence, child maltreatment and its prevention, children's exposure to community violence, development of clinical services, contextual influences in service delivery, Jewish communal services. Selected publications:

  • Cameron, M.C., Elkins, J., & Guterman, N.B. 2006. "Assessment of Trauma in Children and Youth." In N. Boyd-Webb (Ed.), Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Guterman, N.B., & Lee, Y.L. 2005. "The Role of Fathers in Risk for Physical Child Abuse and Neglect: Possible Pathways and Unanswered Questions." Child Maltreatment, 10(2), 136-149.
  • Dubowitz, H., & Guterman, N.B. 2005. "Preventing Child Neglect and Physical Abuse." In A. Giardino (Ed.), Child Maltreatment - A Clinical Guide and Reference (3rd ed.). Maryland Heights, MO: G.W. Medical Publishing.
  • Guterman, N.B., & Taylor, C. 2005. "The Prevention of Physical Child Abuse and Neglect." In P. Hess & G. Mallon (Eds.), Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Hahm, H.C., Lahiff, M., & Guterman, N.B. 2004. "Asian American Adolescents' Acculturation, Binge Drinking, and Alcohol and Tobacco Using Peers." Journal of Community Psychology, 32(3), 295-308.
  • Guterman, N.B. 2003. "Advancing Prevention Research on Child Abuse, Youth Violence, and Domestic Violence: Emerging Strategies and Issues." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 299-321.
  • Hahm, H.C., Lahiff, M., & Guterman, N.B. 2003. "Acculturation and Parental Attachment in Asian American Adolescents' Alcohol Use." Journal of Adolescent Health, 33, 119-129.
  • Guterman, N.B., & Embry, R.A. 2003. "Prevention and Treatment Strategies Targeting Physical Child Abuse and Neglect." In P. Allen-Meares & M. Fraser (Eds.), Intervention with Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. NY: Allen & Bacon.
  • Guterman, N.B., Cameron, M., & Hahm, H. 2003. "Community Violence Exposure and Associated Behavior Problems among Children and Adolescents in Residential Treatment." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 6(2), 111-136.
  • Guterman, N.B. 2002. "The Role of Research in Defining a ‘Practiceable' Problem for Social Work: The Parallax of Community and Family Violence Exposure among Children and Youth." Social Work Education, 21(3), 313-322.
  • Guterman, N.B., Hahm, H.C., & Cameron, M. 2002. "Adolescent Victimization and Subsequent Use of Mental Health Counseling Services." Journal of Adolescent Health, 30, 336-345.

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HANS, SYDNEY L. Professor and Chair of the Doctoral Program. B.S. Cornell; Ph.D. Harvard. Fields of Special Interest: developmental psychopathology; parent-child relationships throughout the life course; impact of parental psychopathology and substance abuse on children; women and violence; adolescent parenting; roles of fathers in families; supportive interventions for infants, young children, and families. Selected publications:

  • Auerbach, J.G., Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L., Fish, B., Hans, S.L., Ingraham, L.J., Marcus, J., McNeil, T.F., & Schubert, E. In press. "Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia: Findings from Prospective Longitudinal High Risk Studies." In Y.-K. Kim (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Genetics. New York: Springer.
  • Melnick, S., Finger, B., Hans, S., Hobson, R. P., Patrick, M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. In press. "Pervasively Unintegrated/hostile-helpless States of Mind on the Adult Attachment Interview: Implications for the Intergenerational Transmission of Disorganized Attachment." In H. Steele & M. Steele (eds.), Clinical Uses of the Adult Attachment Interview.
  • Sokolowski, M.S., Hans, S.L., Bernstein, V.J., & Cox, S. In press. "Mothers' Representations of their Infants and Parenting Behavior: Associations with Personal and Social-contextual Variables in a High-risk Sample." Infant Mental Health Journal.
  • Hans, S.L. 2007. Book review of Developmental Origins of Aggression, edited by R.E. Tremblay, W.W. Hartup, & J. Archer. Social Service Review, 81(1), 178-180.
  • Dukic, V.M., Niessner, M., Benowitz, N., Hans, S., & Wakschlag, L. 2007. "Modeling the Relationship of Cotinine and Self-reported Measures of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy: A Deterministic Approach." Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9, 453-465.
  • Hans, S.L. 2006. "Mothering and Depression." In S.E. Romans & M.V. Seeman (Eds.), Women's Mental Health (pp. 311-320). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
  • Hans, S.L. 2005. [Review of Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications, edited by W. Steven Rholes & Jeffry A. Simpson]. Social Service Review, 79(3), 566-568.
  • Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L., Hans, S., Ingraham, L., Marcus, J., Wynne, L., Rehman, A., Roberts, S.A., & Auerbach, J. 2005. "Handedness in Children of Schizophrenic Parents: Data from Three High-risk Studies." Behavior Genetics, 35(3), 351-385.
  • Bernstein, V., Harris, E.J., Long, C.W., Iida, E., & Hans, S.L. 2005. "Issues in the Multi-cultural Assessment of Parent-child Interaction: An Exploratory Study from the Starting Early, Starting Smart Collaboration." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 241-275.
  • Hans, S.L., Auerbach, J.G., Auerbach, A.G., & Marcus, J. 2005. "Development from Birth to Adolescence of Children at Risk for Schizophrenia." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 15; 384-394.
  • Goodman, G., Hans, S.L., & Bernstein, V.J. 2005. "Mother Expectation of Bother and Infant Attachment Behaviors as Predictors of Mother and Child Communication at 24 Months in Children of Methadone-maintained Women." Infant Mental Health Journal, 26, 549-569.
  • Hans, S.L., Auerbach, J.G., Styr, B., & Marcus, J. 2004. "Offspring of Schizophrenic Parents: Mental Disorders during Childhood and Adolescence." Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30, 303-315.
  • Hans, S.L. 2004. "When Mothers Abuse Drugs." In M.J. Gopfert, J. Webster, & M.V. Seeman (Eds.), Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and Their Families (2nd ed., pp. 203-216). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Wakschlag, L.S., & Hans, S.L. 2002. "Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Conduct Problems in High-Risk Youth: A Developmental Framework." Development and Psychopathology, 14, 351-369.
  • Hans, S.L. 2002. "Studies of Prenatal Exposure to Drugs: Focusing on Parental Care of Children." Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 24, 329-337.
  • Behnke, E.F., & Hans, S.L. 2002. "Becoming a Doula." Zero to Three, 23, 9-13.
  • Hans, S.L., & Korfmacher, J. 2002. "The Professional Development of Paraprofessionals." Zero to Three, 23, 4‑8.

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HENLY, JULIA R. Associate Professor. B.A., Wisconsin; M.S.W., Ph.D., Michigan. Fields of Special Interest: family poverty; child care and welfare policy; work-family strategies of low-wage workers; informal support networks; and employment discrimination. Selected publications:

  • Lambert, S., & Henly, J.R. 2007. "Lower-level Jobs and Work-family Studies." Sloan Work and Family Encyclopedia. http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/encyclopedia_template.php?id=4254
  • Henly, J.R., Shaefer, H.L., & Waxman, R.E. 2006. "Nonstandard Work Schedules: Employer- and Employee-driven Flexibility in Retail Jobs. Social Service Review, 80, 609-634.
  • Henly, J.R., Danziger, S.K., & Offer, S. 2005. "The Contribution of Social Support to the Material Well-being of Welfare Recipients." Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 122-140.
  • Henly, J.R., & Lambert, S. 2005. "Nonstandard Work and Child Care Needs of Low-income Parents." In S.M. Bianchi, L.M., Casper, K.E. Christensen, & R.B King (Eds.), Workforce/Workplace Mismatch? Work, Family, Health, & Well-being. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
  • Lyons, S., Henly, J.R., & Schuerman, J. 2005. "Informal Support in Maltreating Families: Its Effect on Parenting Practices." Children and Youth Services Review, 27(1), 21-28.
  • Bromer, J., & Henly, J.R. 2004. "Child Care as Family Support? Caregiving Practices across Child Care Provider Types." Children and Youth Services Review, 26(10), 941-964.
  • Henly, J.R. 2002. "Informal Support Networks and the Maintenance of Low-wage Jobs." In F. Munger (Ed.), Laboring Below the Line: The New Ethnography of Poverty, Low-wage Work, and Survival in the Global Economy (pp. 179-203). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

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JOHNSON, PENNY RUFF. Lecturer and Dean of Students. B.S., Wisconsin; A.M., Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: protective services, adoption, and foster care; child welfare case decision-making.

  • Rzepnicki, T.L. & Johnson, P.R. 2005. "Examining Decision Errors in Child Protection Cases: A New Application of Root Cause Analysis." Children and Youth Services Review, 27: 383-407.

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JOHNSON, WALDO E., JR. Associate Professor. B.A., Mercer University; M.S.W., Michigan; Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: paternal involvement in fragile families; male involvement in adolescent pregnancy and parenting; physical and mental health status among African American males; the application of qualitative research methods in policy research and program evaluation. Selected publications:

  • Ravenell, J., Johnson, W., & Whitaker, E. 2006. "African American Men's Perception of Health: A Focus Group Study." Journal of the National Medical Association, 98(4), 544-550.
  • O'Donnell, J., Johnson, W., D'Aunno, L., & Thornton, H. 2005. "Fathers in Child Welfare: Caseworkers' Perspectives." Child Welfare, 84(3), 387-414.
  • Johnson, W. & Bryant, V. 2004. "Unwed African American Fathers' Participation in Child Welfare Permanency Planning: Caseworkers' Perspectives." In J. Everett, S. Chipungu, & B. Leashore (Eds.), Child Welfare Revisited: An Africentric Perspective. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
  • Pate, D., Johnson, W., & Turner, M. 2004. "Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Low-income Married Parents." Commissioned paper for the Strengthening Healthy Marriage Initiatives Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.
  • Johnson, W. 2003. "Conceptualization and Measurement of Positive Healthy Couple Relationships." Measurement Issues in Family Demography, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Family and Child Well-being Research Network.
  • Currence, P. & Johnson, W. 2003. "The Negative Implications of Incarceration on Black Fathers." African American Research Perspectives, 9(1), 24-31.
  • Johnson, W. 2002. "Time Out of Bound: High School Completion and Work Preparation among Urban, Poor, Unwed African American Fathers." In W. Allen, M. Spencer, & C. O'Connor (Eds.), African American Education: Race, Community, Inequality and Achievement - A Tribute to Edgar G. Epps (pp. 229-258). UK: Elsevier/ JAI Press.
  • Johnson, W. 2002. "Social Work Strategies for Sustaining Paternal Involvement among Unwed Fathers: Insights from Field Research." Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 4(3)/5(1), 70-83.

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LAMBERT, SUSAN J. Associate Professor. M.S.W., Ph.D., Michigan. Fields of Special Interest: organizational theory and management; the relationship between home and personal life; lower-skilled jobs and low-wage workers. Selected publications:

  • Lambert, S., & Henly, J.R. (2007). "Low-level Jobs and Work Family Studies." In P. Raskin & M. Pitt Catsoupes (Eds.), Work-Family Encyclopedia. Sloan Work-Family Research Network, Boston College.
  • Lambert, S. 2006. "Both Art and Science: Employing Organizational Documentation in Workplace-based Research." In M. Pitt-Catsouphes, E.E. Kossek, & S. Sweet (Eds.), Handbook on Work-family Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Kossek, E., & Lambert, S., (Eds.). 2005. Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural, and Individual Perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Lambert, S., & Waxman, E. 2005. "Organizational Stratification: Distributing Opportunities for Work-life Balance." In E. Kossek & S. Lambert (Eds.), Work and Life Integration: Organizational, Cultural, and Individual Perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Henly, J.R., & Lambert, S. 2005. "Nonstandard Work and Child Care Needs of Low-income Parents." In S. Bianchi, L. Casper, & R. King (Eds.), Work, Family, Health, & Well-being. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Lambert, S., & Haley-Lock, A. 2004. "The Organizational Stratification of Opportunities for Work-life Balance: Addressing Issues of Equality and Social Justice in the Workplace." Community, Work & Family, 7(2), 181-197.
  • Lambert, S. 2003. "The Work Side of Welfare-to-Work: Lessons from Recent Policy Research (An Essay Review)." Work and Occupations, 30(4), 474-478.

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LEVINE, JUDITH A. Senior Lecturer. A.B., Harvard, M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern. Fields of Special Interest: poverty and social policy; welfare policy; social stratification; low-wage labor market; gender inequality; organizations and occupations; economic sociology; health. Selected publications:

  • Levine, J.A., Emery, C., & Pollack, H.A. 2007. "The Well-Being of Children Born to Teen Mothers." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69(1), 105-122.
  • DeLeire, T., Levine, J.A., & Levy, H. 2006. "Is Welfare Reform Responsible for Low-skilled Women's Declining Health Insurance Coverage in the 1990s?" Journal of Human Resources, 41(3), 467-494.
  • Kalil, A., Levine, J.A., & Ziol-Guest, K. 2005. "Following in Their Parents' Footsteps: How Characteristics of Parental Work Predict Adolescents' Interest in Parents' Jobs." In B. Schneider & L. Waite (Eds.), Families Working: Time Apart, Time Together. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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LUDWIG, JENS. Professor. B.A., Rutgers College; Ph.D., Duke. Fields of Special Interest: urban poverty, education, crime, and housing. Selected publications:

  • Duncan, G.J., Ludwig, J., & Magnuson, K.A. In press. "Reducing Poverty through Pre-School Interventions." The Future of Children.
  • Cook, P.J., Ludwig, J., Venkatesh, S., & Braga, A. In press. "Underground Gun Markets." The Economic Journal. (Also published as NBER Working Paper 11737.)
  • Ludwig, J., & Kling, J. 2007. "Is Crime Contagious?" Journal of Law and Economics. (Also published as NBER working paper 12409.)
  • Ludwig, J., & Miller, D.L. 2007. "Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(1), 159-208. (Also published as NBER Working Paper 11702 and IRP DP 131-05.)
  • Ludwig, J., & Mayer, S.E. 2006. "‘Culture' and the Inter-generational Transmission of Poverty: The Prevention Paradox." Future of Children, 16(2), 175-196.
  • Harcourt, B.E., & Ludwig, J. 2006. "Broken Windows: New Evidence from New York City and a 5 City Social Experiment." University of Chicago Law Review, 73(1), 271-320.
  • Cook, P.J. ,& Ludwig, J. 2006. "The Social Costs of Gun Ownership." Journal of Public Economics, 90(1-2), 379-391.
  • Ludwig, J., & Duncan, G. 2006. "Promising Solutions in Housing and the Community." In K. Dodge, J. McCord, & T. Dishion (Eds.), Deviant Peer Contagion. Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2006. "Assigning Deviant Youth to Minimize Total Harm." In K. Dodge, J. McCord, & T. Dishion, (Eds.), Deviant Peer Contagion. Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig. J. 2006. "Aiming for Evidence-Based Gun Policy." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(3), 691-736.
  • Ludwig, J., & Marcotte, D. 2005. "Anti-depressants, Suicide and Drug Regulation." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(2), 249-272.
  • Peters, J., Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2005. "Gun Crime and Gun Control: The Hawaiian Experience." University of Chicago Legal Forum, 2005, 55-90.
  • Ludwig, J. 2005. "Better Gun Enforcement, Less Crime." Criminology and Public Policy, 4(4), 677-716.
  • Cook, P.J., Ludwig, J., & Braga, A. 2005. "Criminal Records of Homicide Offenders." Journal of the American Medical Association, 294(5), 598-601.
  • Jacob, B., & Ludwig, J. 2005. "Can the Federal Government Improve Education Research?" In D. Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings Papers on Education Policy (pp. 47-88). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Holzer, H.J., & Ludwig, J. 2005. "Measuring Discrimination in Education: Are Methodologies from Labor and Housing Markets Useful?" Teacher's College Record.
  • Kling, J.R., Ludwig, J., & Katz, L.F. 2005. "Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(1), 87-130.
  • Ludwig, J., Duncan, G.J., & Pinkston, J. 2005. "Housing Vouchers and Economic Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment." Journal of Public Economics, 89, 131-156.
  • Ludwig, J., & Miller, M. 2005. "Interpreting the WIC Debate." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(3), 691-701.
  • Duncan, G.J., Magnuson, K.A., & Ludwig, J. 2004. "The Endogeneity Problem in Developmental Studies." Research in Human Development, 1(1&2), 59-80.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2004. "Does Gun Prevalence Affect Teen Gun Carrying After All?" Criminology, 42(1), 27-54.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2004. "Principles for Effective Gun Policy." Fordham Law Review, LXXIII(2), 589-613.
  • Ludwig, J. 2003. "Evaluating Gun-Policy Evaluations." Criminology and Public Policy, 2(3), 411-419.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "Fact-Free Gun Policy?" University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 151(4), 1329-1340.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "Pragmatic Gun Policy." In J. Ludwig & P.J. Cook (Eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy (pp. 1-40). Washington, DC: Brookings.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "The Effects of Gun Prevalence on Burglary: Deterrence vs. Inducement." In J. Ludwig & P.J. Cook (Eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy (pp. 74-120). Washington, DC: Brookings. (Also published as NBER working paper # 8926.)
  • Raphael, S., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "Do Prison Sentence Enhancements Reduce Gun Crime? The Case of Project Exile." In J. Ludwig & P.J. Cook (Eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy (pp. 251-286). Washington, DC: Brookings.
  • Cohen, J., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "Policing Crime Guns." In J. Ludwig & P.J. Cook (Eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy (pp. 217-250). Washington, DC: Brookings.
  • Ladd, H.F., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "The Effects of MTO on Educational Opportunities in Baltimore: Early Evidence." In J. Goering & J. Feins (Eds.), Choosing a Better Life (pp. 117-152). Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press..
  • Ludwig, J., Duncan, G.J., & Ladd, H.F. 2003. "MTO's Effects on Children and Parents: Evidence from Baltimore." In J. Goering & J. Feins (Eds.), Choosing a Better Life (pp. 153-176). Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
  • Ludwig, J. 2003. "Improving Neighborhoods for Poor Children." In I. Sawhill (Ed.), One Percent for the Kids: New Policies, Brighter Futures for America's Children (pp. 136-155). Washington, DC: Brookings Press.
  • Ludwig, J., & Cook, P.J. (Eds.). 2003. Evaluating Gun Policy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2003. "The Effects of the Brady Act on Gun Violence." In B. Harcourt (Ed.), Guns, Crime and Punishment in America. New York: New York University Press.
  • Bassi, L.J., Ludwig, J., McMurrer, D.P., & Van Buren, M. 2002. "Profiting from Learning: Firm-level Effects of Training Investments and Market Implications." Singapore Management Review, 24(3), 61-76.
  • Johnson, M., Ladd, H.F., & Ludwig, J. 2002. "The Benefits and Costs of Residential Mobility Programs." Housing Studies, 17(1), 125-138.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2002. "Firearms." In W.K. Viscusi (Ed.), Regulation through Litigation (pp. 67-105). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Cook, P.J., & Ludwig, J. 2002. "The Costs of Gun Violence Against Children." The Future of Children, 12(2), 87-100.

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MARSH, JEANNE C. George Herbert Jones Professor and Dean. B.A., Michigan State; M.S.W., Ph.D., Michigan. Fields of Special Interest: services for women and families, service integration in service delivery, social program and policy evaluation, and knowledge utilization in practice and program decision making. Selected publications:

  • Marsh, J., Ryan, J., Choi, S., & Testa, M. 2006. "Integrated Services for Families with Multiple Problems: Obstacles to Family Reunification." Children and Youth Services Review, 28(9), 1074-1087.
  • Cha, T., Kuo, E., & Marsh, J. 2006. "Useful Knowledge for Social Work Practice." Social Work and Society, 4(1). <http://www.socwork.net/2006/1/debate/chakuomarch>
  • Ryan, J.P., Marsh, J.C., Testa, M.F., & Louderman, R. 2006. "Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment and Child Welfare Services: Findings from the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Waiver Demonstration." Journal of Social Work Research, 30(2), 95-107.
  • Mahoney, C. A., Engstrom, M., & Marsh, J. C. 2006. "Substance Use Problems in Health Social Work Practice. In S. Gehlert and T. Arthur Browne (Eds.), Handbook of Health Social Work. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
  • Marsh, J.C., & Cao, D. 2005. "Parents in Substance Abuse Treatment: Implications for Child Welfare Practice." Children and Youth Services Review, 27(12), 1259-1278.
  • Marsh, J.C., & Smith, B.D. 2005. "Commentary - Client-Service Matching in Substance Abuse Treatment for Women with Children." In L. Alexander & P. Solomon (Eds.), The Research Process in the Human Services: Behind the Scenes. New York: Brooks/Cole.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2005. "Social Justice: Social Work's Organizing Value." Social Work, 50(4), 293-294.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2005. "Social Work: Help Starts Here." Social Work, 50(3), 195-196.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2005. "Bush Plan Takes Security Out of Social Security." Social Work, 50(2), 99-100.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2005. "Six Steps to Stronger Journal Publication in Social Work." Social Work, 50(1), 5-6.
  • Marsh, J.C., Cao, D., & D'Aunno, T.D. 2004. "Gender Differences in the Impact of Comprehensive Services in Substance Abuse Treatment." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27(4), 289-300.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2004. "Social Service Education." In J. Grossman, A. Keating, & J. Reiff (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Chicago History. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2004. "Theory-driven Versus Theory-free Research in Empirical Social Work Practice." In H.E. Briggs & T.L. Rzepnicki (Eds.), Using Evidence in Social Work Practice. Chicago: Lyceum.
  • Marsh, J.C., Cha, T., & Kuo, E. 2004. "Social Work Readers Describe ‘Useful Knowledge.'" Social Work, 49(4), 533-534.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2004. "Social Work Organizations Working Together." Social Work, 49(3), 341-342.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2004. "Vanquish the Backlog! And Into the Future - of Social Work!" Social Work, 49(2), 149-150.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2004. "Social Work in a Multicultural Society." Social Work, 49(1), 5-6.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2003. "Organizational and Institutional Factors in the Development of Practice Knowledge and Practice Guidelines in Social Work." In E. Proctor & A. Rosen (Eds.), Toward the Development of Practice Guidelines for Social Workers. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2003. "The Social Work Response to Violence." Social Work, 48(4), 437-438.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2003. "Chewing on Cardboard and Other Pleasures of Knowledge Utilization." Social Work, 48(3), 293-294.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2003. "Arguments for Family Strengths Research." Social Work, 48(2), 147-149.
  • Marsh, J.C. 2003. "To Thine Own Ethics Code Be True." Social Work, 48(1), 5-7.

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MCCRACKEN, STANLEY G. Senior Lecturer. A.B., Northwest Nazarene College; A.M., Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: behavioral and cognitive behavioral treatment; behavioral pharmacology; behavioral medicine; mental illness and substance abuse treatment; psychiatric rehabilitation; staff training; implementation of evidence-based interventions; multicultural mental health services. Selected publications:

  • McCracken, S.G., & Corrigan, P.W. In press. "Medication Adherence in Schizophrenic Disorders." In H. Arkowitz & W.R. Miller (Eds.), Clinical Applications of Motivational Interviewing. New York: Guilford.
  • McCracken, S.G. 2007. [Review of the book Rethinking Substance Abuse: What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It edited by W.R. Miller & K.M. Carroll]. Social Service Review, 81(1), 180-83.
  • McCracken, S.G. 2006. [Review of the book Intrusive Thoughts in Clinical Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment edited by D.A. Clark]. Social Service Review, 80(2), 350-52.
  • McCracken, S. 2005. [Review of the book Evidence-based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services edited by A.R. Roberts & K.R. Yeager]. Social Service Review, 79(2), 374-78.
  • Corrigan, P.W., & McCracken, S.G. 2005. "Interviewing People with Serious Mental Illness." In R. Craig (Ed.), Clinical and Diagnostic Interviewing (2nd ed., pp. 278-302). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
  • Corrigan, P.W., McCracken, S.G., & McNeilly, C. 2005. "Evidence-based Practices for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses and Substance Use Disorders." In C. Stout & R. Hayes (Eds.), The Handbook of Evidence-based Clinical Practices in Behavioral Healthcare: Applications and New Directions. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Corrigan, P.W., & McCracken, S.G. 2005. "Place First, Then Train: An Alternative to the Medical Model of Psychiatric Rehabilitation." Social Work, 50, 31-39.
  • McCracken, S.G., & Corrigan, P.W. 2004. "Staff Development in Mental Health." In H.E. Briggs & T.L. Rzepnicki (Eds.), Using Evidence in Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives (pp. 232-256). Chicago: Lyceum.
  • Corrigan, P., McCracken, S., & Blaser, B. 2003. "Dissemination of Evidence-based Mental Health Practices." Evidence Based Mental Health, 6, 4-5.
  • Backs Edwards, A., Giffort, D.W., McCracken, S.G., & Corrigan, P.W. 2002. "Public Academic Training Partnerships for Paraprofessionals who Provide Psychiatric Rehabilitation." Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills, 5, 437-454.
  • Basit, A., & McCracken, S. 2002. [Review of the book Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens edited by Y. Yazbeck Haddad]. Islamic Horizons, 90.

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MOSLEY, JENNIFER. Assistant Professor. B.A., Reed College; M.S.W., Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles. Fields of Special Interest: nonprofit organizations; policy advocacy & lobbying; organizational theory; civic engagement; collaborative networks in service provision and advocacy. Selected publications:

  • Mosley, J.E. Under contract. "Advocacy, Lobbying, and Legislative Action." In R. Patti (Ed.), Handbook of Human Service Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Mosley, J.E., & Galaskiewicz, J. Accepted for publication. "The Role of Foundations in Shaping Social Welfare Policy and Services: The Case of Welfare Reform." In H. Anheier & D. Hammack (Eds.), Contributions of Foundations to American Society. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Mosley, J.E. In press. [Review of the book Faith, Hope and Jobs: Welfare to Work in Los Angeles edited by S.V. Monsma & J.C. Soper]. Social Service Review.
  • Mosley, J.E. 2005. "The Tsunami Relief Effort." In H. Anheier, M. Kaldor, & M. Glasius (Eds.), Global Civil Society Yearbook 2005/06. London: Sage Publications, Ltd.
  • Mosley, J.E. 2004. 1. "Lobbying." 2. "Political Action Committee." 3. "Social Justice." 4. "Free Rider Problem." 5. "Poor Law." 6. "Outdoor Relief." 7. "Workhouse." 8. "Vouchers." 9. "Means-Testing." 10. "Social Welfare Organization." 11. "Community Based Organization." In H. Anheier (Ed.), A Dictionary of Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Third Sector. London: Europa Publications.

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NORTON, DOLORES G. Samuel Deutsch Professor. A.B., Temple; M.S.S., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College. Fields of Special Interest: ecology of human development; early environment related to social, cognitive, and temporal developmental outcomes and academic achievement of children in high-risk urban environments; education for family support. Recent publications:

  • Norton, D.G., Vincson, J., & Wilhelm, M.J. (In press). "Research with High Risk African American Infants and Children: Insights from a Longitudinal Study." In J.S. Jackson, C.H. Caldwell, & S. Sellers (Eds.), Research Methodology in African American Communities. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Mann, T., Steward, M., Eggbeer, L., & Norton, D.G. , 2007. "Zero to Three's Task Force on Culture and Development: Learning to Walk the Talk." Zero to Three, 27, 7-15.
  • Norton, D.G. 2006. "Beyond Baby Talk: Speaking with Babies." In J.R. Lally, P.L. Mangione, & D. Greenwald (Eds.), Concepts for Car: Essays on Infant/Toddler Development and Learning (pp. 107-109). San Francisco: WestEd.
  • Norton, D.G. 2006. "Research Methods and Issues for the Study of African American Children and School Achievement." In B. Bowman & E. K. Moore (Eds.), School Readiness and Social and Emotional Development: Exploring Diverse Cultural Perspectives (pp. 59-75). Washington, DC: National Black Child Development Institute.

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PARKS, VIRGINIA. Assistant Professor. B.A., Colorado; M.A., Ph.D. California-Los Angeles. Fields of Special Interest: urban geography; urban labor markets; immigration; racial and gender inequality; residential segregation; community organizing and development, labor. Selected publications:

  • Ellis, M., Wright, R., & Parks, V. In press. "Geography and the Immigrant Division of Labor." Economic Geography.
  • Ellis, M., Wright, R., & Parks, V. 2006. "The Immigrant Household and Spatial Assimilation: Partnership, Nativity, and Neighborhood Location." Urban Geography, 27(1), 1-19.
  • Parks, V. 2006. "Race, Immigration, and the Global City: Lessons from Chicago's Hotel Housekeepers." In R.P. Greene, M.J. Bouman, & D. Grammenos (Eds.), Chicago's Geographies: Metropolis for the 21st Century (pp. 129-142). Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.
  • Parks, V. 2005. The Geography of Immigrant Labor Markets: Space, Networks, and Gender. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.
  • Wright, R., Ellis, M., & Parks, V. 2005. "Re-placing Whiteness in Spatial Assimilation Research." City and Community, 4(2), 111-136.
  • Parks, V. 2004. "Immigrant Enclaves and Ethnic Niches: The Gendered Connection between Residential and Labor-Market Segregation in Los Angeles." Urban Geography, 25(7), 589-630.
  • Parks, V. 2004. "Accessing Work: The Effects of Spatial and Social Accessibility on Unemployment for Native-born Black and Immigrant Women in Los Angeles." Economic Geography, 80(2), 141-172.
  • Ellis, M., Wright, R., & Parks, V. 2004. "Work Together, Live Apart? Geographies of Racial and Ethnic Segregation at Home and at Work in Los Angeles." Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(3), 620-637.

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PAYNE, CHARLES M. Frank P. Hixson Distinguished Service Professor. B.A., Syracuse; Ph.D., Northwestern. Fields of Special Interest: Urban education and school reform, the civil rights movement, social change, social inequality. Selected publications:

  • Payne, C.M. 2006. Still Crazy After All These Years: Race in Chicago Schools. Chicago Consortium on School Research, Occasional Papers Series.
  • Payne, C.M. 2004. "The Whole United States is Southern!: Brown v. Board and the Mystification of Race." Journal of American History, 91 (June), 83-91.
  • Payne, C.M., & Green, A. (Eds.). 2003. Time Longer Than Rope: A Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950. New York: NYU Press.
  • Payne, C.M. 2003. "More Than a Symbol of Freedom: Education for Liberation and Democracy." Phi Delta Kappan, (September), 22-29.
  • Payne, C.M. 2003. "'I Don't Want Your Nasty Pot of Gold': The Comer School Development Process and the Development of Leadership in Urban Schools." In A. Datnow & J. Murphy (Eds.), Leadership for School Reform: Lessons from Comprehensive School Reform Designs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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POLLACK, HAROLD. Associate Professor. B.S.E., Princeton; M.P.P., Ph.D., Harvard. Fields of Special Interest: HIV and hepatitis prevention efforts for injection drug users; drug abuse and dependence among welfare recipients and pregnant women; infant mortality prevention; child health. Selected publications:

  • Schoeni, R.F., House, J.S., Kaplan, G.A., & Pollack, H.A. (Eds.). In press. The Health Effects of Social and Economic Policy. New York: Russell Sage.
  • Levine, J., Emery, C., & Pollack, H.A. 2007. "The Well-Being of Children Born to Teen Mothers." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69(1), 105-122.
  • Pollack, H.A. 2007. "Learning to Walk Slow: America's Partial Policy Success in the Arena of Intellectual Disability." Journal of Policy History, 19(1), 95-112.
  • Scott, G., Thomas, S., Pollack, H.A., & Ray, B. 2007. "Observed Patterns of Chicago Overdose Deaths 1999-2003," Journal of Urban Health, 84(2), 292-306.
  • Phinney, R., Danziger, S., Pollack, H.A., & Seefeldt, K. 2007. "Housing Instability among Current and Former Welfare Recipients." American Journal of Public Health, 97(5), 832-837.
  • Pollack, H.A., Wheeler, J.R.C., Cowan, A.E., & Freed, G.L. 2007. "The Impact of Managed Care Enrollment on Emergency Department Use among Children with Special Health Care Needs." Medical Care, 45(2),139-145.
  • Pollack, H.A., & Reuter, P. 2006. "The Implications of Recent Findings on the Link between Cannabis and Psychosis." Addiction, 102, 173-176.
  • Reuter, P., & Pollack, H. 2006. "How Much Can Treatment Reduce National Drug Problems?" Addiction, 101(3), 341-347.
  • Pollack, H.A., & Reuter, P. 2006. "Welfare Receipt and Treatment among Substance-using Mothers: Did Welfare Reform Make a Difference?" American Journal of Public Health, 96(11), 2024-2031.
  • Martin, E.G., Pollack, H.A., & Paltiel, A.D. 2006. "Fact, Fiction, and Fairness: Resource Allocation under the Ryan White CARE Act." Health Affairs, 25(4), 1103-1112.
  • Pollack, H.A., D'Aunno, T., & Lamar, B. 2006. "Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention: An Update." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30(1), 39-47.
  • Pollack, H.A. 2006. "Changes in the Timing of SIDS Deaths in 1989 and 1999: Indirect Evidence of Low Homicide Prevalence Among Reported Cases," Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 20(1), 2-13.
  • Pollack, V.P., & Pollack, H.A. 2006. "Bringing Vincent Home," Health Affairs, 25(1), 231-236.
  • Metsch, L.R., & Pollack, H.A. 2005. "Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse." Milbank Quarterly, 83(1), 65-99.
  • Soliman, S., Pollack, H.A., & Warner, K.E. 2004. "Decrease in the Prevalence of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in the Home during the 1990s in Families with Children." American Journal of Public Health, 94 (2), 314-20.
  • Pollack, H.A., Dombkowski, K.J., Zimmerman, J.B., Davis, M.M., Cowan, A.E., Wheeler, J.R., Hillemeier, A.C, & Freed, G.L. 2004. "Emergency Department Use Among Michigan Children with Special Health Care Needs." Health Services Research, 39(3), 665-92.
  • Strauss, R.S., & Pollack, H.A. 2003. "Social Marginalization of Overweight Adolescents." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 157(8), 746-752.
  • Pollack, H.A., & Jacobson, P,D. 2003. "The Political Economy of Youth Smoking Regulation." Addiction, 98(S1), 123-38.
  • D'Aunno, T., & Pollack, H.A. 2002. "Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results from a National Panel Study, 1988-2000." Journal of American Medical Association, 288(7), 850-856.
  • Pollack, H.A., Danziger, S., Jayakody, R., & Seefeldt, K. 2002. "Substance Use among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses," Social Service Review, 76(2), 256-274.
  • Pollack, H.A., & Frohna, J.G. 2002. "Infant Sleep Placement Following the Back to Sleep Campaign." Pediatrics, 109(4), 608-614.
  • Pollack, H.A., Khoshnood, K., Blankenship, K., & Altice, F. 2002. "The Impact of Needle Exchange-based Health Services on Emergency Department Use." Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17(5), 341-348.
  • Pollack, H.A., Danziger, S., Jayakody, R., & Seefeldt, K. 2002. "Drug Testing Welfare Recipients-False Positives, False Negatives, Unanticipated Opportunities." Women's Health Issues, 12(1), 23-31.

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RODERICK, MELISSA. Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor. A.B., Bowdoin; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard. Fields of Special Interest: education policy; urban high schools; adolescence; youth policy; human resources policy; empirical analysis. Selected publications:

  • Roderick, M., & Stoker, G. In press. "Bringing Rigor to the Study of Rigor: Evaluating the Efficacy of Advanced Placement as a Strategy for Increasing College Preparation in Urban Schools." In J. Meece & J. Eccles (Eds.), Schooling Effects on Children: Theory, Methods, & Applications.
  • Roderick, M., Nagaoka, J., & Allensworth, E. 2006. From High School to the Future: An Analysis of the College Attendance Patterns, College Qualifications, and College Graduation Rates of Chicago Public School Graduates. Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
  • Roderick, M. 2006. Closing the Aspirations-Achievement Gap Implications for High School Reform: A Commentary from Chicago. New York, NY. MDRC.
  • Roderick, M., & Nagaoka, J. 2005. "Retention Under Chicago's High Stakes Testing Program: Helpful, Harmful, or Harmless?" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 27(1), 309-340.
  • Roderick, M., Nagoaka, J., & Allensworth, E. 2005. "Is the Glass Half Full or Mostly Empty? Ending Social Promotion in Chicago." In E.H. Haertel & J. Herman (Eds.), Uses and Misuses of Data for Educational Accountability and Improvement (pp. 223-259). The 104th Yearbook for the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE), Part 2. Malden, MA.
  • Stone, S., Engel, M., Nagaoka, J., & Roderick, M. 2005. "Getting it the Second Time Around: Student Classroom Experience in Chicago's Summer Bridge Program." Teachers College Record, 107(5), 935-957.
  • Smith, B.A., Degener, S., & Roderick, M. 2005. "Extended Learning Time and Accountability: Assessing Outcomes and Options for Elementary and Middle Grades." Education Administration Quarterly, 41, 195-236.
  • Courtney, M.E., Roderick, M., Smithgall, C., Gladden, R. & Nagaoka, J. 2004. The Educational Status of Foster Children. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall Center for Children Issue Brief, #102.
  • Nagaoka, J., & Roderick, M. 2004. Ending Social Promotion in Chicago: The Academic Progress of Retained Students. Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
  • Jacob, R.T., Stone, S., & Roderick, M. 2004. Ending Social Promotion in Chicago: The Response of Teachers, Students, and Parents. Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
  • Roderick, M., Jacob, B., & Bryk, A.S. 2004. "Summer in the City: Achievement Gains in Chicago's Summer Bridge Program." In G.D. Borman, & M. Boulay (Eds.), Summer Learning: Research, Policies and Programs (pp. 73-102). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Roderick, M. 2003. "What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes among African-American Male Adolescents in Chicago." Urban Education, 38(5), 538-607.
  • Roderick, M., Engel, M., Nagaoka, J., & Jacob, B. 2003. Ending Social Promotion in Chicago: Results from Summer Bridge. Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School. Research.
  • Roderick, M., Jacob, B., & Bryk, A.S. 2003. "High Stakes Testing in Chicago: Effects on Achievement in Promotional Gate Grades." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24, 333-358.

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RZEPNlCKI, TINA L. David and Mary Winton Green Professor and Deputy Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs. A.B., DePauw; A.M., Ph.D., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: child welfare services; case decision making; task-centered and behavioral practice; and practice research. Selected publications:

  • Rzepnicki, T.L., & Johnson, P.R. 2005. "Examining Decision Errors in Child Protection Cases: A New Application of Root Cause Analysis." Children and Youth Services Review, 27, 393-407.
  • Briggs, H., & Rzepnicki, T.L. (Eds.). 2004. Using Evidence for Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives. Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc.
  • Rzepnicki, T.L. 2004. "Informed Consent and Practice Evaluation: Making the Decision to Participate Meaningful." In H. Briggs & T.L. Rzepnicki (Eds.), Using Evidence for Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives. Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc.
  • Rzepnicki, T.L, & Briggs, H. 2004. "Panning for Gold: Using Evidence in Your Practice." In H. Briggs & T. Rzepnicki (Eds.), Using Evidence for Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives. Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc.
  • Rzepnicki, T.L. 2003. "Informed Consent and Practice Evaluation: Making the Decision to Participate Meaningful." In Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: A Festschrift Honoring Elsie M. Pinkston, Vol. 1 (pp. 169-197). Chicago: The School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago.

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SAMUELS, GINA M. Assistant Professor. B.S., Wisconsin-Oshkosh; M.S.S.W., Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison. Fields of Special Interest: interpretive research methods; practice-based child welfare research; racial and ethnic identity development. Selected publications:

  • Samuels, G.M. 2007. "Beyond the Rainbow: Multiraciality in the 21st Century." In D. Engstrom & L. Piedra (Eds.), Our Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity and Class-Implications for 21st Century America. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
  • Miranda, G.E. 2006. Book review of Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, edited by A. Lareau." Children and Youth Services Review, 28(1), 96-99.
  • Courtney, M.E., Skyles, A., Miranda, G.E., Zinn, A., Howard, E., & Goerge, R.M. 2005. Youth Who Run Away from Out-of-Home Care. Issue Brief #103. University of Chicago. Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
  • Courtney, M.E., Skyles, A., Miranda, G.E., Zinn, A., Howard, E., & Goerge, R.M. 2005. Youth Who Run Away from Substitute Care. University of Chicago, IL: Chapin Hall Center for Children.
  • Miranda, G.E. 2004. "Reading between the Lines: Black-white Heritage and Transracial Adoption." African American Research Perspectives, 10(1), 174-187.
  • Miranda, G.E. 2003. "Domestic Transracial Adoption and Multiraciality." In M.P.P. Root & M. Kelley (Eds.) Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Identities. Seattle, WA: MAVIN Foundation.
  • Coleman, H.L.K., Norton, R., Miranda, G.E., & McCubbin, L. 2003. "An Ecological Perspective on Cultural Identity Development." In D. Pope-Davis, H.L.K. Coleman, W.M. Liu, & R.L. Toporek (Eds.), Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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SITES, WILLIAM. Associate Professor. B.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., CUNY. Fields of Special Interest: urban policy and politics; community organization; political processes; social movements; social theory. Selected publications:

  • Sites, W. Accepted for publication. "Progressive City." In R. Hutchison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Sites, W. In press. "Beyond Trenches and Grassroots? Reflections on Urban Mobilization, Fragmentation and the Anti-Wal-Mart Campaign in Chicago." Environment and Planning A.
  • Sites, W. 2007. "Contesting the Neoliberal City? Theories of Neoliberalism and Urban Strategies of Contention." In H. Leitner, J. Peck, & E. Sheppard (Eds.), Contesting Neoliberalism: The Urban Frontier. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Sites, W. 2004. "Progressive Regionalism: A ‘Deliberative' Movement?" Antipode, 36(4), 766-778.
  • Sites, W. 2003. Remaking New York: Primitive Globalization and the Politics of Urban Community. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Sites, W. 2003. "Global City, American City: Theories of Globalization and Approaches to Urban History." Journal of Urban History, 29(3), 333-346.

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SOSIN, MICHAEL R. Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor and Editor of Social Service Review. A.B., Chicago; M.S.W., A.M., Ph.D., Michigan. Fields of Special Interest: social welfare institutions and agencies; social policy; social administration; urban poverty; and homelessness; substance abuse services. Selected publications:

  • Sosin, M.R., & Durkin, E. 2007. "Perceptions about Services and Dropout from a Substance Abuse Case Management Program." Journal of Community Psychology, 35(5), 583-602.
  • Sosin, M.R., & Smith, S.R. 2006. "New Responsibilities of Faith-Related Agencies." Policy Studies Journal, 34(4), 533-562.
  • Sosin, M.R. 2005. "The Administrative Control System of Substance Abuse Managed Care." Health Services Research, 40(1), 157-176.
  • Sosin, M.R. 2003. "Explaining Homelessness in the U.S. by Stratification or Situation." Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 13(2), 91-104.
  • Sosin, M.R., & Grossman, S. 2003. "The Individual and Beyond: A Socio-Rational Choice Model of Service Participation among Homeless Adults with Substance Abuse Problems." Substance Use and Misuse, 38(3-6), 503-549.
  • Sosin, M.R. 2002. "Outcomes and Sample Selection: The Case of a Homelessness and Substance Abuse Intervention." British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 55(1), 63-91.
  • Sosin, M.R. 2002. "Negotiating Case Decisions in Substance Abuse Managed Care." The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43(3), 277-295.
  • Sosin, M.R. 2002. "The New Emergency Aid: A Policy Proposal." Poverty Research News, 6(1).

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TEIGISER, KAREN S. Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean for the Curriculum. S.B., Allegheny College; A.M., Chicago. Fields of Special Interest: clinical work with children; curriculum design and evaluation; community mental health.

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VOISIN, DEXTER R. Associate Professor. B.A., St. Andrews College; M.S.W., Michigan; Ph.D., Columbia. Fields of Special Interest: social work practice; exposure to sexual, family, and community violence; HIV/AIDS; substance abuse; social support interventions; and international HIV prevention. Selected publications:

  • Voisin, D., DiClemente, R., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., Yarber, W., & Staples-Horne, M. Accepted for publication. "Community Violence Exposure and Health-risk Outcomes among Detained Adolescents." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
  • Voisin, D., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., & DiClemente, R. & Yarber, W. In press. "Understanding Motivations for Having Sex among Detained Youth: Implications for HIV Prevention Programs." Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.
  • Voisin, D. 2007. "There are Ways to Reduce Violence, Let's Use Them." Chicago Sun Times, May 29, 2007.
  • Baptiste, D., Voisin, D., Smithgall, C., Da Costa Martinez, D., & Henderson, G. In press. "Preventing HIV/AIDS among Trinidad and Tobago Teens Using a Family-based Program: Preliminary Outcomes." In M. McKay, D. Baptiste, R. Paikoff, & C. Bell (Eds.), Community Collaborative Partnerships and Empirical Findings: The Foundation for Youth HIV Prevention. New York: Haworth Press.
  • Voisin, D. 2007. "The Effects of Family and Community Violence Exposure among Youth: Recommendations for Practice and Policy." Journal of Social Work Education, 23(1), 51-66.
  • Crosby, R., Voisin, D., Salazar, L., DiClemente, R., & Yarber, W., & Caliendo, A. 2006. "Family Influences and Biologically Confirmed Sexually Transmitted Infections among Detained Adolescents." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(3), 389-394.
  • Voisin, D., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., DiClemente, R., & Yarber, W. 2006. "Ecological Factors Associated with STD-risk Behaviors among Detained Adolescent Females." Social Work, 51(1), 71-78.
  • Voisin, D., Baptiste, D., Da Costa Martinez, D., & Henderson, G. 2006. "Exporting a U.S. HIV/AIDS Prevention Program to a Caribbean Island-nation: Lessons from the Field." International Social Work, 49(1), 75-86.
  • Baptiste, D., Petersen, I., Bhana, A., McKay, M., Voisin, D., Bell, C., & Martinez, D. 2006. "Community Collaborative Youth-Focused HIV/AIDS Prevention in Two Countries: Preliminary Findings." Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(2), 1-12.
  • Baptiste, D., Voisin, D., Smithgall, C., Da Costa Martinez, D., & Henderson, G. 2006. "Preventing HIV/AIDS among Trinidad and Tobago Teens Using a Family-based Program: Preliminary Outcomes." Social Work in Mental Health, 5(3/4), 327-348.
  • Voisin, D., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., DiClemente, R., Yarber, W., & Staples-Horne, M. 2006. "HIV Testing among Detained Youth." Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth, 6(2), 83-96.
  • Voisin, D. 2005. "The Relationship between Violence Exposure and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors: Does Gender Matter?" American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 75(4), 497-506.
  • Voisin, D., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., DiClemente, R., Yarber, W., & Staples-Horne, M. 2005. "Teacher Connectedness and Health-related Outcomes among Detained Adolescents." Journal of Adolescent Health, 37(4), 337.e17-337.e23.
  • Voisin, D., Salazar, L., Crosby, R., DiClemente, R., Yarber, W., & Staples-Horne, M. 2004. "The Association between Gang Involvement and Sexual Behaviors among Detained Adolescent Males." Sexually Transmitted Infections, 80, 440-442.
  • Voisin, D. 2003. "Victims of Community Violence and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors among African American Adolescent Males." Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children, 5(3/4), 87-110.
  • Anderson, T., DeCarlo, A., Voisin, D., & Bell, C. 2003. "Trauma and Violence in Childhood: A U.S. Perspective." Psychiatric Times, 20(10), 17-20.
  • Voisin, D. 2002. "Family Ecology and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors among African American and Puerto Rican Adolescent Males." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72(2), 294-302.
  • Voisin, D., & Dillon-Remy, M. 2002. "Psychocultural Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents." In B.A. Dicks (Ed.), HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean (pp. 65-82). New York: Haworth Press.

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WEBBER, HENRY S. Senior Lecturer and Vice President for Community and Government Affairs. B.A., Brown; M.P.P., Harvard. Fields of Special Interest: community development; Medicaid policy; health policy in Chicago. Selected Publications:

  • Joseph, M.L., Chaskin, R.J., & Webber, H.S. 2007. "A Theoretical Basis for Addressing Poverty through Mixed-income Development." Urban Affairs Review, 42(3), 369-409.
  • Brophy, P., Webber, H.S., & Burkholder, J. 2006. "Portal Neighborhoods: Connecting Immigrant Integration with Neighborhood Policies and Programs." CEOs for Cities.
  • Webber, H.S. 2006. "Universities, Communities and Cities: Forging Sustainable Partnerships." Forum on the Future of Higher Education.
  • Webber, H.S., Perry, D., & Wieval, W. 2005. "The University and Hyde Park: A Case Study in Community Development." In D. Perry & W. Wieval (Eds.), The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
  • Webber, Henry S. 2004."Comments on Review Paper on Comprehensive Community Initiatives." 2002 Illinois Assembly Report. University of Illinois.

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WOOLLEY, MICHAEL E. Assistant Professor. B.S., Virginia Commonwealth; M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Fields of Special Interest: social work practice in school settings, social environment risk and protective factors at home, school, and community that impact school success, advancing the reliability and validity of self-report assessment instruments for practice and research with children through the use of cognitive methods to evaluate validity. Selected publications:

  • Woolley, M.E., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Gilster, M.E., Karb, R.A., Gant, L.M., & Reischl, T. In press. "Neighborhood Social Support, Poor Physical Conditions, and Academic Achievement." Children & Schools.
  • Woolley, M.E. In press. "Assessment of Children." In W. Rowe & L. Rapp-Paglicci (Eds.), Social Work Practice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
  • Woolley, M.E., & Curtis, H.W. In press. "Assessing Depression in Latency Age Children: A Guide for School Social Workers." Children & Schools.
  • Karabenick, S.A., Woolley, M.E., Friedel, J.M., Ammon, B.V., Blazevski, J., Bonney, C.R., De Groot, E., Gilbert, M.C., Kelley, K.L., Kempler, T.M., & Musu, L. (2007). "Cognitive Processing of Self-report Items in Educational Research: Do They Think What We Mean?" Educational Psychologist, 42(3), 139-151.
  • Mowbray, C.T., Woolley, M.E., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Gant, L.M., Gilster, M.E., & Williams-Shanks, T.R. 2007. "Neighborhood Research from a Spatially Oriented Strengths Perspective." Journal of Community Psychology, 35(5), 667-680.
  • Grogan-Kaylor, A., Woolley, M.E., Mowbray, C.T., Reischl, T., Gilster, M.E., Karb, R.A., MacFarlane, P., Gant, L., & Alaimo, K. 2006. "Predictors of Neighborhood Satisfaction." Journal of Community Practice, 14(4), 27-50.
  • Woolley, M.E., & Bowen, G.L. 2007. "In the Context of Risk: Social Capital and the School Engagement of Middle School Students." Family Relations, 56, 92-104.
  • Woolley, M.E. 2006. "Advancing a Positive School Climate for Students, Families, and Staff." In C. Franklin, M.B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), School Social Work and Mental Health Worker's Training and Resource Manual. New York, NY: Oxford Press.
  • Woolley, M.E., Bowen, G.L., & Bowen, N.K. 2006. "The Development and Evaluation of Procedures to Assess Child Self-report Item Validity." Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 687-700.
  • Woolley, M.E., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. 2006. "Protective Family Factors in the Context of Neighborhood: Promoting Positive School Outcomes." Family Relations, 55, 95-106.
  • Woolley, M.E., Bowen, N.K., & Bowen, G.L. 2005. "Mixed Methods: Meaning and Validity in the Development of Self-Report Items for Children." In A. Acock, K. Allen, V. Bengtson, D. Klein, & P. Dilworth-Anderson (Eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods: An Interactive Approach. Sage.
  • Woolley, M.E., Bowen, G.L., & Bowen, N.K. 2004. "Cognitive Pretesting and the Developmental Validity of Child Self-report Instruments: Theory and Applications." Research on Social Work Practice, 14, 191-200.
  • Richman, J.M., Bowen, G.L., & Woolley, M.E. 2004. "School Failure: An Eco-Interactional Developmental Perspective." In M.W. Fraser (Ed.), Risk and Resilience in Childhood (2nd ed.). Washington DC: NASW Press.
  • Bowen, G.L., Powers, J., Woolley, M.E., & Bowen, N.K. 2003. "School Violence." In L.A. Rapp-Paglicci, C.N. Dulmus, & J.S. Wodarski (Eds.), Handbook of Prevention Interventions for Children and Adolescents. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

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