PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS
Social welfare policy ,women and the welfare state
,welfare reform in the United States, activism among
low-income women in the United States.
AWARDS
2004- The 2004 Distinguished Recent Contributions
to Social Work Education Award, Council On Social
Work Education.
1999- Recognition Award, Chancellor of the City University
of New York, October.
1999- Scholar In Residence, Miami University of Ohio,
Oxford Ohio, October 5-9.
1997- Under Attack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare
in the United States named an "Outstanding Book"
on the subject of human rights in North America by
The Myers Center For The Study of Human Rights In
North America, December 10.
1995- National Association of Social Workers, New
York City Chapter, PACE, Award for Significant Contributions
to Social Services and Political Activism, April 27
CURRENT
RESEARCH
The
history of activism among poor & working class women
in the United States from 1900 to the Present; The
impact of neo-liberalism strategies on the welfare
state.
BOOKS
2003- The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy,
NY: Oxford University Press ( with Joel Blau)
2000- Under Attack and Fighting Back:Women and
Welfare In the United States. New York: Monthly
Review Press (2nd revised. edition)
1996- Regulating The Lives of Women: Social Welfare
Policy From Colonial Times to the Present. (Boston:
South End Press)(1996, 2nd revised. Edition)
RECENT ARTCILES AND CHAPTERS
2004- Women and the Welfare State: in J. Herrick &
Paul Stewart (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Welfare
History. Sage Publishers (forthcoming)
2004- Women, Social Reproduction, and the Welfare
State. The Social Science Journal,(forthcoming)
2003- The Largely Untold Story of Welfare Reform and
the Human Services. Social Work (forthcoming)
2003- “Fiscal Welfare”, entry in Robert L Barker(
ed). The Social Work Dictionary. 5th edition.
Washington, D.C. NASW Press.
2001- Everyone Is On Still On Welfare: The Role of
Redistribution in Social Policy, Social Work,
46(4) (October), pp. 297-308.
2001- Learning from The History of Poor and Working
Class Women’s Activism. The Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science (Special
Issue: Reforming Welfare Redefining Poverty (577)(September),
pp. 118-130. (In 2002 Special Issue was published
as a book: Lost Ground: Wefare Reform, Poverty
and Beyond, Boston: South End Press.)
1999- Playing By The Rules: Welfare Reform and the
New Authoritarian State, in Adolph Reed Jr. (ed) Without
Justice For All. Boulder, Co. Westview Press,
pp. 51-174.( wA.Withorn)
1999- Fighting Back: From The Legislature to the Academy
to the Streets, in L.Kushnick & J Jennings,(ed) A
New Introduction To Poverty: The Role of Race Power
and Politics, NY New York University Press, 1999,.pp.
.217-241.
1999- Unmarried Mothers Are Unfairly Blamed For Poverty,
in L. K. Egendorf (ed) Poverty: Opposing Views.
San Diego, Ca: Greenhaven Press, pp72-79
1998- Social Work and Social Reform: An Arena of Struggle,
Social Work 43(6) November 1998.
1998- Women and Poverty, in Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn
Mink, Maryusa Navarro Barbara Smith, Gloria Steinem,
(eds) The Reader's Companion
1997- Temporary Assistance To Needy Families, Encyclopedia
of Social Work 19th ed, 1997 Update, Washington,
D.C.: NASW Press, 1997, pp. 311-330.
PROFESSIONAL AND POPULAR
PRESS
2002 -The Combined Impact of Welfare Reform, the Recession
and the World Trade Center Attack Currents
(of the NYC chapter of NASW)(January).
2001 -Race Class and Welfare Reform, Currents
(of the NYC chapter of NASW) April, pp.5.10,17.
1999 -From Bad To Worse: Welfare Reform & Feminist
Backlash, In These Times 11/28 pp. 16 19.
1998 -Privatization. Ms Magazine, January,
p. 29.
1998 -The Perils of Privatization, Ms Magazine
(January/February, 1998) p.29 .
1997 -A Not So Hidden Agenda: Why The Right Wants
The End of Welfare, The Women's Review of Books,
February 1997 pp16-17. |
