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George S. Getzel D.S.W.

Professor Emeritus

B.A., Sociology and Psychology, City College of New York 

M.S. (Social Administration), Western Reserve University

D.S.W., Columbia University

Room 525

212-452-7196

E-Mail: ggetzel@hunter.cuny.edu

Areas of interest:

Group Work Theory and Practice, HIV/AIDS, Victim Services, Gerontology, Values and Philosophy of Practice, Homelessness and Persistent Mental Illness

Recent Selected Publications:

“AIDS Pandemic and Group Work Services” Encyclopedia of Group Work, New York: Haworth Press, (in press)

“Genealogy of Group Work Practice,” Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups,” Haworth Press (in press).

“No One Is Alone, Groups during the AIDS Pandemic,” in Mutual Aid Groups, Vulnerable and Resilient Populations and the Life Cycle, Third Edition, Alex Gitterman and Lawrence Shulman (Eds.), New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.

“Groups in Physical and Mental Health,” In Handbook of Social Work with Groups, Charles D. Garvin, Lorraine M. Gutierrez and Maeda J.Galinsky (Eds.), New York: Guilford Press, 2004, pp. 195-211.

“Group Work Practice with People with AIDS,” in Group Work with Populations at Risk, Second Edition, Paul Ephross and Geoffrey Grief (Eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp.45-61.

“Social Justice and Group Work: Action or Rhetoric,” In Social Work with Groups: Social Justice through Personal, Community and Societal Change, Nancy E. Sullivan and Associates, New York: Haworth Press, 2003, pp. 53-64.

"AIDS", Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations Second Edition. with Stephen Willroth, In A. Gitterman (Ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, 2001, pp.39-63.

“Group Work with Gay Men and Lesbians,” Foundations of Social Work Practice with Gay Men and Lesbians, Gary Mallon (Ed.), New York: Haworth Press, 1998, pp, 131-144.

“A New Humanist Direction for Social Work,” with Dennis Redmond publication of the New York City Humanist Movement, September 1997.

“Humanizing the University:Analysis and Recommendations,” Humanist Magazine, no. 11, September 1997.

"Gay Men in Late Life," in L. Kaye and J. Kosberg (Eds.), Elderly Men: Special Problems and Challenges, New York: Springer, 1997, pp. 133-143.

"Reconfigurning Group Work Services in a Community-Based Agency," in J. Parry (Ed.) From Prevention to Wellness through Group Work, New York: Haworth, 1997, pp. 151-159. .

"A Model Program for Violent Young Urban Offenders: Probation Officers as Collaborators in Culturally -sensitive Practice," with Harriet Goodman and William Ford, Social Work, 41, 1996, pp. 375-381.

"AIDS and Group Work; Looking at the Decade of the Pandemic," in Social Group Work Today and Tommorrow, Benjamin Stempler (ED.) New York, Haworth Press, 1995, pp. 33-44.

“Judaism," Cross-Cultural Look at Death, Dying and Religion,, in Angela Ryan and Joan K. Parry (Eds.), Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1995, pp. 18-31.

Honors and Awards

Award from Adelphi University School of Social Work for Life-Time Work and Contributions to Group Work Practice, January 2003

Award of the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups for Life-Time Contributions to Theory and Practice Group Work, October 2002

Honored by the Alumni Association of the Hunter College School of Social Work for contributions to students and the School, May 2000

Honored of the President of Hunter College for contributions in the field of HIV/AIDS 1997

Honored by the Hunter College School of Social Work Alumni Association for contributions to the School and AIDS Movement, 1997

Louise Frey Visiting Lecturer, Boston University School of Social Work, 1995

Social Worker of the Year, New York City Chapter of NASW, 1988

Diego Lopez Memorial Award for contributions to the field of HIV/AIDS, NASW, New York City Chapter, 1988

Recipient of Fulbright Fellowships, 1986, 1987 (declined)

Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, 1981

 
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