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Administrative and Professional Positions
Coordinator,
Education
Center for Community Organizing, ECCO is a
resource for networking, information and sharing of
ideas, experiences and resources for organizers in
the New York area. ECCO has sponsored conferences,
workshops, seminars and produced a variety of guides
and other materials. Current projects: Computers for
Social Change, a Women Organizers' Handbook and Video:
A Coalition-Building Research and Training Project).
Sarah
Lawrence College, Adjunct Professor in the Master's
Program in Health Advocacy
Current
Research and Training Interests *
A Longitudinal Study of Physicians: From Training
to Mid-Career [1980-1995]
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A Study of Physician-Social Work Collaboration (with
J.S. Abramson)
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A Study of Social Change Coalitions and Implications
for Community Organizing Practice (with B. Rosenthal)
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A Follow-up National Study of Social Work Administrators
in Hospitals (with C. Berger)
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A Study of Psychosocial Needs of Patients in Neighborhood
Health Centers in New York City
Current
Professional Activities Coordinator,
Hunter Faculty Collaboration to Develop an Interdisciplinary
Undergraduate Program in Community Organizing and Development
[CO&P 743 Course]
President,
National Association of Social Workers 2001-2003
Co-Chair,
Health Care Policy and Practice Network, NYC Chapter of NASW
Membership
Secretary, Association
for Community Organization and Social Administration
Chair,
Hunter College Protection of Human Subjects from Research
Risks Committee (IRB)
Development
of an undergraduate community orgainizing and development
program
BOOKS
Social
Work in Health and Mental Health Policy: Prospects
for the 21st Century. Columbia University Press
(in progress). (with B. Hadden, S.J. Dodd & P.
Schwartz)
Strategic
Partnerships: Building Effective Coalitions and Collaborations
(with Beth Rosenthal) New York: Education Center for
Community Organizing, 1992; Revised, 1995.
Women,
Organizing and Diversity: A Workbook and Guide To
The Video. New York: Education Center for Community
Organizing. (with Diana Agosta, et al.) 1994.
Co-Editor
(with John Morrison) Community Organization and
Social Administration: Trends, Advances and
Issues. Haworth Press, 1993.
Co-Editor
(with J. Downing et al.), Computers for Social,
Change, and, Community Organizing. Haworth Press,
1992.
Getting
Rid of Patients: Contradictions in the Socialization
of Physicians. Rutgers University Press, 1986.
Recent Articles and Other
Publications Effect
of a Changing Health Care Environment on social Work
Leaders: Obstacles and Opportunities in Hospital Social
Work (with C.S. Berger).. Social Work, 46 (2), April
2001. Basic
Principles for Organizing: Perspectives from Practice
(in Social Work Desk Reference, Oxford University
Press, 2001)
Complexities of Effective Coalition-Building: A Study
of Leaders' Strategies, Struggles and Solutions (with
Beth Rosenthal). Social Work, January 2001.
Co-Author of Paper "Integrating
Distance Learning Technologies into Education in Community
Organizing": (with K. Tsikalas) Report on
A Distance Learning Project at the Hunter College
School of Social Work - April 2000.
The status of community organizing in social work
at the end of the 20th Century: Community practice
context, complexities, contradictions and contributions.
Research on Social Work Practice, 11 (2) March 2001.
Collaboration between social workers and physicians:
Perspectives on a shared care (with Julie Abramson)
Social Work in Health Care, 21 (3) 2000.
The Agency as the Embodiment and Reflection of Social
Policies: An Ecological Analysis. Chapter in Innovative
Strategies for Teaching Social Welfare History. B.
Jansson (Ed.). Brooks/Cole/Wadsworth, 2000.
The Status of the Community Practitioner Today. NYS
NASW News. Sept. 2000.
The Changing Scene of Social Work in Hospitals: A
report of a National Study by the Society of Social
Work Administrators in Health Care and NASW. Health
and Social Work, August 1996 (with C. Berger et
al.)
When Social Workers and Physicians Collaborate: Positive
and Negative Interdisciplinary Experiences. Social
Work, June 1996 (with Julie Abramson).
Quality Improvement, House Staff and the Role of Chief
Residents. Academic Medicine, June 1996 (with
M. Eliastam, M.D.).
Health Care Reform. Encyclopedia of Social Work,
19th Edition, Washington, D.C. NASW Press, 1995, and
Supplement, Health Care Policy 1997.
The Changing World of Practicing Physicians: Satisfaction,
Strains and Social Issues (with Stuart Kaufer) Research
in Medical Education, AAMC, 1994.
Will Community-based Organizations Have a Greater
Impact on Their Issues by focusing on Building Coalitions
Than by Building Their Own Membership: A Debate (with
B. Rosenthal & T. Sampson). in Controversial
Issues in Macro Practice. J.I. Lowe and M. Austin
(Eds.) Allyn-Bacon, 1994.
Coming Full Circle: Lessons From Health Care Organizing.
Health/Pac Bulletin (Health Policy Advisory
Center) 23 (2), 1993: 12-15.
Community
Organizers: For A Change. In Mental Health
and Social Work, Career Directory. Detroit Visible
Ink., 1993.
A
Framework for Feminist Organizing (with others)
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Presentations,
Speeches, Training
Recognition
Event Speaker, Hunter OYR Student Ceremony, Jan. 2001
Keynote Speaker: "Social Work Leadership-Increasing
Influence and Effectiveness." Annual Meeting,
NYS Chapter, NASW, Sept. 2000.
Keynote Speaker" Increasing Social Work Influence
in Health Care." Veterans Administration-Connecticut
Depts. of Social Work, April, 2000
Presentation, "Building Successful Coalitions."
Center For Disease Control and Prevention-Healthy
Start and Healthy Communities, March 2000
US-European Union Collaboration-Panelist, U. of Pittsburgh,
Sept. 2000
Awards:
NYC-NASW Chapter Service Award, May 2000
Professional and Academic Events
Coordinator,
CUNY
Community & Labor Organizing Seminar Series-2000
Co-Chair, ACOSA
Symposium, CSWE & Coordinator of Community Practice
in the Field Event, March 2000
Chair, Panel, "Macro in the Millennium: New Directions
in Community Organizing and Social Administration."
NASW Meeting of the Profession, November 2000.
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