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Terry Mizrahi, PH.D.

Professor and Director of the Education Center For Community Organization (ECCO)

University of Virginia Ph.D. in Sociology

Columbia University, M.S. in Social Work

New York University B.A. w/Honors in Sociology

PHONE (212) 452-7112 FAX (212) 452-7154

ROOM 501 E-MAIL: tmizrahi@hunter.cuny.edu

Current 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]

* A Study of Physician-Social Work Collaboration (with J.S. Abramson)

* A Study of Social Change Coalitions and Implications for Community Organizing Practice (with B. Rosenthal)

* A Follow-up National Study of Social Work Administrators in Hospitals (with C. Berger)

* 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) *Adobe Acrobat Reader is required for this file. If you do not have Acrobat Reader please click here for free download.

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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