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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

 

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).1982-present

Sarah Lawrence College, Adjunct Professor in the Master's Program in Health Advocacy. 1983-present http://www.slc.edu/health-advocacy

Fulbright Scholar Fellowship, Hebrew University, Israel, 2006

Current Research and Training Interests

* A Study of Interdisciplinary Community Collaboration in the US and Israel (with Y. Korazim, M. Bayne-Smith & M. Garcia)

* A Study of Male and Female Community Organizers in US and Israel (with K. Singh, E. Sadan & D. Barak)

* A Longitudinal Study of Physicians: From Training Program to End of Career [1980-2004]

* 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

* A Study of two neighborhood networks of the administration for children services: Central Harlem and Brownsville-East, New York, June 2006

 

Community and Professional Leadership

Coordinator, Hunter Faculty Collaboration to Develop an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Program in Community Organizing and Development (INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZING SYLLABUS)

Founder and Board Member, 1995-present. Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) http://www.cwop.org

Co-Founder and Editorial Board Member, Journal of Community Practice sponsored by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration

Steering Committee, Metro NY Health Care Campaign, 1992-present http://www.metrohealthcare.org

President, National Association of Social Workers 2001-2003

Co-Chair, Health Care Policy and Practice Network, NYC Chapter of NASW

BOOKS

Encyclopedia of Social Work-20th edition.(Co-Editor-in-Chief). Oxford University Press and NASW Press. 2008

Social Work in Health and Mental Health Policy: Prospects for the 21st Century. Columbia University Press (in progress).

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 [Since 2000]

Factors in physician satisfaction over time: A Longitudinal study of changing professional perspectives and practice: Frameworks from 1979 to 2004 (Submitted to Journal of Sociology of Health and Illness-2008).

Comparative perspectives on interdisciplinary collaboration from academia and the community. Submitted to Community Development Journal (with M. Bayne-Smith & M. Garcia, 2008)

The social construction of client participation in child welfare and mental disabilities. (with M. Lopez-Humphries & D. Torres) accepted by Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 2008

Health care reform (with S. Gorin). Encyclopedia of Social Work-20th edition. Eds. T. Mizrahi and L. Davis.Oxford U. Press, 2008

Interdisciplinary community collaborations: Perspectives of community practitioners on successful strategies, challenges and core competences.  Accepted by Journal of Community Practice (with M. Bayne-Smith & M. Garcia) 2008

Toward interdisciplinarity in community development: Comparing knowledge and experience from Israel and the USA (with Y. Korazim et al.). Journal of Community Practice, 2007

The Strengths and struggles of women organizers: A longitudinal Study. Affilia: The Journal of Women and Social Work, 2007 http://aff.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/39

Perspectives from women organizers: views on gender, race, class, and sexual orientation in two timeframes (with M. Lombe.) Journal of Community Practice, 2006

Models of Client and Citizen Participation in the US. A Policy paper prepared for the Ministry of Social Affairs, Israel, April 2005.  

A dialogue on interdisciplinary community collaboration: Core concepts and controversies (with M. Bayne-Smith & M. Garcia). Unpublished paper presented to CUNY Collaborative. December 2005

Perspectives on the Roles and Values of Social Work in Neighborhood Health Centers (with V. Rizzo & K. Kirkland) . Health and Social Policy (forthcoming)

Psycho-Social Dimension of Patient Care in Neighborhood Health Centers (with Vicki Rizzo and Kristin Kirkland) Journal of Community Health, April 2005

Leadership among Social Workers in Health Care: A Longitudinal Study of Hospital Social  Work Directors over time ( with C.S. Berger). Health and Social Work , April 2005

Coalitions as Social Change Agents. Chapter in Handbook of Community Practice. (with Maria Roberts-DeGennaro) Eds. M. Weil & M. Reisch. Sage Publications, 2004

Social Work Education and the Future (with F. Baskind). Encyclopedia of Social Work Supplement (Richard English-Editor) NASW: Washington, DC 2003

Understanding Collaboration Between Social Workers and Physicians: Application of Typology (with J. Abramson). Social Work in Health Care 37 (1) 2003

The Impact of Organizational Change on Social Work Staffing in a Hospital Setting: A National Longitudinal Study (with CS Berger et al.,) Social Work in Health Care 37 (1) 2003

An evolving paradigm of supervision within a changing health care environment (with CS Berger). Social Work in Health Care, 32 (4), 2001

Principles of Community Organizing Practice. Chapter in Social Workers’ Desk Reference. (Eds. G. Greene & A. R. Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2001 Updated 2nd Edition 2008

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) [Updated 2nd edition-2008]

Complexities of Effective Coalition-Building: A Study of Leaders' Strategies, Struggles and Solutions (with Beth Rosenthal). Social Work, January 2001.


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.

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.

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.

Community Organizers: For A Change. In Mental Health and Social Work, Career Directory. Detroit Visible Ink., 1993.

A Framework for Feminist Organizing (with others)

 Awards and Recognition

Presidential Award for Excellence in Applied Scholarship. (Hunter College), 2008

Social Work Educator of the Year. NY State Social Work Educators Association. 2007

Kreitzman Scholar-in-Residence, Ben Gurion University, Israel. 2003

Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (Hunter College). 1992

NYC-NASW Chapter Service Award, May 2000

Selected Presentations, Speeches, Training Since 2000

Presentation and Workshop. The Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary Community Collaboration. Second International Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference. Grenada Spain, 2007

A Longitudinal Study of Women Organizers and Activists in U.S. Presentation at International Multi-Culturalism Conference, UCLA, July 2004

A Study of HCSSW Students’ Perspectives on Practice and Social Activism. A paper delivered at the APM/CSWE, Annaheim, CA, March 2004

Toward an Interdisciplinary Practice in Community Development in Israel and in the U.S.  A Paper delivered at the ACOSA Symposium, CSWE, Annaheim, CA., March 2004 (with Yossi Korazim)

Keynote Speaker, Social Work and the Future. University of Southern California 2004; 2005; Cal State at Sacramento

Keynote and Lecturer-Kwansai University, Kobe Japan-Jan. 2004

Keynote-Korean Association of Social Workers-Asian Conference-Nov.2003

Guest Lecturer at Tel Aviv University,  Bar Ilan University, Haifa University, Ben Gurron University, Hebrew University; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Client Participation: The Missing Voice. Keynote: Kadima Conference of Ministry of Social Affairs, Israel, Jan. 2003

Invited Address to Presidential Leadership Forum. SUNY-Stony Brooklyn University, March 2003. Ethics and Social Work Profession.

Keynote Speaker, "Thirty Years of Social Activism." Ben Gurion University, Israel, June, 2002

Graduation 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

The Power of Social Work: Advancing Professional Practice. Keynote Address at Several State Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers – (2001-2004); NY State, Florida, MN, OK, IN, NM, CN, TX, MA, MN,

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

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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