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Committees and positions: |
- Interim MSW Program Director
- Director, Spirituality Institute
- Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee
- Member, MSW Practice Content Area Committee
- Member, Multicultural Action Committee
- Member, Graduate Program and Policy Committee
- Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee
- Faculty Advisor, President's Leadership Education and Diversity Group Endeavor (PLEDGE)
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Courses taught: |
Graduate:
- Theory and Practice of Social Work I & II
- Spiritual Dimension of Social Work Practice
- Applied Research Seminar
Undergraduate:
- General Practice/Social Action
- Social Policy for Change
- Working with Groups
- Communication and Interviewing Skills
- Senior Fieldwork
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Current research interests: |
- Social work education
- Social work ethics
- Spirituality and social work practice
- Diversity and oppression
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Academic experience: |
- B.A., M.S.W., University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
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Practice experience: |
- Marital/family therapy
- Employee Assistance Program
- Domestic violence
- Public welfare
- Chemical dependency
- Administration
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Publications: |
- "Justice in Teaching: Teaching as Groupwork," in Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change, Haworth Press.
- "Teaching as Groupwork," in Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work.
- "Professional Ethics and Cider House Rules," in Professional Ethics, A Multidisciplinary Journal.
- "Naming the Spiritual: The Hidden Dimension of Helping," in Social Thought, Vol. 18(4), 1998.
- "Empowering Social Work Faculty: Alternative Paradigms for Teaching and Learning," in The Journal of Teaching in Social Work, June, 1997.
- Concerned in Concert, copyright 1995. A compact disc and audio cassette recording of music to be used across the social work curriculum. Published by the Council on Social Work Education.
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Association memberships and affiliations: |
- Member, Council on Social Work Education
- Member, National Association of Social Workers
- Member, Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups
- Member, Society for Spirituality and Social Work
- Licensed Independent Social Worker, Minnesota Board of Social Work
- Academy of Certified Social Workers
- Member, Clouds and Water Zen Center
- Consociate Member, Sisters of St. Joseph
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