Expertise

Areas of Interest and Expertise

  • Community-Based Social Work Practices
Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alabama

Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alabama
2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, College of Community and Public Affairs, State University of New York at Binghamton (past)
2010 - 2015

Associate Professor, Division of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Sacramento (past)
1997 - 2010

Communities
Social Work
Degrees
PhD, Florida International University, Social Welfare Policy, 2003
MSW, Florida International University, 1990
BA, University of Miami, 1985
Keywords
day care poverty and the poor school food programs social services delivery work motivation social exclusion & isolation program evaluation (social sciences) qualitative methods (social sciences) substance abuse discrimination youth violence minority social or economic services community development or revitalization community services family services refugee or immigrant services social work human services collective behavior social development leadership development social justice community and school relations school organization urban education parent education discipline problems organizational theory and behavior (education) parent participation educational reform minority education emotional health environmental health child or maternal health community health health services delivery minority health prenatal care school health public health emergency medical care health of underserved populations mental health services minority health services rural health urban health
Languages
English, Spanish
Associations
Council on Social Work Education, Society for Social Work Research, American Council for School Social Work