Education

• Ph.D. University of Kansas, Social Work
• MSW, University of Nebraska-Omaha
• BA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Social Work

Courses Taught

• • Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
• • Social Welfare Policy and Services
• • Research Methods for Social Work Knowledge and Practice
• • Graduate Project

Selected Publications and Presentations

Journals

Supervisor Preferences for Organizing Training: A Mixed-Methods Needs Assessment(Under Review). Journal of Public Child Welfare.

Finding Queer Allies: The Impact of an Ally Training Program on Cultural Campus Climate (In Preparation). Journal of Homosexuality (with S. Ballard, G. Masequesmay & A. Smith).

Bridging the Divide between Community Organizing Efforts and the Direct Services in Traditional Social Service Agencies: Lessons Learned from a Case Study (Accepted for publication, 2008). Journal of Policy Practice (with Beth Halaas, MSW).

Particpants Perception of the child Care Subsidy System (2003), Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 30, 4, 157-173 (with S. Pearlmutter).

“Welfare Policy, Welfare Participants, and CALWORKS Caseworkers: How Participants are Informed of Supportive Services” (2003), Journal of Poverty, 7 (1/2), 141-161, with G. Segura. Also published in Kilty, K.M. & Segal, E.A., Eds., Rediscovering the Other America: The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States (2003) Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY.

“Empowerment as a Dynamically Developing Concept for Practice: Lessons Learned from an Organizational Ethnography” (2002), Social Work, 47, 1, 32-43.

Panels Invited

“Rock the Classroom: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Music Intervention Program on Academic Performance, Motivation and Self-Esteem of At-Risk Youth”, Abstract presented, The International Federation of Social Workers World Conference, Munich, Germany, July30-August 2, 2006, (with Dr. Amy Levin).

“Juggling Politics and Social Reform Efforts: Social Welfare’s Involvement in Living Wages Campaigns”, Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Chicago, February 2006.

Panels Invited

“Rock the Classroom: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Music Intervention Program on Academic Performance, Motivation and Self-Esteem of At-Risk Youth”, Abstract presented, The International Federation of Social Workers World Conference, Munich, Germany, July30-August 2, 2006, (with Dr. Amy Levin).

“Juggling Politics and Social Reform Efforts: Social Welfare’s Involvement in Living Wages Campaigns”, Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Chicago, February 2006.

Papers Invited

“Welfare Policy, Welfare Recipients, and CALWORKS Caseworkers: How Participants Are Informed of Supportive Services” presented at two conferences: (1) Rediscovering the Other America: A National Forum on Poverty and Inequality, and (2) Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, August, 2002 (with G. Segura).

Workshops Invited

“Starting a Living Wage Coalition”, Interactive Workshop, Women Work Conference (The National Network for Women’s Employment, Washington, DC, February 2004.

Research and Interests

Welfare, women, and work; hate crimes; health care; ally for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; participatory action research.