EDUCATION:

M.S.W., 1979, University of Hawai´i at Manoa, Social Work

B.S. 1975, Murray State University, Social Work.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST

• Child Welfare
• International Social Work
• Nonprofit management
• Community development

PRESENTATIONS

"An Active Learning Design to Teach Undergraduate HIV/AIDS Seminar", presented at the 42nd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Washington, D.C., February 1996.

"Learning From Youth Group Work Empowerment Approaches", paper presented at the Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana, July 1995.

"BSW Program Involvement in South to North Technology Transfer" paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, San Francisco, California, November 1994.

"South-to-North Sharing: Learning from Brazilian Youth Empowerment Approaches" paper presented at annual "Meeting of the Profession" of the National Social Workers, Nashville, Tennessee, October 1994.

"The Use of a Retreat for Student-Faculty Team Building" presented at the 40th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1994, with Dr. Vivian Bergel.

"American Teen Pregnancy Prevention Services" paper presented at Adolescence: Time to Plan Life conference sponsored by Youth Advocates and The Odebrecht Foundation, Salvador, Brazil, November 1992.

"Designing Teacher Preparation for Now and for the Future at Elizabethtown College" paper presented at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, D.C., March 1992, with Dr. Jill Bartoli.

"Philosophical, Comparative, and Practice Issues in the Rural Community: Implications for Social Work Education" discussant at presentation at Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Kansas City, Kansas, March 1992.

"Abuse and Neglect: The Law and You" presented at the Forum on Families and Children sponsored by the Conditions of Childhood Task Force of the Church of the Brethren General Board, March 1989.