Faculty Publications
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Joanne Thompson, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
Select Articles/Publications
- Dietz, Christine, and Thompson, Joanne (2004). "Rethinking Boundaries: Ethical Dilemmas in the Social Worker-Client Relationship." Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol. 15(2), 1–24.
Vicky Albert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Albert, Vicky, and Caitlin, Sandra N. (2002). "Strategic Interaction Among the States: An In-Depth Look at the Welfare 'Race to the Bottom.'" Social Work Research, Vol. 26, No. 4, 199–216.
- Albert, Vicky (2000). "The Role of the Economy and Welfare Policies in Shaping Welfare Caseloads: The California Experience." Social Work Research, Vol. 24, No. 24, 197–210.
Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ramona Denby Brinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Books
- Logan, S.M.L.; Denby, R.W.; and Gibson, P.A. (2007). Mental health care in the African American community. New York: Haworth Press.
- Select Articles/Publications o Owens-Kane, Sandra; Smith, Laurie; and Brinson, Ramona (2005). "Transfer of Child Welfare Research Findings to the Field: An Internet-Based Training Series." The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 8, No. 1, 27–37.
Adrienne Ekas-Mueting, M.S.W.
LCSW, Assistant to Director, BSW Coordinator, and Field Associate
William M. Epstein, D.S.W.
Professor
Books
- Epstein, William M. (2006). Psychotherapy as Religion: The civil divine in America, University of Nevada Press
Select Articles/Publications
- Epstein, William M. (2006). "Don't Jump, Mother Loves You: The Rescue of Social Work from the Suicide of its Own Research." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work.
- Epstein, William M. (2006). "The Lighter Side of Deception Research in the Social Sciences: Social Work as Comedy." Journal of Information Ethics. o Epstein, William M. (2006). "Response Bias in Opinion Polls and American Social Welfare." Social Science Journal.
- Epstein, William M. (2004). "Cleavage in American Attitudes Toward Social Welfare." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. XXXI, No. 4.
- Epstein. William M. (2004). "Confirmational Response Bias and the Quality of the Editorial Processes Among American Social Work Journals." Sage Publications, Research on Social Work, Vol. 14, No. 6, 450–458.
- Epstein, William M. (2003). "McSocial Work — Professional Decadence in the United States." The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, Vol. 37, No. 2, 139–156.
Stacey Hardy-Desmond, Ph.D., J.D.
LCSW, Associate Professor, and Field director
Margaret Oakes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
MaryAnn Overcamp-Martini, Ph.D.
Graduate Program Coordinator
Selected Articles/Publications
- Overcamp-Martini, M. A. & Nutton, J. (2009). CAPTA and the residential placement: A survey of state policy and practice. Child and Youth Care Forum, 38(2), 55-68. [With Invited Commentary by Michael Nunno].
- Overcamp-Martini, M. A. (in press). Once the cutting edge: Social worker to legal advocate and back again. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.
- Overcamp-Martini, M. A. (2008). The power of policy networks: The case of the state mental health planning process. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 32(2), 19-31.
- Thompson, J. J. & Overcamp-Martini, M. A. (2008). A historical analysis of institutional care of the mentally ill in the South: Georgia’s Central State Hospital. Arête: Special History Issue, 31(1/2), 103-119.
- Overcamp-Martini, M. A. (2007). Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act: Stakeholder perceptions. The Journal of Policy Practice, 6(3), 65-86.
- Overcamp-Martini, M. A. (2007). Theory for the public good? Social capital theory in social work education. Advances in Social Work, 8(1), 208-219.
Sandra Owens-Kane, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Select Publications/Articles/Chapters
- Owens-Kane, Sandra; Smith, Laurie; and Brinson, Ramona (2005). "Transfer of Child Welfare Research Findings to the Field: An Internet-Based Training Series." The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, Vol. 8, No. 1, 27–37.
- Svare, Gloria Messick; Jay, Sidney; Bruce, Emily; and Owens-Kane, Sandra (2003). "Going Below the Tip of the Iceberg: Social Work, Religion and Spirituality." Social Thought Vol. 224(4): 19–35.
- Denby, Ramona; Owens-Kane, Sandra; and Rocha, Cynthia. "African American Families, Mental Health, and Living Cooperatives: A Program and Research Analysis." 72–94.
Leroy H. Pelton, Ph.D.
Professor
Books
- Pelton, Leroy (2005). Frames of Justice, Implications for Social Policy, Transaction Publishers
Select Publications/Articles/Chapters
- Pelton, Leroy (2006). "The Role of Material Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect." To be published in a Japanese edited book on child abuse and neglect after being translated into Japanese.
- Pelton, Leroy (2004). "State's Child Welfare Crisis: The system is broken and needs immediate attention." Las Vegas Review-Journal, Opinion and Commentary, Aug. 12, 2003, 9B.
- Pelton, Leroy (2003). "Biblical Justice." Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 71, No. 4, 737–765.4.
- Pelton, Leroy (2003). "Homelessness in Southern Nevada: Once before, they came for the 'idlers' and 'loafers.'" Las Vegas Review-Journal, Opinion and Commentary, Aug. 12, 2003, 9B.
Satish Sharma, Ph.D.
Professor
An-Pyng Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Select Articles/Publications/Chapters
- Sun, An-Pyng (2005). "Program Factors Related to Women's Substance Abuse Treatment Retention and Other Outcomes: A Review and Critique." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
- Sun, An-Pyng (2004). "Factors Related to Drug-Exposed Infants Case Substantiation and Subsequent Child Maltreatment." Child Welfare Publication.
- Sun, An-Pyng (2004). "Principles for Practice with Substance-Abusing Pregnant Women: A Framework Based on the Five Social Work Intervention Roles." Social Work, Vol. 49, No. 3, 383–394.
- Sun, An-Pyng; Maurer, Arlene Thomas; and Ho, Chih-Hsiang (2003). "Predictors of College Students' Binge-Drinking: Experience of an Urban University in the Southwest." Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol. 21(4) 17–36.