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Symposium on Social Work with Groups (13th: 1991 : Akron, Ohio)
Capturing the power of diversity: selected proceedings of the XIIIth Symposium on Social Work with Groups, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., October 31-November 3, 1991 / edited by Marvin D. Feit... [etal.].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-56024-971-4 (hard)
1. Social group workCongresses. 2. Social work with minoritiesCongresses. 3. MulticulturalismCongresses. I. Feit, Marvin D. II. Title. HV45.S93 1991
351.4dc20
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CONTENTS
Rowena Grice Wilson
Alvin Walter
Nazneen S. Mayadas
Doreen Elliott
Hisashi Hirayama
Kasumi K. Hirayama
Zo Levitt
Elizabeth I. Lewis
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Marvin D. Feit, PhD, is Professor and Director, School of Social Work, The University of Akron.
John H. Ramey, MA, Soc. Admn., is Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, The University of Akron, and General Secretary, Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc.
John S. Wodarski, PhD, is Director, Doctoral Program, and Janet S. Wattles Research Professor, School of Social Work, University of Buffalo, State University of New York.
Aaron R. Mann, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Pittsburgh.
CONTRIBUTORS
Bing-Kong Choy, MSS, Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong.
Larry E. Davis, PhD, Professor, The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis.
Doreen Elliott, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington.
Juanita B. Hepler, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.
Hisashi Hirayama, DSW, Professor, College of Social Work, The University of TennesseeKnoxville.
Kasumi K, Hirayama, DSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Connecticut.
Tom Hopkins, MA/CQSW, Consultant in Social Work Education and Group Work, Weymouth, Dorset, England.
MaryAnn Hosang, MSW, Clinical Director, Children of Substance Abuse Program, Hays/Caldwell Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, San Marcos, Texas.
Zo Levitt, MSW, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Elizabeth Lewis, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work, Cleveland State University.
Elizabeth I. Lewis, MSW, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Nazneen S. Mayadas, DSW, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington.
Joan K, Parry, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Social Work, College of Social Work, California State University-San Jose.
Kenneth E. Reid, PhD, Western Michigan University School of Social Work, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
John B. Turner, DSW, Wm. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alvin Walter, DSW, Professor, Norfolk State University School of Social Work, Norfolk, Virginia.
Rowena Grice Wilson, DSW, Associate Professor, Norfolk State University School of Social Work, Norfolk, Virginia.
John S. Wodarski, PhD, Director, Doctoral Program, and Janet B. Wattles Research Professor, School of Social Work, University of Buffalo, State University of New York.
Bernard J. Wohl, MSW, Executive Director, Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York City.
Board of Directors, 1990-1991
The Association for the Advancement
of Social Work with Groups, Inc.
Chairperson: Judith A. B. Lee, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT.
Vice-Chairperson, Co-Editor: Ruby B. Pernell, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Secretary: Paul H. Ephross, School of Social Work and Community Planning, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.
Treasurer: Martin L. Birnbaum, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, NY.
General Secretary, Co-Editor, Chair 1991 Symposium: John H. Ramey, School of Social Work, University of Akron, Akron, OH.
Past Chairpersons:
Ruth R. Middleman, School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Charles Garvin, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Editors, Social Work with Groups: A Journal of Community and Clinical Practice:
Roselle Kurland, Editor, School of Social Work, Hunter College, New York, NY.
Andrew Malekoff, Associate Editor, North Shore Child and Family Guidance, Roslyn Heights, NY.
Symposia Chairpersons:
Linda Adler, 1990, School of Social Work, Barry University, Miami, FL.
John H. Ramey, 1991 (see General Secretary above).
Benj. L. Stempler, 1992, Atlanta, GA.
At-Large Members:
Margot Breton, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Max Casper, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Anita Curry-Jackson, Department of Social Work, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Ivor J. Echols, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT.
Maeda J. Galinsky, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
