Student Publications
Gillespie, D.F., & Danso, K. (Eds.). (2010). Disaster concepts and issues: A guide for social
work education and practice. Alexandria, VA: CSWE Press.
Danso, K., & Gillespie, D.F. (2010). Coordination: A key to social service delivery in disasters.
In D.F. Gillespie, & K. Danso (Eds.), Disaster concepts and issues: A guide for social work
education and practice. Alexandria, VA: CSWE Press.
Gillespie, D.F., & Danso, K. (2010). Introduction to major themes of disaster and social work. In
D.F. Gillespie & K. Danso (Eds.), Disaster concepts and issues: A guide for social work
education and practice. Alexandria, VA: CSWE Press.
Lum, T., Wang, X., & Danso, K. (2010). 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China: Reflections on
the role of social workers in disaster intervention. In D.F. Gillespie, & K. Danso (Eds.), Disaster
concepts and issues: A guide for social work education and practice. VA, Alexandria: CSWE
Press.
Kim, K., Im, H., & Kwon, M. (2010). Psychology of Forgiveness and Religious Belief,
Investigation of Theology, 56, 96-112.
Knochel, K.A., Quam, J.K., & Croghan, C.F. (2011). Are old LGBT people well-served?
Understanding the perceptions, preparation, and experiences of aging services providers.
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 30(3), 370-389.
Knochel, K.A. (2010). Marriage, civil unions, or reciprocal beneficiary agreements: What
best protects old LGBT couples? Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(1-2),
22-39.
Quam, J.K., Whitford, G.S. & Dziengel, L.E., & Knochel, K.A. (2010). Exploring the nature of
long term same-sex relationships. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(8), 702-
722.
Larson, A., Singh, S., & Lewis, C. Sanctions and education outcomes for children in TANF
families. Child & Youth Services. Forthcoming, expected September, 2011.
Gibson, P.A. & Singh, S. (2010). Lets help caregivers and children in informal kinship care: De
facto custodian legislation. Child Welfare, 89(3), pp. 89-97.
Simmelink, J. (2011). Temporary citizens: Liberians and US immigration policy. Journal of
Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 9(4).
Larson, A., Zuel, T., Swanson, M. (2011). Are Attendance Gains Sustained?
A follow on the educational and child welfare outcomes of students with child welfare
involvement for educational neglect. Children & Schools, 33,1, 25-35.
Doctoral student Alankaar Sharma has had his history paper on the Negro Project of American Social Hygiene Association accepted for publication in Journal of African American Studies.
An article by doctoral student Eunsu Ju, co-authored with Tae-Young Um, titled An Explanatory Study on the Conditions of Saving Activity and the Determinants of Savings among Low Income Urban Families in Korea: A Discussion for the Initiation of Asset Building Policies, was published in Research on Seoul & Other Cities, 9(2) in June 2008.
Doctoral student Alankaar Sharma's article Focusing on the Sexual in Child Sexual Abuse appeared in the 2007 Issue 4 of In Plainspeak, the quarterly magazine of the South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality. The article discusses the terms “child” and “abuse” within the larger term “child sexual abuse” that has begun receiving much-deserved attention in India. The word “sexual” in the term continues to remain blurry and ignored in Indian culture. The article also discussed that developing an understanding of the sexual dimension of child sexual abuse is integral to a comprehensive response to such violence.
Doctoral student Valandra recently published an article in Affilia: The Journal of Women and Social Work. The article, published in the May 2007 issue (Vol. 22, No. 2) is entitled Reclaiming their lives and breaking free: An Afrocentric approach to recovery from prostitution.
Ph.D. student Valandra
She writes in her abstract that "little research has examined the specific healing needs of prostituted African American women. In this qualitative research study, eight African American women who were receiving culturally specific services at an Afrocentric agency participated in a focus group and in-depth semistructured interviews.. The analysis revealed seven categories of experience: (1) a legacy of violence and underreporting, (2) family and self-preservation, (3) kinship support and spirituality, (4) hitting rock bottom, (5) barriers to recovery, (6) helpful and harmful services, and (7) a prism of oppression. Implications for social workers, policy makers,advocates, and further research are discussed."