Social work students, practitioners, and educators often lack a solid educational foundation in science, leading to an underestimation of its impact on all of our lives. Social Work and Science in the 21st Century provides information and ideas that bring the natural and physical sciences and related fields¿such as climate change, chemistry, and neuroscience¿into the domains of social work education and practice.
Leon H. Ginsberg, PhD, MSW, is Dean Emeritus of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. He was Commissioner of Human Services for the state of West Virginia in the administration of Governor John D. Rockefeller IV. He has written and edited books on social work management, social welfare policy and services, rural social work, and aging. He served for two years as interim chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University. Christopher R. Larrison, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor in the University of Illinois School of Social Work. His research and teaching focus on the social determinants of and services for serious mental illness and health. His work has been shaped by a transdisciplinary approach to research and collecting primary data in rural community-based settings from people receiving and providing services. Dr. Larrison's research has been funded by National Institute of Mental Health, and a number of foundations including Center for Economic Progress and Research Retirement Foundation. Several of his peer-reviewed articles have been placed on suggested reading lists by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Government Accounting Office, and the World Bank. Larry Nackerud, PhD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work in the University of Georgia School of Social Work. He has conducted research on social welfare policy and immigration. Part of his work is in program evaluations, which he has conducted in the U.S. and elsewhere. Dr. Nackerud has also worked in state mental health programs in the U.S. He is the co-author with Drs. Ginsberg and Larrison of Human Biology for Social Workers. John R. Barner, PhD, MSW, is on the Public Service Faculty with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia. Dr. Barner has published work in journals such as the British Journal of Social Work, Social Work Education, and Research on Social Work Practice on data related to higher education and professional development in social work, psychology, and other behavioral sciences. Lauren A. Ricciardelli, PhD, MSW, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Troy University and is a licensed Master of Social Work in the state of Georgia. In addition to professional social work experience in the area of disabilities, Dr. Ricciardelli's research focuses on the sociology of disability and policy implications for persons with intellectual disability in the social welfare and criminal justice arenas, including implications for death penalty cases.
Show moreSocial work students, practitioners, and educators often lack a solid educational foundation in science, leading to an underestimation of its impact on all of our lives. Social Work and Science in the 21st Century provides information and ideas that bring the natural and physical sciences and related fields¿such as climate change, chemistry, and neuroscience¿into the domains of social work education and practice.
Leon H. Ginsberg, PhD, MSW, is Dean Emeritus of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. He was Commissioner of Human Services for the state of West Virginia in the administration of Governor John D. Rockefeller IV. He has written and edited books on social work management, social welfare policy and services, rural social work, and aging. He served for two years as interim chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University. Christopher R. Larrison, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor in the University of Illinois School of Social Work. His research and teaching focus on the social determinants of and services for serious mental illness and health. His work has been shaped by a transdisciplinary approach to research and collecting primary data in rural community-based settings from people receiving and providing services. Dr. Larrison's research has been funded by National Institute of Mental Health, and a number of foundations including Center for Economic Progress and Research Retirement Foundation. Several of his peer-reviewed articles have been placed on suggested reading lists by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Government Accounting Office, and the World Bank. Larry Nackerud, PhD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work in the University of Georgia School of Social Work. He has conducted research on social welfare policy and immigration. Part of his work is in program evaluations, which he has conducted in the U.S. and elsewhere. Dr. Nackerud has also worked in state mental health programs in the U.S. He is the co-author with Drs. Ginsberg and Larrison of Human Biology for Social Workers. John R. Barner, PhD, MSW, is on the Public Service Faculty with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia. Dr. Barner has published work in journals such as the British Journal of Social Work, Social Work Education, and Research on Social Work Practice on data related to higher education and professional development in social work, psychology, and other behavioral sciences. Lauren A. Ricciardelli, PhD, MSW, is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Troy University and is a licensed Master of Social Work in the state of Georgia. In addition to professional social work experience in the area of disabilities, Dr. Ricciardelli's research focuses on the sociology of disability and policy implications for persons with intellectual disability in the social welfare and criminal justice arenas, including implications for death penalty cases.
Show moreChapter 1. Introduction to Social Work and Science for Students and
Practitioners
Chapter 2. Social Work and the Science of Chemistry
Chapter 3. Social Work and the "Far-Out Sciences" of Physics,
Astronomy, and Geometry
Chapter 4. Social Work and the Science of Numbers
Chapter 5. Social Work and the Science of Big Data
Chapter 6. Social Work and the Science of Climate Change
Chapter 7. Social Work and the Science of Water
Chapter 8. Social Work and the Science of Human Geography
Chapter 9. Social Work and the Science of the Life Cycle
Chapter 10. Social Work and the Science of Execution
Chapter 11. Social Work and the Science of Medical Prevention and
Treatment
Chapter 12. Social Work and the Science of Substance Use
Chapter 13. Social Work and the Science of Mental Health
Chapter 14. Social Work and the Science of
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 15. Conclusions
Glossary of Key Terms
Leon H. Ginsberg, PhD, MSW, is Dean Emeritus of the University of
South Carolina College of Social Work. He was Commissioner of Human
Services for the state of West Virginia in the administration of
Governor John D. Rockefeller IV. He has written and edited books on
social work management, social welfare policy and services, rural
social work, and aging. He served for two years as interim chair of
the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State
University.
Christopher R. Larrison, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor in the
University of Illinois School of Social Work. His research and
teaching focus on the social determinants of and services for
serious mental illness and health. His work has been shaped by a
transdisciplinary approach to research and collecting primary data
in rural community-based settings from people receiving and
providing services. Dr. Larrison's research has been funded by
National Institute of Mental Health, and a number of
foundations including Center for Economic Progress and Research
Retirement Foundation. Several of his peer-reviewed articles have
been placed on suggested reading lists by the U.S. Department of
Housing
and Urban Development, the U.S. Government Accounting Office, and
the World Bank.
Larry Nackerud, PhD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work in the
University of Georgia School of Social Work. He has conducted
research on social welfare policy and immigration. Part of his work
is in program evaluations, which he has conducted in the U.S. and
elsewhere. Dr. Nackerud has also worked in state mental health
programs in the U.S. He is the co-author with Drs. Ginsberg and
Larrison of Human Biology for Social Workers.
John R. Barner, PhD, MSW, is on the Public Service Faculty with the
Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Barner has published work in journals such as the British
Journal of Social Work, Social Work Education, and Research on
Social Work Practice on data related to higher education and
professional development in social work, psychology, and other
behavioral sciences.
Lauren A. Ricciardelli, PhD, MSW, is an Assistant Professor of
Social Work at Troy University and is a licensed Master of Social
Work in the state of Georgia. In addition to professional social
work experience in the area of disabilities, Dr. Ricciardelli's
research focuses on the sociology of disability and policy
implications for persons with intellectual disability in the social
welfare and criminal justice arenas, including implications for
death penalty cases.
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