International Social Work Conference | Boston 2008

McCallion, Philip

iswconf — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:11:36 +0000

Director of the University at Albany Center for Excellence in Aging Services, University at Albany.

Schatz, Mona

iswconf — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:05:22 +0000

Professor, Division of Social Work, University of Wyoming.

Nayar, Usha S.

iswconf — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:25:21 +0000

Ph.D., is the former Provost of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India and currently Visiting Professor at George Warren Brown
School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Nayar has over 30 years of experience in research, teaching an consulting both at the national and international arena. Her areas of specialization are International Development, Social Research and Mental Health with a special focus on community empowerment, child and youth. She works within the vulnerable and marginalized groups for Policy Development. Dr. Nayar is interested in utilizing media, information and communication technology in capacity building of organizations and self-help groups as well as building social capital in communities.

Dr. Nayar’s most recent research has been a cross national study on Child Participation. Her latest publication is a co-edited book titled ‘The Given Child - The Religions’ Contribution to Children’s Citizenship.’ She has contributed a chapter ‘Contextualizing Media Competencies amongst Young People in Indian Culture: Interface with Globalization’ in the ‘International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture.’ She has also contributed to the formulation of many policies in India, such as the National Youth Policy, National Policy for Population and Family Welfare, and the National Child Labor Policy.

Harrington, Irma

iswconf — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:29:57 +0000

MSSW, LMSW-AP is Associate Professor and Director of the social work program at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. She serves as a member of the National Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors International Committee. Her current research focuses on how social work programs infuse international content into the curricula.

Harachi, Tracy W.

iswconf — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:24:01 +0000

Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington. Her research focus seeks to understand the familial and environmental processes that influence and impact youth, particularly the impacts of migration. She is Principal Investigator on a longitudinal study examining the developmental trajectories of Cambodian and Vietnamese children. Her expertise related to Asian Pacific Islander populations has been utilized by a number of organizations. Since 2004, she has spearheaded a partnership with the Royal University of Phnom Penh to establish the first college level social work program in Cambodia.

Munoz, Jesse

iswconf — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:55:27 +0000

LCSW, Director of Field Work at Dominican University has mentored and placed students at domestic and international social work organizations. He developed the Social Work student and faculty Exchange Program with the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, in Aguas. Mexico. He developed internship opportunities in Quito Ecuador, Cape Town, Pretoria, and Durban South Africa, Nairobi Kenya, West Bengal India, and Antique in the Philippines.

Kane, Constance

iswconf — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:54:17 +0000

Is currently the Senior Advisor/West Africa for World Education. She is the Vice Chair of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Stakeholder Council, and a Director of The Global Action Network (GAN-Net). Key interests are the education and empowerment of girls and women, promoting effective corporate -community engagement and determining the most effective ways to measure impact of development programs at the grass roots level. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Planning from the Boston College School of Social Work and a Ph.D. from the Heller School at Brandeis University.

Chiavaras, Anastos

iswconf — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:31:10 +0000

Is the University Risk Manager for Boston College. In this position, he is responsible for Risk Management throughout the University. Boston College commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates. It seeks both to advance its place among the nation’s finest universities and to bring to the company of its distinguished peers and to contemporary society the richness of the intellectual ideal of a mutually illuminating relationship between faith and free intellectual inquiry. Mr. Chiavaras serves as President, Massachusetts RIMS and is a past member of the AIG IntelliRisk Advisory Board (1994 – 2005). He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Assumption College and a Masters of Business Administration from Bentley College.

Bailey, Gary

iswconf — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:11:25 +0000

Gary Bailey, Assistant Professor Coordinator of Racism Sequence, Simmons College is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He received his BA from the Eliot Pearson School of Child Study at Tufts University in 1977 and his MSW from Boston University School of Social Work in 1979.

He is currently an Assistant Professor at Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work where he chairs the Dynamics of Racism and Oppression foundation sequence. He is a member of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) / Hartford Foundation Gero Education Initiative to infuse gerontological content into curriculum. Professor Bailey is the Chair of the Simmons College Black Administrators, Faculty and Staff Council (BAFAS); and Chairs the School of Social Work (SSW) Awards committee. He is a member of the Presidentï¿½s Inaugural Committee.

He holds an appointment as an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.

Professor Bailey is currently the Chairperson of the National Social Work Public Education Campaign and he is a member of the NASW Foundation Board of Directors.

He is the immediate past President of National NASW having served as President from 2003 until 2005. He was the President-elect from 2002-2003. His tenure at NASW National has included serving as the NASW National 2nd Vice President 2000-2002 and as the Associationï¿½s Treasurer from 1995-1997. He was a member or the NASW Insurance Trust Board of Trustees. He was the President of the Massachusetts Chapter of NASW from 1993-1995.

Professor Bailey is the immediate past president of the North American Region of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Berne, Switzerland having served in that role from 2003 until 2006. He was elected Chair of the Policy, Advocacy and Representation Commission in August 2006 at the IFSW Executive Committee meeting in Munich Germany. He is also a member of the IFSW Task Force on Fees.

He is a member of the board of the North American and Caribbean Association of Schools of Social Work representing the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE).

Professor Bailey is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He was named Social Worker of the Year by both the National and Massachusetts NASW in 1998. He was made a Social Work Pioneerï¿½ (www.naswfoundation.org/pioneer) by NASW in 2005, making him the youngest individual to receive this honor, joining individuals such as Jane Adams, Whitney M. Young, and Simmonsï¿½ own Dr. Helen Reinherz.

Professor Bailey received the Boston University School of Social Work Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Social Work in 1995. He received the Wayne S Wright Advocacy Award from the Multicultural AIDS Coalition in 1997; the Congressman Gerry Studds Visibility Award in 1996, and the Bayard Rustin Spirit Award from the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts in 1999.

He has served on numerous Boards and Advisory groups including the Advisory committees for the Massachusetts Departments of Mental Health and Social Services. He chaired the AIDS Action Committee of Boston Board of Directors and was co-chair of the Childrenï¿½s Hospital Community Advisory Committee. He was a member of the boards of directors at the Phillip Brooks House at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Maternity and Foundling Hospital Foundation, United Homes for Children, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, and the Center for Family Connections.

He began his career at Family Service of Greater Boston in 1980 working in Services for Older People by providing casework and other services to at-risk elders and their families. He went on to hold numerous positions at Family Service until he left in 1994 to assume the position of Executive Director of Parents and Childrenï¿½s Services in Boston.

Professor Bailey is highly sought after as a trainer and consultant on topics which include board development; international social work practice; elder and family housing program development; issues pertaining to diversity, social justice and human rights; and working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) communities.

Barbera, Rosemary

iswconf — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:11:18 +0000

Rosemary Barbera, Assistant Professor at Monmouth University, has worked in the human rights field for over 25 years both in the United States and in Latin America. She is a resident of a Santiago, Chile shantytown where she has been a human rights worker since 1987. She has been teaching social work with a focus on community and international practice and human rights since 1996 and brings students to Chile with her each year to work in an Escuela Popular based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child