International Social Work Conference | Boston 2008

Ph.D., is Dean and Professor at the School of Social Welfare at the University at Albany, SUNY. Dr. Briar-Lawson is an experienced academic administrator and national expert on family focused practice and child and family policy. Among her books (co-authored) are Family-Centered Policies & Practices: International Implications (2001) and (co-edited) Innovative Practices with Vulnerable Children and Families (2001). She has recently co-edited two volumes on Evaluation Research in Child Welfare, (2002) and Charting the Impacts of University-Child Welfare Collaboration, (2003). She is the co- editor of a forthcoming text on Globalization, Social Justice and the Helping Professions (SUNY Press) and one of the editors for international volume for Sage, The Handbook of Social Work Research: Knowledge, Understanding and Justice. She has also recently co-edited a special issue of Child Welfare on Community Building as well as a special forthcoming issue of the Journal of Social Work and Public Health on Partnerships with Africa. She is the outgoing President of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD). She is also collaborating with NASW on plans for SWAN, Social Workers Across Nations.