Knowledge for Practice: Practitioners and Researchers as Partners
An Invitational Conference of the Center for the Study Spocial Work Practice


Conference Speakers and Participants

Janet Abbott, M.S.W. Assistant Director of Field Work
Columbia University School of Social Work

Frances Beatman
Center Development Council New York, NY

Robert Abramovitz, M.D. Chief Psychiatrist
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Service

Donald W. Beless, Ph.D Executive Director
Council on Social Work Education

Sonia Austrian, D.S.W. Director
Employee Assistance Program Consortium

Susan Bendor, D.S.W. Director Field Placement
Wurzweiler Sch. Of Soc. Work Yeshiva University

Samuel Aymer Educational Coordinator
Victim's Service Agency

Pinchas Berger, M.S.W. Director of Program Development
Madeleine Borg Community Services Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services

Sylvia bailey, M.B.A Asst. Dean for Financial Admin.
Columbia University School of Social Work

Sharon Berlin, Ph.D. Associate Dean
University of Chicago School of Service Administration

Mary Banach, M. S. W. Educational Coordinator
Morningside Hts. Legal services Children's Advocacy Clinic

David Biegel, Ph.D., Co-Director Center for Practice Innovations
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve University

Rita Beck Black, D.S.W Associate Professor
Columbia University School of Social Work

Frances Brennan, Administator
Jewish Home & Hospital for Aged Social Service Department Morris Black, M.S.W., Director
Madeline Borg Community Services, Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services

Carolyn Brown, Educational Coordinator
Brooklyn Bureau of Comm. Services, Family Partners Program

Carolyn Blankfield, M.S.W., Director
Social Work Department, Fairfax Hospital

Patricia Bryant, Chief of Social Work Department
Northside Center for Child Development

Susan Blumenfield, D.S.W., Asst. Director
Dept. of Social Work Services, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Denise Burnette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Jane Bowling, Asst. Director of Social Services
Hilliside Hospital

Nelson Burros, Educational Coordinator
Hebrew Home for the Aged of Riverdale

Scott Briar, D.S.W., Director
Florida International University, Social Work Department

Amy Burzinski
Central Employee Assistance Prog., Referral Unit of the City of NY

Sandra Butcher, M.S.W., Direcotr
Social Work Services, Geo. Washington Univ. MC

Phyllis Cohen, M.S.W., Clinical Director
Brooklyn Center for Families in Crisis

Mark Cameron
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Mary Jane Cole, M.S.W., Social Service Coordinator
Catholic Board of Education Head Start

Esther Chachkes, D.S.W., Director
Department of Social Work Services, New York University Medical Ctr.

Claudia J. Coulton, Ph.D., Professor and Director
Center for Urban Poverty and Social Change, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

Juliet Cheetman, Ph.D., Director
Social Work Research Center, University of Stirling

Kay Davidson, Ph.D., Associate Dean
Hunter College, School of Social Work

Grace Christ, D.S.W., Assistant Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Josephine Defini, Educational Coordinator, Lighthouse

Amy Scheuer Cohen, Center Development Council

James P. Donnelly, D.S.W., Director of Social Work
Goldwater Memorial Hospital

James R. Dumpson, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board
NYC Health and Hospital Corp. Administrator of Health Services for the City of New York

David Fanishel, D.S.W., Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Thelma Dye, Director of Training & Research Northside Center for Child Development

Ann Feder, Chief of Social Work
Bronx Veterans Administration

Richard English, Ph.D., Dean
Howard University, School of Social Work

Amy Feldman, Educational Coordinator
Legal Aid Society, Criminal Division

Irwin Epstein, Ph.D., Professor
Hunter College, School of Social Work

Ronald A. Feldman, Ph.D., Dean and Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Sona Euster, M.S.S.A., Associate Director of Social Work
New York Hospital

William Ferns, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Baruch College, CUNY.

Pauline S. Falk, Center Development Council

Trudy Festinger, Ph.D., Professor
New York Univeristy, School of Social Work.

Bernard C. Fisher, Executive Direcotr
Center Development Council, Citizens Committee for Children

Ami Gantt, Ph. D., Asst. Dir. Psychiatry
Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Jacqueline Flaum, Educational Coordinator
Human Resources Administrationm Tremont-Multi-Service Centers

Charles D. Garvin, Ph.D., Professor
University of Michigan, School of Social Work

Zelda Foster, M.S., Director
Social Service Department, Veterans Adm. Hosp.

Lyn Light Geller, Educational Coordinator
United Jewish Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

Ray Fox, Ph.D., Professor
Fordman University, Graduate School of Social Service

Sheldon R. Gelman, Ph.D., Dean
Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work

Donna Franklin, Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration

Charles Gershenson, Ph.D.

Cheryl Franks-Moramarco, M.S., Assistant Director of Field Work
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Wallace J. Gingerich, Ph.D., Acting Dean and Professor
Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Gary Holden, D.S.W., Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Sharon Foster Johnson, Executive Director
Northside Center for Child Development, Inc.

June Gary Hopps, Ph.D., Dean and Professor
Boston College, Graduate School of Social Work

Kathleen Kapila, Columbia University, School of Social Work

Andre Ivanoff, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Karen Kaplan, Ph.D.
National Center for Social Policy & Practice, National Association of Social Workers

Helene Jackson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Micheal Katch, D.S.W., Director of AIDS Day Treatment
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services

Iris Jackson-Moya, Columbia University, School of Social Work

Ira Kauffman, Director of Training & Development
Jewish Child Care Association

Joanne Jennings, D.S.W., Center Development Council

Shanti K. Khinduka, Ph.D., Dean
Washington Univeristy, George Warren Brown School of Social Work

Micheal A. King, D.S.W. Director
Social Work Discharge Planning, St. Francis Hospital

David S. Lindau, Chairman, Center Development Council

Stuart Kirt, D.S.W., Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Jane Linker, Director of Public Relations
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Pat Kolb, Educational Coordinator
Jewish Home & Hospital for Aged Social Service Department

Susan Lukas, M.S.W., Senior Social Worker
Jewish Board of Family &Children's Services

Roberta Krakoff, M.S.W., Social Service Development
Columbia Prebyterian Hospital

Janet Lerner, D.S.W., Research & Development, Narco Freedom

Mildred Mailick, D.S.W., Professor
Hunter College, School of Social Work

Paul Levine, M.S.W., Associate Executive Vice President
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Judith Marks, M.S.W., Lecturer
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Virginia W. Marks, Center Development Council

Sheila Menashe, M.S.W., Director of Support Services
District Council, Municipal Employees Legal Services

Jeanne C. Marsh, Ph.D., Dean and Professor
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration

Carol Meyer, D.S.W., Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Irene Masser, Wellness & Employee Assistance Program

Jacqueline Miller, Diretor, Preventive Services
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Mark Mattaini, D.S.W., Assistant Professor,
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Ada Mui, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Jane Mayer, Director of Social Work Services
Beth Isreal Medical Center

Linda Mullhauser, Children's National Medical Center

Brenda G. McGowan, D.S.W., Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work.

Edward J. Mullen, D.S.W.
Professor and Director of The Center for the Study of Social Work Practice
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Larry Murray, Educational Coordinator, Dept. of Juvenile Justice

Ben A. Orcutt, D.S.W.

George Nashak, Director, Operation Analysis
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Lois Orlin, Director of Social Work
St. Luke's/Ropsevelt Hospital Social Service Department

Dror Nir, Ph.D., Director of Bronx REAL

Edward Overstreet, Associate Director

Patricia Nitzburg, M.S.W., Regional Director
Pelham Madeleine Borg Community Services.

Ann Panciera, Columbia University, School of Social Work

Paula Nurius, Ph.D., Professor
University of Washington, School of Social Work

Sister Mary Paul, D.S.W., Director, Center Family Life

Susan O'Hanesian, Project Return Foundation

Ken Peake, Ph.D., Assistant Director
Social Work Services, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Sid Pinsky, D.S.W. Director,
Social Service Department, Hillside Hospital

Barry D. Rock, D.S.W., Direcotr of Social Work Services
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Gerard Reardon, D.S.W., Director of Social Work Services
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Doris L. Rosenberg, Center Development Council

Muriel C. Reed, M.S., Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Gary Rosenberg, D.S.W., Vice President for Human Resources
Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Helen Rehr, D.S.W., Center Development Council

Matthew Rosenblum Director, Quality Assurance
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Marion Riedel, M.S.W., Consultant
New York City Department of youth Services

Karen Roth, Director, Service for The Adult Mentally Ill
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

John Robertson, Columbia University, School of Social Work, Doctoral Program

Jack Rothman, Ph.D., Professor
University of Califonia-Los Angeles, School of Social Work

Pamela L. Ruster, M.S.S.W., Director
Social Woor Department, Indiana University

John A. Schuerman, Ph.D., Professor
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration

Steven Rutter, Educational Coordinator
Department of Social Work Service, Elmhurst Hospital

Panny Schwartz, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Ann Sand, M.S.W. Center Development Council
Project Coordinator, Curriculum Development Program

Martha K.Selig, M.S.W., Center Development Council, Development Consultant
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Nelle Sandler, director of Social Service, Blythdale Children's Hospital

Mark Senzer, 7 Connecticut State University, Department of Social Work

Steven Schinke, Ph.D., Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

David L. Shern, Ph.D., Director
Bureau of Evaluation & Services Research, NYC Office of Mental Health

Donald A. Schon, Ph.D., Ford Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer
Urban Studies and Education, Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Nancy Showers, Assistant Director
Information Systems, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Babata Silverstone, Ph.D., Director, Lighthouse

Renee Solomon, D.S.W., Associate Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Babara Simon, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Ezra Teitelbaum, Ph.D., Bridge Inc.

Ellen Simon, D.S.W., Director of Social Work Services, Prebyterian Hospital.

Helle Thorning, NYC Psychiatric Institute

Ellen Singer, Asst. Director of Residential Services
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Tony Tripodi, Ph.D., Professor
Florida International University, School of Public Affairs, SWD

Alan B. Siskind, Ph.D., Executive Vice President
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Lenard Tuzman, Executive Director, Hillside Hospital, Social Service Department

Donald K. Smith, Director
Bureau of Resource Mangement, NYC Dept. of Social Services

Besty S. Voulekis, Ph.D., Chair, Implementation Committee on Social Research
Professor, University of Virginia

Kathllen Wade, Social Service Dept. Columbia Prebyterian Hospital

Audrey S. Weiner, D.S.W., Director, Mental Health Services for Older Adults
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Elaine M. Walsh, D.S.W.
Hunter College Liberty Partnership, Dept. of Urban Affairs & Planning

Lois Weinstein, M.A., Educaitonal Coordinator
Dept. of Social Work, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Babara Warden Columbia University, School of Social Work, Doctoral Program

Harold, Weissman, Ph.D., Hunter College, School of Social Work

Anita Warmflash, M.S., Dir Psychological Srvc.
Comprehensive Care Center, Holy Name Hospital

Janet Williams, D.S.W., Professor
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Virginia Walther, M.S.W., Sr. Asst. Dir. Maternal Child Health
Mt. Sinai Hospital

Fred Wulczyn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Columbia University, School of Social Work

Marie Weil, Ph.D., Professor, University of North Carolina

Fredric W. Yerman, Center Development Council

Alma Young, Ed.D., Executive Direcotr
Social Work Department, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Scott Altabet, Columbia University, School of Social Work, Doctoral Program

Betty Barsa, Columbia University, School of Social Work, Doctoral Program

Betty Blythe, Ph.D., Professor
Florida International University, Social Work Department

Henry Ilian, D.S.W., Director of Research Evaluation
James Satterwhite Academy for ChildWelfare Training

Miriam Menendez, Social Service Department, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Bruce A. Thyer, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, Univeristy of Georgia