Alissa Schwartz teaches
Social Work Practice II at Columbia University School of Social
Work (CUSSW). She received her MSW from the University of
Washington and holds a BA in theater from Wesleyan University.
Ms. Schwartz has over 15 years
of social services experience in management assistance, advocacy,
education, and couseling, primarily with arts organizations
and agencies serving homeless people and adolescents. Ms.
Schwartz has provided technical assistance in fundraising
and volunteer management to various social service organizations
in New York City.
Currently, Ms. Schwartz is working with Fred Wulczyn of the Chapin Hall
Center for Children (University of Chicago) on a study evaluating a system
of care intervention for maltreated infants at Bedford Stuyvesant. Ms.
Schwartz is a doctoral student in Social Administration at CUSSW; her
dissertation research involves examining the experience of, contributors to,
and outcomes of foster care workers' positive psychological responses in the
workplace.
Publications:
Schwartz, A. (under review). How goal orientation match between social
workers and their supervisors impacts social workers' job satisfaction: A
theoretical exploration.
Schwartz, A. (1999). Americanization and cultural preservation in Seattle's
settlement house: A Jewish Adaptation of the Anglo-American model of
settlement work. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.
Last updated December 03, 2007.
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