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Barbara Levy Simon

Associate Professor of Social Work

B.A., Goucher;
M.S.S., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr

E-mail: bls1@columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 851-2248
Office: Room 801

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Research Interests: 

  • History of social work, social welfare, philanthropy, and public health
  • Women's and gender studies
  • Postcolonial contexts of social work practice
  • Gay, lesbian, and queer populations
  • Disability studies


Current Projects:

  • History of faith-based social services
  • The fresh-air movement in the U.S., 1849-present


Recent Publications:

"Building on the Romance of Women's Innate Strengths: Social Feminism and Its Influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993." In K. J. Peterson & Alice Lieberman, eds. Building on Women's Strengths, 2nd ed, pp. 22-44. NY: Haworth, 2001.

"The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 1843-1939" in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of the History of Social Welfare. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004.

"Scientific Philanthopy" in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of the History of Social Welfare. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004.

Last updated December 03, 2007.

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