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Demetrius Iatridis
Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Washington & Jefferson College
M.S.W. University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Bryn Mawr
Social policy and social welfare; social welfare and urban development issues; social, health care and mental health policies of Cuba; social policy planning in Cuba; social policy in emerging free-market countries–Russia and former Soviet republics, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria. Transitions in Eastern Europe–e.g., impact of privatization. An organizer of international conferences on the social policy implications of Eastern Europe's transition to market economy. Author of books including Social Policy: Institutional Context of Social Development and Human Services; and Social Policy Planning: Theory and Practice. Author of articles including "Social Policy Practice: A Social Work Method of Direct Approach"; "Social Policy and Health in Six Nations," and "Health and Social Work." Courses include: "Change and Development of the Urban System: Urban Developmental Planning."
617.552.4041
demetrius.iatridis.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/faculty/profiles/s-iatridisd/
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Karen Kayser
Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Michigan State University
M.S.W. University of Michigan
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Psychological adjustment of women with cancer; causes of marital breakdown–how couples become disaffected; issues of intimacy in couples; intervention techniques to resolve marital problems; family therapy. Author or co-author of books including Seeking Closeness; When Love Dies: The Process of Marital Disaffection; Marriage and the Family: Studying Close Relationships; and The Love Exchange: Happiness Through Relationships. Author or co-author of numerous articles, including "Mothers with Cancer: An Examination of Identity During Illness" and "Women Coping with Cancer: The Impact of Close Relationships on Psychosocial Adjustment." Courses include: "Advanced Couple and Family Therapy."
617.552.4020
karen.kayser.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/faculty/profiles/s-kayserk/
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Vincent Lynch
Adjunct Associate Professor and Continuing Education Program Director, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. LaSalle University, M.S.S.S, Boston University, Ph.D. Boston College
AIDS and the social work profession; psycho-social aspects of AIDS; global aspects of AIDS; issues relating to access to appropriate medical care versus high cost of new medications. Founder (in 1988) and chair of an annual national conference on AIDS for social work and human services professionals. Has served as director of National Research and Training Center on Social Work and HIV/AIDS. Editor and/or co-editor of four books on HIV/AIDS and social work, including: The Changing Face of AIDS: Implications for Social Work Practice; Caring for the HIV/AIDS Caregiver; Social Workers Speak out on the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Voices From & To African American Communities; HIV/AIDS at Year 2000: A Sourcebook for Social Workers. 1998 recipient of the Council on Social Work Education's "Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award." Courses include: "Social Work Response to the AIDS Epidemic"; "Introduction to Social Work Practice; "Basic Clinical Skills."
617.552.4038
vincent.lynch.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/gssw/lynch.htm
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Richard Mackey
Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A, Merrimack College, M.S.W., D.S.W. Catholic University of America
Long-lasting marriages; the impact of gender differences on handling interpersonal issues in long-lasting marriages; the impact of racial/ethnic differences on adaptability of married couples; long-lasting lesbian and gay relationships; factors in sustaining successful long-term relationships; adaptability and negotiation in long-term adult relationships; marital, family and group psychotherapies; psychotherapy as a valuable asset for professionals in the field of social work; psychotherapy as a tool to enhance social workers' knowledge of and training in the therapeutic process. Co-author of the books Lasting Marriages: Men and Women Growing Together and Gay and Lesbian Couples: Voices from Lasting Relationships, and the articles "Psychological intimacy in the lasting relationships of heterosexual and same-gender couples"; "Conflict management styles of spouses in lasting relationships"; "Adaptation in lasting marriages" and "Marital Conflict Management: Gender and Ethnic Differences." Courses include: "Emerging Self"; Adult Relationships"; "Self-Psychology"; "Ego Psychology."
617.552.4047
richard.mackey.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/faculty/profiles/s-mackeyr/
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Anthony Maluccio
Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Yale University, M.S., D.S.W. Columbia University
Family and child social services; foster families; problems in the parent-child relationship; child abuse and neglect; family preservation; social work practice with children and families; child welfare; methods of enabling state child welfare agencies to assess and strengthen their services to reunite children with their families. Preparation of adolescents for independent living and evaluation of adoption program. A principal representative for BC's Graduate School of Social Work in Massachusetts Families for Kids, an initiative, which seeks to develop a new approach to the state's adoption system. Co-author of the books Social Work Practice with Families and Children; Child Welfare Practice–A Competence-Centered Approach; Adolescents in Foster Families; The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research; Together Again: Family Reunification in Foster Care, and Reconnecting Families: A Guide to Strengthening Family Reunification Services. Course areas include: clinical practice; research methods, child welfare.
617.552.4042
anthony.maluccio.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/faculty/profiles/s-maluccioa/
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Regina O'Grady-LeShane
Adjunct Associate Professor
and Assistant Dean
Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Caldwell College, M.A. New School for Social Research, Ph.D. Brandeis University
Elderly women in poverty; women and Social Security; women and employment; the earning gap between men and women; women's (even those in the labor force) dependence on their husbands' retirement benefits; economic status of never-married women. Population aging; gerontology; older workers; family caregiving. Co-author of the articles "The Effects of Caregiving on Women's Social Security Benefits" and "Family Provision in the Old-Age Pensions of Twenty Industrial Nations." Courses include: "Introduction to Social Work."
617.552.4762
regina.ogrady-leshane.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/faculty/profiles/s-ogradyr/
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
Co-Director, Center on Aging & Work
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
B.A. Tufts University, M.S.P. Boston College, Ph.D. Boston University
Olderworkers/baby boomers, flexible work options, aging, and work and family. She has conducted studies about workplace culture, supervisor-employee relationships, and the adoption of innovative employee policies. She founded the Sloan Work and Family Research Network which provides resources about working families to business leaders and state legislators as well as to academics around the world. She is a Research Fellow of the Work & Family Roundtable, a corporate membership group organized by the Boston CollegeCenter for Work & Family.
617-552-4033
pittcats@bc.edu
http://agingandwork.bc.edu/show_investigators_13
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