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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 Eastern Europe. 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. Courses have included: "Change and Development of the Urban System: Urban Developmental Planning."
617.552.4041
demetrius.iatridis.1@bc.edu
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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 have included: "Advanced Couple and Family Therapy."
617.552.4020
karen.kayser.1@bc.edu
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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 have included: "Social Work Response to the AIDS Epidemic."
617.552.4038
vincent.lynch.1@bc.edu
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James Lubben
Louise McMahon Ahearn Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
Social support networks for older populations; health and welfare systems; gerontology; elderly Asian and Asian-American populations. Developed the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS), an abbreviated measure designed for both research and clinical use among older populations. The LSNS has been translated into many languages and employed in studies in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Scores on the LSNS have been associated with many indicators of health including mortality, morbidity, psychological distress and loneliness, cognitive impairment, and various indicators of health care use.
617.552.1366
lubben@bc.edu
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Kevin Mahoney
Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
Aging; disability and long-term care policy. Director of BC's Center for the Study of Home & Community Life which seeks to improve the quality of supports and services for persons with disabilities through consumer direction and to foster the development of inclusive communities that recognize and value the roles of older people and persons with disabilities.
617.552.4039
kevin.mahoney@bc.edu
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Regina O'Grady-LeShane
Associate 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.
617.552.4762
regina.ogrady-leshane.1@bc.edu
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Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
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
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