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Alumnae/i In The News - 2003, 2004, 2005

Director Named For Hurrican Fund For The Elderly
DAYTON , Ohio -- Jennifer Campbell, Ph.D., has recently been appointed the Director of the Hurricane Fund for the Elderly . This position, newly created by Grantmakers In Aging in partnership with the Administration on Aging, responds to the national need for services for elderly survivors of last summer's tragic hurricanes on the Gulf Coast . Campbell will be responsible for establishing and working with a National Advisory Committee to develop targeted objectives and procedures for the fund. She will also be responsible for creating a strategy and instituting procedures for implementing the fund's objectives under the stewardship of the National Advisory Committee.

A 30-year professional advocate for senior citizens, Campbell has led the evaluation of numerous aging-demonstration programs, including ones funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts and the Administration on Aging. An accomplished fund-raiser, she has obtained almost $2 million in grants for aging-related projects. Her experience includes developing new service delivery systems to support seniors remaining in their communities; utilizing nurse practitioners to deliver primary care for homebound seniors; training long term care staff to detect and respond to issues of elder abuse; and building coalitions to address the needs of seniors.

Formerly Director of Social Work at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia , Campbell has taught at Bryn Mawr College 's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and has consulted for nonprofit organizations. Her areas of consultation include strategic planning, project management, policy research, curriculum development and training. She has lectured extensively in the field of ethics.

Dr. Campbell comes to the Hurricane Fund for the Elderly with the cooperation of the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, which is providing in-kind support for the project in conjunction with their new initiative in Gerontology as part of the Center for Child and Family Well-being that addresses issues across the life cycle.

Campbell holds a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College , as well as a Master's degree in Social Work from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Master's in Education and Gerontology from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She obtained her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College.

Professor Alexander Awarded NIH Grant
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Professor Leslie Alexander a grant to pursue an investigation, “Research Extenders & Research Integrity: A New Frontier.”  The two-year R01 grant, which uses qualitative methods, begins September 2005, with a first year award in the amount of $199,608. This grant builds on the web-based training that she and Professor Kenneth Richman, a bioethicist, formerly at Bryn Mawr, and now at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Technology in Boston, developed for the Office of Research Integrity, DHHS in 2004. Professor Richman is the Co-Principal Investigator on the grant. (Posted 10/4/05)

Autism Affairs Director Appointed
Nina Wall-Cote (MSS 2000) was recently appointed by DPW Secretary Estelle Richman as Autism Affairs Director. Her primary role will be to work with Secretary Richman and various other Commonwealth agencies on the implementation of the recommendations of the Autism Task Force and to serve as a DPW's point person on issues affecting Pennsylvanians living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Professionally, Ms. Wall-Cote has worked as a family, child and adolescent therapist with a specific focus on clinical work with families of children with special needs, and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has also worked in the system as a behavioral therapist. She served as co-chair of the Autism Task Force commissioned by Secretary Richman in July 2003, and she was a founding member and the first President of Pennsylvania Action Coalition for Autism Services (PACAS). She is the parent of 15-year-old with autism.    (From the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's June 2005, online newsletter "Alert")

PEC President Gloria Guard receives The Philadelphia Award
Gloria Guard (MSS, 1978; MLSP, 1980), President of the People's Emergency Center (PEC) and Executive Director of the People's Emergency Center Community Development Corporation (PECCDC) has been named winner of The Philadelphia Award for 2004.

Gloria Guard (MSS, 1978; MLSP, 1980) has joined a long line of distinguished recipients of the Philadelphia Award, presented annually to the person who has done the most to "advance the best and largest interest" for the community.  Accepting the Award at a ceremony on May 25, Guard said she was honored to receive the Award, "because it is a statement that Philadelphia recognizes the struggles of homeless families and low-income neighborhoods - but also because our success at PEC reflects long-standing Philadelphia values" such as independence, innovation and good citizenship.  In presenting the award, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell - a recipient himself - said, "Gloria makes the Lord smile every day."

Guard has devoted her life to the cause of social justice.  As the visionary leader of the People's Emergency Center and its Community Development Corporation, Gloria has created a holistic approach to helping homeless women and children which has become a national gold standard, according to Charisse R. Lillie, Esquire, Chair of the Philadelphia Award Trustees, and Vice President of Human Resources for Comcast Corporation.   Lillie said, “Through her dynamic leadership of the People's Emergency Center and PEC Community Development Corporation, Ms. Guard is a relentless advocate on behalf of Philadelphia's most vulnerable citizens; she believes that they should have the best possible housing, education, jobs, social services and technology.”  Gloria Guard is an outstanding civic leader whose dedication and innovation embody the spirit of The Philadelphia Award.”

The Philadelphia Award was established in 1921 by Pulitzer-Prize winning author and philanthropist Edward W. Bok.  Recent recipients include former University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin, writer Lorene Cary, and the Honorable Walter H. Annenberg.

Corey Shdaimah, PhD '05, presents Law and Social Policy Forum: “The Transformative Nature of Lawyering for Social Change”
Corey Shdaimah, attorney, recent graduate of the School's PhD program (2005), and adjunct faculty in the Law and Social Policy Program delivered a presentation on lawyer-client relationships at the Philadelphia Cosmopolitan Club on May 23, 2005.  The presentation was built around the central idea that the lawyer/client relationship is a critical part of legal representation: it structures the client's claims and the lawyer's attempt to frame a responsive strategy to the client's legal troubles, in the realm of so-called “progressive lawyering,” which honors ideals such as autonomy, collaboration, and social justice and stresses the importance of respect for clients. Corey Shdaimah's study of lawyers and clients in one legal services program revealed a more complex foundation for a practice centered on client representation.  “Beyond the material assistance that clients seek,” she argued, “empathy, respect, and a feeling of connection are deeply powerful and reaffirming for people who are traditionally marginalized within and by the legal system and other government bureaucracies. Relationships with clients in crisis can be difficult, but for lawyers they can also be a source of inspiration, challenge and enjoyment, and they help provide feedback for the work that lawyers do in systems they see as impervious to change.”

Three panelists responded to Corey's presentation, each from their particular vantage point: the Honorable M. Faith Angell (MSS, '65) a federal magistrate judge in Philadelphia; Amy Hirsch, Senior Attorney, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia; and Amanda Trask (AB, '82), Kantrowitz & Phillippi, LLC.  The panelists offered thought-provoking insight into Corey's presentation, especially illuminating the pressures faced by poor families as they tried to negotiate the legal system.  The audience of about 40 persons, comprised primarily of alumnae attorneys and social workers engaged in socio-legal professional settings, took up the issues posed by the featured speaker and panelists, resulting in a thoughtful and engaging dialogue.

This event was organized by the Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Association's Lawyers Network, and the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research's Law and Social Policy program -- a unique master's degree offered in conjunction with a Master's in Social Service or independently as a post-master's degree.  It is anticipated that similar programs will take place, in Philadelphia and other cities. 

Professor Jim Martin - Keynote Speaker at "Building Community Networks to Support Our Military Families: A Social Service Response”
James (Jim) A. Martin, Ph.D., BCD, Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Research at the GSSWSR, and a retired U.S. Army Colonel, was the keynote speaker at a conference in Normal , IL on Thursday, March 31, 2005 sponsored by the Illinois State University School of Social Work.

“Building Community Networks to Support Our Military Families: A Social Service Response” was organized to increase interest in and awareness of the well being of military service members and their families. Specific attention was paid to National Guard and Reserve military members and their families, and to allowing participants the opportunity to brain-storm and conceptualize about local initiatives to promote and support the well-being of service members and their families.

Martin is a tenured member of the Social Work faculty at Bryn Mawr College . He is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work . Jim regularly teaches courses in clinical social work practice and human services management. Jim is an active member of numerous national organizations concerned with human services research and military family life issues. He is the senior editor of The Military Family: A Practice Guide for Human Service Providers (2000).

Jim earned his Master's degree in Social Work at Boston College and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh . He completed a fellowship in the Family Studies Program at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and attended a number of Department of Defense executive management courses. A retired Army Colonel, Jim's military career includes a variety of clinical, research, and management (command), and senior policy assignments.

Genny Dunne, MSS '85 heads career development and continuing education
The GSSWSR has a new Director of Career Development and Continuing Education, Genny Dunne, MSS who joined the School in November. She brings with her 20 years of experience in career development working directly with students and administering programs. For the last 11 years she was Associate Director of Career Services at University of Pennsylvania where her work focused on the schools of social work, nursing, and education.

For the GWSSWR alumna this appointment is a good homecoming. “Bryn Mawr has always been a special place in my heart. I felt that I had a lot to offer and wanted to offer it to GSSWR students and alumnae,” she says. Genny sees her role as one that provides a life-long connection between the School and its students and graduates. Career development is an integral part of students' lives, and coupled with continuing education, the office helps alumnae/i achieve their highest level of professionalism.

Building upon the School's already strong Continuing Education offerings, Genny works closely with Elaine Robertson. They hope to expand off-site course offerings, while maintaining and building the on-site classes and certificate programs. To capitalize upon the possibilities of email, Genny plans to start a career email list to quickly share job listings and networking opportunities. In our interview she emphasized her availability and the hope that students and graduates will use her as a resource.

Allyson Schwartz MSS '72 wins PA 13th Congressional seat
On November 2 nd Allyson Schwartz won the race for Pennsylvania 's 13th Congressional seat in a hard-fought race that drew national attention.

Allyson's career in public service began shortly after graduation from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research when she helped establish the Philadelphia Health Plan, an innovative nonprofit that delivered affordable, accessible health services to Philadelphians. In 1975 she led the drive to found Philadelphia 's first women's health center, the Elizabeth Blackwell Center, of which she was executive director until 1988.

Schwartz has served as a State Senator in Harrisburg since 1990.  She is best known for leading the drive to create the Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), landmark legislation that served as a national model for providing coverage to children of middle-class and working families and now covers nearly 150,000 Pennsylvania children. Schwartz is a member of the Graduate School 's Board of Advisors.

Myra Bazell MSS ’04 and Mary Pat Kane MSS ’70 perform in the Philly Fringe

Mary Pat Kane MSS ’70
GSSWSR is about more than just social work and a good example of this is its two alumnae, Myra Bazell MSS ’04 and Mary Pat Kane MSS ’70, who are participating at the ongoing Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

Choreographer Myra Bazell’s offering stands out among the dance performances at the Fringe. Part of the 3 on Top series, her Bloodline explores the ancient myth of Ariadne. Bazell reimagines the thread that led Ariadne’s betrothed, Thesus, out of the Labyrinth in the ancient Greek Myth as a line of blood. Concentrating on the polarity of the self that searches and wanders and the self that centers and stabilizes, Bazell has crafted a moving piece devoted to the recognition of love’s survival. She says her interest lies in a viewer’s emotional response.

Bazell will perform at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, 10, and 11 at the Ruba Club, 414 Green St.

Mary Pat Kane’s one woman show is made up of two stories, The Night I Spoke to Judy Garland, Well Sort Of and Winter Depression. Her stories speak to those of us who constantly strive to make life work and to the pitfalls and foibles of that process. “It was because of Bryn Mawr that I found South Philadelphia, which put me more in touch and gave richness to my stories,” says Kane.

This is Kane’s first performance in Philadelphia in 10 years and is dedicated to Spalding Gray. “I wonder why I ever stopped and I am definitely going to be a part of the Fringe next year,” Kane says. Kane will perform at 4 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 12 at the Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square. On 9/11, she will take a break between the two stories and read a poem about looking out of her window on Sept. 11, 2001.

Now in its eighth year and the first under its new name (it was formerly called the Philly Fringe), the festival features independent artists from all walks of the arts spectrum that fall within, between and sometimes beyond the standard categories of theatre, dance, performance art, music, poetry and puppetry, totaling over 150 shows. The 2004 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe run September 3–18.

Barbara Matz Retires
Barbara Matz, Director of Career Development and Continuing Education, retired from her position at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in mid-July.

Barbara arrived at this decision a little while ago and has gradually announced it publicly to an ever widening circle of colleagues and friends. We are indeed grateful for Barbara’s 14 years at the helm of two significant programs that affect both current students and graduates. Her colleagues miss her leadership and team spirit, and students and alumnae/i miss her wise counsel. She leaves the Continuing Education program on very solid footing, the most recent season having been comprised of over 50 stimulating seminars. Barbara also has given direction to other important areas, most especially her stewardship of the Home and School Visitor Certificate Program. Beyond these formal areas of responsibility, her contributions to the School and to our community are too numerous to mention.

An alumna, Genny Dunne MSS '83, has accepted the position to replace Barbara.  Genny brings over 10 years of experience in Career Development at the University of Pennsylvania, where she provided career services to students and graduates of the Schools of Social Work and Nursing.

The School is planning a more “formal” farewell event for Barbara in the new year, and an announcement will be forthcoming. In the meantime please join us in wishing her well as she launches this new life phase filled with visits with children and grandchildren, travel, and a few good novels on a porch facing the bay—and, we trust, fond memories of the students and colleagues she encountered at Bryn Mawr.

L. Diane Bernard PhD ’67 honored by Council on Social Work Education
L. Diane Bernard PhD ’67 was honored at the recent Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education with the organization’s Presidential Award, which is presented to an individual whose contributions to social work education have been significant at the national as well as the local level and across numerous areas of professional engagement.

Dr. Bernard’s has managed significant achievements both within and outside the Council, including her tenure as Interim Executive Director of CSWE. “Her integrity, leadership skills, and dedication to the profession,” according to the award citation, “were invaluable in helping CSWE weather that period and bring the organization to new ground. When Dr. Bernard left the interim director position, CSWE was growing and once again became a viable force for improving social work education. This was due in no small measure to Dr. Bernard’s clear vision and skilled efforts.”

The Presidential Award recognizes Dr. Bernard’s profound influence across generations of social work educators, researchers, students, and practitioners, in particular by championing the causes of women and by bringing women’s and feminist issues to the forefront of social work education. Her dedication to this vital area also has lead her to establish the L. Diane Bernard PhD ’67 Stipend Fund at her alma mater, the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. The stipend is awarded to students whose fieldwork or dissertation is primarily focused in the area of sexual and gender development issues.

Anola Vance MSS ’71 receives philanthropy award named in honor of Nan Steketee MSS ’72
The Center for Responsible Funding (CRF), campaign management organization for the City of Philadelphia Employees’ Combined Campaign, awarded Anola Vance MSS ’71) their first “Nan Steketee Workplace Giving Award for Individual Volunteers” at the organization’s recent “Daisy Party” fundraiser. Anola was honored for the leadership she exhibited at her workplace, the Office of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services for the City of Philadelphia. Over a span of ten years as a lead solicitor with the City of Philadelphia Employees’ Combined Campaign, Anola has increased the Health Department’s fundraising from $82,013 in 1994 to $180,000 in 2004. The Philadelphia campaign is one of the largest and most successful municipal combined campaigns in the country, and Anola’s efforts over the years have consistently been at the source of this achievement. Among her recent accomplishments is her work with Philadelphia Health Commissioner John Domzalski, which helped spur a more active campaign through the assistance of the City’s close to 30,000 person retiree work force.

The award is named in honor of Nan Steketee MSS ’72, a pioneer in the field of workplace giving and grassroots fundraising whose efforts over two decades lead to the opening of combined campaigns in workplaces to expand the fundraising opportunities for many social and economic justice organizations in the region, and is given to “an individual that has promoted charitable choice through a combined workplace campaign.” Nan, the founding director of CRF, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2005, stepped down from her position at the Center in 2001 to move to the west coast, where she remains involved in philanthropic activity through her work with the National Alliance for Choice in Giving. She was present at the “Daisy Party” celebration to announce the award for Anola’s individual contributions as well as for employee volunteer recipients of the University of Pennsylvania Penn’s Way Combined Campaign.

Rita E. Numerof, MSS ’71, PhD ’79 co-authors Employee Retention: Solving the Healthcare Crisis.
Rita E. Numerof, MSS ’71, PhD ’79 recently co-authored a new book with Dr. Michael Abrams entitled, Employee Retention: Solving the Healthcare Crisis, published by Health Administration Press, 2003.

In the book, Dr. Numerof goes beyond quick fixes and provides a strategic approach for retaining valuable employees. She asserts that leaders must understand and address the underlying causes of employee dissatisfaction before they can solve their retention problems. Drawing on over 20 years of consulting experience and research with leading hospitals to identify and explain the root causes of employee turnover, she uses the findings as a foundation for a systematic approach for increasing retention.

Dr. Numerof is the president of Numerof & Associates, Inc., a strategic management consulting firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. An internationally recognized consultant and author, Dr. Numerof brings her extensive experience (as hospital administrator, clinician, academician, consultant to major corporations, and director of a healthcare MBA program) to bear on the growing staffing crisis.

‘Facts and Perceptions from Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories’Monday, February 9, 6 p.m.
White Dog Café Table Talks, 3420 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA. 215-386-9224.

Anthropologist Janet Kestenberg Amighi (MSS/MLSP ’97) and her husband, Middle East historian Lawrence Davidson, will present a slide show and discussion, including possible solutions like the Geneva Accords, based on three trips taken to Israel and the occupied territories in the past year—most recently in January 2004. Traveling with Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, their group had unique access to a wide array of players in the conflict, including Jewish settlers and Palestinian villagers, a retired Israeli general and Yasser Arafat, university students, Arab Israelis and Jewish Israeli peace workers. Their conclusions are based on their own observations of facts on the ground.

This event is organized by the White Dog Café, 3420 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, and is not sponsored by the GSSWSR (but you may be interested). Dinner, speaker and discussion is $35—contact the White Dog for information at 215-386-9224.
(posted 1/14/04)

Jean Haring Memorial Bench
The Graduate School held a dedication ceremony on Monday morning, Oct. 25th, 2004, of a new oak tree and bench in front of the Graduate School.  The tree and bench were funded with a gift in Jean’s memory from Barbara Grossman, whose life was dramatically altered by Jean.

Jean Haring was a professor at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research from 1959 until her death in December, 1976.  She regularly taught at the Smith College School of Social Work during the summers.  A native of Michigan, Jean was a graduate of Albion College, received masters degrees from Oklahoma State University (psychology) and the University of Michigan (social work), and her doctorate in social work from Western Reserve University.  She was writing a book on Sigmund Freud and met with Freud’s daughter in London the summer before her death.

Dr. Haring was an active volunteer for HELP, Inc., a privately sponsored outreach organization for youth in Philadelphia, where she met Barbara who was then 17.  Their friendship forever altered Barbara’s life, and in establishing the memorial she said “Jean was such a loving member of the School and was a truly adventurous spirit.  She made such a difference in my life and in so many others’ lives, that I’m so happy to be able to help and keep her memory alive.”  Barbara, who grew up in Philadelphia, lives in Narberth with her husband Rick and their four children. 

Bryn Mawr College has many dedicated trees and benches, however, this is the first formally dedicated one on the Graduate School campus” noted Doug Hasbrouck, the School’s director of development and alumnae/i programs.  “Barbara’s vision of a memorial tree and a bench with it, where students can escape to read, talk quietly, or simply reflect in solitude is a beautiful one.”

"The New South Africa: An Emerging Democracy "
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Eddie Daniels spoke to about 100 students and community members about the emerging democracy in South Africa, and the accompanying political and social challenges and opportunities, in the GSSWSR Gymnasium.  An anti-apartheid activist and a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa and the African Resistance Movement, Mr. Daniels was banned, detained and imprisoned for his actions and beliefs.  He served a sentence of 15 years on Robben Island in the company of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other resistance leaders. 

The lecture was jointly-sponsored by the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and The College's Center Ethnicities, Communities & Social Policy.

Robert Bingham MSS ’76 named ‘Executive of the Year’
Robert L. Bingham MSS ’76, Chief Probation Officer for the Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis, Indiana, was recently awarded the Sam Houston State University Executive of the Year Award. This national award, which recognizes and honors the top probation official in the country, was presented to Bingham in Cleveland last month in conjunction with the 28th annual training institute of the American Probation and Parole Association and annual meeting of the National Association of Probation Executives.

A native of Pennsylvania, Bingham earned his undergraduate degree in sociology/anthropology from Wake Forest University in 1970. He began his distinguished career as a juvenile probation officer in Philadelphia in 1970, and later went on to become a juvenile probation officer for the Delaware County Juvenile Court in Media, Pennsylvania, where he later served as Director of the Delaware County Youth Service Bureau. Bingham earned his Master’s degree in Social Work from Bryn Mawr College in 1976.

From 1979–1985, Bingham served as Chief Juvenile Probation Officer in Winnebago County, Illinois, later moving to McLean County, Illinois, to serve as Chief Probation Officer from 1985–1988. He served as Chief of Court Services (adult probation, juvenile probation, and juvenile detention) in Lake County, Illinois, from 1989–1994. In 1994, Bingham was named Court Administrator for the Oakland County (MI) Probate Court in Pontiac, Michigan. He remained in Michigan until 2000, when he was appointed Chief Probation Officer for the Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis, the position he continues to hold.

In addition to a distinguished career in the administration of community correction programs in four different states, where he was specifically brought in to institute needed change and reform, Bingham has served as a role model and mentor to numerous probation executives.

Bingham has been active professionally throughout his lengthy administrative career and served with distinction as President of the National Association of Probation Executives from 1998–2000. He has published over thirty professional articles and is a frequent presenter of workshops and seminars at national meetings and conferences. Since 1987, he has served as a visiting lecturer in criminal justice at several Midwestern universities.

Dan Richard Beto, Executive Director of the Correctional Management Institute of Texas and past president of the National Association of Probation Executives, commented: “Bing has devoted his entire career to advancing the probation profession. He has provided the profession with visionary leadership, faithfulness, commitment, and knowledge, for which all practitioners should be grateful.”

Bingham resides in Indianapolis, is married, and the father of three children.
Posted 11/7/03

Julia Mayo MSS ’49 receives the 2002 William Foote Whyte Award from the American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association Section on Sociological Practice William Foote Whyte Award is for individuals who have made notable contributions to sociological practice which can include several of the following elements: outstanding clinical or applied work, exceptional service to the section, publications that advance both the theory and methods of sociological practice, or mentoring and training of students for careers in sociological practice.

Dr. Julia Mayo is a pioneer clinical sociologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City. This award recognizes her many devoted years putting clinical sociology out there in the “real world!” Dr. Mayo brought the clinical sociological perspective to St. Vincent’s Psychiatric Hospital in New York City and even though the “traditional” medical model prevailed for individuals diagnosed with “mental illness,” she brought in, in a courageous and wonderful manner, the vital importance of understanding socio-cultural contexts that played critical roles in how individuals developed, adapted to, and took personal responsibility for certain patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. She worked with culturally diverse groups way ahead of her time, too! She became an important and “equal” member of the rehabilitation team at the hospital. It took a lot of stamina as well as positive creativity for her to do that.

After holding several other positions, she was employed by St. Vincent’s Hospital from 1966-1996. Her most recent position there was Chief of Clinical Studies. She also is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, at New York Medical College; a member of ASA and serves on the Editorial Board of Sociological Practice: A Journal of Clinical and Applied Sociology; and has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Career in Clinical Sociology Award from the Clinical Sociology Association (1986).

Dr. Mayo has author or co-author of 31 articles and two book chapters (including “Cultural Adaptive Therapy” in Handbook of Clinical Sociology, Plenum, 1991) and is currently completing a chapter on the psychiatric treatment of African Americans for a textbook on the psychiatric treatment of ethic groups. Since 9/11/01, she has been working with patients, residents and professional staff who continue to demonstrate symptoms of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. She writes that “New York City has multiple ethnic groups. A knowledge of sociocultural factors is critical in helping these people restore a functioning ego intact.”

Given his visible and long-standing commitment to the practice of sociology, her considerable enthusiasm in “spreading the word,” and her scholarly activities, Dr. Julia Mayo exemplifies what is at the heart of the William Foote Whyte Career Award.

Previous William Foote Whyte/Sociological Practice Career Awardees:

2001 Stephen F. Steele, Anne Arundel Community College
2000 Lewis Yablonksy, California State University at Northridge
1999 Donald Light, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
1998 Ross Koppel, University of Pennsylvania and Social Research Corp.
1996 William Foote Whyte, Cornell University
1994 Ronnie J. Steinberg, Temple University
1993 Robert Dentler, University of Massachusetts
1992 David J. Kallen, Michigan State University
1989 Albert Gollin, Newspaper Advertising Bureau
1987 Katrina Johnson, National Institutes of Health
1986 Arthur B. Shostak, Drexel University
1985 Anne Knettles McCarrick, Medical College of Virginia
1984 Jack Riley, Retired
1983 Matilda White Riley, National Institutes of Health

Posted 10/20/03
As reported on the American Sociological Association web site.

Sandy Schram awarded contract for work with Women’s Community Revitalization Program
Professor Sandy Schram has been awarded a contract for Advocacy Research on Housing Preservation and Home Repair Policies and Programs in Philadelphia. This William Penn Foundation funded study is explicitly designed to further enhance the advocacy efforts of the Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) as part of its affordable housing campaign. The project includes analyzing census data, studying government housing policies, and their implementation so as to further the goals of the affordable housing campaign. (posted 10/27/03)

Greta Zybon—Modern Wars and the Civilian Experience
On September 11, 2003 Emeritus Professor Greta Zybon gave a presentation to emeriti faculty of Bryn Mawr and other members of the community. She offered a personal perspective of her experiences in World War II. The text of her talk is available here. Greta lives locally and remains active in the community and is frequently on campus. (posted 10/22/03)

Helen Helfer MSS ’65 publishes Footprints on the Land: American Stories About Race
From active membership in People for Human Rights in the 1960s and co-founding The People’s Fund (now Bread & Roses Community Fund) in the 1970s, to heading a neighborhood center in San Francisco later on, Helen Helfer (MSS ’65) has had a career that has always included anti-racist and community-based organizing work. In Footprints on the Land, she brings together the first-person accounts of 52 contemporary Americans who speak about their experiences with race and racism in the US. (posted 10/20/03)

Michele Gougeon MSS ’76 honored for outstanding contributions to community and youth development
McLean Hospital Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michele Gougeon MSS ’76 recently received Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay’s 2003 Joseph P. Lombard Award for outstanding contributions to the community and youth development. The award is named in memory of well-known Boston business leader and philanthropist Joseph P. Lombard, who served on the Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay Board of Directors from 1972 until 1995. The Lombard award annually recognizes a leader in the community who has made significant contributions to the agency’s efforts to serve more children in the community through mentoring programs. (posted 9/03)

Jim Baumohl edits major study on Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Professor Jim Baumohl edited and contributed to a major study on SSI, which found that two years after welfare reform laws brought an end to SSI for poor people with addiction-related disabilities, this group showed continued high levels of alcohol and other drug use and significant material deprivation. The study is reported in a double issue of Contemporary Drug Problems (vol 30, no. 1-2, spring-summer 2003), an international, interdisciplinary quarterly edited in Stockholm, Sweden, Bryn Mawr, PA, and Santa Cruz, CA, and published in New York City. (posted 9/18/03)

Leslie Alexander wins DHHS Office of Research Integrity Contract
Professor Leslie Alexander was awarded a contract to fund development of a web-based training tool for researchers to train individuals in community agencies about the use of human subjects in research. The project, Educating Staff in Community Agencies about Human Subjects Protection in Research, will produce tools targeted to low-income communities that will be available in English and Spanish and that focus on assessing social, psychological, and legal risks; voluntary participation throughout a study; and maintaining confidentiality of research data.
(posted 9/18/03)

Dana Becker publication wins award
Assistant Professor Dana Becker’s paper, The Myth of Empowerment: Women, Psychotherapy and the Legacy of Individualism was awarded the 2003 Psychotherapy with Women Award by Division 35 of the American Psychological Association.

New book by Professor Sandy Schram
Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform, Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss and Richard C. Fording, eds. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003) has just been published.

Julia Littell awarded funding and invited to international panel
Littell Study Asks: Do Troubled Youth Benefit From Intervention?
Associate Professor Julia Littell of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation. The grant will fund a research project Littell developed under the aegis of the Campbell Collaboration, a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 to gather and evaluate evidence of the effectiveness of various social interventions. Littell’s project, which will employ GSSWSR doctoral students Burnée Forsythe and Melania Popa, involves a systematic review of studies of the effectiveness of multisystemic treatment on outcomes for youth in the juvenile-justice, mental-health and child-welfare systems. “Multisystemic treatment,” Littell explains, “is a brief, intensive intervention for kids who are in trouble; it works with the family, the school, the whole community.” Her research group will review and synthesize available evidence of the treatment’s effectiveness. “We’ll be looking at experimental evidence from randomized, controlled trials in which kids who get into MST programs are compared to kids who don’t.” The group will present its results at a conference in Washington, D.C., in late May.

The Campbell Collaboration, also known as C2, sponsors numerous projects that aim to evaluate and synthesize evidence regarding the effectiveness of social, educational and behavioral interventions. Through the C2 website, the information is made available to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the public to help increase understanding of “what helps, what harms, and what we still need to know,” the website says. At the third annual C2 colloquium, held Feb. 27-28 in Stockholm, Sweden, Littell participated in a plenary panel devoted to the topic of developing C2 internationally. Littell also chaired a session on child welfare at the C2 colloquium. She remained in Stockholm through March 1 to chair a round-table discussion on the evidence for a leading theory of behavioral change known as the “stages of change,” designed to develop plans for a comprehensive review of the theory. (Source: Inside Bryn Mawr, March 24, 2003)