Social Justice
Anti-oppressive social work is a frame we are striving to use in the Garland School to promote our work for equality, honoring the dignity and worth of all people, with a focus on underrepresented and marginalized groups.
- Dr. Zhao: Incarceration Trajectories and Mental Health Problems Among Mothers Imprisoned in State and Federal Correctional Facilities: A Nationwide Study
- Drs. Boddie & Zhao: Establishing a Social Work Model for China's Rural Revitalization Strategy Targeting Ethnic Minorities
- Dr. McGee: Collective Labyrinth Walking Leads to Connections and Insights for Contemplative Activism in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Social Concerns
- Dr. Dickey: Video Lecture: Saviors or Servants?: Listening to Kenyan Experiences of Missionaries and Volunteers
- Dr. Yancey: From affirmation to equity: The spiral of congregational empowerment for women in Baptist congregations. Religions
- Dr. Yancey: Clergy sexual abuse of adults: Institutional power and legislative resistance in the United States. Critical Social Policy.
Other GSSW faculty working in this area include Cheryl Pooler, Sarah Ritter, David Pooler, and Luci Ramos Hoppe.