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Social Welfare @ Berkeley
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Growing in
New Directions:
Transitions at the
School of Social Welfare
INSIDE
Meet Dean Jeffrey Edleson
Haviland Hall Renewal
Co-Constructing the Classroom
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFARE
Summer/Fall 2012
a letter from the dean
Being a part of the School of Social Welfare as its dean for this past year has been a wonderful
capstone to the nearly five decades I have spent on the Berkeley campus. As many of you probably know by now, I am an architect. And although I will forever be an architect, I have been
completed co-opted by social welfare. Paraphrasing the opening line of President Kennedy’s
1962 commencement address in New Haven – “It might be said now that I have the best of
both worlds, a Harvard education and a Yale degree” – it can be said that I have an architect’s
career and a social worker’s heart.
And who did this to me? I blame the students. After 50 years at UC Berkeley, I am used to
encountering committed and passionate students, but never have I met a group so universally
devoted to serving others without reservation, knowing that the rewards will be other than
financial, as the students pursuing degrees in social welfare. This selflessness and dedication
to public service are the hallmarks of Berkeley, and social welfare students are the standard
bearers. My interactions with students, particularly those in the MSW and PhD programs, were the highlights of my experience,
even when the occasion was for them to voice displeasure or dissatisfaction with some aspect of their education. Their concerns were
always presented in a civil, direct and clear way, and it is obvious they care very much about the School and about those who will
succeed them. The PhD Brown Bag Lunches are not just a testament to those who presented, but to their classmates who attended,
providing support and insightful critiques. The student-run events, such as the Social Justice Symposium and Lobby Days; the way in
which students provided their voice during the fall demonstrations; and their overall spirit and enthusiasm are all part of the School’s
unique culture.
We have accomplished much this past year. After extensive national searches, we are proud to introduce a new dean and a new assistant professor. Dr. Jeffrey Edleson assumes the deanship on August 1st. Jeff comes to Haviland Hall from the University of Minnesota
School of Social Work, where he has served as a professor, director of research and director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence
and Abuse. His outstanding scholarship and passion for mentoring faculty and students will serve the School well as it charts its future
course. Additionally, our faculty search yielded more than 120 applications, and from this process Dr. Paul Sterzing was selected and
begins teaching in the fall. Paul’s research focuses on bullying and youth violence among vulnerable children and adolescents, with
particular focus on sexual minority youths and their families. He is a welcome addition to our faculty.
We are also pleased to introduce Tess Chandler as the School’s new director of development. Tess has a depth of fundraising and
development experience at UC Davis and here at Berkeley. Since 2009 she has been directing all planning and execution of fundraising efforts in Berkeley’s Office of Student Affairs, and she created the first fundraising program for Residential and Student Service
Programs with great success. One of the major projects that Tess will be concentrating her fundraising efforts is our forward-looking,
10-year master plan for rejuvenation of Haviland Hall. There is much to be done, but also much to be gained. You will see in this
magazine that among the ambitious projects are a completely revamped third floor and a café community space.
In last year’s Social Welfare @Berkeley, I was asked how my time and work in the College of Environmental Design prepared me for
the deanship of the School of Social Welfare. While this past year has been a profound learning experience, my original sense that the
College and School are similar is true. Both strive to balance scholarly work and practice. However, a major difference is the robust
and integral MSW field program, in which students are continuously asked to draw upon knowledge, understanding and practical
skills. Led by Greg Merrill, the director of field education, the program is continuing to grow, with two new field education consultants slated to begin in the fall.
This year has been marked by important successes and achievements, and I am confident the School is poised for its next phase under
the leadership of Dean Edleson.
Sincerely,
Sam Davis
Interim Dean
Social Welfare @ Berkeley
Summer/Fall 2012
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
CHARTING OUR GROWTH
As the School of Social Welfare enters its
seventh decade, new leadership, innovative
approaches to social work education and a
rejuvenated home help prepare us for another
70 years of excellence.
2 Introductions: Dean Jeffrey
Edleson; Assistant Professor Paul
Sterzing; Development Director
Tess Chandler; Graduate Programs
Advisor Joshua Dullaghan
6 Co-Constructing the Classroom:
Professor Michael Austin collaborates with students in curriculum
experiment for practice course
10 Haviland Renewal: Renovation
plans for the home of the School of
Social Welfare look to encourage
community through open spaces
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL
7 Associate Professor Susan
Stone appointed to School’s eighth
endowed chair; joint degree in
public policy established
8
Swedish political scientist
Bo Rothstein presents research
on social trust
9 Homecoming panel
examines ramifications of
healthcare reform policies
EDITOR
Francesca Dinglasan
12 Profiles: First MSW-MPP
student Lisa White; aging services specialist and filmmaker
Julie Miller; advocate for English
language-learners Javier de Paz
14 Year in Review: Social welfare
graduate students and Occupy
Cal; Former foster youth lead
panel on new legislation; SWAA’s
2012 Awards Dinner
ASSISTANT EDITORS / DESIGN
CONTRIBUTORS
Gabriel Cortez
Tess Chandler
Allison Yates
Greg Merrill
©2012 by the Regents of the University
of California. All rights reserved.
16 Looking Back: Q&A with
retiring Adjunct Professor and former
Fieldwork Director Bart Grossman
17
Haviland Briefs
19
Honor Roll of Donors
20
In Memoriam
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meet the dean
Jeffrey Edleson
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As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley in the early
1970s, Dr. Jeffrey Edleson (BA ’74), first discovered
the field of social welfare somewhat accidentally.
Sure that Dr. Edleson would hate behaviorism, the
psychological theory that stresses objectively observable and measurable data over subjective phenomena, one of his friends told him to take a class being
taught by Professor Eileen Gambrill to “understand
how horrible the theory really was.” Dr. Edleson
says that he instead ended up being “really drawn to
Eileen’s ideas.” “She was one of the early pioneers in
the area of evidence-informed social work,” he says.
“Working closely with Eileen is what led me to be a
social worker.”
Dr. Edleson would go on to declare a major in social
welfare and complete his Berkeley degree. He continued his graduate studies in social work, earning
MSSW and doctoral degrees from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Early in his career he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hebrew University’s Baerwald School of Social Work in Israel.
Dr. Edleson spent two years as an assistant professor
at the SUNY-Albany School of Social Welfare before
accepting a position at the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities School of Social Work. His career at the
Midwestern school spans 29 years and includes the
roles of professor, director of research since 2007,
director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence
and Abuse since 1995 and twice the doctoral program chair. A leading expert in domestic violence,
Dr. Edleson’s prolific and widely respected body of
publications comprise more than 120 articles and 12
books, including the forthcoming, Battered Mothers,
Their Children and International Law: The Unintended Consequences of the Hague Child Abduction
Convention, co-authored by Dr. Taryn Lindhorst.
Now, four decades since he first set foot on the
Berkeley campus, Dr. Edleson has returned as dean
and professor in the School of Social Welfare. His
arrival at Haviland Hall marked both a reunion with
some of his own former professors as well as an
introduction to Berkeley’s next generation of socialwork practitioners, educators and researchers. Together he hopes to build upon the School’s reputation
for producing high-caliber scholarship and leaders in
social welfare and to expand its influence in the field.
Dr. Edleson shared his personal and professional
trajectory as well as his future vision for the School.
Why did you choose to attend UC
Berkeley and what were your earliest
impressions of the campus? I grew up in the San
Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, and I was drawn
to Berkeley because it was one of the top schools in
the country. My parents were also strong believers in
public education. I attended Berkeley during the end
of the Vietnam War era and the Watergate scandal –
a time of turmoil in the country and on the campus.
I enjoyed the intellectual stimulation of the times; it
was exciting, with lots of new ideas and challenges to
traditional conceptions of gender roles in relationships and how we should be educated.
What attracted you to the study of social
welfare? I chose social welfare because I was able to
take courses throughout the university. Social welfare
was a broad liberal-arts offering that allowed me to
What were the compelling factors that led
you to accept the deanship at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare? I am excited about
the next decade and the changes occurring in public
higher education and the social work profession.
There is an opportunity to provide major leadership in the transitions taking place. UC Berkeley has
the stature and the human resources. The School of
Social Welfare can continue to have a major impact
locally, nationally and globally. We need to figure out
how to continue to do that in new ways together. We
have to prepare our Master’s students to be the future
leaders in our communities, and our PhD students
have to be leading scholars around the world.
What will be some of your priorities during
the first year of your deanship? I see several significant goals that we have to work on quickly. One is
responding to the academic review that just occurred
and implementing the recommendations of the
external review committee. One of those recommendations is an improvement of the PhD curriculum.
Another is that the MSW curriculum will need to be
examined this year and changes made in advance of
an accreditation visit by the Council on Social Work
Education.
Additionally, we will be hiring more faculty every
year into the foreseeable future. The commitment
from the provost is that we will hire at least one new
faculty position every year for the next five years. My
goal is to aim for a full combined team of 24 senate
and field faculty.
Another major goal for me is to go out in the community, meet the key stakeholders in social welfare
in the Bay Area and California and find partners to
work with us on some key goals for the School and
the profession. There are a number of ways to increase the School’s partnerships and resources, even
in these tough fiscal times. Faculty and staff are really
NEW FACES
explore different subjects, including psychology and
anthropology. My favorite course was actually my
English requirement. “Literature of Utopia” was great
to take in the early ’70s and offered insights to social
welfare policies.
going to have to think creatively about how to bring
in new partners and resources. We also have a great
plan drawn up for a Haviland Hall renovation, and
there are other programmatic goals and student fellowship support that are equally important. We need
to form partnerships in the community to develop
the resources to meet these and other goals.
Perhaps most importantly, I need to do a lot of listening to understand the views of the key stakeholders
within and outside of the School.
How will your administrative experiences in
Minnesota inform your role as dean? I’ve been
really fortunate to work in a school that has had
very fair and supportive leadership throughout my
career. The supervisors I have had have created an
atmosphere that is collegial, mutually supportive and
allowed each of us to flourish as best we could in our
careers, and I have tried to be similar to them in my
roles as director of the doctoral program twice, director of research for the past five years and as director
of a research center for the past 18 years. I have high
standards, but I also try to create an environment
where individuals feel good about those standards
and work hard because they enjoy and believe in
what they are doing.
I am very optimistic about the School of Social
Welfare at Berkeley. It is producing a new generation
of scholars, and I want to make this as positive an
atmosphere for them to flourish in and follow their
scholarly and teaching passions as best they can.
I see my role as dean in many ways – to be one of
the providers of a supportive environment and to be
someone who communicates the School’s strengths
to the university and larger social work community. I
look forward to helping promote the visibility of the
School’s work with many different audiences.
What do you most look forward to in
Berkeley? I am very energized as I join the School
of Social Welfare, which has a high standard of scholarship and teaching. I look forward to working to
build on this high standard even more in the coming
decade. My sights are set on at least 10 years as dean!
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introductions
Paul Sterzing
Assistant Professor
Tell us about
your personal
and academic
background.
I’m from a very
small town called
Crivitz in northeastern Wisconsin.
My father mass
produces pallet
lumber there, and I
would have been a
fourth-generation
logger if I stayed in the family business. I’m the first
one in my family to get a college degree.
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I earned an undergraduate degree in psychology
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My focus
was on alcohol abuse and drug therapy; there was
a fair amount of those issues in my family, and that
was one of the initial reasons I chose that area. After
I graduated, I applied for the MSSW program. It
was a very pragmatic decision because I was advised that a MSW clinical track would be the fastest
route to practice alcohol and abuse therapy. I ended
up switching my track to health policy and did a
three-semester practicum with United Way, where I
remained for one year after I graduated.
Why did you decide to leave practice and
pursue a doctoral degree? I wanted to look at
the mental health disparities that exist with sexual
minorities. I always had been researching LGBTrelated topics, and I knew the population. There
are higher rates of substance abuse, depression and
suicide, and I was interested in working to address
those disparities.
What are your research interests?
My research focuses on vulnerable adolescents, and
special-needs and sexual minority kids are overrepresented in that group.
One of the conclusions that came out of my doctoral
dissertation is that research on the full continuum of
bullying that sexual minority kids are involved in is
almost non-existent. We know a great deal about victimization, but no one has yet bothered to ask, “Are
you bullying anybody?” Revicitimization is a coping
mechanism or an externalizing behavior for some
of these kids. This is an important piece because the
kids who play the bully-victim role consistently have
been shown within general adolescents to be the
worst off with the poorest mental health.
I am interested in looking at this subgroup; higher
rates of suicide are attached to these kids who play
the roles of both bully and victim. I’m trying to
understand the disparities that occur within that
continuation. I also would like to flip from the deficit
to the protective model and look at why some sexual
“One of the conclusions that came out of my
doctoral dissertation is that research on the
full continuum of bullying that sexual minority
kids are involved in is almost non-existent.”
minority kids never get bullied. What’s going on in
their family life, school or extracurricular involvement? I would rather not focus on the deficit because
my passion really lies in understanding the combination of factors – individual, family, neighborhood –
affecting those kids.
What are some of your goals for the year? I
am teaching Human Behavior in the Social Environment. Courses are a lot more interesting when you
hear about things that are actually going on in the
world, and I plan to use examples from my own
research when we cover life course history and socioecological frameworks.
I also hope to have an open-door policy that lets
students who have an interest in sexual minorities
or youth violence meet with me. As a PhD student,
the thing I was most proud of were my one-on-one
mentorships. They were opportunities to help people
formulate questions and plan their trajectories. I did
a lot of work with PhD students and that was incredibly rewarding.
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Tess Chandler
Director of Development
Tell us about your
personal and
professional background. I grew up in
Chicago and left when
I was 18. I worked in
a wide variety of jobs,
including modeling
in Japan, where I lived
for three years. From
Tokyo I moved to
Northern California
and had jobs that ranged from a bank teller to an
exporter at an onion processing plant.
In 1998, I joined UC Davis as an administrative
assistant. I went on to work in project management
and fundraising, with posts in the College of Biological Sciences, Student Affairs, UC Davis Extension,
the Office of Research and the Alumni Association.
Joshua Dullaghan
Graduate Programs Advisor
Tell us about your personal and professional
background. I’m originally from San Diego and
went to UC San Diego for a BA in theatre. While in
college, I transitioned into directing and art design
work. The advisor on one of the musicals I produced
eventually became dean of student affairs. We had a
great working relationship and she asked me to be
her administrative assistant. I supported student affairs and residential life staff and was also responsible
for disciplinary case management.
When I moved to the Bay Area, I got a job as an administrative assistant in the Haas School of Business
Undergraduate Program. After two-and-a-half years,
I moved to UC Berkeley’s Study Abroad office, where
I served as the advisor for all of the East and Southeast Asia programs.
What interested you about this position at
the School? It represented everything that I had
done previously – student services, academic adviing, and support and event planning – as well as the
While working full time, I was also a student at Davis
and a mom of three sons. I managed one course per
quarter, starting in 1990 when I began my studies
at Solano Community College. It took a total of 17
years to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science,
which I received from UC Davis in 2007. It was challenging at times, but I don’t regret a single thing!
Describe your transition to UC Berkeley.
Once my children were grown and I received my degree, I thought it would be a good time to spread my
wings. I moved to the Bay Area and began working at
UC Berkeley in 2009 as a fundraiser for Residential
and Student Service Programs (RSSP).
What are your fundraising priorities at the
School? We have an ambitious renovation plan for
Haviland Hall that will improve community interaction tremendously, but it does require significant
funding. Also, finding support for our students is
always of great importance. We want to make sure
they have everything they need to succeed as future
social work practitioners and researchers.
opportunity to grow
and be innovative
in a school that is
looking for change.
I knew if I were offered this position,
it would be something that I would
really love.
Describe your
role in the
School. There
is going to be a
broad range of services that I will provide. The large
focuses are on academic advising, recruitment and
admissions. I will also work with Melanie Green on
other student-support elements, such as financial
aid, career counseling and professional development.
We are trying to take the holistic approach to advising our students – from prospective applicants to
knowledge-bearing alumni. Additionally, I want to
know what students would like to see as part of their
program, both academically and outside of the classroom, and find ways to create these opportunities.
news from the School
CUSTOMIZING
THE CLASSROOM
EXPERIENCE
Professor Michael Austin asks students
to “co-construct” MAP practice course
Professor Michael Austin is turning his classes up-
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side down. Last fall in SW 252: Management Practice,
Austin decided to try an “experimental approach to
the design/implementation of the course” by having
the students co-construct and co-implement the curriculum – and the results have been notable.
Feeling like he was not reaching students as effectively as he had in the past, Austin took a look at studies
focusing on the learning, socializing and interaction
styles of the current generation of college students,
known colloquially as “millennials.” Among the
books he found particularly helpful was Don Tapscott’s Grown Up Digitally: How the Net Generation is
Changing our World, which documents how millennials have grown up with an orientation to “customization.” With this in mind, Austin set out to try a
new approach to his practice course that responded
more effectively to the students’ needs and habits.
Austin looked closely at a student survey conducted
by Social Welfare Graduate Assembly MAP program
representatives Wendy Durst (MSW ’12) and Lisa
White (MSW/MPP ’13) that provided suggestions
about ways to enhance student skill development.
“I think all of us in the School who teach practice
struggle with the challenge of helping students
acquire skills when we meet with them only a couple
hours a week,” says Austin.
As part of the redesign, students were responsible for
co-constructing the course outline during the first
several weeks. This initial phase included experiential
in-class exercises and discussions to identify primary
learning needs as well as readings of case studies on
pioneering human service organizations. Once the
self-assessment information from the first part of
the semester was collected, aggregated and reviewed,
students were presented with the results and their
next challenge – to develop a learning agreement that
would guide their field placement experiences for the
rest of the year. Austin used this same data to begin
the process of framing the learning objectives and
activities for the backend of the course.
“It enabled us to reflect on our own development as
leaders and students of management and planning,”
said Jenny Ventura (MSW ’12) about the personalized process. “The self-assessments helped us to
reflect on our strengths and areas for growth in the
context of our skills and knowledge.”
Another experimental aspect of the course was the
direct involvement of School MAP field education
consultant, Andrea DuBrow, who participated as a
co-teacher during the first four and last weeks of the
course. “We were able to establish a stronger connection between what students wanted to learn in
the classroom and what they wanted to learn in their
field placements,” she noted.
Based on positive student experiences and feedback,
Austin is planning to incorporate the new method
into his other courses. “My idea was that the students
and I should build the course together,” he explained.
“Both co-constructing it in a way that fostered
greater opportunities for input as well as greater opportunities for co-implementation involving students
in role-play simulations and as consultants using the
internet to identify additional learning resources.”
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SUSAN STONE
NAMED NEW CHAIR
School’s eighth endowed chair
to support research in public schools
Associate Professor Susan Stone will serve as the
first holder of the Catherine Mary and Eileen Clare
Hutto Chair for Social Services in Public Education.
Established through the generosity of longtime
School supporters Catherine Hutto Gordon, her
sister Eileen and the trustees of the Hutto Patterson
Charitable Foundation, along with matching funds
from UC Berkeley’s Hewlett Challenge, the new chair
supports “the work of an eminent faculty member focused on meeting the social-service needs of publicschool children and their families.”
“The appointment of Professor Stone to be the first
educator to hold this chair is an outstanding example
of the Hutto Patterson Foundation’s commitment to
serving public education and all it stands for,” noted
Catherine Hutto Gordon. “We are pleased and proud
to congratulate her, and we look forward to providing support for her research and her work to advance
the welfare of our society.”
“This chair has special meaning to my
colleagues practicing in the field whose
work directly impacts students’ school
experiences, particularly those most
academically vulnerable.”
“I am honored and humbled to be named the Catherine Mary and Eileen Clare Hutto Chair for Social
Services in Public Education,” said Professor Stone. “I
plan to use the chair to support my research in local
school districts. It is meaningful to me that the donors
have a deep understanding of the profession of social
work and school social work in particular; Catherine
has a school social work background.
“I know that this chair has special meaning to my
colleagues practicing in the field whose work directly
impacts students’ school experiences, particularly
those most academically vulnerable,” added Stone.
NEW CONCURRENT
MSW-MPP DEGREE
School of Social Welfare and Goldman
School offer joint master’s program
The School of
Social Welfare
and the Goldman School of
Public Policy
introduced a
new concurrent
master’s degree
in social welfare
and public policy. The MSWMPP program
is designed to
provide the
methodological tools and policy breadth associated
with public policy in concert with the substantive
focus and professional training offered through
social welfare. The concurrent degree can be completed within three academic years and one intervening summer, with two to three students expected
to enter each year.
News of the program has been enthusiastically received. “I’m happy that this will now be an option,”
remarked School of Social Welfare alumna Alexis
Fernandez (MSW ’09). “The more time I spend in
the policy field, the more I feel that it is essential to
include a social work perspective on many issues.”
Lisa White (see profile story, page 12) is the first
student to enroll in the MSW-MPP program.
keystone presentations
BUILDING SOCIAL TRUST
Bo Rothstein, August Rohss Chair in Sweden’s University of Gothenburg,
discusses solidarity through institutional design at annual Friedlander Lecture
Students, faculty and visitors
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filled the Social Welfare Library on March 20 to hear 2012
Friedlander Lecturer Bo Rothstein speak on the relationship
between societal perspectives
of government and resulting
citizen behavior.
An internationally acclaimed
political scientist from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg,
Rothstein’s research focuses
on the comparative quality of
government institutions, social
capital and political corruption. As one of the leaders of
the Quality of Government
Institute, Rothstein promotes
dialogue on the fundamentals of
“good government.”
At the annual lecture, Rothstein
emphasized the government’s
role and potential in finding and
maintaining societal trust. “Co-
operation and forward thinking
come much more naturally than
we think,” he noted. He went
on to define what he saw as a
central problem – citizens’ lack
of faith in the government and
its institutions – and proposed
that a realistic reevaluation of
institutions could enable better
structural design and, ultimately,
a more trusting public body.
“Reciprocity tells us that if we,
through the design of institutions, can make people trust
that most other agents in their
society will behave in a trustworthy and solidaristic manner,
they will do likewise.”
After the presentations, students
engaged with Rothstein as he
described the specifics of how
social work can facilitate what
he sees as the ultimate institutional goal – creating access to
resources.
“If most people in a
society believe that most
other people in that
society can be trusted,
they have good reasons
to support policies that
are based on solidarity
and thereby will increase
social equality.”
Panelists left to right: Erica Murray, Marty
Lynch and Hunter Gatewood (MSW ’00);
far right: Moderator Greg Merrill.
On healthcare reform
Experts examine policy changes and ramifications at Homecoming presentation
A panel of professionals working in the public and
nonprofit healthcare sectors convened as part of
the School of Social Welfare’s 2011-12 homecoming
event, The Impact of New Legislation on the Health of
our Communities and the Evolving Role of the Social
Worker. Moderated by Director of Field Education
Greg Merrill, the panel discussion was attended by
alumni, faculty and students seeking to learn more
about the highly anticipated, though widely confusing, changes to legislation impacting healthcare accessibility and coverage in the United States.
Panel participants included Hunter Gatewood (MSW
’00), manager of quality and performance improvement at San Francisco Health Plan; Erica Murray,
senior vice president of the California Association
of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; and Marty
Lynch, executive director of Lifelong Medical Care.
Erica Murray took on the formidable task of breaking down several of the major points of interest in
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. She
explained that “the most relevant piece of the health
reform law that starts in 2012 has to deal with the
expansion of Medicaid. Everyone is going to be required to have health insurance via health insurance
exchanges.” She also noted that “reform includes a lot
of projects and pilots to improve care for patience.”
Marty Lynch spoke from the perspective of his work
overseeing a frontline healthcare and social-services
provider that specializes in serving low- and limitedincome individuals. “Healthcare reform comes about
in an era when the U.S. spends more per capita on
healthcare delivery than any other developed nation
and falls way down the list on health outcomes compared to other national delivery systems,” he said.
“Current healthcare reform is clearly the most important piece of health legislation since Medicare and
Medicaid,” added Lynch. “It is certainly – symbolically and absolutely – an American way to approach
health policy.”
Hunter Gatewood concluded the event by discussing
the pivotal role of social workers in helping connect
clients with needed services. “My education allowed
me to see social workers as people who interact with
systems,” he explained. “They do amazing work and
are often not quite recognized as [the ones] stitching
all the care together.”
“This reform…has social work written all over it,”
said Gatewood. “I think there are huge opportunities
for social workers on the frontlines – especially in
management and education positions – to really help
everyone else figure out the new healthcare policies.
“That’s what social workers do,” Gatewood added.
“They help systems work for people.”
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haviland renewal
New design for the home of the School embraces communal space
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School of Social Welfare
alumni may remember spending time within the
historic walls of Haviland Hall. While many have
appreciated the building’s classic features, a longstanding desire of many students, both past and
current, has been for a communal, accessible and
inviting space to meet outside of the classroom.
As one of the most definitive aspects of social
welfare students’ educational experience at Berke-
plan HIGHLIGHTS
ley are the relationships they form and community
they build with peers and faculty, the School has
high hopes to facilitate that much-needed human
interaction under the Haviland Hall roof — all while
maintaining the building’s historic integrity.
Future plans involve major renovations in several
places, including classrooms and dedicated research
areas as well as a restoration of the intricately detailed
exterior to its former glory. Yet, the two main spaces
- New information technology study center
- Enlarge existing classrooms and add one more for a total of six
- Incorporate more glass for greater openness and visibility
Architect renderings for the proposed Assembly Room on the
top level (left) and Student Commons and Cafe on the firstfloor/ground level (right) of Haviland Hall.
being prioritized are new community areas that allow
students, lecturers and faculty to mingle and share
ideas.
The two main spaces being
prioritized are new community areas
that allow students, lecturers and
faculty to mingle and share ideas.
The first project is the Student Commons and
Café, which will be located on the first floor,
directly across from the staircase of the main
entrance. Plans call for the walls in the Commons to be opened up, providing an unimpeded view of the room as well as clear sightlines to
the large windows on the building’s eastern side.
The second project is the Assembly Room on Haviland’s top floor, directly under the original atriumstyle roof, which — once opened up — offers beautiful natural light. The goal is to create a large, shared
space underneath the building’s skylight that can be
used for multiple purposes, including events, lectures, receptions and everyday studying.
The repurposing of the top floor as a community
room will actually bring it back closer to its original
design. When the building opened in 1924, the third
floor functioned mainly as an assembly space, as per
the vision of Haviland architect John Galen Howard.
The School realizes that in order to build these wonderful community spaces, fundraising is necessary,
and our total project goal is $3 million. If you would
like more information or to donate to either of these
projects, please do not hesitate to call Director of
Development Tess Chandler at 510-643-5433.
student profiles
Social Welfare and Public Policy
Lisa White
When Lisa White (MSW/MPP ’13) started applying
for graduate school, she was optimistic that she could
simultaneously pursue her interests in social work
and public policy – even at UC Berkeley, where a
concurrent program in the two fields did not exist at
the time. “My goal was if I could just get into Berkeley, I would somehow make the two degrees happen,”
she laughs.
White’s entrance into the MSW program, as it turned
out, was timed perfectly for her ambitions. During an
early advising session for her management and planning concentration, White learned that the School
was working closely with the Goldman School of
Public Policy to establish a joint master’s degree
program in social welfare and public policy. She
subsequently submitted a formal application to the
Goldman School for fall 2010 enrollment and was
accepted. Following additional rounds of paperwork
unique to her situation as a current MSW candidate,
White was accepted as Berkeley’s first official MSWMPP student.
“Both schools have
a student body that
is deeply committed to solving
problems,” says
White. “I think the
schools differ in
the way they see
solutions. From
my perspective, the
School of Social
Welfare approaches
problems through
one-on-one or
small, communitybased interactions,
while the Goldman School takes a
macro-level policy approach.
“I appreciate being in both schools because the reality
is the answers are probably somewhere in the middle,”
she adds. “I think a little of both is required to make
change.”
Gerontology and Aging Services
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Julie Miller
“One of the parts I love about social work is that I’m
able to act as a witness and documentarian,” says
Julie Miller (MSW ’12), who completed her MSW
with a gerontology concentration this past spring. “I
can hold a space for someone else and hopefully relay
their stories in a way that will make a difference.”
In the summer of 2011, while visiting her grandparents in Connecticut, Miller embarked on her first
film project. She approached a local senior center
with the idea of introducing a curriculum loosely
based on the “Eden Alternative” model, which focuses, in part, on decreasing loneliness, boredom and
helplessness in older adults. Part of her project was
to document the implementation of the curriculum,
entitled “Breaking the Ice, Deepening Connections
and Building Vibrant Communities,” among her pilot
group. “From this came the idea of ‘vibrant aging’
and what that means,” she explains. “We interviewed
15 seniors about their perceptions of this term.”
• Click here to read online
Miller has since screened her resulting documentary, “Vibrant Aging,” in more than 20 states. Audiences have ranged from her School of Social Welfare
colleagues to the original subjects in the short film.
The film is also scheduled to be played at the annual
meeting of the AHEPA National Housing Corporation in Indianapolis in the fall, where Miller will
serve as the keynote speaker. Miller is currently
working on her follow-up film project, “Outside Aging,” which focuses on aging and homelessness.
“Many people, including my grandparents and older
adults, continue to ask me, ‘Why are you going into
aging? It’s so depressing!’” notes Miller. “I think a lot
of people are scared of aging and its implications –
and that’s why I’m going into gerontology and why I
made ‘Vibrant Aging.’ I am really interested in contributing to a culture change around aging.”
To learn more about Julie Miller and “Vibrant Aging,” visit www.vibrantagingthemovement.com.
Undergraduate perspective
Javier de Paz
When social welfare major Javier de Paz (BA ’12)
moved to the United States at the age of 13, he had
limited knowledge of English and was separated
from his mother, who stayed behind in their native
El Salvador. Joining his father, who had arrived stateside before him, de Paz remembers that he was angry
for the immense disruption in his life.
“I did not understand my father was actually trying
to help our family,” says de Paz. “When my father
published his memoirs during my junior year of high
school, I finally understood his actions. My father left
because 36 of our family members had been killed
during the war, so he had no choice.”
De Paz made the decision to make the most of his
new life in Oakland, excelling in his studies and picking up English while attending classes. “When you
come from a low-income background and you haven’t
had the ability to prepare, it’s tough,” he says. “But
there’s something about me that I have always been
able to ask for help.”
De Paz credits individuals from the Berkeley campus
for connecting him to academic resources. He also says
the work he has done with his father’s nonprofit program to support youth has been an important source of
inspiration. “In 2007, my father and I organized groups
of Oakland students to bring clothing and school supplies to students in El Salvador,” he says. “My passion
for social work started with this work with my dad.”
De Paz hopes to help kids who are like him. “English
learners are underrepresented in afterschool programs
in Oakland, even though those who participate do better,” he says. “Those kids don’t realize all of the opportunities that are there. I want to inspire them to get out
of that violence and hardship.”
• Click here to read online
Javier de Paz (center) during one of
his summer trips to El Salvador. Every
year since 2007 he has visited his family’s native country to deliver clothing
and school supplies to local children.
year in review
OCCUPY CAL
TAKES A SOCIAL
WORK TURN
Students rally in support of public
education during November actions
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C
iting social workers’ “ethical and moral obligation
to take action,” School of Social Welfare students,
backed by faculty endorsements, released open letters last fall to the Chancellor’s Office, NASW-CA
and School constituents in support of Occupy Cal.
The student-led effort called for UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff to participate in the campuswide protests that took place in November against
“the ongoing attack on public education.”
“We take inspiration from a growing global movement of youth and labor fighting for the livelihood of
the 99 percent and defending freedom of expression
and assembly in Oakland and New York, Madison
and Madrid, Cairo and Athens, Santiago and San
Juan,” wrote Berkeley MSW students in the initial
open letter.
A second letter followed just days after the first, as
students were outraged when “police officers assaulted several UC Berkeley students, including two
School of Social Welfare students, for exercising their
constitutional right to free speech.
“The student protests and unprovoked violence are
symptoms of a political-economic system that favors
the wealthy and powerful and divides Americans
along ideological and economic lines,” continued the
letter. “Vast wealth disparity and unequal access to
the American Dream are the defining social issues of
our time. As social workers, we embrace our ethical
and moral obligation to take action.”
“Social welfare graduate students are
actively working on changing our knowledge
base in the field, challenging current system
structures, supporting vulnerable populations in difficult situations as well as standing in alliance with the various Occupy
movements. It is by both our personal and
professional ethics that we support actions
for the betterment of our communities.”
-Alexis Tovar (MSW ’12)
EXAMINING NEW
FOSTER CARE LAW
Panel featuring former foster youth and
other experts examines new legislation
Last October, a panel presentation explored the im-
pact of the new California AB12 law, which extends
foster care to the age of 21. The panel was moderated
by journalist Daniel Heimpel, the recipient of the
2010 Anna Quindlen Prize for Excellence in Journalism, and hosted by Juvenile Justice Commissioner
of Alameda County and CalSWEC staffer Sokhom
Mao.
Panelists touched on the crucial role of new legislation and existing laws in contributing to positive
outcomes for foster youth in higher education.
Consensus among the speakers was that when given
more guidance and support from federal and state
programs, foster youth are most likely to not only
enroll, but succeed, in college.
SWAA ANNUAL
AWARDS DINNER
End-of-year event celebrates accomplished alums and long-devoted retirees
The Social Welfare Alumni Association held its Annual Awards Dinner on Friday, April 20 in Berkeley’s
Bancroft Hotel. This year’s event featured the theme,
“Restoring Hope: The Power of Social Work,” with
LPCH Social Services staff and interns
Mao, a former foster youth, was joined by Westcoast
Children’s Clinic Youth Advocate Fellow Barbara
Bell and UC Berkeley social welfare major Shanita
Talton. Both Bell and Talton are also former foster
youth.
Other members of the panel included Dr. Sonja
Lenz-Rashid, an assistant professor of social work
at San Francisco State University and the research
evaluator and co-founder of Guardian Scholars, and
Angie Schwartz, the policy director of the Alliance
for Children’s Rights.
Barbara Bell, Westcoast Children’s Clinic
award recipients including Alumna of the Year Alice
Jordan (MSW ’71), Field Education Instructor of the
Year Corey Cohen (MSW ’01) and the Field Agency
of the Year Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Social Services.
SWAA award presenters paid tribute to the honorees for their individual accomplishments, dedicated
partnerships with the School and ongoing service
to the community. Jordan was noted for her work
in spearheading the development of family-friendly
campus policies and innovating student support services, and Cohen was applauded for integrating comprehensive mental health services into schools and
community agencies that serve underserved families
and children. In addition, LPCH Social Services was
acknowledged for years of working collaboratively to
train pediatric social work professionals.
Special recognitions were also given to Adjunct
Professor Bart Grossman, Graduate Assistant Barbara
Haden and Field Education Consultant and Lecturer
Peter Manoleas, who each announced their retirement from the School after decades of service.
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Bart Grossman, PhD, has retired after three decades
of service. Never one to back away from a challenge,
Professor Grossman’s tenure is marked by notable
milestones, including his roles as founding director of the California Social Work Education Center
(CalSWEC), chair of the undergraduate program
committee and director of fieldwork, which he
describes as his “great love for 30 years.” Grossman
shared career memories and his future outlook.
How did you approach the role of fieldwork
director? Fieldwork became the opportunity to
pilot many things. I could go to an agency and say,
“You seem to be interested in this particular area,
and if you move in this direction, we could give you
students who could work with you as interns.” Fieldwork was a way in which the School formed mutually supportive relationships with agencies.
You have also been a strong proponent of
social welfare undergraduate education at
Berkeley. I loved working with the undergraduates.
The social welfare major consists of a very diverse
group of people, most of whom are first-generation
and the first to go to college in this country. I was the
first in my family to go to college, and I felt a sense of
commonality with the students. I became very committed and involved in the undergraduate program
and was chair of the undergraduate committee a
number of times.
What do you consider the highlight of your
career? CalSWEC was the high point because it was
the culmination of many things. The coalition we
developed included all the county departments of social services, NASW-CA and all the schools of social
work in the state. The fact that we could get the 58
counties and the schools on the same page – and that
they would all collaborate – was quite remarkable.
It was the right group of people at the right point in
time. The leadership in the schools and agencies was
strong and shared the then-dean of the School Harry
Specht’s vision that social work should be committed to the poor and the agencies that disadvantaged
people depended on.
Why have you chosen to retire now? Having
ended my work in the field and now that my kids are
grown, I realize I would like some time to do other
things. Retirement is an opportunity to pursue my
right-brain interests. I’ve also been elected to the
delegate assembly of NASW, and that’s going to allow
me to be active in the profession.
What will you miss most about your full-time
involvement in the School? I will miss being in
the middle of things and being able to be part of new
developments. The School is at a very critical point
in its development. Those of us who’ve been around
a long time can contribute and be supportive but we
also need to let the younger faculty take the lead. We
have some great new faculty and a new dean, and the
vision for the future needs to come from them now.
I’m eager to see where they will take the School.
haviland briefs
FACULTY NOTES
Assistant Professor Adrian
Aguilera received an extremely
competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s
New Connections program.
The $75,000 award supports his
ongoing development of an automated text-messaging adjunct
to improve depression treatment
among low-income, ethnic minority populations,
including Spanish speakers.
Professor Mike Austin and members of the research
team of the Mack Center on Nonprofit and Public
Sector Management in the Human Services published several articles that emerged from the Mack
Center’s applied research/training initiatives conducted in collaboration with its regional partners.
The articles include “Building Managerial and Organizational Capacity in Nonprofit Human Service
Organizations through a Leadership Development
Program” in Administration in Social Work; “Strategic Management of NGOs in Developing Countries:
Mapping the Knowledge Base” in Journal of Nonprofit Education & Leadership; and “Reducing Child
Poverty by Promoting Child Well-Being: Identifying
Best Practices in a Time of Great Need” in Children
and Youth Services Review.
Professor Jill Duerr Berrick met with staff from the
Sesame Workshop in Washington, DC last January
to serve as an advisor on a multi-media campaign
addressing child poverty. She also provided testimony on child poverty in March per the request of
the Chair of the State’s Senate Budget Committee.
Her testimony was offered as background for senate
deliberations in response to the governor’s proposed
cuts to CalWorks grants and programs.
Professor Julian Chow spent
several months as a Fulbright
Scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. During his
time abroad, he participated in
numerous lectures and workshops delivered to audiences
in higher education institutions and NGOs. Among his
presentations in the region were talks in Taiwan’s
Fu Jen Catholic University and National Cheng Chi
University; China’s Guangxi Normal University, King
Wisdom College and Beijing Normal University;
and the International Conference on Social Welfare
Issues in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Professor Eileen Gambrill’s Propaganda in the Helping
Professions (Oxford University Press) was published
in January, and the third edition of her book, Critical
Thinking in Clinical Practice: Improving the Quality
of Judgments and Decisions (John Wiley & Sons), was
released in April. Professor Gambrill also delivered
the keynote address – “Informed Practice and Social
Care: Challenges and Opportunities” – at the third
annual Colloquium on Guidelines for Social Services, organized by Canada’s National Institute of
Excellence in Health and Social Services. The conference took place in Montreal, Quebec in April.
Professor Neil Gilbert
gave the invited lecture,
“A Mother’s Work: Why
Women Are Not Having
Children,” at the University of Kyoto Global
Center of Excellence in
Japan last February.
Peter Manoleas retired from the School this past
June after three decades of service. A full-time
lecturer and field education consultant since 1983,
Manoleas also has more than 40 years of experience as a clinician in the areas of mental health and
substance abuse.
Last fall, Director of Field Education Greg Merrill passed his
six-year excellence review – the
equivalent of tenure for lecturers – and now has a continuing
appointment with the School.
Professor James Midgley collaborated with Rick Hoefer, editor
of the Journal of Policy Practice, to produce a special
issue, Poverty, Income and Social Protection: International Policy Perspectives. Professor Midgley was also
invited to write the Foreword for a special issue of the
Journal of Community Practice on Social Development
and Social Work: Learning from Africa. He coauthored with Leila Patel and Edwell Kaseke an arti-
cle in this special issue entitled, “Indigenous Welfare
and Community Based Social Development: Lessons
from African Innovations.”
Additionally, Professor Midgley was invited to
serve as the departmental academic advisor for the
Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. His role will be to
advise on all aspects of the department’s academic
work, and particularly on the research and scholarly
activities of the faculty.
Professor Midgley also delivered the keynote address
at the international symposium, Social Protection,
Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals, Issues
and Trajectories in Brazil, China, India and South
Africa, which was held at the London School of
Economics in March. He delivered another keynote
address, and was the first-ever recipient of the Presidential Award, at the International Consortium for
Social Development in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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This past July, Professor Kurt
Organista was invited to participate in the White House Office
of National AIDS Policy’s White
House Forum on Hispanics/
Latinos and HIV/AIDS and to
participate in the panel discussion, “Social, Structural and Environmental Determinants of Health,” at the Latino/
Hispanic HIV community research forum, Creando
Una Red Para Un Futuro Sin VIH/SIDA! in Washington, DC.
His book project, HIV Prevention with Latinos: Theory, Research, and Practice, was published in June. He
also served as a featured speaker at the first annual
CSU-Long Beach Latino Health Equity Conference,
Strengthening Health Sciences with Culture/Fortaleciendo las Ciencias de la Salud con Cultura, in April.
Field Education Consultant and Title IV-E Project
Coordinator Cathy Ralph’s article, “Wrapped in the
Cloak of June Purcell Guild: Taking Great Recession
Inspiration from a Great Depression Social Worker,”
was published in Journal of Progressive Human Services: Radical Thought & Praxis.
Professor Steven P. Segal received the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work, where he
earned his doctoral degree. In conjunction with the
award, he delivered the Debra Beebe University
Lecture, a bi-annual presentation
on a topic related to mental illness.
In addition to the Beebe Lecture
– entitled “Avoiding the Adverse
Consequences of Severe Mental Illness: The Utility of Outpatient Civil
Commitment” – Professor Segal
gave a lecture to second-year MSW
students, met with psychiatric residents, and ACT
member practitioners during his visit to Madison.
Two articles co-authored by Assistant Professor
Valerie Shapiro were recently published, including
“Measuring Dimensions of Coalition Functioning for
Effective and Participatory Community Practice” in
Social Work Research and “Sustainability of the Communities That Care Prevention System by Coalitions
Participating in the Community Youth Development
Study” in Journal of Adolescent Health. She also copresented “Developing Caring Relationships: Youth
Outreach Workers and the San Francisco Wellness
Initiative” and “Predictors and Consequences of
Coalition Functioning in an Experimental Trial” at
the Society for Prevention Research’s 2012 Annual
Meeting in Washington, DC.
LECTURER NOTES
In April, Claudia Albano received UC Berkeley’s 2012
Service-Learning Leadership Award from the Cal
Corps Public Service Center and the chancellor as
part of the campus’ prestigious Chancellor’s Awards
for Public Service.
Steve Zemmelman recently published two papers in
Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, including “C.G.
Jung and the Jewish Soul: A Dynamism between
Psyche and Religiosity” and “A Northern Journey:
Spirit of the Bear, Soul of A Man.”
ALUMNI NOTES
Alfredo Aguirre (MSW ’78) was appointed as the
new director of Behavior Health Services in the San
Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
(HHSA). Aguirre currently serves as an advisory
member to the Substance Abuse Mental Health
Services Administration-Children’s Mental Health
Branch and is a board member for the Network of
Social Work Management.
Freny Dessai (MSW ’08) has been named the recipient
of the Social Work Child Welfare Congressional Fellowship, offered through NASW Foundation’s Social
Work Policy Institute. The competitive fellowship
program provides Dessai the opportunity to work
on Capitol Hill for a one-year period, giving her
direct access to federal policy development related
to service delivery.
Lauren Hyman (MSW ’02) received the Association
of Oncology Social Work’s Social Worker Dennis
Roth Neuro-Oncology Social Worker of the Year
Award in May. She has worked as a social worker at
Doctors Medical Center in West Contra Costa for
eight years.
The first-ever School of Social Welfare MSW Management and Planning (MAP) Reunion was held
in April. Co-hosted by Bari Cornet (MSW ’85) and
Andrea DuBrow (MSW ’98), the former and current
MAP field education consultant, respectively, the
lunchtime gathering brought together more than
50 MAP alumni, current students and faculty.
The MSW Title IV-E concentration also held a reunion in April. Organized by Title IV-E students
Aaron Cadore
(MSW ’12) and Gabriela Silva (MSW
’12), the afternoon
event was hosted
by Title IV-E Project Coordinator
Cathy Ralph (MSW
’77) and featured a panel of IV-E alumni and students sharing their educational and professional
experiences in child welfare. Bart Grossman, who
played a pivotal role in establishing the IV-E program in California, was honored at the reunion.
Allie Horevitz was awarded the UC Berkeley Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship,
which promotes the training of students who intend to
pursue careers in college/university settings, government service or other employment where knowledge
of foreign languages and cultures is essential.
Lizzie Horevitz was named the Social Welfare Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) of the
Year. She was recognized at both the School’s doctoral
student reception and a campus ceremony sponsored
by the UC Berkeley Graduate Student Instructor
Teaching and Resource Center.
MSW-MPH student Davina Martinez participated
in a “Health Disparities and Wellness” presentation as
part of the Wright Institute Multicultural Symposium
in Berkeley last May.
Doctoral students Mary Caplan, Anu Jacob and Phyllis Jeroslow presented papers analyzing poverty in the
U.S. at a special session of the Joint Conference of the
British Social Policy Association and the Asian Policy
Network in York, England last July.
Doctoral students Samantha Fitzgerald, Meghan
Brenna Morris and Sirojudin presented their respective research at the
2012 International
Consortium for Social
Development-Asia
Pacific Conference in
Yogyakarta, Indonesia,
in June. School Alumni
David Androff (PhD
’08) also presented his
research.
Lizzie Horevitz, Chris Lee and Sara Kimberlin are
each receiving a Fahs-Beck grant in support of their
dissertation research. Kimberlin also was awarded a
grant from the Horowitz Foundation.
STUDENT NOTES
STAFF NOTES
Lisabeth Castro-Smyth received a research fellowship from the Portuguese Studies Program
in support of her summer research project, “A
tristeza que canta: The Impact of Identity and
Culture upon Portuguese Women’s Expression of
Emotion, Loss and Resilience in Fado.” She is also
a recipient of UC Berkeley’s Foreign Language
and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship.
Graduate Assistant Barbara
Haden retired after 33 years
of service to the UC Berkeley
campus. A dedicated and trusted
member of the School’s administrative staff, she has provided
guidance to generations of social
welfare graduate students.
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
JULY 1, 2011 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2012
The Honor Roll lists donors who contributed in July 2011 to June 2012, with the following representing gifts made to the School during the 12-month period. We
apologize for any inadvertent name omissions or other errors and ask that you contact the School’s Development Department. Thank you for your generous support.
DEAN’S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
The Dean’s Leadership Circle is composed of distinguished alumni and friends who have made an annual leadership gift of $1,000 or more in support of the Dean’s vision of access and excellence in social work education.
$30,000+
Tony Tripodi
$1,999 to $4,999
Jean Muriel Allgeyer $10,000 to $29,999
Leona Wong Miu
$1,000 to $1,999
Richard Barth and Nancy Dickinson
Jae-Sung Choi
Joan Elizabeth Coleman
Bari Cornet
Chris and Lynn Crook
Peter and Diana Crook
$5,000 to $9,999
Daniel Ikenberg
James O. and Khadija Midgley
Patricia and Raymond Williams
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in memoriam
JAMES LEIBY
A School of Social Welfare faculty
member since 1961, James Leiby, PhD,
taught courses in social welfare policy
and history as well as library research
for 28 years, with 25 of those years spent
heading the undergraduate program.
He was particularly interested in social
welfare as a social institution, especially
the historical development of welfare
policies. His research culminated in the
book, A History of Social Welfare and
Social Work in The United States (1978).
Professor Leiby served as a consultant for the Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Project, chair of the Social Welfare History Group, member of the Academic Senate’s Library
Committee and advisor on the Earl Warren History Project.
He was also a lifelong pianist, delighting colleagues by playing
at many School-related functions.
Professor Leiby retired from UC Berkeley in 1989. His wife,
Jean, passed away in 1999. He is survived by his son Adlai
Leiby, daughter Ellen Franzen and two grandchildren. A
memorial service was held for Professor Leiby on the Berkeley
campus on March 25.
JUDITH WALLERSTEIN
J
udith Wallerstein, PhD, who served as
a senior lecturer in the School of Social
Welfare from 1966-1992 and was widely
recognized as an authority on marriage
and the effects of divorce on children and
families, passed away on June 17 at the age
of 90.
Wallerstein is best known for her groundbreaking research into the long-term effects of divorce on children. She published numerous academic
articles and books on the topic, including The Unexpected
Legacy of Divorce: A 25-Year Landmark Study (2000).
In a letter dated November, 20, 2000, to then-Dean James
Midgley, Wallerstein wrote, “What I am most pleased by is
the major impact that my writings...have had on public policy,
including the shaping of family law…. To me it all represents a
demonstration of the impact that can be made by our profession on issues of social and public policy.”
Wallerstein is survived by her husband, Dr. Robert Wallerstein;
her daughters, Amy Wallerstein Friedman and Nina Wallerstein; and five grandchildren. Her son, Michael, a renowned
political scientist, died in 2006.
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