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2018 Prose Award Winner - Honorable Mention Best New Journal In Social Sciences
Urban Social Work (USW) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing specifically on urban social work theories and practice. This journal contributes to the improvement and sustainability of healthy urban communities through publication of articles on all components of social work in urban communities inclusive of assets and challenges that would be useful to educators, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, community leaders and social work students. Fundamentally, the underlying focus of the journal is to respond to challenges of urban communities by identifying strengths and assets for problem resolution using a holistic systems perspective. The journal provides literature on collaborative problem-solving intervention and prevention.
USW aims to establish a forum for dialogue, debate, critical analysis and identification of relevant and cutting edge solutions for today’s urban communities. The journal also provides knowledge useful across disciplines and for work across the life course. This journal accepts: data-based, or empirical- based, qualitative and mixed method research articles; articles on theories, particularly alternative and re-conceptualized theories; conceptual articles, particularly state of the art and critical literature reviews; book reviews; endnotes.
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EDITORS
JaNeen Cross, DSW, MSW, MBA, LICSW, LCSW-C
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Howard University
Washington, DC
USA
Christa C. Gilliam, PhD
School of Social Work
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
USA
Carl Mazza, DSW, LMSW
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Social Work
Lehman College
Bronx, NY
USA
Brenda Williams-Gray, DSW
Professor and Chair
Department of Social Work
Lehman College
Bronx, NY
USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Keith Alford, Ph.D., A.C.S.W.
School of Social Work Chair
Graduate Program Director
Chief Diversity Officer
Syracuse University
USA
Brian Anderson, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
School of Social Work
BSW Program
Jackson State University
USA
Samuel Aymer, PhD, MSW, BSW
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
Hunter College
USA
Mahasweta Banerjee, PhD, MSW, BS
BSW Program Director
Professor
Social Welfare
University of Kansas
USA
Marion Daniel Bennett, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Alabama
USA
Terrell Brown, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
USA
Iris Carlton-LaNey, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
USA
Monique Constance-Huggins, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work and Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Social Work
Winthrop University
USA
Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD, MSW
Dean and Professor
School of Social Work
Howard University
USA
Teresa Crowe, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Work
Gallaudet University
USA
Laura G. Daughtery, LICSW, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Baccalaureate Program
National Catholic School of Social Service
The Catholic University of America
USA
Alan Detlaff, PhD, MSSW, BSW
Dean and Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair
Graduate College of Social Work
University of Houston
USA
Diana M. DiNitto, PhD, ACSW, LCSW, AADC
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education
School of Social Work
University of Texas, Austin
USA
Yarneccia Dyson, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
USA
Jim Gleeson, PhD, MSW, MA
Associate Professor Emeritus
Jane Addams College of Social Work
University of Illinois, Chicago
USA
Meripa Godinet, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
University of Hawaii
USA
Troy Harden, EdD, MSW, BA
Program Director, MSW Program
Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate Studies and Research
North Eastern Illinois University
USA
Robert L Hawkins, BA, MPA, MA, PhD
McSilver Associate Professor, Poverty Studies
Assistant Dean and Director, Undergraduate Program
McSilver Faculty Fellow
New York University
USA
Zuleka Henderson, PhD, LMSW
Lecturer
School of Social Work
Columbia University
USA
Shelly Johnson, EdD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of British Columbia
Canada
Kent Key, PhD
Director of the Office of Community Scholars and Partnerships
Division of Public Health
MSU College of Human Medicine
University of Michigan
USA
Tracie Mafileo, PGCertArts, PhD, BSW(Hons)
Senior Lecturer/Associate Dean - Pacific
School of Social Work
Massey University
New Zealand
Alissa Mallow, BSW, MSW
Adelphi University, New York
USA
Larry Ortiz, PhD, MSW
Professor, Social Work and Social Ecology
Director, Social Policy and Social Research PhD Program
Loma Linda University
USA
Armon Perry, PhD, MSW
Professor
Kent School of Social Work
University of Louisville
USA
Jason Anthony Plummer
PhD Student
California State University, Los Angeles
USA
Lynn Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health and Social Sciences
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
USA
Cathryne Schmitz, PhD, MSW
Professor Emerita
Department of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
USA
Rita Takahashi, MSW, MPIA, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
College of Health & Social Sciences
San Francisco State University
USA
Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi, PhD, MSW, MEd
Dean and Professor
College of Health and Society
Hawai’i Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
USA
Jorge Velazquez
Child Welfare Institute, MA
USA
Maurice Vann, MA, MPhil
Lecturer, PhD Candidate
MSW Department
The Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York, Bronx
USA
Ross VeLure, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor and Director
University of Minnesota
USA
Cheryl Waites, EdD, MSW
Dean
School of Social Work
Wayne State University
USA
Earlie Washington, PhD
Dean
College of Health and Human Services
Western Michigan University
USA
T. Alex Washington, MA, MS, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
California State University, Long Beach
USA
Darrel Wheeler, PhD, MSW
Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Albany
USA