School of Social Work Current FT Faculty Vitas

School of Social Work Current FT Faculty Vitas

Associate Professor

140 Decatur Street Atlanta GA, 30312

Atlanta, GA 30303
Education
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 1997.
Dissertation: Prevention and Intervention Programming: Lessons from an Afterschool program.
M.S.W. Social Work, University of Pittsburgh 1987.

Area of concentration: Community Organizing and Research.

Foundations of Community Partnership, Public Policy, Social Welfare History, Field Placement Liaison.

Community Organizing Strategies and Tactics, Women-Led Social Movements,

Integrated Seminar.
Other Professional Experience
1997 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh. Authored monograph on Race and Urban Development.
1995-1996 Consultant on Public Policy, Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1992-1996 Program Director, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh. Developed seminars for elected officials on salient public policy issues. Edited quarterly public policy review and have written over 50 articles and policy monographs on a variety of public policy and sociological issues that face urban environments.

1989-1992 Deputy Director for Community Development, Community Action Southwest. Supervised 16 Community Organizers and assisted in their community development experience. Co-founder, statewide organization that assisted communities in organizing anti-racism events.

Provided shelter, and other emergency assistance to 80-100 homeless women.

Provided case management services for 30 women.
Publications
Invited Law Review
Beck, E., Sims Blackwell, B., Leonard, P., & Mears, M. ( 2003). Expanding the Definition of Victims: Interviews with Family Members of Capital Defendants. The Cornell Law Review, 88, 383-418.
Published Journal Articles
Eschholz, S., Reed, M., Beck, E., Leonard., P (2003). The other side of death row: Restorative Justice and Family members of capital offenders. Homicide Studies, 7(2) 154-182. (Refereed).
Beck, E., Williams, I., Hope., L., Park., W. (2002) In public people pat me on the head: An exploration of gender with ethnic and cultural diversities. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work,10 (4) 63-80 (Refereed).

Beck, E. (2001). The National Domestic Workers Union and the War on Poverty. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare,28, 195-211 (Refereed).

Littrell, J. & Beck, E. (1999). Perceiving oppression: Relationships with resilience, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and reliance on God in African-American homeless men. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 26, 137-158. (Refereed).

Book Chapter

Beck, E., (2000). The post industrial economy: An elephant in the living room. Early implications of welfare reform in the southeast. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Under Review
Beck, E., Eschholz, S., Andrews, A. In the Shadow of Death: Restorative Justice and Offender Family Members (New York University Press, Oxford University Press, Northeastern University Press)
Funding
External Funded

Instructional

Beck, E. (1998). Neighborhood Development and Leaving Something Behind. Community Housing Resource Center. ($3,000)
Beck, E. (1999). Neighborhood Development: Working with Students and Community Groups. Community Housing Resource Center. ($2,000)
Internal Funded
Beck, E. (1998). An Examination of Women Leaders in Southern Unionizing Efforts. Georgia State University, Women’s Studies Institute. ($1,000)
Reed, M., Blackwell, B., Eshholz, S. (2003). Exposure to Secondary Victimization: Focus Groups with Homicide Co-victims and Advoactes. Georgia State University, Research Team Grant ($14,570)
Under Review
Beck, E. (2003). In the Shadow of Death: Offenders’ Family Members and Restorative Justice. Soros Foundation (53,000).
Scholarly Activities with Students

36 hours of independent study

Thesis Committee, Moon Charania.
Presented Papers
Beck, E., Leonard, P. (2002).Expanding the definition of victims to include family members of capital defendant Symposium on victims. Cornell Law Review (Invited).
Beck, E. (2002) Working with students in a community context. Neighborhood Internship Program and United Way of Metro Atlanta. Atlanta, GA . (Invited)
Beck, E. (2001) Using empirical research in the classroom setting, Georgia State Women’s Studies Institute. (2001) (Invited).
Beck, E. (1999). Teaching Using Historical Examples: An Examination of The National Domestic Workers Union. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. San Francisco, CA. (Refereed)
Beck, E. (1998). Welfare to Work: Post Industrialism: the Elephant in the Living Room. Welfare Reform Summit. Regional Department Health and Human Services. (Refereed)
Beck. E., Clemmons, LL (1997). Making sense of the policy process: a model for efficacy. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Chicago, IL (Refereed)
Beck, E. (1995). Role of women-led social movements. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. San Diego, CA. (Refereed)

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2017 -> Board of Student Advisers Harvard Law School
2017 -> AmeriCorps Project Conserve Member Application 2017-2018 Application Deadline: May 31, 2017

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