JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
"Can Applied Science in Environmental Monitoring Transform Science Education?" The Educational Forum. Summer, 1998. With Sue Holloway, Hank Gruner, and Alberto Mimo.
With Barbara H. Vann. "Child Care Needs of JOBS Participants." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare (June 1993).
With Henry Weiss. "Extending Health Care Benefits to AFDC Recipients Obtaining Jobs: Results of a Demonstration." Health and Social Work (August 1991).
"Moving Clients Into Jobs: Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Represent Conservative And Liberal Approaches To A Common Problem." Public Welfare (Spring 1987).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
"Drug Courts in Connecticut – A review of Programs, Practices, and Initial Results."1999. Prepared for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division in conjunction with The Center for Research and Public Policy.
"Connecticut Supportive Housing Demonstration Program: Program Evaluation Report." 1999. Prepared for The Corporation for Supportive Housing in conjunction with Arthur Anderson LLP, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Kay E. Sherwood.
"Project Search – Fifth and Final Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the Science Museum of Connecticut and the National Science Foundation. With Dr. Sue Holloway. October, 1998.
"Developing Goals, Objectives, and Outcome Measures." Submitted to the New Haven-Fairfield Counties HIV Health Services Planning Council. September 11, 1998. With Dr. Marsha Greer.
"Summative Evaluation of the Mathopolis Exhibits." Science Center of Connecticut. June, 1998.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youthbuild Project." Fourth and Final Evaluation Report. Submitted to the Youthbuild Advisory Committee. February 4, 1998.
"Project Search - Fourth Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the Science Museum of Connecticut and the National Science Foundation. With Dr. Sue Holloway. October, 1997.
"Survey Results from the Strobe Pavilion Exhibit." Science Center of Connecticut. October 2, 1997.
"Survey Results from the Strobe Light Exhibit." Science Center of Connecticut. July 30, 1997.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youthbuild Project." Third Evaluation Report. Submitted to the Youthbuild Advisory Committee. June 24, 1997.
"Survey Results from the Human Air Puck Exhibit." Science Center of Connecticut. June 1, 1997.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youthbuild Project." Second Evaluation Report. Submitted to the Youthbuild Advisory Committee. February 28, 1997.
"Project Search - Third Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the Science Museum of Connecticut and the National Science Foundation. With Dr. Sue Holloway. December, 1996.
"Project Search--Third Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, December 1996.
"Final Year Evaluation of the New Haven Neighborhood YouthBridge Project." Submitted to the Federal Department of Education and the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, November 1996.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youthbuild Project." First Evaluation Report. Submitted to the Youthbuild Advisory Committee. November 14, 1996.
"Third Year Evaluation of the New Haven Neighborhood YouthBridge Project." Submitted to the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University and the Federal Department of Education. September, 1996.
"Early Childhood Education and Violence Counseling Program - Final Report." Submitted to the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University and the Federal Department of Education, September, 1996.
"Evaluation of You Can't Beat the Odds and Magic Coloring Book Computer Program." Science Center of Connecticut. June 14, 1996.
"Wind Tunnel, Soap Bubble, and Symmetry Factory Evaluation Report." Science Center of Connecticut. March 14, 1996.
"Early Childhood Education and Violence Counseling Program--Final Report." Submitted to the Federal Department of Education and the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, January 1996.
"Symmetry Pantograph and Music Box Evaluation Report." Science Center of Connecticut. January 1, 1996.
"Project Search--Second Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, November 1995.
"Second Year Evaluation of the New Haven Neighborhood YouthBridge Project." Submitted to the Federal Department of Education and the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, February 1995.
"Project Search--First Year Evaluation Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, November 1994.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at The University of New Haven--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1994.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at The University of Bridgeport--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1994.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at Trinity College--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1994.
"First Year Evaluation of the New Haven Neighborhood YouthBridge Project." Submitted to the Federal Department of Education and the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University, March 1994.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at The University of New Haven--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1993.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at Wesleyan University--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1993.
"The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Summer Enhancement Program at Trinity College--Final Report." Submitted to the National Science Foundation and the Science Museum of Connecticut, September 1993.
"Evaluation of the Community Case Management Program--Final Report." Submitted to the New Haven Family Alliance, 1993.
Technical Papers for State Government:
"Managed Care Update." For Carolyn W. Colvin, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, 1989.
"Project Independence, A Maryland Workforce Initiative." Design of a Management Information System for Maryland's Welfare Reform Program, 1989.
"Non-Custodial Parents Program." Status Report for the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, 1989.
"Extended Medicaid Coverage Under the Family Support Act of 1988." Policy decision paper for the Secretaries of Health and Human Resources, Maryland State Government, 1988.
PROSPECTUS & MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS:
Review of the Mentoring Program WEB site of Allyn & Bacon. March, 2001.
Review of a manuscript titled The Social Worker as a Manager. For Allyn & Bacon. November, 2000.
Review of a manuscript titled Research and Statistics for Direct Social Work Practice. For Allyn & Bacon. 1999
Review of a manuscript titled The Internal Workings of Human Service Organizations: A guide for Management Personnel in the 21st Century. For Longman Publishers. 1998.
Review of Prospectus and text titled Social Work Evaluation: Principles & Methods. For Longman Publishers. 1998.
Review of Prospectus and Table of Contents titled Financial Management for Human Service Managers. For Longman Publishers. 1998.
Review of Prospectus for a text titled A Self-Supervision Primer for Human Service Professionals. For Allyn and Bacon. 1998.
Review of Prospectus for a text titled Understanding Social Work Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. For Allyn and Bacon. 1998.
Review of manuscript titled: Economics for Social Workers: Social Outcomes of Economic Globalization, with Strategies for Community Action. For Allyn & Bacon, publishers. 1998.
Final manuscript review of Understanding Social Welfare, Fourth Edition, by Ralph Dolgoff, Donald Feldstein, and Louise Skolnik. For Longman Publishers. 1997.
Final manuscript review of Small Change: Domestic Policy Under the Clinton Presidency. By David Stoesz. For Longman Publishers. 1996.
Review of Prospectus and Table of Contents for Social Work Research Methods A to Z: A Step by Step Primer. For Allyn and Bacon. 1996.
CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:
"Impact of General Assistance Reductions," Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, San Francisco, CA. March 11, 1999.
"Impact of Welfare Reform in Connecticut." National Public Radio (WSHU), Sacred Heart University. April 16, 1998.
"Impact of GA Cuts in New Haven," Welfare Link Conference, New Haven, Connecticut. September 29, 1997.
"Tips for Enhancing Your Graduate School Application." Twelfth Annual Connecticut State university bachelor of Social Work Student Conference. April 15, 1996.
"Welfare Reform and the Contract on America." Connecticut State University, Fifth Faculty Research Conference, Danbury, CT, September 23, 1995.
"Welfare Reform--The Family Support Act, Six Years Later." Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 3, 1995.
"Poverty in America and Connecticut." The Greater New Haven LEADERSHIP Class of 1993, New Haven, CT, February 11, 1993.
"The Family Support Act of 1988--Why It Will Fail." Yale University, Bush Center Child Policy Forums, New Haven, CT, November 1992.
"Urban Analysis of Connecticut Cites." Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Public Health and Its Determinants Summer Institute, New Haven, CT, June 4, 1992.
"Extending Health Care to AFDC Recipients Who Obtain Jobs: Results of a Demonstration." Faculty Research Conference, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, April 13, 1991.
With Carol Van Deusen Lucus (Assistant Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare). "What Works for Welfare Recipients." University of Pennsylvania Faculty Forum, Philadelphia, May 14, 1987.
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:
Principal Investigator – Child Welfare Title IV-E Project in Collaboration with the Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut, 2001-2002.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Comparison Group Study of the New Haven Drug Court Program." With Anthony Maltese. 2001
Principal Investigator – Child Welfare Title IV-E Project in Collaboration with the Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut, 2000-2001.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled:“How to Develop Process and Impact Objectives and Outcomes for Ryan White Title I Services.” With Dr. Marsha Greer. 2000.
Principal Investigator – Child Welfare Title IV-E Project in Collaboration with the Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut, 1999-2000.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Descriptive research study of drug session operations in drug courts in four Connecticut cities," 1999.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Evaluation of the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Program in the New Haven Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area," 1998.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Impact of Welfare Reform on Connecticut's General Assistance Recipients," 1997.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Institutionalization of a New Curriculum in Environmental Field Study in High Schools in Connecticut Resulting in Long-Term Curricular Change and the Systemic Improvement of Statewide High School Science Education," Summer 1996.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youthbuild Implementation Project." Funded by The Regional Workforce Development Board of Greater New Haven, March 11, 1996.
"Evaluation of the New Haven Youth Fair Chance Project." Funded by The Regional Workforce Development Board of Greater New Haven, September 1995.
Project Evaluator--"Early Childhood Education and Violence Counseling Program." Federal Department of Education/School of Education, SCSU, 1994.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "The Efficacy of Connecticut Economic Development Policies and Programs." Connecticut State University Faculty Grants Program, 1994.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "A Study of the Family Support Act of 1988." Connecticut State University Faculty Grants Program, 1993.
Project Director--"A Training Initiative to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Child Support Enforcement Program in Connecticut." Department of Human Resources, CT, 1992.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "A Study of Family Day Care Providers." Connecticut State University Faculty Grants Program, 1991.
CSU Summer Grant award for research project titled: "Survey of Employee Orientation Practices of Government and Human Service Agencies." Connecticut State University Faculty Grants Program, 1991. With Elbert Siegel.
Project Director--"Development of a Management Information System for the New Haven Family Alliance, Connecticut's Child Welfare Reform Initiative." The New Haven Family Alliance, 1991.
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:
Welfare Reform; Child Care; Economic Development; Child Welfare; Employment & Training; Housing for the poor; and, Criminal Justice.
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Evaluation of the New Haven Drug Court Program.
Evaluation of SCSU's Library Science and Instructional Technology Department's eCollege.com grant.
DISSERTATION TITLE:
The Employment Impact of Economic Development Assistance
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:
The University of Pennsylvania