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| Research: | "mental health", "dialogic approaches", "domestice violence"
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| Education: | Education BA, 1966, University of Wisconsin
M.Ed. West Chester State College, 1974 MSW Adelphi University 1985 PhD SUNY at Albany, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Service: | area agencies serving those experiencing domestic violence and mental health issues; supervision of child protection workers; chair, National Associationa of Social Workers of VT Ethics Committee; program, department, College, and University committees relating to administration, admissions, governance, retention, promotion, & tenure.
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Vita/Bio
Core Social Work Faculty
Professional Experience: Begin with current position, then in reverse chronological order, list relevant previous employment and experience. List in reverse chronological order all relevant publications, or most representative if the 2 page limit on the sketch presents a problem.
Associate Professor, University of Vermont, 2002 - present
Assistant Professor, University of Vermont 1996 - 2002
Title IV-E Child Welfare, Research Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, 1995-1996
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Mentor), Vermont College, 1995-1996
Visiting Lecturer, University of Vermont, 1994-1995
Chief of Social Work Services, Vermont State Hospital, 1990-1994
Clinical Supervisor, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, VT 1988-1990
Psychiatric Social Worker, Vermont State Hospital, 1985-1988
Residential Staff Worker, Howard Center for Human Services, 1984-1985
Articles
Dewees, M.P. (forthcoming). Tensions amidst violence: Encountering the everyday revelation, Reflections
Dewees, M.P., & Lax, L. (forthcoming). A Critical approach to pedagogy in mental
health. Social Work in Mental Health
Dewees, M.P. (2005). Postmodern social work in interdisciplinary contexts: Making space on both sides of the table. Social Work in Health Care, 343-360. Also published in A. Metteri, T. Kroger, A. Pohja, & P. Rauhala (Eds.).Social Work Visions from Around the Globe: Citizens, Methods, and Approaches ( 2005).
Dewees, M.P. (2004). Disability in the family: A case for re-working our commitments. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 3, 1, 3-20.
Dewees, M.P. (2002). Teaching through the group for a global world: Norms
and roles in an interdisciplinary heath care project. Proceedings: 30th
Biannual Congress, International Association of Schools of Social Work,
Montpellier, France. www.aforts.com/colloques_ouvrages
Dewees, M.P. (2001). Building cultural competence for work with diverse families: Strategies from the privileged side. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 9, 3/4, 33-51.
Dewees, M.P., & Roche, S.E. (2001). Teaching human rights in social work. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 21, ?, 137-155.
Dewees, M.P. (1999). The strengths perspective: A first step in empowerment. The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 4, 95-108.
Dewees, M.P., Pulice, R.T., & McCormick, L.L. (1996). Community integration of former state hospital patients: Outcomes of a policy shift in Vermont. Psychiatric Services, 47(10), 1088-1092.
Books
Dewees, M.P. (2006). Contemporary Social Work Practice. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Roche, S.E., Dewees, M.P., Trailweaver, R., Alexander, S., Cuddy, C., & Handy, M. (1999). Contesting boundaries in social work education: A liberatory approach to cooperative learning and teaching. Washington, DC: Council on Social Work Education.
Book Chapter
Dewees, M.P., Beatson, J. E., & Douglas, P. (2004). Care coordination in challenging contexts: Attention deficit Disorder, Language Learning disabilities, and Hearing Impairment. In Vargas, C.M., & Prelock, P. (Eds.). Caring for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families: An innovative approach to interdisciplinary practice (pp. 185-210). Mahweh, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum
