Leslie E Tower
Biographic Data
| ID | 155481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie E Tower |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie E |
| FAMILY NAME | Tower |
| SIGNATURE | TOWER L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0590-0628 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Integrating gerontological inquiry into undergraduate education: An Adar-Informed teaching model
Increasing life expectancies and growing diversity among adults create a need for scholars who understand intersecting identities in aging. NIA-funded Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) programs aim to diversify this workforce; however, additional strategies are needed to expand undergraduate engagement in gerontological research. We integrated an ADAR-informed research poster project into a non-ADAR undergraduate course. Students used …
Planning for Program Evaluation Improves Implementation and Assessment
This article offers a general approach to plan and implement an educational program by illustrating the evaluation process and data from the AGE-ADAR Scholars Program. A well-designed program evaluation will also include a plan for stakeholder dissemination. We adapted a framework from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which includes hard and soft outcomes. Hard outcomes include improved academic metrics, including test scores and gr…
Infusing Opioid Addiction into the BSW Curriculum: A Teaching Note
Opioid addiction is a widespread problem that social workers will undoubtedly face in practice. Curricular infusion is an approach that has gained recognition in social work education for integrating critical, contemporary topics into courses. This paper details a project that infused opioid addiction in baccalaureate of social work (BSW) courses, including human behavior in the social environment (HBSE), policy, and research. When implemented an…
Burnout among social work educators: An Eco-Logical Systems Perspective
Burnout in the social work field receives significant attention, yet existing literature has disregarded social work educators as an affected population. This research utilized Bronfenbrenner's eco-logical systems perspective to explore and understand contributing factors of burnout among social work educators. Qualitative data derived from a national cross-sectional electronic survey of full-time faculty confirmed that factors on all systemic le…
Teach-In: Positive Responses during Divisive Times
In response to the well documented divisiveness throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, faculty members at one university developed a “teach-in” to help students identify and respond to the resulting difficult communications in positive ways. This was accomplished through planned activities implementing micro/macro theories and skills. In March 2017, as part of Social Work Month, 71 BSW and MSW students participated in a Teach-in event. Paired…
The Status of Women in Social Work Education: A Follow-Up Study
Gender differences persist in the social work academy. We follow up and extend the work of Sakamoto, Anastas, McPhail, and Colarossi. A multistage probability sample of Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited programs yielded a 21% response rate ( n = 535) by faculty to an electronic survey. A significant difference was found on base salary with men earning $76,337 and women earning $70,400. On many status variables, women and men have…
Innovative Experiential Learning Activities in Aging: The Experiences of Four BEL Projects
The BSW Experiential Learning (BEL) Program aims to infuse intergenerational content into the curriculum and recruit students to the field of social work by implementing face-to-face learning opportunities with older adults. This article discusses and compares the experiences of 4 diverse BEL projects that implemented gero-experiential learning activities into 1 or more of the BSW curriculum areas: introduction/social work practice, social welfar…
Cumulative Disadvantage: Effects of Early Career Childcare Issues on Faculty Research Travel
Female faculty may experience disproportionate caregiving-type responsibilities in the academy and at home. A web-based survey inquired about the impact of childcare responsibilities on research-related travel. A convenience sample of full-time faculty participated ( n = 127). From the overwhelmingly female faculty respondents (81.3%), results show that childcare issues impact their ability to plan research travel, submit to professional conferen…
Work/life satisfaction policy in Advance universities: Assessing levels of flexibility
Why Women Join the Military: Enlistment Decisions and Postdeployment Experiences of Service Members and Veterans
Over the past three decades women's enlistment has continued to increase. In an effort to help social workers better meet the needs of female veterans, this study sought to learn women's enlistment motivations and postdeployment experiences. This qualitative study was nested within the Women Veterans Cohort Study. Using a semistructured interview guide, authors interviewed 18 enlisted female service members and veterans. The themes that emerged, …
Reframing Workplace Spirituality to Reduce Career and Social Costs to Women
Women tend to sacrifice career, family life, or both in ways men do not. Studies have shown repeatedly that these career and social costs are higher for women than men. This article argues that career and social costs only exist because workplace policies and practices are based on values that are grounded in beliefs derived from scientific, religious, and spiritual sources. The authors employ three ontological ideal-types to examine workplace po…
Work/Life Fit: The Intersection of Developmental Life Cycle and Academic Life Cycle
A successful academic trajectory tends to be characterized by a singular Standard, that is, doctoral degree, tenure-track position, tenure, and promotion to full professor, administration, or both. Significant numbers of social work faculty struggle with the intersection of the traditional career life cycle and the developmental life cycle. This article discusses barriers that emerge from the intersection of these life cycles. Strategies to suppo…
Covert Pay Discrimination: How Authority Predicts Pay Differences between Women and Men
Research repeatedly highlights the gap between male and female earnings across the public and private sectors. The authors address an overlooked manifestation of pay discrimination against women in the labor market. Using a survey of 384 public sector chief procurement officers, they analyze the indirect effects of gender on women’s pay through the intervening variable of authority. Gender affects the amount of authority that is delegated to an e…
The Development and Evaluation of Online Learning Modules to Deliver Lifespan Content in Human Behavior in Social Environment Courses
This article details the development and evaluation of a lifespan development computer modules that were used in human behavior in social environment courses. An anonymous, Web-based survey was developed to evaluate the modules. Supporting the first hypothesis, the majority of students (83.5%) found the modules to be a good learning alternative. The hypotheses that MSW students will experience more barriers to Web-based instruction and that stude…
Group Work with a New Population: Women in Domestic Relationships Responding to Violence with Violence
An unanticipated consequence of pro-arrest policies for domestic violence is the arrest of women. With the resultant creation of court-ordered groups to accommodate this new population, a thorough understanding of the motivations, contexts, and consequences of women's use of violence is needed. Widely used current treatment models are reviewed, and a model is proposed. This model incorporates aspects of group process (group leadership, group deve…
Barriers in Screening Women for Domestic Violence: A Survey of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, and Obstetrician–Gynecologists
Unequal Pay: The Role of Gender
Pay disparities between men and women persist in the U.S. workforce despite comparable pay legislation, advocacy, and social change. This article discusses theories of gender pay disparities, such as the glass ceiling, position segregation, agency segregation, and human capital. Using an online national survey, 1,600 responses were collected for four groups of public procurement professionals. The gender wage gap ranged from $5,035 to $9,577. Mul…
Barriers in Screening Women for Domestic Violence: A Survey of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, and Obstetrician–Gynecologists
Cumulative Disadvantage: Effects of Early Career Childcare Issues on Faculty Research Travel
Female faculty may experience disproportionate caregiving-type responsibilities in the academy and at home. A web-based survey inquired about the impact of childcare responsibilities on research-related travel. A convenience sample of full-time faculty participated ( n = 127). From the overwhelmingly female faculty respondents (81.3%), results show that childcare issues impact their ability to plan research travel, submit to professional conferen…
The Status of Women in Social Work Education: A Follow-Up Study
Gender differences persist in the social work academy. We follow up and extend the work of Sakamoto, Anastas, McPhail, and Colarossi. A multistage probability sample of Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited programs yielded a 21% response rate ( n = 535) by faculty to an electronic survey. A significant difference was found on base salary with men earning $76,337 and women earning $70,400. On many status variables, women and men have…
Why Women Join the Military: Enlistment Decisions and Postdeployment Experiences of Service Members and Veterans
Over the past three decades women's enlistment has continued to increase. In an effort to help social workers better meet the needs of female veterans, this study sought to learn women's enlistment motivations and postdeployment experiences. This qualitative study was nested within the Women Veterans Cohort Study. Using a semistructured interview guide, authors interviewed 18 enlisted female service members and veterans. The themes that emerged, …
Reframing Workplace Spirituality to Reduce Career and Social Costs to Women
Women tend to sacrifice career, family life, or both in ways men do not. Studies have shown repeatedly that these career and social costs are higher for women than men. This article argues that career and social costs only exist because workplace policies and practices are based on values that are grounded in beliefs derived from scientific, religious, and spiritual sources. The authors employ three ontological ideal-types to examine workplace po…
Group Work with a New Population: Women in Domestic Relationships Responding to Violence with Violence
An unanticipated consequence of pro-arrest policies for domestic violence is the arrest of women. With the resultant creation of court-ordered groups to accommodate this new population, a thorough understanding of the motivations, contexts, and consequences of women's use of violence is needed. Widely used current treatment models are reviewed, and a model is proposed. This model incorporates aspects of group process (group leadership, group deve…
Burnout among social work educators: An Eco-Logical Systems Perspective
Burnout in the social work field receives significant attention, yet existing literature has disregarded social work educators as an affected population. This research utilized Bronfenbrenner's eco-logical systems perspective to explore and understand contributing factors of burnout among social work educators. Qualitative data derived from a national cross-sectional electronic survey of full-time faculty confirmed that factors on all systemic le…
Innovative Experiential Learning Activities in Aging: The Experiences of Four BEL Projects
The BSW Experiential Learning (BEL) Program aims to infuse intergenerational content into the curriculum and recruit students to the field of social work by implementing face-to-face learning opportunities with older adults. This article discusses and compares the experiences of 4 diverse BEL projects that implemented gero-experiential learning activities into 1 or more of the BSW curriculum areas: introduction/social work practice, social welfar…
Work/life satisfaction policy in Advance universities: Assessing levels of flexibility
Work/Life Fit: The Intersection of Developmental Life Cycle and Academic Life Cycle
A successful academic trajectory tends to be characterized by a singular Standard, that is, doctoral degree, tenure-track position, tenure, and promotion to full professor, administration, or both. Significant numbers of social work faculty struggle with the intersection of the traditional career life cycle and the developmental life cycle. This article discusses barriers that emerge from the intersection of these life cycles. Strategies to suppo…
Barriers in Screening Women for Domestic Violence: A Survey of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, and Obstetrician–Gynecologists
Unequal Pay: The Role of Gender
Pay disparities between men and women persist in the U.S. workforce despite comparable pay legislation, advocacy, and social change. This article discusses theories of gender pay disparities, such as the glass ceiling, position segregation, agency segregation, and human capital. Using an online national survey, 1,600 responses were collected for four groups of public procurement professionals. The gender wage gap ranged from $5,035 to $9,577. Mul…
Group Work with a New Population: Women in Domestic Relationships Responding to Violence with Violence
An unanticipated consequence of pro-arrest policies for domestic violence is the arrest of women. With the resultant creation of court-ordered groups to accommodate this new population, a thorough understanding of the motivations, contexts, and consequences of women's use of violence is needed. Widely used current treatment models are reviewed, and a model is proposed. This model incorporates aspects of group process (group leadership, group deve…
The Development and Evaluation of Online Learning Modules to Deliver Lifespan Content in Human Behavior in Social Environment Courses
This article details the development and evaluation of a lifespan development computer modules that were used in human behavior in social environment courses. An anonymous, Web-based survey was developed to evaluate the modules. Supporting the first hypothesis, the majority of students (83.5%) found the modules to be a good learning alternative. The hypotheses that MSW students will experience more barriers to Web-based instruction and that stude…
Covert Pay Discrimination: How Authority Predicts Pay Differences between Women and Men
Research repeatedly highlights the gap between male and female earnings across the public and private sectors. The authors address an overlooked manifestation of pay discrimination against women in the labor market. Using a survey of 384 public sector chief procurement officers, they analyze the indirect effects of gender on women’s pay through the intervening variable of authority. Gender affects the amount of authority that is delegated to an e…
Work/Life Fit: The Intersection of Developmental Life Cycle and Academic Life Cycle
A successful academic trajectory tends to be characterized by a singular Standard, that is, doctoral degree, tenure-track position, tenure, and promotion to full professor, administration, or both. Significant numbers of social work faculty struggle with the intersection of the traditional career life cycle and the developmental life cycle. This article discusses barriers that emerge from the intersection of these life cycles. Strategies to suppo…
Work/life satisfaction policy in Advance universities: Assessing levels of flexibility
Why Women Join the Military: Enlistment Decisions and Postdeployment Experiences of Service Members and Veterans
Over the past three decades women's enlistment has continued to increase. In an effort to help social workers better meet the needs of female veterans, this study sought to learn women's enlistment motivations and postdeployment experiences. This qualitative study was nested within the Women Veterans Cohort Study. Using a semistructured interview guide, authors interviewed 18 enlisted female service members and veterans. The themes that emerged, …
Reframing Workplace Spirituality to Reduce Career and Social Costs to Women
Women tend to sacrifice career, family life, or both in ways men do not. Studies have shown repeatedly that these career and social costs are higher for women than men. This article argues that career and social costs only exist because workplace policies and practices are based on values that are grounded in beliefs derived from scientific, religious, and spiritual sources. The authors employ three ontological ideal-types to examine workplace po…
Cumulative Disadvantage: Effects of Early Career Childcare Issues on Faculty Research Travel
Female faculty may experience disproportionate caregiving-type responsibilities in the academy and at home. A web-based survey inquired about the impact of childcare responsibilities on research-related travel. A convenience sample of full-time faculty participated ( n = 127). From the overwhelmingly female faculty respondents (81.3%), results show that childcare issues impact their ability to plan research travel, submit to professional conferen…
Innovative Experiential Learning Activities in Aging: The Experiences of Four BEL Projects
The BSW Experiential Learning (BEL) Program aims to infuse intergenerational content into the curriculum and recruit students to the field of social work by implementing face-to-face learning opportunities with older adults. This article discusses and compares the experiences of 4 diverse BEL projects that implemented gero-experiential learning activities into 1 or more of the BSW curriculum areas: introduction/social work practice, social welfar…
Teach-In: Positive Responses during Divisive Times
In response to the well documented divisiveness throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, faculty members at one university developed a “teach-in” to help students identify and respond to the resulting difficult communications in positive ways. This was accomplished through planned activities implementing micro/macro theories and skills. In March 2017, as part of Social Work Month, 71 BSW and MSW students participated in a Teach-in event. Paired…
The Status of Women in Social Work Education: A Follow-Up Study
Gender differences persist in the social work academy. We follow up and extend the work of Sakamoto, Anastas, McPhail, and Colarossi. A multistage probability sample of Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited programs yielded a 21% response rate ( n = 535) by faculty to an electronic survey. A significant difference was found on base salary with men earning $76,337 and women earning $70,400. On many status variables, women and men have…
Infusing Opioid Addiction into the BSW Curriculum: A Teaching Note
Opioid addiction is a widespread problem that social workers will undoubtedly face in practice. Curricular infusion is an approach that has gained recognition in social work education for integrating critical, contemporary topics into courses. This paper details a project that infused opioid addiction in baccalaureate of social work (BSW) courses, including human behavior in the social environment (HBSE), policy, and research. When implemented an…
Burnout among social work educators: An Eco-Logical Systems Perspective
Burnout in the social work field receives significant attention, yet existing literature has disregarded social work educators as an affected population. This research utilized Bronfenbrenner's eco-logical systems perspective to explore and understand contributing factors of burnout among social work educators. Qualitative data derived from a national cross-sectional electronic survey of full-time faculty confirmed that factors on all systemic le…
Planning for Program Evaluation Improves Implementation and Assessment
This article offers a general approach to plan and implement an educational program by illustrating the evaluation process and data from the AGE-ADAR Scholars Program. A well-designed program evaluation will also include a plan for stakeholder dissemination. We adapted a framework from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which includes hard and soft outcomes. Hard outcomes include improved academic metrics, including test scores and gr…
Integrating gerontological inquiry into undergraduate education: An Adar-Informed teaching model
Increasing life expectancies and growing diversity among adults create a need for scholars who understand intersecting identities in aging. NIA-funded Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) programs aim to diversify this workforce; however, additional strategies are needed to expand undergraduate engagement in gerontological research. We integrated an ADAR-informed research poster project into a non-ADAR undergraduate course. Students used …
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