Elizabeth P Cramer
Biographic Data
| ID | 173296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth P Cramer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth P |
| FAMILY NAME | Cramer |
| SIGNATURE | CRAMER E P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3604-8730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Using video vignettes in research and program evaluation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A case study of the Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention (Leap) project
Food Landscapes: Cooking, Community Service and Art-Making with Teens
In this article, we describe Food Landscapes, an interdisciplinary program involving youth who live in an urban community identified as a food desert. Food Landscapes combined socially engaged art-making, cooking, community engagement, and community service to open dialogue with youth about food justice and equity, the meaning of community, and the formation of meaningful relationships between youth and community members who have disabilities. We…
Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities
2013). Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities. Journal of Community Practice: Vol. 21, At the Intersection of Community Practice and Health Practice: Building Stronger and Healthier Communities, pp. 124-144
Using Experiential Exercises to Teach about Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice
Experiential exercises can be effectively incorporated into social work courses that focus on diversity, oppression, and social justice. This article describes three models of experiential activities, provides examples of exercises within the three models and empirical support for their effectiveness, and identifies criticisms surrounding their use in the classroom. The final section of the article offers general guidelines to instructors to prep…
Women with Disabilities and Experiences of Abuse
A qualitative study of disabled and non-disabled professionals and survivors of abuse revealed a range of types of abuse endured by disabled women, some of which were unique to that population. Two major themes emerged from data analysis: vulnerable beginnings and complexity of abuse. Three sub-themes are encompassed within complexity of abuse: active abuse, abuse through image, and contextual abuse by social service/legislative systems. The auth…
Empowering Gay and Lesbian Caregivers and Uncovering Their Unique Experiences Through the Use of Qualitative Methods
Studies over the last two decades have greatly advanced knowledge about gay and lesbian aging. These studies have also discovered the challenges involved in studying older gay and lesbian populations. The study described in this article adds to this knowledge by examining the caregiving experiences of this “hidden” population. It describes the research process used in the study, and advocates for the use of qualitative methods to empower study re…
Linking the Assessment of Self-Reported Functional Capacity With Abuse Experiences of Women With Disabilities
Women with disabilities are abused at rates similar to or greater than their nondisabled counterparts. Compared with nonabused women, women abused by an intimate partner have a greater risk of being disabled or having an illness that affects their activities of daily living. Although disabled women experience similar forms of abuse to those of nondisabled women, some forms of abuse are unique to disabled women due to the limitations that the disa…
Redefining Abuse of Women With Disabilities: A Paradox of Limitation and Expansion
The study presented here, which relied on naturalistic design and focus-group methodology, examined the experiences of abused women with disabilities and the women's use of and need for services and resources. The study found that although disabled and nondisabled women face many of the same forms of abuse, disabled women have unique experiences that require specialized services
Attitudes and Behaviors of Social Work Students Toward Lesbian and Gay Male Clients: Can Panel Presentations Make a Difference
Since the requirement of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to integrate theoretical and practice content about the oppression of gay and lesbian persons into the curriculum, few studies have assessed the effectiveness of various methods of incorporating the content. This paper reports the results of a study examining the effects of a panel presentation on social work students' attitudes, their anticipated professional practice, and the …
Hate Crime Laws and Sexual Orientation
This article provides definitions for hate crimes, a summary of national data on hate crime incidents, and descriptions of federal and state hate crime laws. The author presents various arguments in support of and against hate crime laws, and the inclusion of sexual orientation in such laws. The author contends that it is illogical and a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to exclude sexual orientationf rom hate crime laws. The perpetratorso f …
Les Ms: Creating an Education and Support Group for Lesbians
This article describes the planning and implementation of Les Ms., an education and support group for women who are lesbian, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation. In its first year of operation, 114 women attended Les Ms. at least once. Descriptive data about group members and their experiences are presented. The authors propose an interdisciplinary team-facilitated group model grounded in issues/milestones and social construction-is…
Feminist Pedagogy and Teaching Social Work Practice with Groups: A Case Study
The author operationalized five principles of feminist pedagogy in a social work methods course. This article discusses the principles of feminist pedagogy, the application of feminism to a classroom setting, and specific teaching techniques that are informed by feminist pedagogy. The author describes methods utilized to apply feminist pedagogical theory to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a social work practice with groups course.…
Empowering Gay and Lesbian Caregivers and Uncovering Their Unique Experiences Through the Use of Qualitative Methods
Studies over the last two decades have greatly advanced knowledge about gay and lesbian aging. These studies have also discovered the challenges involved in studying older gay and lesbian populations. The study described in this article adds to this knowledge by examining the caregiving experiences of this “hidden” population. It describes the research process used in the study, and advocates for the use of qualitative methods to empower study re…
Attitudes and Behaviors of Social Work Students Toward Lesbian and Gay Male Clients: Can Panel Presentations Make a Difference
Since the requirement of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to integrate theoretical and practice content about the oppression of gay and lesbian persons into the curriculum, few studies have assessed the effectiveness of various methods of incorporating the content. This paper reports the results of a study examining the effects of a panel presentation on social work students' attitudes, their anticipated professional practice, and the …
Using Experiential Exercises to Teach about Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice
Experiential exercises can be effectively incorporated into social work courses that focus on diversity, oppression, and social justice. This article describes three models of experiential activities, provides examples of exercises within the three models and empirical support for their effectiveness, and identifies criticisms surrounding their use in the classroom. The final section of the article offers general guidelines to instructors to prep…
Redefining Abuse of Women With Disabilities: A Paradox of Limitation and Expansion
The study presented here, which relied on naturalistic design and focus-group methodology, examined the experiences of abused women with disabilities and the women's use of and need for services and resources. The study found that although disabled and nondisabled women face many of the same forms of abuse, disabled women have unique experiences that require specialized services
Women with Disabilities and Experiences of Abuse
A qualitative study of disabled and non-disabled professionals and survivors of abuse revealed a range of types of abuse endured by disabled women, some of which were unique to that population. Two major themes emerged from data analysis: vulnerable beginnings and complexity of abuse. Three sub-themes are encompassed within complexity of abuse: active abuse, abuse through image, and contextual abuse by social service/legislative systems. The auth…
Linking the Assessment of Self-Reported Functional Capacity With Abuse Experiences of Women With Disabilities
Women with disabilities are abused at rates similar to or greater than their nondisabled counterparts. Compared with nonabused women, women abused by an intimate partner have a greater risk of being disabled or having an illness that affects their activities of daily living. Although disabled women experience similar forms of abuse to those of nondisabled women, some forms of abuse are unique to disabled women due to the limitations that the disa…
Food Landscapes: Cooking, Community Service and Art-Making with Teens
In this article, we describe Food Landscapes, an interdisciplinary program involving youth who live in an urban community identified as a food desert. Food Landscapes combined socially engaged art-making, cooking, community engagement, and community service to open dialogue with youth about food justice and equity, the meaning of community, and the formation of meaningful relationships between youth and community members who have disabilities. We…
Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities
2013). Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities. Journal of Community Practice: Vol. 21, At the Intersection of Community Practice and Health Practice: Building Stronger and Healthier Communities, pp. 124-144
Hate Crime Laws and Sexual Orientation
This article provides definitions for hate crimes, a summary of national data on hate crime incidents, and descriptions of federal and state hate crime laws. The author presents various arguments in support of and against hate crime laws, and the inclusion of sexual orientation in such laws. The author contends that it is illogical and a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to exclude sexual orientationf rom hate crime laws. The perpetratorso f …
Feminist Pedagogy and Teaching Social Work Practice with Groups: A Case Study
The author operationalized five principles of feminist pedagogy in a social work methods course. This article discusses the principles of feminist pedagogy, the application of feminism to a classroom setting, and specific teaching techniques that are informed by feminist pedagogy. The author describes methods utilized to apply feminist pedagogical theory to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a social work practice with groups course.…
Les Ms: Creating an Education and Support Group for Lesbians
This article describes the planning and implementation of Les Ms., an education and support group for women who are lesbian, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation. In its first year of operation, 114 women attended Les Ms. at least once. Descriptive data about group members and their experiences are presented. The authors propose an interdisciplinary team-facilitated group model grounded in issues/milestones and social construction-is…
Attitudes and Behaviors of Social Work Students Toward Lesbian and Gay Male Clients: Can Panel Presentations Make a Difference
Since the requirement of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to integrate theoretical and practice content about the oppression of gay and lesbian persons into the curriculum, few studies have assessed the effectiveness of various methods of incorporating the content. This paper reports the results of a study examining the effects of a panel presentation on social work students' attitudes, their anticipated professional practice, and the …
Hate Crime Laws and Sexual Orientation
This article provides definitions for hate crimes, a summary of national data on hate crime incidents, and descriptions of federal and state hate crime laws. The author presents various arguments in support of and against hate crime laws, and the inclusion of sexual orientation in such laws. The author contends that it is illogical and a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to exclude sexual orientationf rom hate crime laws. The perpetratorso f …
Linking the Assessment of Self-Reported Functional Capacity With Abuse Experiences of Women With Disabilities
Women with disabilities are abused at rates similar to or greater than their nondisabled counterparts. Compared with nonabused women, women abused by an intimate partner have a greater risk of being disabled or having an illness that affects their activities of daily living. Although disabled women experience similar forms of abuse to those of nondisabled women, some forms of abuse are unique to disabled women due to the limitations that the disa…
Redefining Abuse of Women With Disabilities: A Paradox of Limitation and Expansion
The study presented here, which relied on naturalistic design and focus-group methodology, examined the experiences of abused women with disabilities and the women's use of and need for services and resources. The study found that although disabled and nondisabled women face many of the same forms of abuse, disabled women have unique experiences that require specialized services
Empowering Gay and Lesbian Caregivers and Uncovering Their Unique Experiences Through the Use of Qualitative Methods
Studies over the last two decades have greatly advanced knowledge about gay and lesbian aging. These studies have also discovered the challenges involved in studying older gay and lesbian populations. The study described in this article adds to this knowledge by examining the caregiving experiences of this “hidden” population. It describes the research process used in the study, and advocates for the use of qualitative methods to empower study re…
Women with Disabilities and Experiences of Abuse
A qualitative study of disabled and non-disabled professionals and survivors of abuse revealed a range of types of abuse endured by disabled women, some of which were unique to that population. Two major themes emerged from data analysis: vulnerable beginnings and complexity of abuse. Three sub-themes are encompassed within complexity of abuse: active abuse, abuse through image, and contextual abuse by social service/legislative systems. The auth…
Using Experiential Exercises to Teach about Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice
Experiential exercises can be effectively incorporated into social work courses that focus on diversity, oppression, and social justice. This article describes three models of experiential activities, provides examples of exercises within the three models and empirical support for their effectiveness, and identifies criticisms surrounding their use in the classroom. The final section of the article offers general guidelines to instructors to prep…
Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities
2013). Building Capacity to Address the Abuse of Persons with Disabilities. Journal of Community Practice: Vol. 21, At the Intersection of Community Practice and Health Practice: Building Stronger and Healthier Communities, pp. 124-144
Food Landscapes: Cooking, Community Service and Art-Making with Teens
In this article, we describe Food Landscapes, an interdisciplinary program involving youth who live in an urban community identified as a food desert. Food Landscapes combined socially engaged art-making, cooking, community engagement, and community service to open dialogue with youth about food justice and equity, the meaning of community, and the formation of meaningful relationships between youth and community members who have disabilities. We…
Using video vignettes in research and program evaluation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A case study of the Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention (Leap) project
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Work (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works)