Theresa L Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 181307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theresa L Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theresa L |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS T L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Promoting public health through community engagement
This case study recounts and analyzes the journey that graduate students, enrolled in an experiential, interdisciplinary health promotions course, took with a diverse, urban, Black, Midwest community. Community members, faculty, and graduate students in social work and public health were fellow travelers on this voyage into uncharted territory. A major goal of the journey was to teach students how to recognize community strengths and to facilitat…
The Value of a Learner’s Stance
The Journey to Inclusion
This article examines the effectiveness of a standing committee on diversity in addressing issues of diversity in a predominately white school of social work in the Midwest. The work of this committee is viewed through the lens of a transformational model of diversity. A transformational model of diversity refers to moving organizations from an ethnocentric paradigm to the infusion of diversity at every level of the organization. This moves beyon…
The Illusion of Inclusion
CSWE standards pertaining to diversity have been criticized for being vague and impotent (Hooyman,1995). A pattern in social work education of “diversity by numbers” has emerged in which the emphasis is placed on the representation of certain groups on the faculty, the staff, the student body, and the curriculum. There exists an illusion of inclusion, in which the curriculum, personnel and students are desegregated. However, the school's culture …
Chapter 5
The voices, unique cultural perspectives, and experiences of African Americans typically are not heard in HIV-related professional or popular discourse. This interpretive study, based on observations of and interviews with 27 African Americans, articulates the experiences, concerns, and challenges of African American gay males as they come to terms with an HIV/AIDS diagnosis. Participants perceive their HIV status exacerbates the multiple forms o…
The Illusion of Inclusion
CSWE standards pertaining to diversity have been criticized for being vague and impotent (Hooyman,1995). A pattern in social work education of “diversity by numbers” has emerged in which the emphasis is placed on the representation of certain groups on the faculty, the staff, the student body, and the curriculum. There exists an illusion of inclusion, in which the curriculum, personnel and students are desegregated. However, the school's culture …
The Journey to Inclusion
This article examines the effectiveness of a standing committee on diversity in addressing issues of diversity in a predominately white school of social work in the Midwest. The work of this committee is viewed through the lens of a transformational model of diversity. A transformational model of diversity refers to moving organizations from an ethnocentric paradigm to the infusion of diversity at every level of the organization. This moves beyon…
Chapter 5
The voices, unique cultural perspectives, and experiences of African Americans typically are not heard in HIV-related professional or popular discourse. This interpretive study, based on observations of and interviews with 27 African Americans, articulates the experiences, concerns, and challenges of African American gay males as they come to terms with an HIV/AIDS diagnosis. Participants perceive their HIV status exacerbates the multiple forms o…
Chapter 5
The voices, unique cultural perspectives, and experiences of African Americans typically are not heard in HIV-related professional or popular discourse. This interpretive study, based on observations of and interviews with 27 African Americans, articulates the experiences, concerns, and challenges of African American gay males as they come to terms with an HIV/AIDS diagnosis. Participants perceive their HIV status exacerbates the multiple forms o…
The Illusion of Inclusion
CSWE standards pertaining to diversity have been criticized for being vague and impotent (Hooyman,1995). A pattern in social work education of “diversity by numbers” has emerged in which the emphasis is placed on the representation of certain groups on the faculty, the staff, the student body, and the curriculum. There exists an illusion of inclusion, in which the curriculum, personnel and students are desegregated. However, the school's culture …
The Journey to Inclusion
This article examines the effectiveness of a standing committee on diversity in addressing issues of diversity in a predominately white school of social work in the Midwest. The work of this committee is viewed through the lens of a transformational model of diversity. A transformational model of diversity refers to moving organizations from an ethnocentric paradigm to the infusion of diversity at every level of the organization. This moves beyon…
The Value of a Learner’s Stance
Promoting public health through community engagement
This case study recounts and analyzes the journey that graduate students, enrolled in an experiential, interdisciplinary health promotions course, took with a diverse, urban, Black, Midwest community. Community members, faculty, and graduate students in social work and public health were fellow travelers on this voyage into uncharted territory. A major goal of the journey was to teach students how to recognize community strengths and to facilitat…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Diversity (politics (2 works)