Stephen Monroe Tomczak
Biographic Data
| ID | 381879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Monroe Tomczak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen Monroe |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomczak |
| SIGNATURE | TOMCZAK S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Connecticut State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5570-1600 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teaching Note—Social Work at the Crossroads
Engaging social work students in the early history of the profession has been difficult for most Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work programs. Students interested in learning skills to help others often express frustration at the need to learn about the formation of the social work profession. However, like any profession, students and practitioners need to know the roots of their chosen field. This article describes a multicl…
Teaching Note—Innovating the Curriculum
History, the major storehouse of information, informs us about the important relationship between people and society and increases our understanding of basic societal values and institutional arrangements. A recent New York Times op-ed described “The Dangerous Decline of the Historical Profession.” Likewise for historical content in social work education, exacerbated by the 1970s‘ rise of neoliberalism and the profession’s long marginalization of…
Compassionate' Control
The contemporary Defund the Police movement has renewed interest in social work's role in public safety, leading some to call for increased police-social work collaborations. However, claims regarding the potential virtues and pitfalls of social work-police collaborations are largely ahistorical. To contextualize current debates, a systematic investigation into the evolution of social work and its relationship with law enforcement is necessary, p…
"The Origin and Evolution of the term "Social Work
The origin of the term “social work” has long been misattributed to the 1907 work of economist Simon Patten. While Patten’s contribution to social work is important, though mostly forgotten, the term had been used long before regarding the work of nuns and settlement workers. Quoting archival and historical findings, this article traces the origin, evolution, and widespread use of the term “social work.” The words of the early founders of social …
If Anti-Racism Is the Goal, Then Anti-Oppression Is How We Get There
Many schools of social work around the United States of America wrote anti-racism statements because of the recent murders of Black and Brown people. In this contribution, the authors describe a challenging and tense discussion of racism and anti-racism leading to a group process about oppression and anti-oppression in the social work profession. For some, the urgency to address racism led to tactics and strategies that got in the way of social w…
Helps My Family Survive Hard Times
To achieve healthy communities, addressing food insecurity (FI) is critical. This study describes a unique food distribution program combining a mobile Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for children with a mobile pantry for adults. A survey (n = 153) of participants at six locations in New Haven Connecticut revealed that 36% reported FI and 76% were first-time pantry users. Three- quarters participated in SNAP, WIC, or both, and two-thirds had c…
Constructing the Reproductive Behavior of Poor People
This article examines the influence of dominant thinkers, social welfare leaders, and popular authors who asserted that public aid stimulates recipients’ biological reproduction. This idea was first systematized by political economist Thomas Robert Malthus during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most notably in his famous Essay on the Principle of Population. Malthusian ideas on public aid and reproduction then influenced polic…
Full Employment as a Permanent Policy Response to Poverty
Rising inequality and concomitant economic insecurity and poverty is a continuing problem in the United States today. Enacting full employment policies would resolve this problem and would serve as a viable poverty reduction strategy. Using a more accurate measure of unemployment such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics U-6 measure would reveal the true unemployment rate. This article provides different strategies, historical and more recent, for e…
"Hunger in a "Land of Plenty
Compassionate' Control
The contemporary Defund the Police movement has renewed interest in social work's role in public safety, leading some to call for increased police-social work collaborations. However, claims regarding the potential virtues and pitfalls of social work-police collaborations are largely ahistorical. To contextualize current debates, a systematic investigation into the evolution of social work and its relationship with law enforcement is necessary, p…
"Hunger in a "Land of Plenty
"Hunger in a "Land of Plenty
Full Employment as a Permanent Policy Response to Poverty
Rising inequality and concomitant economic insecurity and poverty is a continuing problem in the United States today. Enacting full employment policies would resolve this problem and would serve as a viable poverty reduction strategy. Using a more accurate measure of unemployment such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics U-6 measure would reveal the true unemployment rate. This article provides different strategies, historical and more recent, for e…
Constructing the Reproductive Behavior of Poor People
This article examines the influence of dominant thinkers, social welfare leaders, and popular authors who asserted that public aid stimulates recipients’ biological reproduction. This idea was first systematized by political economist Thomas Robert Malthus during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most notably in his famous Essay on the Principle of Population. Malthusian ideas on public aid and reproduction then influenced polic…
Helps My Family Survive Hard Times
To achieve healthy communities, addressing food insecurity (FI) is critical. This study describes a unique food distribution program combining a mobile Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for children with a mobile pantry for adults. A survey (n = 153) of participants at six locations in New Haven Connecticut revealed that 36% reported FI and 76% were first-time pantry users. Three- quarters participated in SNAP, WIC, or both, and two-thirds had c…
"The Origin and Evolution of the term "Social Work
The origin of the term “social work” has long been misattributed to the 1907 work of economist Simon Patten. While Patten’s contribution to social work is important, though mostly forgotten, the term had been used long before regarding the work of nuns and settlement workers. Quoting archival and historical findings, this article traces the origin, evolution, and widespread use of the term “social work.” The words of the early founders of social …
If Anti-Racism Is the Goal, Then Anti-Oppression Is How We Get There
Many schools of social work around the United States of America wrote anti-racism statements because of the recent murders of Black and Brown people. In this contribution, the authors describe a challenging and tense discussion of racism and anti-racism leading to a group process about oppression and anti-oppression in the social work profession. For some, the urgency to address racism led to tactics and strategies that got in the way of social w…
Teaching Note—Innovating the Curriculum
History, the major storehouse of information, informs us about the important relationship between people and society and increases our understanding of basic societal values and institutional arrangements. A recent New York Times op-ed described “The Dangerous Decline of the Historical Profession.” Likewise for historical content in social work education, exacerbated by the 1970s‘ rise of neoliberalism and the profession’s long marginalization of…
Compassionate' Control
The contemporary Defund the Police movement has renewed interest in social work's role in public safety, leading some to call for increased police-social work collaborations. However, claims regarding the potential virtues and pitfalls of social work-police collaborations are largely ahistorical. To contextualize current debates, a systematic investigation into the evolution of social work and its relationship with law enforcement is necessary, p…
Teaching Note—Social Work at the Crossroads
Engaging social work students in the early history of the profession has been difficult for most Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work programs. Students interested in learning skills to help others often express frustration at the need to learn about the formation of the social work profession. However, like any profession, students and practitioners need to know the roots of their chosen field. This article describes a multicl…
Political science (7 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works)