Alice K Butterfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice K Butterfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice K |
| FAMILY NAME | Butterfield |
| SIGNATURE | BUTTERFIELD A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Graduate Research Through the Rebirth of Social Work Education in Ethiopia
The research activities of graduate students of social work at Addis Ababa University (AAU) have not been documented and analyzed in a way that it could be published. This article explores and examines social work graduate research from 2006 to 2019. Data and our unit of analysis included 580 theses and dissertations listed in graduation books and another 280 electronically stored master's theses and dissertations from the AAU Institutional Repos…
Addressing poverty and child welfare
The Integrated Community Development and Child Welfare Model (CD-CW) engages workers with families and communities to reduce poverty, and at the same time, improve the well-being of children. Skill building in asset-based development, family enterprise, and child trauma is delivered through a three-stage, applied training model. CD-CW was pilot tested and implemented with 100 livelihood and child welfare workers in Ethiopia. Data from Learning Po…
Understanding Community
On the surface, the concept of community is one that is present in all forms of macro policies, programs, and practice. Intuitively, the concept is easy to understand, but from a scholarly perspect
Learning from Africa
Researchers living and working in Africa face a number of challenges in making sure that the results of their research find a route to their colleagues elsewhere. This article articulates some of the many challenges that researchers from the Global South face in publication and research. Suggestions are made for the possible transformation of relationships between academia in the Global North and those of the Global South
We Can't Eat a Road
Asset-based community development strategy (ABCD) is a development that recognizes and builds upon the strengths and assets of individuals, associations, and institutions to address the felt needs of the local community. As the application of ABCD in an urban area of Africa, The Gedam Sefer Community Partnership (GSCP) was formed to improve the lives of poor families living in a slum neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five building blocks of …
The Road Not Taken
Can Africa Learn From Africa? Can the World Learn From Africa
A report released in June 2011 by Phyllis Freeman and Goolam Mohamedbhai, two internationally acknowledged experts on higher education, examined Addis Ababa University's (AAU's) postgraduate develo
Under the Cover of Books
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books. (Carlyle, n.d.) Several years ago, just after the f
Securing the Common Good
Social networks among poor women in Ethiopia
English Social networks are social capital for poor women living in a slum neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Based on neighborhood, friendship, kinship, gender and ethnic ties, informal networks provide social, emotional and financial support. Social network analysis is a promising method for community development and participatory social work in Africa. French Les réseaux sociaux représentent un capital social pour les femmes pauvres qui vi…
It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
We Can't Eat a Road
Asset-based community development strategy (ABCD) is a development that recognizes and builds upon the strengths and assets of individuals, associations, and institutions to address the felt needs of the local community. As the application of ABCD in an urban area of Africa, The Gedam Sefer Community Partnership (GSCP) was formed to improve the lives of poor families living in a slum neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five building blocks of …
Social networks among poor women in Ethiopia
English Social networks are social capital for poor women living in a slum neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Based on neighborhood, friendship, kinship, gender and ethnic ties, informal networks provide social, emotional and financial support. Social network analysis is a promising method for community development and participatory social work in Africa. French Les réseaux sociaux représentent un capital social pour les femmes pauvres qui vi…
Addressing poverty and child welfare
The Integrated Community Development and Child Welfare Model (CD-CW) engages workers with families and communities to reduce poverty, and at the same time, improve the well-being of children. Skill building in asset-based development, family enterprise, and child trauma is delivered through a three-stage, applied training model. CD-CW was pilot tested and implemented with 100 livelihood and child welfare workers in Ethiopia. Data from Learning Po…
Learning from Africa
Researchers living and working in Africa face a number of challenges in making sure that the results of their research find a route to their colleagues elsewhere. This article articulates some of the many challenges that researchers from the Global South face in publication and research. Suggestions are made for the possible transformation of relationships between academia in the Global North and those of the Global South
It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
Securing the Common Good
Social networks among poor women in Ethiopia
English Social networks are social capital for poor women living in a slum neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Based on neighborhood, friendship, kinship, gender and ethnic ties, informal networks provide social, emotional and financial support. Social network analysis is a promising method for community development and participatory social work in Africa. French Les réseaux sociaux représentent un capital social pour les femmes pauvres qui vi…
It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
Securing the Common Good
Under the Cover of Books
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books. (Carlyle, n.d.) Several years ago, just after the f
Learning from Africa
Researchers living and working in Africa face a number of challenges in making sure that the results of their research find a route to their colleagues elsewhere. This article articulates some of the many challenges that researchers from the Global South face in publication and research. Suggestions are made for the possible transformation of relationships between academia in the Global North and those of the Global South
We Can't Eat a Road
Asset-based community development strategy (ABCD) is a development that recognizes and builds upon the strengths and assets of individuals, associations, and institutions to address the felt needs of the local community. As the application of ABCD in an urban area of Africa, The Gedam Sefer Community Partnership (GSCP) was formed to improve the lives of poor families living in a slum neighborhood of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Five building blocks of …
The Road Not Taken
Can Africa Learn From Africa? Can the World Learn From Africa
A report released in June 2011 by Phyllis Freeman and Goolam Mohamedbhai, two internationally acknowledged experts on higher education, examined Addis Ababa University's (AAU's) postgraduate develo
Understanding Community
On the surface, the concept of community is one that is present in all forms of macro policies, programs, and practice. Intuitively, the concept is easy to understand, but from a scholarly perspect
Addressing poverty and child welfare
The Integrated Community Development and Child Welfare Model (CD-CW) engages workers with families and communities to reduce poverty, and at the same time, improve the well-being of children. Skill building in asset-based development, family enterprise, and child trauma is delivered through a three-stage, applied training model. CD-CW was pilot tested and implemented with 100 livelihood and child welfare workers in Ethiopia. Data from Learning Po…
Graduate Research Through the Rebirth of Social Work Education in Ethiopia
The research activities of graduate students of social work at Addis Ababa University (AAU) have not been documented and analyzed in a way that it could be published. This article explores and examines social work graduate research from 2006 to 2019. Data and our unit of analysis included 580 theses and dissertations listed in graduation books and another 280 electronically stored master's theses and dissertations from the AAU Institutional Repos…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Asset (computer security (2 works)