Robert Fisher
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E-mail robert.fisher@uconn.edu
Education
New York University Ph.D., 1974; M.A., 1970 Urban History
Rutgers University B.A., 1968 History
Certification
Council on Social Work Education, 1998. Certification to teach Community Organization Practice.
Academic Appointments
Director, Urban and Community Studies and Professor of Social Work (2001-): University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT.
Henry and Lucy Moses Distinguished Professor (1999-2000): Hunter College, School of Social Work, New York, NY.
Professor of Social Work (1993-2001): University of Houston, Graduate School of Social Work, Houston, Texas; Associate Professor (1990- 1993); Visiting Professor (1989); Lecturer (1984-89)
Fulbright Scholar (1994): University of Graz, Austria. Urban and Social Policy.
Fulbright Scholar (1986-88): University of Innsbruck, Austria. Urban Social Movements.
Associate Professor of Social Sciences (1982-1990): University of Houston _ Downtown, Houston, Texas; Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (1978-1982).
Visiting Assistant Professor of History (1977-78): Union College, Schenectady, New York
Instructor of Social Sciences (1973-76): Grahm Junior College, Boston, Massachusetts
Books
Settlement Houses Under Siege: The Struggle to Sustain Community Organizations in New York City, with Michael Fabricant. (Columbia University Press, 2002).
Social Work and Community in a Private World: Getting Out in Public, co-authored with Howard Karger (Longman, 1997).
Let The People Decide:Neighborhood Organizing in America Updated Edition (Twayne, 1994, First Edition, 1984).
Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in a Global Era, co-edited with Joe Kling
(Urban Affairs Annual Reviews Series, Sage, 1993).
Community Organization for Urban Social Change:A Historical Perspective, co_edited
with Peter Romanofsky (Greenwood Press, 1981)
Forthcoming Articles and Book Chapters
“From Henry Street to Contracted Services: Financing the Settlement House.” With Michael Fabricant, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare (June, 2003).
“Contextualizing Community Organizing,” in Marie Weil, ed. Handbook of Community Practice Sage Publishers (2003).
“Community Building Practice,” Journal of Community Practice (2003)
Published Articles and Book Chapters
“From Henry Street to Contracted Services: Financing the Settlement House.” With Michael Fabricant, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 2002 29(3): 3-28
“Agency-based Community Building in Low Income Neighborhoods,” with Michael Fabricant Journal of Community Practice 2002 10(2): 1-22.
“Enron’s Economic Fundamentalists,” Social Policy 2002 32(3): 21-23.
“Bridging the Divide Between Social Movements and Community Organizing,” with Eric Shragge, Canadian Dimension. 2001 March/April 35(2): 40-42.
“Graduate Education for Social Change: A Study of Political Social Workers,” with A.Weedman, G.Alex, and K. Stout. Journal of Community Practice IX:4 (2001): 43-64.
“Political Economy and Public Life in a Private World: The Context for Community Organizing, in Jack Rothman, John Ehrlich, and John Tropman, eds. Strategies of Community Intervention Sixth Edition (F. E. Peacock, 2001), 100-117.
"Social Action Community Organization: Proliferation, Persistence, Roots, and Prospects," in Jack Rothman, John Ehrlich, and John Tropman, eds. Strategies of Community Intervention Sixth Edition (F. E. Peacock, 2001), 350-363. Earlier version appeared in Meridith Minkler, ed., Community Organizing and Community Building for Health (Rutgers University Press, 1997), 53-67. First published in Fred Cox et. al., eds. Strategies for Community Organization Fifth Edition (F. E. Peacock, 1995), 327-340.
“Community Organizing: A Call to Action,” with Eric Shragge. Canadian Dimensions 35:2 (2001): 40-43.
“Challenging Community Organizing: Facing the 21st Century,” with Eric Shragge, Journal of Community Practice 8:3 (2000), 1-19.
“The Context of Social Work Practice,” with Howard Karger, in Meares and Garvin, eds. The Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice. (Sage, 2000): 5-22.
“Speaking for the Contribution of History: Context and the Origins of the Social Welfare History Group.” Social Service Review 73:2 (June, 1999), 191-217.
“The Place of Historical Research in Social Work,” with Phillip Dybicz, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 26:3 (September, 1999), 105-124.
“Saul Alinsky,” in American National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1999). Related piece published as "Saul Alinsky," in Encyclopedia of the American Left, Second Edition Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas, eds. (Oxford University Press, 1999).
“The Importance of History and Context in Community Organization,” in Jack Rothman, editor, Reflections on Community Organization (F. E. Peacock, 1999), 335-353.
“Community Practice and Historical Research,” with Howard Karger, in R. McNair, ed., Research Strategies for Community Practice. Monographic Supplement # 1 The Journal of Community Practice (Haworth, 1998), 5-20.
Community Organization, New Social Movement Theory, and the Condition of Postmodernity,” with Joseph Kling, in David Tucker, Charles Garvin, and Rosemary Sarri, eds., Integrating Knowledge and Practice: The Case of Social Work and Social Science (Praeger, 1997), 105-115.
“Public Life in Gulfton: Multiple Publics and Models of Community Organization,” with Lisa Taaffe, Journal of Community Practice 4 (1997): 31-56. Simultaneously published in Community Practice: Models in Action, Marie Weil, ed. (Haworth, 1997).
“Social Planning in Houston: The Council of Social Agencies, 1928-1976,” with John Davidson, The Houston Review 18 (1997), 1-28.
“Neighborhood Organizing: The Importance of Historical Context,” in Keating, Starr, and Krumholz, eds. Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods (University of Kansas Press, 1996), 39-49.
“Social Services and Community in the New Private City: Book Review Essay,” Urban Affairs Review 31 (March, 1996), 554-561.
“Political Social Work,” Journal of Social Work Education 31 (1995), 194-203.
"Community Organizing in the Conservative '80s and Beyond," Social Policy 25 (Fall, 1994), 11-21.
"Empowerment-Based Curriculum Design: Building Political Social Work," with Karen Haynes, Jean Latting, and William Buffum, in P. Nurius and L. Gutierrez, Education and Research for Empowerment Practice (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994), 127-136.
"The Rehabilitation of Allen Parkway Village: The Issue is Still Democracy," Rehabilitation of Allen Parkway Village, Houston, Texas (Washington D.C.: U.S. Printing Office, 1994), 240-46.
"Community Organization and New Social Movement Theory," co-authored with Joe Kling, Journal of Progressive Human Services 5 (1994), 5-24.
"Are Single-Issue Interest Advocacy Organizations a Positive Development for the Welfare State? NO," in Karger and Midgley, eds. Controversial Issues in Social Policy (Allyn and Bacon, 1994), 206-12.
"Mobilizing the Community Worldwide: Common Ground, Historical Roots, and Prospects for the Future," in Fisher and Kling, eds., Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in a Global Era (Sage, 1993)
"Houston (Texas): Politique Urbaine Privatisee et ses Consequences pour les Pauvres et les Minorites Ethniques," in M. Blanc and S. Le Bars, eds., Les Minorites dans la Cite: Perspectives Comparatives (Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 1993), 133-145.
"Organizing in the Private City: The Case of Houston, Texas," in Beeth and Wintz, eds., Black Dixie: Afro-Texan History and Culture in Houston (Texas A&M University Press, June, 1992), 253-276.
"Organizing in the Modern Metropolis: Considering New Social Movement Theory," Journal of Urban History Vol. 18 (February, 1992), 222-237. Review Essay.
"Prospects for the New Social Movements," co-written with Joe Kling, New Politics III (Winter, 1991), 71-84.
"The Urban Sunbelt in Comparative Perspective:Houston in Context," in Robert Fairbanks et al, The Urban Sunbelt (Texas A&M University Press, 1990), 33-58. Award_winning essay, see Prizes.
"Leading the People:Two Approaches to the Role of Ideology in Community Organizing," co_written with Joe Kling, in Kling and Pace, eds., Dilemmas of Activism (Temple University Press, 1990), 71-90. Appeared originally in earlier form in Radical America 21 (1987/88), 31_46.
"Saul Alinsky," Encyclopedia of the American Left, Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas, eds. (Garland Publishers, 1990).
"From Grassroots Organizing to Community Service:The Community Center Movement, 1907_1930," in Michael Austin and Neil Betten, eds., The Roots of Community Organizing:1917_ 1939 (Temple University Press, 1990), 76-93. Appeared in earlier form in Fisher and Romanofsky, eds., Community Organization for Urban Social Change (see Books above).
"Protecting Community and Property Values: Civic Clubs in Houston, 1909-1970," in Char Miller and Heywood T. Sanders, eds. Urban Texas: Politics and Development (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1990), 128-40. Appeared in an earlier form as "Be on the Lookout:Neighborhood Civic Clubs in Houston, 1890_1970," Houston Review VI (Winter, 1985), 105_16.
"Community Mobilization: Prospects for the Future," Urban Affairs Quarterly 25 (December, 1989), 200-11.
"Urban Policy in Houston, Texas," Urban Studies 26 (1989), 144-54.
"Where Seldom is Heard a Discouraging Word:The Political Economy of Houston, Texas," Amerikastudien/American Studies, 33 (Winter, 1988), 73_91.
"Expanding the Tenants Movement:Building on Ideology," Shelterforce X (September/October, 1987), 16_17.
"The History of Community Organizing:A Typology," in Fred Cox et al., eds., Strategies
of Community Organization, Fourth Edition (F.E.Peacock, 1987), 387_97. Originally published in Houston Review IV (Summer, 1982), 75_87.
"Ideology and Organizing:A Reappraisal," Citizen Participation 7 (Summer, 1986), 14.
Reprinted as "Rethinking Community Organization," American Commonwealth I (September, 1986), 6_7.
"A History of Community Organization:A Bibliographic Review," in Patricia Melvin, ed.,
American Community Organization (Greenwood Press, 1986), 201_12.
"The People's Institute of New York City, 1897_1934," in Patricia Melvin, ed., American
Community Organization (Greenwood Press, 1986), 144_46.
"Advocacy Organizations and Community Movements," Philanthropy, Voluntary Action,
and the Public Good (Working Papers of the Independent Sector/United Way Institute Research Forum (Spring, 1986), 483_98.
"Public Housing in Houston, Texas:The Issue is Democracy," Public Housing Needs and
Conditions in Houston, Texas (U.S.Government Printing Office, 1986), 161_63.
"Community Development and the Cold War:Lubricating the Social Machine," Journal
of the Community Development Society 16 (1985), 107_20.
"Neighborhood Organizing and Urban Revitalization," Journal of Urban Affairs VII (Winter, 1985), 47_54.
"Neighborhood Organizing:Lessons from the Past," Social Policy XV (Summer, 1984), 9_16.
"Student Historians as Interns in Community Organizations," Teaching History IV (Fall,1979), 57_62.
"Community Organization and Citizen Participation:The Efforts of the People's Institute, 1910_1920," Social Service Review LI (September, 1977), 474_90.
"Film Censorship and Progressive Reform:The National Board of Censorship of Motion
Pictures, 1909_1922," Journal of Popular Film IV (Spring, 1975), 143_56.
Book Reviews Published in Professional Journals
Journal of Community Practice
Journal of the American Planning Association
Planning Perspectives
Journal of Progressive Human Services
Social Science Quarterly
Texas Journal of Political Studies
Journal of American History
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Journal of Southern History
Arbeiten aus Anglistik u. Amerikanistik
Conference Papers (Selected)
“Linking Service Delivery, Funding Arrangments, and Community Building: Settlement Houses Past and Present.” Urban Affairs Association meeting, Cleveland, March, 2003.
“Public Health in Private Spaces: The limits of STD prevention through the private sector,” with Lori Leonard. American Public Health Association meeting, Philadelphia, November 2002
“Contemporary Settlement Houses, Corporatized Social Services, and Community Building Practice,” ARNOVA conference, Montreal, November, 2002.
Social Welfare Action Alliance conference. Philadelphia. “A Call to Action: Rethinking Community Organizing and Economic Globalization” 2001
“Linking Contemporary Social Movement and Community Organizations.” Urban Affairs Association. Boston. 2001
“Settlement Houses Under Siege: Challenges to Community Organizing.” ACOSA, Northeast Regional meeting. Keynote speaker with Michael Fabricant. 2001.
“Speaking for the Contribution of History,” Council on Social Work Education, Annual Planning Meeting, Chicago, 1999
“The Past and Future of Community Organizing,” Labor and Community Symposium, Hunter College. October 29, 1999.
“The Prospects of Organizing: Past and Present” and “ACORN’s Comprehensive Community Initiative in the South Bronx,” at Futures 2000 Conference. Invited Participant and Lecturer. ACORN National Staff Retreat, Chicago, 1999.
“The Contribution of Historical Research to Social Work.” Society for Social Work and Research, Third Annual Conference, Austin, TX, 1999.
“Politicizing Social Work,” Keynote Address, Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Mexican-American Social Workers, San Antonio, TX, 1998
“Reflections on Community Organization: The Impact of Context,” ACOSA Special Panel Presentation, CSWE APM, 1998.
“Global Restructuring, Social Policy, and Community in a Private World,” Keynote Address,
Conference on Privatization for the Public Good, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT, 1997
“Putting Macro Content and Practice at the Base of the Social Work Curriculum,” panel presentation, CSWE APM, Chicago, 1997
“Getting Out in Public: Community Work in a Private World,” Conference on Defining Community, Reexamining Society, University of Michigan -- Flint, 1996
“Empowerment-Based Curriculum Design that Builds Toward Social Change,” A panel with Cheryl Hyde and Michael Reisch, Council on Social Work Education, APM, 1995, San Diego.
“Community Organization and New Social Movement Theory,” Conference on Community Organization and New Social Movement Theory, University of Washington, 1995.
“Neighborhood Organizing: The Importance of Historical Context,” H-Urban (History Urban) On-line Seminar on History of Community Organizing/Development, 1995
"American Social History and American Exceptionalism," American Studies Conference, Athens, Greece. March, 1994.
"Privatization, Social Change, and Democracy," Conference on America in Central/Eastern Europe: Past and Present, Lodz, Poland, June 4-8, 1994.
"Confronting the Private City: A Comparative Perspective," International Conference on Comparative Urban Research, Bristol, England, July 9-12, 1994.
"Political Social Work: Empowerment-based Curriculum Development," at Education and Research for Empowerment Practice Conference, University of Washington, School of Social Work, Seattle, WA October 7-8, 1993
"Political Social Work: An Integrated, Politicized Curriculum for the 1990s," Council on
Social Work Education, APM, New York, March, 1993.
"New Social Movements, Community Organizing, and the Condition of Post Modernity,"
with Joseph Kling, First Annual Conference on the Integration of Social Science and Social Work," University of Michigan, 1992
"Rebuilding Social Movements for the 1990s: What's New and What's Not," Bertha
Capen Reynolds Society, Smith College, 1991
"The Prospects of Community/Grassroots Organizing," National Organization of Women.
Commission on Responsive Democracy, Houston, 1991
"Children and Poverty," UNICEF Conference on State of Children, Houston, 1991.
"Community Organization and Privatization: The Case of Houston, Texas," CSWE,
Washington, D.C., 1991.
"Political Social Work," University of Houston, GSSW, Future's Conference, 1991
"Houston as Microcosm," The Other Economic Summit, Houston, 1990.
"Community Mobilization in Houston," Organization of American Historians,
Washington, D.C., 1990.
"The Diversity of Houston's Neighborhoods," keynote address at American Planning
Association conference on Neighborhood Stabilization, September 22, 1990.
"The Private City in Comparative Perspective: Houston in Context," Chicago Historical
Society, 1989.
"Privatization and Community Mobilization: A Case Study of Houston, Texas" American
Political Science Association, Atlanta, 1989.
"Privatization Reconsidered: A Case Study of Houston, TX," Urban Affairs Association,
Baltimore, 1989
"Working With the Powers That Be in a Privatization Context:Houston, Texas,"
International Conference on Ethnic and Foreign Minorities, Nancy, France, 1988
"Ideology and Social Movements," German American Studies Conference, Regensburg,
1988.
"Houston in Context:Across Time and Space," Invited major paper for Houston:In
Search of A Vision Conference, 1987.
"Social Movement Formation in Houston, Texas," German American Studies Conference,
1987.
"Let The People Decide:A Challenge to Neighborhood Organizers," Hodson Memorial
Lecture, University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, 1986.
"Leading the People:The Role of Ideology in the Organizing Process," Society for The
Study of Social Problems, 1986.
"Politics and Ideology in Social Work:A Comment," Community Organization and Social
Administration Symposium, Council on Social Work Education, 1986.
"Power, Ideology, and Collective Action in Houston, Texas," Southern Historical
Association, 1985.
"Public Housing in Houston:The Issue is Democracy," Field Hearing of U.S.House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, 1985.
"Non_ideological Organizing:A Reappraisal," Conference on Tenants Organizations and
the Quality of Housing, University of Texas at Arlington, 1985. (A later version delivered at Northeast Political Science Association, 1985).
"Human SERVE:A Reconsideration," Community Organization and Social Administration Symposium, Council on Social Work Education, 1985.
"Neighborhood Organizing and Urban Revitalization:A Historical Perspective," Urban
Affairs Association, 1984.
"Be on the Lookout:Houston Civic Clubs," Southern Conference on Afro_American
History, 1984.
"Community Organizing:Lessons of the Past, Approaches to the Future," Organization
of American Historians, 1982.
[Prior to 1982 papers delivered at meetings of the American Historical Association,
Organization of American Historians, National Council on the Social Sciences, Southwestern Social Science Association, Columbia University Seminar on the City, American Studies Association, and others.]
Prizes, Grants, Honors, and Fellowships
Henry and Lucy Moses Distinguished Professor, Hunter College, School of Social Work, 1999-2000.
University of Houston, Development Leave, 1999-2000.
Commencement Speaker, University of Connecticut School of Social Work, 2000
Amy Watkins Memorial Lecture, School of Social Work, Hunter College (CUNY), 2000
Council on Social Work Education, 1998. Certification to teach Community Organization Practice.
University of Houston, Faculty Development Leave, Spring, 1994 and Spring, 1995.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, Lecturer, Institute for American Studies, University of Graz, Austria. Researcher, comparative social policy and urban studies. Spring, 1994
City of Houston, Faculty Recognition Day, December, 1993.
Faculty Award, Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activity, University of Houston—Downtown, 1989.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. Lecturer, Institute for American Studies, University of Innsbruck. Researcher, urban social movements in comparative perspective.1986_88. Original grant was for one year.
Webb_Smith Essay Prize, University of Texas at Arlington, for "The Urban Sunbelt in Comparative Perspective:Houston in Context.”
University of Houston _ Downtown, Organized Research Grants, 1988, 1986, and 1990.
Texas Committee for the Humanities, "Dumping on the Neighborhoods:Social Implications of Waste Disposal in Houston," 1985_86.Co_director with Dr. Martin Melosi (UH) and Dr. Robert Bullard (TSU).
University of Houston _ Downtown, Title III Faculty Development Leave Grant, 1981_82.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar, 1979."The New Social History," Clarke Chambers, director.
Union College, Humanities Faculty Development Grant, Summer, 1977.To study quantitative methods at the Inter_University Consortium for Social and Political Research, University of Michigan.
Newberry Library, Conference on the College Teaching of State and Community History, January, 1977.
New York University, Ph.D.Dissertation Grant and University Fellowships, 1970_73.
International Lectures
University of Innsbruck, 1994. "The American Private City Reconsidered."
Bristol University, School of Social Work, 1994. "Political Social Work."
University of Salzburg, 1990. "Race Still Matters"
University of Munich, 1990. "The Private City Reconsidered: Houston, Texas."
University of Innsbruck, 1990. "The Urban Crisis of the 1990s," "Social Change in Modern America," "The Private City Reconsidered: Houston, Texas."
University of Venice, 1988, "Community Organizing in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s"
University of Vienna, 1988, "Citizen Action Movements in the United States"
University of Graz, 1988, "Urban Problems:Historical Perspective"
Bucharest University, Building and Engineering College, and America House, Bucharest, 1988, "Houston:America's Future."
Warwick University, Centre for the Study of Social History, 1988, "Where Seldom Is Heard a Discouraging Word:A Working Paper for a Study of Houston, Texas."
London Polytechnic University, 1988, "Privatization Reconsidered:A Case Study of Houston, Texas."
Free University, Berlin, 1987, "Let The People Decide:Lessons from the History of Community Organizing"
Council of Socialist Economics, London, 1987, "Lessons from the Past:Urban Social Movements."
School of National Administration, Paris, 1987, "The Role of Ideology in Community Organizing Practice."
Institute for Political Studies, Paris, 1987, "Houston, Texas"
Courses
University of Connecticut, 2001-present
Community Organization I
Introduction to Urban Studies
Hunter College, School of Social Work, 1999-2000
Social Action and Social Work Practice: An Integrated Perspective
University of Houston, Graduate School of Social Work, 1984—2001
Social Justice Theory and Research (Ph.D.)
Macro Practice
Critical Issues in Political Social Work
Historical Research
Confronting Oppression
Independent Studies, 1990-present
Social Theory and Social Change
Social Policy and Social Services
CP II/Community Organization and Social Planning
Community Practice I
Social Work Methods (Groups and Organizations)
Social Policy Analysis
University of Innsbruck, 1986-1988
Urban Studies
Comparative Urban Studies
Poverty and Social Policy
Social Movements
Social Problems
Race and Ethnicity
U.S.in the Twentieth Century
Land and Culture:USA
University of Houston __ Downtown, 1978-1989
Houston Past and Present
Urban History
Social Policy
U.S.History (two_semester survey)
Afro_American History
Ethnic Minorities in American History
Union College, 1977-78
Urban America/Urban Problems
Emergence of Modern America, 1877_1929
Modern America:New Deal and After, 1929_1972
From Slave Power to Black Power
Freshman Elective in Written and Oral Expression
Master’s and Senior Theses in History and American Studies
Service to Universities (selected)
Chair, UH Political Social Work Concentration, 1990-1999, 2000-present.
Chair, UH GSSW Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1994-1996, 2000-present
UH Faculty Senate, 1998-1999.
UH University, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1996-1999
UH GSSW Concentrations Curriculum Committee, 1990-present.
UH GSSW Foundations Curriculum Committee, 1990-1994.
UH GSSW Advisory and Personnel Committee, 1991-1992.
UH GSSW Computer Learning Center Committee, 1990-1992.
UH GSSW Social Policy Committee, 1989-1991
UH GSSW HBSE Committee, 1990-1991
UH GSSW Secretary and Member, Community Practice Committee, 1989- 1991.
UH GSSW Field Liaison, 1989-present, approximately 10 students per semester.
UH GSSW Field Instructor, "Organizing the Coalition for a Better Houston," 1990-1991.
UH GSSW Faculty Adviser, Progressive Student Network, University of Houston chapter.
Coordinator, Curriculum Development Grant, "Science, Technology, and Society Program," University of Houston __ Downtown, 1984.
Co_coordinator, Curriculum Development Team, "Community Service and Public Management Program," University of Houston__Downtown, 1980.
Service to Communities (selected)
Consultant, Assessment of ACORN organizing in South Bronx, NY, a comprehensive community initiative funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1999-2000.
Living Wage Campaign, 1996 -1999.
“Get a Job: The New War on Poverty in Texas,” Texas Observer (March 19, 1999), 25-27.
Citizen’s Clean Air Campaign, 1997-1998.
KPFT, Guest Host, “Class Notes” program, 1996.
Co-founder and member of Houston chapter, Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, 1991 - present. BCRS is a national organization of progressive social workers.
Panel Presentation, "The Housing Crisis: How Will Houston Respond?" Rice University, December 6, 1994.
KPFT and KTRH, Post-election and Welfare Reform Analysis, 1994
Steering Committee Member, United Way Needs Assessment, 1991-93.
Workshop, "Advocacy for Change: The Social Work Role," at the Social Work Oncology Conference, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, October 20, 1993.
KPFT and KTRH radio show on education and race in Houston and on zoning, 1993.
Community Member, HISD Parent Conference Task Force, 1992
Book reviewer, Commonweal and Houston Chronicle
Contributor, Op-ed articles in Houston Post and Houston Chronicle (eg. “Houston’s Air: It’s more than you expected,” November 16, 1997; “Don’t make this into city of fortressed neighborhoods,” (October 22, 1995).
Participant, Community Involvement Group, Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team, 1991
Co-founder and Member, Coalition for a Better Houston, an umbrella group of progressive social change efforts, 1990- 1992.
Workshop leader on community practice, "Power to the People," 5th Annual Governor's Conference on Child Abuse Prevention, Austin, TX, 1991
Consultant and Member, Outreach and Program Committee, The Other Economic Summit (T.O.E.S.), 1990. Also offered two lectures at TOES conference
Consultant, Houston Police Academy, "Community Practice and the Urban Professional," 1989-90.
Consultant, The Metropolitan Organization, Toxic Waste Issues, 1986.
Co_coordinator, Houston Human SERVE Project, 1984_85. (Voter registration project directed at social service sector in Houston.)
Co_founder, Houston Metropolitan Studies Group, 1978_81.
Director, Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee, October, 1974 _ January, 1977.
Organizer, Cambridgeport Homeowners and Tenants Association, 1971_76.
Service to the Profession (selected)
Consultant, Community Organization Curriculum, University of Connecticut, May, 2000.
Editorial Advisory Board, Social Service Review, 1999-
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 1999-
Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Progressive Human Services, 1993-present
Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Community Practice, 1996-present
National Steering Committee (Houston Representative), Bertha Capen Reynolds Society, 1991-1997.
Consultant, Community content in the social work curriculum. Two day retreat on curriculum revision at School of Social Work, Western Michigan University, May, 1997.
Outside Evaluator on tenure and promotion decisions for faculty at University of Chicago School of Social Administration, Loyola University (Chicago), Georgetown University, Hunter College—Graduate School of Social Work, and University of Pennsylvania—School of Social Work.
Reviewer, book manuscripts for Oxford University Press, University of Texas Press, University of Minnesota Press, Columbia University Press, Rutgers University Press, University of Kentucky Press, and Greenwood Press.
Reviewer, N.E.H.Proposals in Division of Research, Public Programs, and Media Programs.
Reviewer, journal manuscripts, including Social Service Review, Journal of Planning Education and Research, The Journal of Community Practice, The Journal of Policy History, The Journal of Progressive Human Services, The Houston Review, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Urban History, Journal of American History.
Membership in organizations include the Council on Social Work Education, Association for Community Organization and Social Administration, Urban Affairs Association, Social Welfare Action Alliance, National Organizer’s Alliance, Planners Network, Texas State Employees Union, Social Welfare History Group, and Organization of American Historians.