JO
ANNE SCHNEIDER
617
Coleraine RD, Baltimore, MD 221229
Phone:
(410) 747-2644, FAX: (410) 747-2655, E-mail: jschneid@gwu.edu
EDUCATION
1981-1988 MA,
PhD, Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia: Dissertation Title: In the Big Village:
Economic Adjustment and Identity Formation for Eastern European Refugees in
Philadelphia, PA
1980-1981 Computer
Science Courses, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD,
George
Washington University, Washington, DC
1976-1979 BA
(Honors) Anthropology & Theatre, self designed major
Lewis
and Clark College, Portland, OR
AWARDS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) NIH Science Policy Fellowship, 2003-2005.
Finalist, 1996 Robert Park Award, Community and Urban
Section, American Sociological Association for Reshaping Ethnic and Racial
Relations in Philadelphia: Immigrants in a Divided City.
PennSERVE Community Based Service Learning Fellow,
Region 12 1994-1995.
American Anthropological Association Congressional
Fellowship, 1989-1990.
Bernard C. Watson Award for the Outstanding
Dissertation in the Social Sciences or Education. awarded May 1988, Temple University.
National Science Foundation dissertation improvement
grant #BNS 8602374 awarded January 1986: Economic Adjustment and Identity Formation
for Eastern European Refugees.
Summer Fellowship, Refugee Policy Group, Washington
D.C., summer 1984.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
George Washington Institute of Public Policy, School of Public Policy and Public Administration and joint appointment in Anthropology, George Washington University, Associate Research Professor: September 2005-present.
National Cancer Institute, Center for Strategic
Dissemination and Division of Cancer Control and Populations Sciences, AAAS
Fellow: September 2003-August 2005. Assigned to the Dissemination and Diffusion
team in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences and the Office
of Education and Special Initiatives in the Office of the Director.
Catholic University of America: Visiting Scholar,
Life Cycle Institute: August 2002-2003, Research Associate, National Catholic
School of Social Service: September 2003-present.
Center for the Study of Voluntary Organizations and
Service, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University: Visiting Scholar: January- August 2002, Affiliate
Scholar: August 2002-September 2003.
Indiana University Pennsylvania: Associate Professor,
Department of Sociology: 2000 - 2002
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Assistant
Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology: 1997 - 2000
Institute for the Study of Civic Values: Assistant
Director: 1992-1997 (Program
Director: 1992-1994)
Responsible for administration, program and project
design, fundraising, and implementation for a variety of projects related to Self-Sufficiency
- an effort to better employment and training opportunities for long-term
public assistance recipients which includes an advocacy and policy research
project and two direct service programs run in cooperation with neighborhood
based organizations: a literacy program
and a work experience internship program - and The Campus Community Collaborative - an effort to link universities to community groups
through networking, joint projects, and service learning opportunities. Managed
both clerical and professional staff.
Participated in overall organization administration. Taught seminars on race relations and
job-readiness. Designed innovative
youth programs.
United States Congress, Congressional Fellow: 1989 -
1990 Personal office of Senator
Metzenbaum (April-October): Developed legislation on intergroup
relations. Wrote supporting
documentation. Built coalitions in support of proposed legislation. Tracked
issues related to race relations and immigration.
House Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law(January-March)
Developed background materials and legislative responses on refugees, legal
immigration, the State Legalization Assistance Program, and employer sanctions.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Project Coordinator, Changing Relations Project: 1988
- 1990
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department
One of six sites on a national Ford Foundation
research study. Wrote grant proposal and designed budget for 2 year $150,000 project. Designed and
implemented ethnographic research study. Managed project operations and
financial records. Hired, trained and
co-supervised staff. Wrote scholarly
papers, project reports and dissemination materials. Maintained communication
with other sites and national project board.
Developed and maintained contacts with city-wide institutions and
community organizations, schools, workplaces and community leaders in
Kensington, Olney, and Port Richmond. Organized working groups to implement
project findings. Organized conference.
Taught graduate and undergraduate level Anthropology Courses.
Philadelphia Geriatric Center, Philadelphia, PA,
Research Assistant: 1985 - 1987
Performed research and analysis for a study on the
care givers of frail elderly. Designed and maintained system to track subject
records. Participated in questionnaire and analysis design.
Center For Research on the Acts of Man, Philadelphia,
Research Coordinator: 1985
Hired, trained and supervised research staff. Maintained Center files and financial records.
Managed data collection and analysis for the quantitative survey on a
multi-component study on the careers of MBAs.
Coordinated work of senior research team performing independent
projects.
Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc.,Brookhaven,
PA, Ethnohistorian: 1983 - 1984
Conducted
historical and ethnological research, report editing, archaeological
fieldwork, and graphics. Assisted in data management and office automation
implementation.
Child Guidance Clinic, Philadelphia, PA, Senior
Research Associate: 1983
Trained and managed data entry personnel. Advised coding supervisor and helped oversee
coding personnel. Designed and implemented computerized data organization
system for Families of Divorce Project. Performed computerized statistical analysis.
Designed and implemented coding system to analyze demographic characteristics
of study participants. Published scholarly paper on the demographic coding
system.
Systems and Computer Technology, Temple University
Computer Center, Philadelphia
Academic Consultant: 1981 - 1982
Managed
operations in Temple University main campus student consulting
office. Hired, trained and managed
student consultants. Managed data entry and statistical processing for a
project for the PA attorney general's office. Advised students and faculty on
computer problems. Taught seminars. Wrote educational materials.
WESTAT Inc., Rockville, MD, Programmer/Researcher:
1979 - 1981
Statistical programmer for large scale government
research projects. Participated in data
collection and processing. Supervised
data collection.
CONSULTING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Produced keynote white paper on social capital and
community development and presented at community development conference for Foundation
for Community Empowerment.
Consultant for the Annie E. Casey foundation
on initiative on social capital. Wrote
policy report on social capital for the foundation.
Served on the evaluation team for American Friends
Service Committee-DC office.
Designed questionnaires/focus group questions, conducted evaluation
activities, worked with other volunteer evaluation team members and consultant.
Served on the Advisory Panel for the Hope VI project,
Urban Institute.
State System for Higher Education Committee
Representative 2001-2002, Legislative Office for Research Liaison (LORL), Pennsylvania
House of Representatives.
Led team of faculty and student researchers from
University of Wisconsin-Parkside and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee working
on an organizational and community evaluation for the Silver Spring
Neighborhood Center on the impact of W-2 and related policy changes on
agency programs, agency participants and surrounding community
institutions. Performed research on
interorganizational dynamics and social capital as part of this project.
Worked with Interfaith Conference of Greater
Milwaukee and the Kenosha Women’s Commission to develop community
programs to support low income people impacted by welfare reform in Wisconsin.
Developed a community needs assessment on welfare
reform for Kenosha called the Kenosha Conversation Project under the
auspices of University of Wisconsin-Parkside in partnership with the Kenosha
County Job Center and Kenosha County Department of Human Services.
Provided research methods guidance to undergraduate
students working on action research projects at Bucknell University and Temple
University. Wrote research methods guide for faculty and students working
on these kinds of projects under contract with the Program on Non-Profit
Organizations (PONPO), Yale University.
Consulted on design and writing of a software package
on grantwriting and strategic planning for CICD, a non-profit assistance
program associated with Eastern College.
Designed and implemented Bridges an innovative
program for youth which builds long-term relationships across racial, ethnic,
national and class lines under the care of Central Philadelphia Monthly
Meeting of Friends and Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting.
Researched and wrote issue papers for the 1991 Rendell
for Mayor campaign. Served as staff
for two taskforces for the Rendell Transition Team.
Member of Board of Directors, Chair of Program
Committee, officer of the Board for Friends Neighborhood Guild.
Led workshops on racism and nonviolence for the Philadelphia
Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Non-Violence and other
organizations. Member of Black/Asian
Conflict Resolution Task Force.
Designed ethnographic component for Philadelphia Health Management
Corporation project on peer support for formerly homeless,
ex-substance-abusing women. Supervised
participant observer. Analyzed data.
Designed and wrote innovative refugee services
program proposal for Presbyterian
Refugee and Immigration Migration Efforts.
Researched legislation and summarized government
documents in support of the American Friends Service Committee law suit
against IRCA employer sanctions statutes.
Designed projects, reviewed project proposals,
allocated funds to non-profit organizations, led workshops, served as FCNL
representative as a member of Peace and Social Concerns Committee and Fighting
Racial and Ethnic Divisions
subcommittee at Central
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends.
GRANT WRITING/FUNDRAISING EXPERIENCE
Grant writing to government agencies, private
foundations, and religious organizations. Experience with mail campaigns and
other non-profit funding strategies.
Successful proposals since 1983 include grants for building improvement
funds for a non-profit, self-help organization; funds for youth programming;
several Philadelphia Private Industry Council projects; several Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Department of Education grants; two fellowship proposals;
publication funds from the Annie E. Casey foundation, a $150,000 Ford
Foundation research grant and National Science Foundation dissertation
improvement grant. Principal
Investigator for the following research/evaluation grants since 1997:
! $70,000
(combined) from Louisville Institute and the Bradley foundation for the pilot
project for the Faith and Organizations Project, a planned four year
research/practice initiative to explore the connections between faith
communities and the non-profit organizations that they create. The pilot
project will compare organizations in Washington DC and Philadelphia, including
ethnography in 4-6 organizations and their constituent faith communities in
each city as well as the pilot for a survey instrument. Pilot co-PI Katie Day, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia; survey co-PI Wolfgang Bielefeld, Indiana
University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.
! $75,000
(combined) from Aspen Institute and the Palmer Foundation in 1999-2001 to 1)
explore social capital supports in Kenosha’s low income African American and
Latino communities through churches, community based organizations and
community social networks; 2) to examine the role of subculture community
institutions and individual social networks in fostering or hindering linkages
between low income people in these communities and the Kenosha W-2 (welfare
service provision) agency; and 3) further examine linkages and expectations
among employers, the W-2 agency and low income people eligible for W-2 related
services. The Palmer foundation grant
was written in partnership with Anne Statham at University of Wisconsin-Parkside. This project was a service learning activity
involving students and faculty from University of Wisconsin-Parkside and
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
! $42,000
from the Petit foundation in 1998-1999 for an evaluation project written in
partnership with the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and Michael Barndt at
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee to evaluate the impact of W-2 and changes in
child welfare services on the agency, its community, and potential agency
program participants. Silver Spring
Neighborhood Center is an integrated services model in a mixed race/class
neighborhood.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Books, Journal Articles,
Book Chapters and Journal Issues:
Forthcoming:
Ethnographic Field Methods Guide: An Introduction for Students in Service
Learning and Research Methods Courses
(with Carl Milofsky). American
Sociological Association.
Small Nonprofits and Civil
Society: Civic Engagement and Social
Capital, in Cnaan, R. A., & Milofsky, C. Handbook of
community movements and local organizations. Springer. Projected November
2006.
2006:
Research to Practice: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Research Methods for
Non-profits. Editor, Special Issue Nonprofit Management and
Leadership, 16(4), summer 2006. Author, introduction. .
Using Multi-methods ethnography to promote quality
service and understand interactions among organizations: Examples from the
Kenosha Social Capital Study and Neighborhood Settlement House Needs Assessment
and Evaluation. Nonprofit
Management and Leadership 16(4),
summer 2006.
Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations,
Congregations and Communities. Columbia University Press.
2005:
Getting Beyond the Training vs. Work Experience
Debate: The Role of Labor Markets, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and
Community Resources in Long Term Poverty. Women, Politics, and Policy, 27 (3/4) invited
double special issue.
First presented at the
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) conference, Washington D.C., June
2003. Also published in the conference
proceedings.
2003:
Small Minority Based Non-profits in the Information
Age: Examples from Kenosha, WI. Nonprofit
Management and Leadership, 13 (4):
pp 383-399. First presented at
the Independent Sector Spring Research Forum, Washington D.C., March 2001.
2002:
Social Capital and Community Supports for Low Income
Families: Examples from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Social Policy Journal., 1 (1): pp
35-56. First presented at the Work,
Welfare and Politics Conference, University of Oregon, February 2000.
Free Agency Practice Meets Postmodern
Multiculturalism: Lessons From Campus and Community Research/Practice Projects
in Philadelphia. In Building Diverse Communities:
Applications of Communication
Research edited
by T.A. McDonald, M. Orbe, and T. Ford-Ahmed. NJ: Hampton Press.
2001:
Special Issue on Welfare Reform for American Anthropologist. Co-editor with Rae Bridgman and Alex
Stepick. Author, Introduction. September 2001.
2000:
Pathways to Opportunity: The Role of Race, Social
Networks, Institutions and Neighborhood in Career and Educational Paths for
People on Welfare. Human
Organization, volume 59, number 1: pp 72-85. First presented at
the 27th annual Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada,
April 1997.
1999:
The Dialectic Between Research and Practice: Learning
from Welfare Reform. In Community
Politics and Policy, Research in Politics and Society, volume 7, edited by
Nancy Kleniewski and Gordana Rabrenovic.
Stamford, CO: JAI Press Inc.: pp135-159. First presented at the 96th annual American Anthropological
Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 1997.
Trusting that of God in Everyone: Three Examples of
Quaker Based Social Service in Disadvantaged Communities. Nonprofit
and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, volume 28 number 3: pp 269-295. First presented at the 26th annual
Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Meetings, Indianapolis, December 1997.
And How Are We Supposed to Pay for Health Care?:
Views of the Poor and the Near Poor on Welfare Reform. American
Anthropologist, volume 101, number 4: pp 761-782. First presented at the 95th annual
meeting of the American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
November 1996.
1998:
Trusting that of God in Everyone: Three Examples of
Quaker Based Social Service in Disadvantaged Communities. PONPO
Working Paper Number 255. New Haven: Yale University. First presented at the 26th annual
Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Meetings, Indianapolis, December 1997.
1997:
Dialectics of Race and Nationality: Contradictions
and Philadelphia Working Class Youth. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, volume 28, number 4: pp 493-523. First presented at the 88th annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, November 1989.
1996:
Intergroup Relations in the United States: Some Basic
Concepts NSEE Quarterly,
volume 22, numbers 1(pp 4-6/28-29) and 2 (pp 8-9/26-27).
1995:
Fostering Equality Through Service Learning. NSEE Quarterly, volume 20, number 4: pp
10-11.Presented at the Pennsylvania Service Learning Conference, November 1994.
1994:
Reshaping Ethnic and Racial Relations in
Philadelphia: Immigrants in a Divided City. with Judith Goode. Temple University Press.
Fieval is an Engineer: Immigrant Ideology and
Economic Adjustment of Eastern European Refugees. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, volume 1, number 2: pp 227-248. First presented at
the 87th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Phoenix,
AZ, November 1988.
1993:
Seeking the Light Within Amidst Diversity: The
Challenges of Multi-culturalism on Campus. in Proceedings, 13th Annual Conference of the Friends Association
for Higher Education. First presented, Bryn Mawr, PA June 1992.
1992:
Transcending Boundaries and Closing Ranks: How
Schools Shape Inter-relations. with
Judith Goode and Suki Blanc: pp 173-214.
in Structuring Diversity, edited by Louise Lamphere. University
of Chicago Press.
1990:
Defining Boundaries, Creating Contents: Puerto Rican
and Polish Presentation of Group Identity Through Ethnic Parades. Journal of Ethnic Studies, volume 18, number
1: pp 33-58. First presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology/American
Ethnological Society Meetings, Sante Fe, NM, April 1989.
Patterns for Getting By: Polish Women's Employment Patterns in Delaware County, PA,
1900-1930. The Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography, volume 114, number 4: pp 517-541. First
presented at the 1987 Lowell Conference on Industrial History, Lowell, MA,
October 1987.
1988:
In the Big Village: Economic Adjustment and Identity
Formation for Eastern European Refugees in Philadelphia, PA. PhD Dissertation, Temple University Anthropology
Department.
1986:
Immigrants in an American Industrial Community:
Sackville Woolen Mills 1900 - 1914.
Proceedings the Fifth Tri-annual Conference on the Conservation of the
Industrial Heritage, edited by
Helena Wright and Robert Vogel, Washington DC: Society for Industrial
Archeology, 1986. First presented in Cambridge, MA, June 1984.
Rewriting the SES: Demographic Patterns in Divorcing
Families. Social Science and
Medicine,1986, volume 23, number 2:
pp 211-222 First presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL, November 1983.
Service Gatekeepers in Multicultural Cities: Examples
from Washington DC, Milwaukee, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. Presented at the 34rd Urban Affairs Association
Meetings, Washington, DC, April 2004. Status: Currently in NCI
review. Requested submission of applied
version drawing from the full paper, Journal of Continuing Education in the
Health Professions. Planned submission
to Administration in Social Work.
Also, short practitioner piece based on the same data requested by The
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions.
Connections and Disconnections between Civic
Engagement and Social Capital in Community Based Non-profits. Presented at the 32st Annual Conference Association
for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Denver, CO,
November 2003. Status: Revise and resubmit received, Nonprofit and
Voluntary Sector Quarterly, April 2005, planned resubmission Spring 2006.
Newcomers Serving the City: Immigrant Church and
Non-profit Connections in Washington DC and Kenosha, WI. Presented at the 33rd Urban Affairs Association
Meetings, Cleveland, OH, March 2003. Status: Reviews received late
October 2004 from Housing Policy Debate, Strongly encouraged revise and
resubmit. Resubmitted February 2005.
Lessons on Keeping the Faith in Faith Based
Initiatives from the Refugee
Resettlement Program. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference Association
for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, November 16. Status: Revise and resubmit received Journal for
the Scientific Study of Religion,
April 2005, planned resubmission Spring 2006.
Faith through Works: Church as a Source for
Non-profit Activity, Community, Social Capital and Empowerment in Kenosha, WI. Presented at
the 29th annual Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and
Voluntary Action Meetings, New Orleans, LA November 2000. Status:
Reviews received, July 2004 from Social Thought. Strongly encouraged revise and
resubmit. Planned resubmission 2006.
Forthcoming:
Social Capital and Social Geography. Policy Report Produced for the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. Baltimore: Annie E. Casey
Foundation.
2006:
Connections Between
Faith Communities and Their Non-profits: Findings from the Faith and Organizations Project
Pilot Study on the Role of Religious Culture and Theology on Social and Health
Services. Washington DC: George Washington University.
home.gwu.edu/~jschneid.
2005:
Social Capital, Community and Economic
Development. White paper produced for Foundation for Community
Empowerment. Dallas: FCE.
A Model for Disseminating
Evidence Based Health Education and Health Services Products through Government
and Private Systems. Model design and report created for the Center for
Strategic Dissemination, Office of Education and Special Initiatives, National
Cancer Institute. August 2005.
2004:
The Role of Social Capital in Building Healthy
Communities: Policy Paper Produced for the Annie E. Casey Foundation. November, 2004.
Baltimore: Annie E. Casey
Foundation.
Knowledge Transfer Teams (KTT) Evaluation: Report produced for the Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute. January 2004.
2003:
Kenosha Social Capital Study Overview. Aspen
Institute Non-profit Sector Research Fund working paper number 03-017, summer
2003. Washington DC: Aspen Institute.
2002:
TANF Reauthorization Policy Suggestions Background
Paper. American Anthropological Association. Available at http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ppc/tanf_bkgd.htm.
Welfare Moms in Congress’ Cross Hairs. Op-ed piece with Louise Lamphere and Sandra
Morgen. The Albuquerque Tribune,
October 10, C1-2.
2001:
Kenosha Social Capital Project Education Report:
Churches, Non-profits and Community.
Indiana, PA: Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Available through Aspen
Institute at www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1531/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=17368.
1999:
Kenosha Conversation Project Education Booklet. Kenosha, WI: University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Evaluation Report. Report
produced for SSNC under contract.
Kenosha, WI: University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
1997:
Social Networks, Career and Training Paths for
Participants in Education and Training Programs: Technical Report. Philadelphia: Produced for the Philadelphia Private
Industry Council.
Working and Welfare: A Brief Look at the Work
Experience of the Public Assistance Population in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 21st Century League.
Welfare to Network. London: Demos Quarterly, number 12: 30-32.
1996:
Making Workfare a Success: Alternative Work
Experience Program Two Year Report.
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Civic Values.
Affirmative Action, as Told By Teenagers. op-ed piece, Philadelphia Inquirer, November
14.
1995:
Welfare Recipients Want to Work. op-ed piece, Philadelphia Inquirer,
September 25.
Programs to Promote Self-Sufficiency: Survey of
Training Providers in Philadelphia. Report produced for the Campaign for Self
Sufficiency Coalition.
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Civic Values.
1994:
Philadelphia's Race Relations - a Mixed Picture. op-ed piece with Judith Goode. Philadelphia
Inquirer, June 30.
1989:
Language: Is it Barrier or Bridge?. op-ed piece with Judith Goode, Philadelphia
Inquirer, 7 November 1989.
Mutual Interests Can Unite Neighborhoods. op-ed piece with Judith Goode, Philadelphia
Inquirer, 8 August 1989.
1988:
Instrumental and Economic Adjustment of Polish and
Soviet Jewish Refugees in Philadelphia, PA: A Study of the Context of
Resettlement. Report produced as part of NSF dissertation
improvement grant #BNS 8602374. December
1988.
Book Reviews
1999:
Changing U.S. Urban Neighborhoods: Patterns, Post
Modern Analysis and Policy Relevance (review essay of Left Behind in
Rosedale: Race Relations and the Collapse of Community Institutions, The
Unknown City: Lives of Poor and Working-Class Young Adults, and The
Anthropology of Lower Income Urban Enclaves: the Case of East Harlem). American Anthropologist, volume 101, number 3: pp 648-651.
1998:
Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, volume
29, number 1: pp 130-131.
PAPERS(only includes presentations which have not been
published)
2006:
The Role of Faith Communities in Social Welfare.
Presentation at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy,
February 2006.
Faith Based Communities in
a Global Context: Denominational Systems and Civic Engagement. Urban Affairs Association
Meetings, April 2006.
2005:
Faith Content and Strategies for Non-profit Action:
The Impact of Denominational Structure, Culture and Belief on Nonprofit Form,
Reputation and Participants. Presented at the 34th Annual ARNOVA Conference,
Washington, DC, November 2005.
Government and Private Sector Partnerships in the
U.S.: The Role of Systems and Social Capital.
Presented at the Society for
Behavioral Medicine Conference, April 2005.
Anthropological Perspectives and Dissemination of
Evidence Based Practices and Products for Quality Cancer Care Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology
Meetings, April 2005.
2004:
Silos and Social Capital: Bridges and Barriers to
Holistic Social Welfare Systems in Marginalized Communities. Presented for the 33rd Annual ARNOVA Conference,Los
Angeles, CA, November 2004.
2003:
Applying Social Capital: Organizations, Families and
Communities. Keynote presentation for the Government of Canada’s
Interdepartmental Workshop on Social Capital, Meech Lake, Ontario, CA, June
2003.
Serving the New Immigrants: Non-profit and Congregation Connections in Washington DC. Presented at the Independent Sector Spring Research
Forum, Washington D.C., March 2003. Publication Plans: Revision for
submission to Nonprofit Management and Leadership, spring 2005.
2002:
Social Capital and Advocacy: Comparing Welfare
Rights, Formal Organization and Church Advocacy Efforts in Three Cities. Presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Urban Affairs
Association, Boston, MA, March 2002. Publication Plans: used as basis
for Chapter 13, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
2001:
Tracking the Circle of Care: Informal Connections
Between Non-profits and Churches.
Presented at the 30th annual Association for Research in Nonprofit
Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Miami, FL November 2001. Publication
Plans: used as partial basis for
Chapter 12, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
Church Supports and Welfare Reform: Ethnographic
Lessons from African American and Latino Faith Communities. Presented
at the 100th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
Washington DC, November 2001. Publication Plans: used as basis for Chapter 11, Social Capital and Welfare
Reform.
Social Capital and Social Geography: Employment and
Social Service Utilization in Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Presented at the 31st annual meeting of
the Urban Affairs Association, Detroit, MI, April 2001. Publication Plans: used
as basis for Annie E. Casey report Social Capital and Social Geography.
Social Capital, Community Organizations and Churches
in Kenosha: Exploring the Dynamics Between and Within “Majority” and “Minority”
Communities through Organizations. Presented at the Society For Applied Anthropology
Meetings, Merida, Mexico, March 2001.
2000:
Conceptualizing Community through Non-profits and
Churches in “Minority” Communities: Social Capital in Action in Kenosha, WI. Presented at
the 4th International Conference of the International Society for
Third Sector Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 2000. Publication Plans: used as partial basis for Chapters 1 and
11, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
1999:
Organizations, Communities and Social Capital:
Exploring the Dynamics Between Community Based Organizations, Churches and the
Communities they Serve in a Milwaukee Neighborhood. Presented at
the 28th annual Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and
Voluntary Action Meetings, Arlington, VA November 1999. Publication
Plans: used as partial basis for
Chapter 12, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
Organizations and Communities: Conceptualizing the
Dynamics of Social Capital as Support for Low Income People under Welfare
Reform: the Milwaukee Experience. Presented at the 97th annual meeting of the
American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 1999. Publication Plans: used as partial basis for Chapter 4, Social
Capital and Welfare Reform.
We Are Not Just Making Widgets: Non-Profit Training
Providers and Welfare Reform in Philadelphia
Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Urban
Affairs Association, Louisville, KY,
April 1999.
1998:
Linking Welfare Recipients to Jobs: Connections
between Client Abilities, Previous Work and Education History, Social Isolation
and Placement in a Rapid Attachment Program. Presented at the 28th Annual Urban Affairs Association Meetings, Fort
Worth Texas, April 1998. Publication
Plans: used as partial basis for
Chapter 7, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
Social Capital and Welfare Reform I:
Interorganization Dynamics Among Churches and W-2 Agencies in Wisconsin. Presented at the 27th annual Association for
Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Seattle,
November 1998. Publication
Plans: used as partial basis for
Chapter 10, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
Social Capital and Welfare Reform II: Lessons from
Philadelphia and Wisconsin.
Presented at the 97th annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Philadelphia, December 1998.
Publication Plans: used
as partial basis for Chapter 1, Social Capital and Welfare Reform.
1995:
The Second Generation Looks at Affirmative Action. Presented at the 94th annual meeting of the
American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, November 1995.
1994:
I'm Not Oppressed Just Because I'm Not White:
Multi-culturalism Programs and Daily Life on College Campuses Presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, Atlanta, GA, November 1994.
1993:
Black and White on Color: Multiple Meanings of Racism
in Philadelphia. Presented at the
Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings, March 1993, San Antonio, Texas.
1990:
Missing Links: The US Federal Policy Process and
Refugee Resettlement for Eastern European Refugees Presented at the 89th annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA, November 1990.
Power Relations and the Political Discourse on Human
Relations in Changing Philadelphia Neighborhoods. Presented at the American Sociological Association
Meetings, Washington, DC, August 1990.
1989:
And They all Preferred Beef: A Reassessment of
"Ethnicity" in Historical Archaeology. Presented at the Archaeological Congress,
Baltimore, MD, January 1989.
1987:
Help Me, Help You: Redefinition of Roles for Soviet
Jewish Refugees within an American Context.
Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Chicago, Il, November 1987.
1986:
Immigrant Group/Ethnic Group: Polish Refugees and the
Polish American Community. Presented
at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Society,
Philadelphia, PA, December, 1986.
Refugee Policy and Goodness of Fit: Understanding
Social Service Agency Behavior in the Context of National Policy. Presented at the Seventh University of Pennsylvania
Anthropology in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, April 1986.
1985:
Immigrants as Labor: Explorations into the
Relationship between U.S. Immigration Policy and Economic Structure. Presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the
American Anthropological Society, Washington, D.C., December 1985.
Maintaining the Golden Door: The Uses of U.S.
Immigration History in Social Reproduction. Presented at the American Ethnological Society/Canadian Ethnological
Society Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 1985.
1984:
In the National Interest: Immigration Policy and
Ethnicity. Presented at the 83rd
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Denver, CO,
November 1984.
Continuity and Variation in Baltimore: A Tale of
Three Cities. Kenneth J. Basalik,
co-author. Presented at the Society for Historical Archeology meeting,
Williamsburg, VA, January, 1984.
1983:
Patterns of Americanization: A Comparison of Poles
and Russian Jewish Immigrants, 1890 - 1920.Presented at Northeast Anthropological Association meeting, Syracuse,
NY, March, 1983.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference organizer:
Kenosha Conversation Project Conference. Conference
which brought together stakeholders involved in welfare reform in Kenosha
(program participants, employers, church representatives, ancillary agency
staff, Kenosha County Job Center staff,
Kenosha Human Services Employees and local politicians) to hear about
each other's experience with welfare reform and develop concrete solutions to
ongoing issues. The conference was the
central event of a research/practice project funded by the Palmer
foundation.
From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency: Hearing on the
Federal JOBS Legislation. Hearing for City and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania legislators sponsored by the Campaign for Self-Sufficiency, February
1993. Produced videotape of hearing.
Friendly Politics: An Advocacy Workshop. Sponsored
by Peace and Social Concerns Committees, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
of Friends and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends and Peace Committee, Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, October 1991.
Philadelphia's New "Melting Pot"?. 1989 Temple
University Urban Studies Conference.
Organizer for the following meeting
sessions:
Denominational Structure and the Content of Faith
Based Nonprofits. Double Session organized for the Association
for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings,
Washington DC, November 2005.
Silos and Service Delivery. Double Session organized for the Association
for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Los
Angeles, November 2004.
An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Research Methods
Best Practices for Non-profits Studies .Organized for the Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations
and Voluntary Action Meetings, Denver, November 2003.
Keeping the Faith in Faith Based Initiatives? Organized for the Association for Research in
Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Montreal,
Canada, November 2002.
Connections Between Churches and Non-profits. Organized for the Association for Research in
Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Miami, Florida,
November 2001.
Communities and Organizations in the Post Global
Age. Organized for the Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings, Merida,
Mexico, March 2001.
Churches, Community Networks and Trust. Co-organizer: Carl Milofsky. Organized for the
Association for Research on Nonprofits and Voluntary Action Meetings, New
Orleans, LA, November 2000.
Deconstructing “Reform”: Health and Welfare at the
End of the Millennium.
Co-organizer: Jeff Maskovsky. Invited
Session organized for the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global
Anthropology and the Society for the Anthropology of North America. American
Anthropological Association Meetings, Chicago 1999.
The Interplay of Community and Organization in
Community Level Nonprofits.
Co-organizer: Carl Milofsky. Organized for the Association for Research in
Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Arlington, VA November
1999.
Public Anthropology: A Workshop. Organized
for the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology. American Anthropological Association
Meetings, Philadelphia 1998.
What is Racism?
Experiences that Define in the 1990s. Co-Organizer: Lucia Ann McSpadden.
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, San Antonio Texas,
1993.
Socialization within Diversity: Actions and
Expectations Among Newcomers and Established Residents in US Schools. Sponsored by the Council on Anthropology and
Education. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
1989.
Becoming American as Worker and Owner: Changing
Relations in the US Economy.
Sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. 88th
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 1989.
Ideology in Transit: Transformations, Expectations
and Contradictions as Minority Meets Majority. Co-organizers: Anahid Ordjanian and Hong-Joon Kim. 87th Annual Meeting
of the American Anthropological Association, 1988.
Aging in a New Context: Adjustment and the Older
Refugee. Co-organizer: Lucia Ann
McSpadden. Sponsored by the Association for Anthropology and Gerontology. 86th
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, 1987.
The Dynamics of Refugee Resettlement: Interactions
Among Refugees, Host Society Institutions and the Community. Co-organizer: Eleni Zatz. Invited Session: General
Anthropology Division. 85th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, 1986.
Discussant:
Individuals and Tactics in Building Social Capital. Volunteered paper session, Association for Research
in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Meetings, Los Angeles, November
2004.
Public Myths Private Realities: The Complexities of
Poverty Through the Anthropological Lens. Presidential Session organized by Cheryl Rodriquez. American Anthropological Association
Meetings, Washington DC, November 2001.
Ideology, Power and Resistance: Medicaid Managed Care
in New Mexico. Organized by Cathleen Willging. Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings,
Merida, Mexico, March 2001.
National and Local Academic Service:
Author, TANF reauthorization policy suggestions and
legislative analysis, American Anthropological Association.
Website designer (with Colm Breathnach), Anthropologists
Working on Poverty, Homelessness and Welfare Reform, for the Society for
Urban, National, Transnational/Global Anthropology.
Founding Deputy Co-Chair, Board Member, Liaison to
the Arnova Annual Meeting Program Committee,
Community and Grass Roots Associations Section, Association for
Research on Non-profits and Voluntary Action
Mentorship program coordinator, Washington Association for Practicing Anthropolgy (WAPA).