Vita

Katherine van Wormer
Professor
Department of Social Work
University of Northern Iowa
website: katherinevanwormer.com

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

B.A., University of North Carolina, 1966

M.Ed., Queens University, Northern Ireland, 1967

M.A., Western Kentucky University, 1971

Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1976

MSSW, University of Tennessee, 1984

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

High School Teacher, Ireland, 1967-69

Instructor, Bluefield State College, West Virginia, 1975-76

Assistant Professor, Livingstone College, North Carolina, 1976-77

Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Ohio, 1978-83

Assistant Professor of Social Work, Winona State University, MN, 1986-87

Program Director, Vangseter Treatment Center, Ingeberg, Norway, 1988-1990

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Social Work, University of Northern Iowa, 1990-present

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and the Murder-Suicides. (2009). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Working with Female Offenders: A Gender-Specific Approach. In Progress. Lyceum Publishing Company.

Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective (2nd Ed.).  (2008). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.  Co-authored with Diane Davis. 

Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level: Individuals and Families (2007) New York: Oxford University Press.

Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level: Groups, Communities, and Organizations (2007). New York: Oxford University Press. Co-authored with Fred H. Besthorn and Thomas Keefe.

Women and the Criminal Justice System (2^nd ed.) (2007). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Co-authored with Clemens Bartollas.

Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work: The U.S. in Global Perspective ( 2006).  Wadsworth.

Confronting Oppression, Restoring Justice: From Policy Analysis to Social Action.  (2004).   Alexandria, VA: CSWE. 

Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective.  (2003). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.  Co-authored with Diane Davis. 

(All the above books except for the book on oppression include an  instructor’s manual and power points that can be requested from the author.)

Counseling Female Offenders and Victims: A Strengths-Restorative Approach.  (2001).  New York: Springer.

Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective.  (2000) Boston: Allyn and Bacon.  Co-authored with Joel Wells and Mary Boes.

Social Welfare: A World View.  (1997).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Alcoholism Treatment: A Social Work Perspective.  (1995).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

BOOK CHAPTERS   

Dynamics of Domestic Violence Homicide Including Murder-Suicide, Gender Differences. Co-authored with A. Roberts. In J. Keeling & T. Mason, Domestic Violence. Bershire, UK: Open University Press.

Economic Globalization and Transnational Migration: An Anti-Oppressive Framework. In R. Furman and N. Negi (Eds.), Transnational Social Work Practice. New York: Columbia University Press. In press.

Restorative Justice. In T.. Maschi, et al. (Eds.), Collaborative Forensic Practice. Chicago: Lyceum, 2008, pp. 315-342.

Forensic Social Work: Current and Emerging Developments. In Barbara White (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare. Co-authored with D. Springer, A. Roberts, and P.. Brownell John Wiley Publisher., (2007).

Human Rights Violations Against Female Offenders and Inmates. In E. Reichert (Ed.), The Other Human Rights (in press). New York: Columbia University Press.

Restorative Justice: Cultural and Gender Considerations (co-authored with Morris Jenkins). In D. Springer and A. Roberts (Eds.), Forensic Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings. New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Eating Disorders and Body Image. In Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia (2005) (pp. 289-292). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press

Globalization, Work, and Social Work in the U.S.A. In N-T Tan & A. Rowlands (Eds.), Social Work Around the World:III (2004). Berne, Switzerland: The International Federation of Social Workers.

Exploring Child Welfare through International Innovations.  In Lessons from Abroad  (Hokenstad, T. and Midgley, J. (Eds.).  Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Restorative Justice Programs to Meet Female Offender Needs: Innovation and Advocacy .  In Al Roberts (Ed.) Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, 2^nd Ed (2003). 

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  (pp. 395-407).  Co-authored with Laura Praglin.

Prison Privatization and Women.  In A. Coyle, et al (eds.).   (2003).  Capitalist Punishment, Prison, Privatization and Human Rights.  Atlanta: Clarity Press. 

Addictions and Women in the Criminal Justice System.  In S.L. Straussner and S. Brown, The Handbook of  Women’s Addictions Treatment.  (2002). 

New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 470-486.

Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered Persons (2002).  Co-authored with Mary Boes.  In A. Roberts and G. Greene (eds).  Social Workers’ Desk Reference.  New York: Oxford University Press.

British Americans and Substance Abuse.  In L. Straussner, Ethnocultural Issues and Substance Abuse Treatment.   (2001).  (pp.167-179.)     New York: Guilford

Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse:  An Integrated Approach.  In Al Roberts (ed) Battered Women and Their Families.  1998.  New York:  Springer.

Substance Abusing Women and Eating Disorders.  In L. Straussner and E. Zelvin (eds).  Gender and Addictions:  Men and Women in Treatment.  1997. Dunmore, PA:  Aronson.

Indigenous Populations and the Global Economy.  In J. Ismael (Ed.), International Social Welfare in a Changing World.  1996. (pp. 40-63).  Calgary, Alberta:  Detselig.

A Society without Poverty:  The Norwegian Experience.  In P. Ewalt et, Multicultural Issues in Social Work.  1996 (pp. 162-169).  Washington DC:  NASW Press.  Reprinted from Social Work.

Codependency:  Implications for Women and Therapy.  Chapter in M. Babcock and C. McKay, Challenging Codependency:  Feminist Critiques. 1995.

Toronto:  University of Toronto Press, pp. 117-128.

Alcoholism.  Chapter in Magill's Survey of Social Science:  Sociology.  Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1995, pp. 74-79.

"Hi, I'm Jane; I'm a Compulsive Overeater."  Chapter 14 in Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders.  1993.  New York:  Guilford, pp. 287-298.

To Be Old and in Prison, Contemporary Issues in Corrections, 1981, Pilgrimage Publishing Company, Chapter 7.

                EDITED WORK

Restorative Justice across the East and West. (2008). Taiwan: Casa Verde Publishing.

Journal of Society and Social Policy (2004). Issue on restorative justice. Co-edited with Fred Besthorn. Includes van Wormer’s article, “Restorative Justice: An International Model of Empowerment.”
 

Teaching Forensic Social Work: Course Outlines on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Victimology (2000).  Co-edited with Albert Roberts.  Council on Social

Work Education, 125 pp.

               MONOGRAPH

Sex-Role Behavior in a Woman’s Prison: An Ethological Analysis.  San Francisco, CA. R & E Research Associates, 1979, 113 pp.  Monograph.

               ARTICLES: REFEREED

Restorative Justice as Social Justice for Victims: A Standpoint Feminist Perspective. Social Work, (in press).
Older Adult Inmates: The Challenge for Social Work (co-authored with C. Snyder, J. Chadha & J. Jaggers), Social Work, (in press).
Counseling Female Members of Alcoholics/Addicts: The Stages of Change Model. Journal of Family Social Work, (in press).
Motivational Interviewing: A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Human Behavior and the Social Environment. Advances in Social Work, 8(1), 19-26, 2007.

Infusing Content on Oppression in the Social Work Curriculum. Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 16(4), 19-35, (2007). (Co-authored with Cindy Snyder).
 

Social and Economic Justice, Human Rights and Peace. International Social Work, November, 50 (6), 727-729. Co-authored with C. Lundy. (2007)

Principles of Motivational Interviewing Geared to Stages of Change. Journal of Teaching in Social Work. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 29 (1/2), 21-35. (2007).

The Case for Restorative Justice: A Crucial Adjunct to the Social Work Curriculum. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 26 (3/4), 57-69..

Results of a National Survey of Women’s Prison Wardens: The Case for Gender Specific Treatment. Women and Therapy, 29 (1/2), 133-151. (co-authored with Laura Kaplan)

Concepts for Contemporary Social Work: Globalization, Oppression, Social Exclusion, Human Rights, etc. Social Work and Society (electronic journal) 3 (1), 2005. At www.socwork.de.vanwormer/

Restorative Justice: A Model for Personal and Social Empowerment.  Social Thought 23(4), 103-120.

Harm Reduction: A Model for Social Work Practice with Adolescents.  Social Policy Journal.  In press.

The Impact of Priest Sexual Abuse: Female Survivors’ Narratives.  Affilia: J. of Women and Social Work 19 (1), 2004, 53-67.  (Co-authored with Lois Berns). 

Prison Wardens’ Perception of Psychosocial and Service Needs of Incarcerated Females.  Psychological Reports 92, 128-130.  2003.  (Co-authored with Robert Schneider). 

What Schools Can Do to Help Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Youth.  Adolescence 38 (151), 2003, 409-420.  (Co-authored with R. McKinney.).

Restorative Justice: A Model for Social Work Families.  Families in Society, 84(3), 2003, 441-448.

Confronting Oppression in the Social Welfare State: The Role of Social Work.   Journal of Societal and Social Policy, 2(1), 2002.

Working with Male Batterers: A Restorative-Strengths Approach.  Families in Society 83 (5/6), 2002, pp. 557-565.  (Co-authored with Susan Bednar).

Our Social Work Imagination: How Social Work Has Not Abandoned Its Mission.  Journal of Teaching in Social Work 22 (3/4).  (2002).  21-37.

A Tale of Two Countries: Child Rearing in Northern Ireland and Norway.  European Studies Journal: A Forum, 18 and 19, Spring 2001, 199-204.

Women on Death Row.  (2000).  Women in Prison Journal 1(1), 23-25.

Social Work, Corrections, and the Strengths Approach.  Canadian Social Work 1(1), 1999.  Co-authored with Mary Boes.

The Strengths Perspective: A Paradigm for Correctional Counseling.  Federal Probation, June, 1999, 51-58.

The Psychology of Suicide-Murder and the Death Penalty.  Journal of Criminal Justice 27(4), 361-370.  (Co-authored with Chuk Odiah).

Harm Induction vs. Harm Reduction: Comparing American and British Approaches to Drug Use.  Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 29 (½), 1999, 35-48.

Protesting for Civil Rights in the United States and Northern Ireland: A Personal Reminiscence.  Proteus:  A Journal of Ideas, March, 1998, 43-48.

Regarding Heroin: British and American Approaches.  International Social Work 42(3), 319-331.

Co-authored with Mary Boes.  Social Work with Homeless Women in Emergency Rooms: A Strengths-Feminist Perspective.  Affilia, Winter 1997, 408-426.

Doing Alcoholism Treatment in Norway: A Personal Reminiscence.  Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping 3 ,(3), 67-71.

Co-authored with Mary Boes.  Humor in the Emergency Room: A Social Work Perspective.  In Health and Social Work 22 (2), 1997, 87-92.

Teaching/Learning the Language of Therapy: Guidelines for Teacher and Student.  Issues in Social Work Education 16 (1) (British), Spring 1996, 28-47.

Reflections from the Field:  Teaching American Techniques of Alcoholism Counseling in Norway.  Social Development Issues 17 (2/3), 1995, 164-172.

Execution-Inspired Murder:  A Form of Suicide.  Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 23 (3/4), 1995, 1-10.

Whistleblowing against the Company:  A Case of Ethical Violations at a Norwegian Treatment Center, The International Journal of Drug Policy 6 (1), 1995, 8-15.

Preparing for War Casualties:  Therapy Considerations.  Journal of Teaching in Social Work 10, (1994), (#1/2), 149-164.

A Society Without Poverty:  The Norwegian Cultural Context.  Social Work 39, (1994), Point and Viewpoints, 324-327.

Privatization in the Social Welfare State:  The Case of Norway.  Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfar,e 3, 1994, 39-44.

Mord Inspirent av DEQ \O(o,/)dsstraff. (Murder Inspired by the Death Penalty).  Mennesker og Rettigheter, 11.  1993:  398-403.

Child Welfare Practice in Cultural Context:  Norway and the U.S.A.  International Social Work,36 (4), 1993, 301-314.

Alcoholism Counseling in Norway:  An American Social Worker's Experience.  International Journal of Addictions 27 (3), 1993, 281-291.

No Wonder Social Workers Feel Uncomfortable in Court.  Child and Adolescent Social Work, 9 (2), April 1992: 117-129.

The Minnesota Model in Norway:  An Urgent Appeal for Regulation.  Nordisk Alkohol Tidskrif,t 9 (6).  (Scandinavian journal, translated into Swedish).  1992: 338-340.

Violation of Children's Rights in Norway and the United States:  A Cultural Comparison.  Mennesker og Rettigheter, 3, 1991: 289-294.  (This is a Norwegian human rights, academic journal.)

Private Practice with the Terminally Ill.  Journal of Independent Social Work, 5 (1) 1990:23-37.

The Hidden Juvenile Justice System in Norway:  A Journey Back in Time.  Federal Probation (March, 1990):57-61.  Reprinted in Corrections Today, August, 1990 and Mennesker og Rettigheter (Feb. 1990).

Co-Dependency:  Implications for Women and Therapy.  Women and Therapy 8(4)1989:51-63.

The Male-Specific Group in Alcoholism Treatment.  Small Group Behavior 20 (2) (May 1989):228-243.

Facts on Alcohol and Alcoholism for Courtroom Testimony.  Journal of Independent Social Work 2 (4) (Summer 1988):31-42.

All or Nothing Thinking and Alcoholism:  A Cognitive Approach.  Federal Probation (June 1988):28-33.

Female Prison Families:  How Are They Dysfunctional?  International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 11 (2), 1987:263-271.

Training Social Workers for Substance Abuse Counseling:  An Ecological Perspective.  Journal of Social Work Education 23 (2), 1987:47-56.

Group Work with Alcoholics in Recovery:  A Phase Approach.  Social Work with Groups 10 (3), 1987. 81-97.

Social Work and Alcoholism Counseling.  Social Casework 68 (7) (Sept. 1987): 426-432.

Alcohol Abuse Interventions:  A Review of the Literature.  Small Group Behavior 18 (2) (May, 1987):254-267.

Aspects of Humor in Alcoholism Counseling.  Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 3 (4), 1986.

The Sociology of Alcoholism Counseling. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 13 (3) (Sept., 1986):  643-656.

Guilt Feelings in the Spouse of the Terminally Ill, Home Healthcare Nurse 3 (5) (Sept. Oct., 1985): 21-25.

The Role of the Social Worker in the British and American Courts:  A Comparative Analysis, (co-authored with Jeanette West), Children's Legal Rights Journal 5 (3) (summer, 1984):  22-27.

Becoming Homosexual in Prison:  A Socialization Process, Criminal Justice Review 9 (1) (spring, 1984):  22-27.

Tasks for the Applied Sociologist in a Court of Law, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 6/2 (winter, 1982):  231-236.

Measurement of Ambivalent Attitudes Toward the Rape Victim, Journal of Psychiatric Treatment and Evaluation, (1981), 2:291-294.

Are Males Suited to Police Patrol Work?  Police Studies 3/4 (winter, 1981):  41-45.

Social Functions of Prison Families:  The Female Solution, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 9/2 (summer, 1981):  181-191.

Role of the Social Scientist in the Courtroom, Journal of Psychiatry and the Law 7/2 (summer, 1979):  261-272.

A Study of Leadership Roles in An Alabama Prison for Women, Human Relations 32/9 (September, 1979): 793-801.

                OTHER WRITINGS

Preventing Suicide in LGBT Youth. School Social Work, issue 1, 2008, pp. 7-ll.

Seven brief articles on PDSD, battering, murder suicide, priest abuse, homelessness, etc. for NASW online , www.helpstartshere

Traumatic bonding in Kidnap Victims and Battered Women. Social Work Today, July/August, 2007, 54-56.

Why So Many Murder-Suicides? USA Today (magazine), March 7, 2007, pp. 62-65.

Why Kidnap Victims and Battered Women May be Slow to Escape. USA Today (magazine), July 7, 2007, pp. 66-69.

Letter from Iowa: Addicted to moralism. (2003, November 20). Community Care, 45.

Letter from Iowa: Best Practice – Casualty of War. Community Care, 2004.

Foreword to E. Reichert’s (2003) Social Work and Human Rights.Columbia University Press.

Bush’s Thinking Reflects Many Aspects of the Dry Drunk.  Irish Times, May 6, 2003, p. 14 Reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Restorative Justice and Quakers.  (2002, October).  Friends Journal, 40-56.

Harm Reduction: A Model for Addictions Treatment.  Social Work Today 2(14), 2002.

Sexual Traumatization by Priests: What is the Effect on Spirituality?  USA Today (magazine), September, 2002, 30-32.

Protecting GLBT Youth – The Role of Social Workers in the Schools.  Social Work Today 2(12), (2002), 20-21.

Restorative Justice and Social Work.  Social Work Today 2(1), (2002), 16-19.

Restoring Justice.  (2001).  USA Today (magazine), 32-34.

ROTC Revisited.  Friends Journal (Quaker), August, 2000, 15-16

Those Who Seek Execution:  Capital Punishment as a Form of Suicide.  USA Today (Magazine).  March, 1995, 92-93.

Challenging a Creeping Military Presence.  Friends Journal, June, 1994, p. 19.

Capital Punishment as State-Assisted Suicide.  Friends Journal.  October 1993:  24-25.

Breast Implants:  What Are Your Legal Rights?  Explore:  For the Professional, 1994, 5(1), 17-19, (co-authored with Flora Stuart).

New Trends in Child Welfare Work.  Sosionomen.  (1992): 8-10.  (The Norwegian Social Work Journal).

Excerpt in a textbook, Juvenile Justice in the U.S.  MacMillan, 1992.  The Hidden Juvenile Justice System in Norway, Box 14.2, pp. 482-485.

Private Alcoholism Treatment in Norway:  A Need for Regulation (translated into Norwegian) Sosionomen 10 (1990):21-23.  Reprinted Barnevern Pedagogen (May 1990).

Incest og Kvinnelige Alkoholikere.  Sosionomen 16 (1989):14-15. 

Quakers and Alcoholism.  Friends Journal, June 1/15, 1986: 10-12.

The Elderly in Prison, Friends Journal, 28/10 (June, 1982):  10-12.

On Victim Blaming, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 8/1 (spring, 1981):  3-4.

The Sociologist in the Courtroom:  Jury Research and Selection, The Applied Sociologist 2/2 (June, 1980) 4-6.

Recent Texts:  Women and Crime, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Today 4/1 (May, 1980):  4-6.

Alabama's Justice for Women, Friend's Journal (April, 1979):  10-11.

Child Neglect, an annotated bibliography with Norman Polansky.  University of Georgia, 1975, 101 pp.

Letter from Ireland, New Orleans States Item, 1968-69.  (Five articles on life in Northern Ireland).

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings.  Baccalaureate Program Directors Journal. (In press).

Review of McGoldrick et al., Ethnicity and Family Therapy (3rd Ed.).  Research on Social Work Practice.

Book review editor and regular contributor, Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2001-2004.

In New Global Development, review of Social Work and Human Rights, 2003.

Review in British Journal of Criminology, 2003.

Review in Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 2003.

In Journal of Progressive Human Services, review of The Road Not Taken, 2002.

In Affilia, review of Betty Friedan: Her Life, 2000.

In International Social Work, review of Women Participating in Global Change, 2000, Seeds of Fire, 2001.

In Social Work, review of Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings, January, 1999.

In Affilia, review of Women and the Canadian Welfare State, Winter, 1998.

In Federal Probation, June 1998, review of School Crime and Juvenile Justice.

In International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 1997, review of Preventing Alcohol Abuse.

In Health and Social Work 20(4), November 1995, review of Women and Substance Use.  Also in Health and Social Work, review of Feminist Perspectives on Addictions, May, 1993; of Cost-Effective Alternatives in Alcoholism Treatment, Nov. 1990.

In Federal Probation, December 1995, review of Voices from Within:  Women Who Have Broken the Law.

In Federal Probation, 1990-present, I have had published reviews of Cost-Effective Alternatives in Alcoholism Treatment, Deviance and the Family, (In) Justice for Juvenile, Alcohol Problems and Alcoholism.  In Press.

For Social Work I have reviewed The Courage to Heal Workbook, September, 1991.

Comparative review of four alcoholism texts for Social Work, Nov.-Dec., 1988.

Comparative Review of four alcoholism texts for Health and Social Work, Spring, 1987.

Reviewer of Social Casework articles for Federal Probation, each issue.

A total of seven social work related book reviews, all in Federal Probation, 1983 to the present.

Hazards and Helping Series, Risk and Social Work.  In Sociology:  A Review of New Books 10/2 (Feb./March, 1983):  8-9.

The Social Work Mystique, by Marie Mathews.  In the Applied Sociologist Bulletin 4/1 (winter, 1983):  4-5.

Crime and Gerontology by Alan Malinchak.  In Federal Probation 46/64 (July, 1982).

Neutralizing Inmate Violence:  Juvenile Offenders in Institutions by Barry Feld.  In Criminal Justice Review 4/2 (Fall, 1979):  152.

Alabama Bound:  Forty-Five Years Inside a Prison System by Ray March.  In Trial 14/5 (May, 1978):  45 and 51.

PAPERS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Social and Economic Justice, Human Rights and Peace (with Colleen Lundy). CASSW Conference, Toronto, 2006.

Restorative Justice and Social Justice: A Feminist Approach, CSWE, Chicago, 2006.

Restorative Justice: Gender and Culture, SWAA (Social Welfare Action Alliance). Toledo, 2005 (With Morris Jenkins).

Confronting Oppression Locally and Globally: The Role of Social Work.  Invitational Address at Seoul National University, October, 2002.

Social and Economic Justice, Human Rights and Peace: Canada and the US (with  Colleen Lundy), CASSW Conference, Toronto, 2006.

Restorative Justice and Social Justice: A Feminist Approach, CSWE, Chicago, 2006.

Restorative Justice: Gender and Culture, SWAA (Social Welfare Action Alliance), Toledo, Ohio. (with Morris Jenkins)

Confronting Oppression Locally and Globally: The Role of Social Work.  Invitational Address at Seoul National University, October, 2002.

Authors chat,(to present recently published book): BPD Conference, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Meet the Authors: CSWE, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Column, Letter from Iowa.  Each issue of NASW’s newsletter, Issues of Substance, 2000 to 2003.

What Schools Can Do to Help Gay/Lesbian /Bisexual Youth: A Harm Reduction Approach.  Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work, July 31 - August 2, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

Legal advocacy for women with mental illness and in prison.  Social Welfare Action Alliance, June 23-25, 2000, East Lansing, MI.

Women in the Criminal Justice System, Bertha Reynolds Society, Smith College, June, 1999.

Chair, session for papers on race and oppression, CSWE, San Francisco, March, 1999.

Social Work in Corrections, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Canadian Association of Social Work, Edmonton, Canada, June, 1998.

Chair, session for papers on criminal justice, CSWE, Orlando, February, 1999.

The Psychology of Homicide/Suicide and the Death Penalty.  Dublin, August 20, 1997, World Congress on Violence.

Workshop, Valdresklinikken, Norway:  The Nature of Addiction, June 16-17, 1997.

Co-authored with Mary Boes.  "Social Work with Homeless Women in an Emergency Room Setting:  A Strengths/Feminist perspective" at the Biennial Midwest Social Work Educators' Conference in Iowa City, April, 1996.

Works in Progress:  Writing Social Welfare.  Fem School Conference, June 14-18, 1995.

Indigenous Populations, July 29 - August 1, 1995.  International Social Welfare in a Changing World.  Calgary, Canada.

The Military Presence on Campus:  An Indirect Threat to the Environment.  Paper presented at the Friends Association for Higher Education, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 25, 1994.

Approaching Substance Abuse from a Feminist Perspective.  Co-authored with Jan Andrews.  Paper presented at the Biennial Midwest Social Work Education Conference, April 29, 1994.

Paper (co-authored with Tom Keefe) presented at 1992 Iowa Chapter Annual Symposium of NASW:  Current Alcoholism Treatment Modalities.

Social Workers and the Adversary Mystique - presentation NASW, 9/12, 1987, New Orleans

Author of a quarterly column, Alcohol and the Senior Citizen, Senior News, Cowlitz County, Washington, 1984-1986. 

Articles and monograph cited in numerous sources including Psychology Today, Crime and Delinquency and Alice Propper's book, Prison Homosexuality.

Blacks and Criminal Justice:  Yesterday and Today.  Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, March, 1982.

The Sociologist in the Courtroom:  The Marla Pitchford Case.  Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, April, 1981.

Chief Editor, The Applied Sociologist Bulletin.  A publication of the Society for Applied Sociology, 1980-81.

Social Functions of Prison Families:  The Female Solution.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Oklahoma City, March, 1980.  Session Organizer.

Sociological Aspects of William Faulkner.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 1971.

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Who’s Who in America, 2006, 2007

Who's Who of American Women, 1995 - present

Who's Who in American Education, 1995 - present

International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women, 1999 -present

Over 100 citations as provided on Google Scholar, dozens of book reviews of van Wormer’s textbooks in scholarly journals.
Outstanding Scholarship Award, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1998
McKay Faculty Research Award, University of Northern Iowa, 1999
Professional Development Leave, 1996, 2000
Graduate College Summer Grant, 2005 and three times previously.

TEACHING

COURSES TAUGHT AT UNI:

 

Social Services and Social Work                                      

Social Work Practice II                                                                       

Addictions Treatment

Field Instruction, graduate practicum

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Social Welfare:  A World View

MSW - Human Behavior, Policy Analysis

 

COURSES TAUGHT AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES:

 

Family Treatment                

Minorities, Minorities and Criminal Justice

Practice Methods, 1, 2, 3                          

Alcoholism Treatment        

Interviewing Techniques

Women in Crime and Justice

Human Behavior and the                   

Field Practice Supervision

Social Environment                            

Introduction to Social Work

Social Psychology

Criminal Justice

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

I write three or four tenure promotion reviews each year, in 2006-2007 for Columbia University and Ohio State University.

Editorial Board of Universitas, Research on Social Work Practice, Families in Society, Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Journal of Societal and Social Policy, and Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Book review editor, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2001-2004.

BA Social Work Director, 2002 to present.

Memberships: CSWE, NASW, BPD (Baccalaureate Program Directors), CASSW (Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work,  IFSW.

Member, International Commission, CSWE, 2001-2004.

Member, Advisory Committee for The Status of Women in Iowa.

Member, boards of Salvation Army 2002-2005,and Iowans Against the Death Penalty.

Invitational speeches and keynote addresses: “The Backlash against Women in Criminal Justice,” Bluffton College, Ohio, 2003, Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, 2002, and Morgantown, WV, 2002.Conference on gender-specific services for adolescent girls, May 2, 2001, Ames, Iowa and Counseling Female Offenders and Victims, Addictions Treatment Institute, West Virginia University School of Medicine, June 7, 2001.

Previous workshops offered in Athens, Ohio, 2003.

Member of Steering Committee of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) section of NASW, 1997 to 1999.

Editor of ATOD section newsletter Issues of Substance from 1997 to 1999.

Board Member, Iowans Against the Death Penalty.  Coordinator for visit to campus of Sister Helen Prejean, 1999.

Board Member, Pathways (Substance Abuse Treatment), 1992-1998

Board member, PAVE - People Against Violence, 1996.

Co-chair Hiawatha Region MN-NASW, 1986-87

Member, Student Conduct Board at Kent State University, 1980-82

Member of Memorial Committee of students killed 1970, Kent State, 1982-83

Member, Women's Study Certification Committee, 1980-81

Court consultant in Kentucky and Ohio for trials

Numerous newspaper and radio interviews, including BBC, London

Member Women's Studies Board, 1992-present.

Elected member, University Faculty Senate, UNI, 1994-1997, 1998-2004. 2005-present

Elected member, representative for CSBS, 2005 - present.

Elected by the faculty as a faculty member of the Military Science Liaison and Advisory Committee, 1990-1994.

Within my department I am:

Coordinator of the Substance Abuse certificate program.