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Articles about the intersection of anthropology and social work

Crampton, A. (2008). Navigating a joint doctoral program in social work and anthropology. Harvard U and Boston U: Anthropology News. The article can be found here.

Pfeilstetter, R. (2016). Anthropology and social work: Engagement in humans, moral dilemmas and theories of difference. European Journal of Social Work, 20, 167-178.

Teicher, M. (1951). Anthropology and social work. Human Organization, 10(3), 22-24. This paper can be found here.

Articles that integrate anthropology and social work

Christensen, M.C. (2014).  Engaging theatre for social change to address violence against college women: A qualitative investigation. British Journal of Social Work, 44(6), 1454-1471. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bct006 Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-abstract/44/6/1454/1733739

Christensen, M.C. (2015).  Activating college men to prevent sexual violence: A qualitative investigation. NASPA: Journal about Women in Higher Education, 8(2), 195-209. doi: 10.1080/19407882.2015.1084330 Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19407882.2015.1084330

Collins, C. C. & Dressler, W. W. (2008.) Cultural consensus and cultural diversity: Human service professionals’ models of domestic violence. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2(4), 362-387.

Collins, C. C. & Dressler, W. W. (2008). Cultural models of the causes of domestic violence: Perspectives of social workers in training. Journal of Social Work Education, 44(2), 53-73.

Collins, C. C.  (2016). Welfare workers’ cultural models of domestic violence. Journal of Social Service Research. doi:10.1080/01488376.2016.1164106

Collins, C. & Pike, E. (2016). Refugee mental health services in Cleveland: A local needs assessment. Practicing Anthropology, 38(4), 43-45

Collins, C. C. & DeRigne, L. (2017). Cultural models of popularity, stress, social support and violence among African American teens living in a high poverty community.  Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 27(3), 215-231. DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2016.1270871

Crampton, A. (2014). Ethnographic refusal as research method: Example from a study of a family court child custody mediation program. Qualitative Social Work, 1-18. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12155/abstract.

Crampton, A. (2015). Decolonizing social work "best practices" through a philosophy of impermanence. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 4(1), 1-11. The article can be found here.

Crampton, A. (2016). Escape from the laboratory: Ethnographic methods in the study of elder and family court mediation. Negotiation Journal, 32(3), 191-211. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12155/abstract. 

Doering-White, J., Horner, P., Sanders, L., Martinez, R., Lopez, W., & Delva, J. (2016). Testimonial engagement: Undocumented Latina mothers navigating a gendered deportation regime. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 17, 325-340. doi: 10.1007/s12134-014-0408-7. The article can be found here.

Doering-White, J., Frank-Vitale, A., & De Leon, J. (2017). Central America. In F. Laczko, A. Singleton, & J. Black (Eds.), Fatal journeys: Improving data on missing migrants (pp. 71-84). Retrieved from https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/fatal_journeys_3_part2.pdf#page=93. The book chapter can be found here.

Doering-White, J. (2018). The shifting boundaries of “best interest”: Sheltering unaccompanied Central American minors in transit through Mexico. Children and Youth Services Review, doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.01.009. The article can be found here.

Hansen, C. H., & Natland, S. (2016). The working relationship between social worker and service user in an activation policy context. Nordic Social Work Research, 7(2), 101-114. The article can be found here.

Jennings, T., Perry, T. E., & Valeriani, J. (2014). In the best interest of the (adult) child: Ideas about kinship care of older adults. Journal of Family Social Work, 17(1), 37-50. doi: 10.1080/10522158.2013.865289

Natland, S., & Celik, H. D. (2015). Service users' self-narratives on their journey from shame to pride: Tales of transition. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 12(1), 50-63. 

Natland, S., Weissinger, E., Graaf, G., & Carnochan, S. (2016). Learning practice-based research methods: Capturing the experiences of MSW students. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 36(1), 33-51. The paper can be found here. 

Natland, S. Tveiten, S., Knutsen, I. R. (2017). Why should patients participate in research? Tidsskr Nor Legeforen, (3), 210-212. The paper can be found here. 

Padgett, D. K. (2007). There's no place like (a) home: Ontological security among persons with serious mental illness in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 1925-1936.

Padgett, D. K., Smith, B. T., Derejko, K. S., Henwood, B. F., Tiderington, E. (2013). A picture is worth...? Photo elicitation interviewing with formerly homeless adults. Qualitative Health Research, 23(11), 1435-1444.

Smith, B. T., Padgett, D. K., Choy-Brown, M., & Henwood, B. F. (2015). Rebuilding lives and identities: The role of place in recovery among persons with complex needs. Health & Place, 33, 109-117.

Padgett, D. K., & Priyam, P. (2017). Pavement dwelling in Delhi, India: An ethnographic account of survival on the margins. Human Organization, 76, 73-81. 

Perry, T. E. (2014). The rite of relocation: Social and material transformations in the Midwest U.S. Signs and Society, 2(1), 28-55. doi:10.1086/675433

Perry, T. E. (2014). Moving as a gift: Relocation in older adulthood. Journal of Aging Studies, 31, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2014.07.001

Perry, T. E. (2014). Seasonal variation and homes: Understanding the social experiences of older adults. The Journal of Long Term Home Health Care, 15(1), 3-10. doi:10.1891/1521-0987.15.1.3

Perry, T. E. (2015). Make mine home: Spatial modification with physical and social implications in older adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(3), 453-461. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbu059

Perry, T. E., Ruggiano, N., Shtompel, N., & Hassevoort, L. A. (2015). Applying Erikson’s wisdom to self-management practices of older adults: Findings from two field studies. Research on Aging, 37(3), 253-274. doi:10.1177/0164027514527974

Perry, T. E., & Thiels, J. F. (2016). Moving as a family affair: Applying the SOC model to older adults and their kinship networks. Journal of Family Social Work, 19(2), 74-99. doi: 10.1080/10522158.2016.1157845

Smith, Y. (2014). Rethinking decision making: An ethnographic study of worker agency in crisis intervention. Social Service Review, 88(3), 407-442. https://doi.org/10.1086/677846

Smith, Y. (2017). Beyond “common sense”: The role of local knowledge in youth residential treatment. Social Work Research, 41(4), 221–234. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svx019

Smith, Y. (2017). “Sense” and sensitivity: Informal apprenticeship among youth care workers in a residential treatment center for children. Child & Family Social Work, 22(3), 1330-1337. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12350. Here is the article.