Last month, NASW Specialty Practice Sections (SPS) and NASW Press teamed up to present the inaugural Meet the Authors BookChat™, showcasing Narratives of Social and Economic Justice. The Webinar enjoyed an overwhelming response from NASW members. The Webinar provided participants with an online slide presentation, a short video, and a question-and-answer session with the authors. The full audiotape of this discussion is available here.
The release of Narratives of Social and Economic Justice in 2009 had been awaited with much anticipation by gerontological social workers, among whom Roberta Greene’s work in the field of resiliency is widely known and admired. Coauthored with Harriet L. Cohen, John Gonzalez, and Youjung Lee, the book is a masterful addition to Dr. Greene’s impressive oeuvre. The book answers the call from social work educators for academic resources that deal with cross-cutting issues and cover a broad spectrum of domains and specializations—gerontological social work, social policy, health, mental health, and social justice.
A companion to Dr. Greene’s earlier Resiliency: An Integrated Approach to Practice, Policy, and Research, Narratives of Social and Economic Justice thoroughly elucidates the theoretical underpinnings of resiliency-based practice and makes a compelling case for its ascendancy as a model for building strong families and communities.
Given such a warm reception, it should come as no surprise that Narratives of Social and Economic Justice has been nominated for The Professor Robert W. Hamilton Book Author Award. This coveted award is presented annually to the best book-length publication by a staff or faculty member of the University of Texas at Austin.
About the Authors
Dr. Greene is professor and Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. She is the author and coauthor of numerous publications, including Foundations of Social Work Practice in the Field of Aging: A Competency-Based Approach (NASW Press, 2007), Social Work Practice: A Risk and Resilience Perspective (Brooks/Cole, 2007), Contemporary Issues of Care (Haworth Press, 2007), Resiliency: An Integrated Framework for Practice, Research, and Policy (NASW Press, 2002), and Social Work with the Aged and Their Families (Aldine de Gruyter, 2000).
Dr. Cohen is associate professor in the Department of Social Work, Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. She has published in numerous journals and is a coauthor of Foundations of Social Work Practice in the Field of Aging: A Competency-Based Approach (NASW Press, 2007).
Dr. Gonzalez is assistant professor in the Department of Social Work, University of Texas–Pan American. A former Council on Social Work Education Minority Research Fellow, he has authored and coauthored a variety of publications on older Latinos and mental health services and older adults overcoming oppression.
Dr. Lee is visiting assistant professor, Department of Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York. She has published on issues of minority family caregiving and the resilience of minority older adults.