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| ABOUT | AFTER SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS | C.R.I.M.E. PROGRAM | RELEVANT RESEARCH | DOCUMENTARIES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CO-AUTHORED BY YOUTH |
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About Program Leaders, Instructors, and M.S.W. Social Work Internship Program Click the name to learn more about the program facilitator involved in Stand Up! Help Out! PROGRAM LEADERS KATHERINE TYSON MCCREA
Professor Elizabeth Coffman is a documentary filmmaker, film scholar and Associate Professor of Communications at Loyola University Chicago. Her writings on film, dance and television history have appeared in Camera Obscura, Journal of Film & Video and other publications, while her film work has broadcast and screened in Europe, the U.S. and in museum installations. In Chicago, Elizabeth has served as a department chair, directed Loyola's Center for Global Media and Documentary Studies and facilitated community media projects. Her current film, Veins in the Gulf (2010), investigates the disappearance of Louisiana's coastal wetlands. JACK WALL Dr. Jack Wall, Dean of the School of Social Work, has provided unending resources and support for this project and has enabled it to flourish. In 2004, Jack Wall, PhD, became Dean of the School of Social Work (SSW) at Loyola University Chicago after serving as Associate Dean since 1999. During his tenure, he has coordinated the social work program at the master's and post-master's level while teaching graduate courses in clinical methods and human behavior. He is focused on promoting the school and developing more research and grant projects, in addition to the active scholarship that the school historically has done. ANITA WEINBERG Professor Anita Weinberg of Loyola University ChildLaw Center has been a pivotal member of the Loyola Partnership serving as liaison for the Law School;d involvement with the program. SHe has worked on behalf of children and families for over 25 years as an attorney and social worker. Prior to teaching at Loyola, she served as director of Policy and Planning for the Department of Children and Family Services Office of Inspector General. Previously she was an Assistant Cook County Public Guardian representing abuse and neglected children and supervising staff attorneys. She also was a staff attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago where she represented parents and children in the juvenile court, in class action litigation and in legislative advocacy. BRENDA CRAWLEY Professor Brenda Crawley of the School of Social Work has been involved in projects in Africa for more than 15 years and worked with the counseling department at Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) in Summer, 2005. Dr. Crawley taught courses in theory and human development, consulted with the department regarding program issues, and visited several social service agencies to enhance her knowledge of their work. From 1993-1999, Dr. Crawley lived in Africa, established and M.S.W. degree program in Lesotho, and worked with the Austrian-based SOS Kinderdorf International Social Service Agency. Dr. Crawley is frequently a guest presenter at the After School Matters program. PHIL HONG Professor Phil Hong of the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work has a major academic interest in social exclusion and social justice. He teaches policy courses in the BSW and MSW programs, and one of the research methods courses in the doctoral program. His research program focuses on structural poverty in the United States and international/comparative social welfare. Dr. Hong is currently undertaking research in collaboration with community agencies to explore innovative empowerment-based community and policy practice. He serves as the principal evaluator and consultant for various community agencies and international organizations. He has been a support in consulting about research and the overall aims of the Empowering Counseling Center. JEFF BULANDA Jeff Bulanda, Ph.D., is currently a school social worker and Adjunct Faculty Member at Loyola University Chicago, serving as director of the Empowering Counseling Program and leading the Stand Up! Help out! Program from the start. The author of several papers and presentations on school social work and clinical interventions with disadvantaged youth, he authored a dissertation about evaluating the Stand Up Help Out! Program using a participatory action and qualitative design (see Related Research, Program Leader Publications). DEANNA GUTHRIE Ms. Deanna Guthrie , L.C.S.W., is a Doctoral Student and Adjunct Faculty Member at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work. She brings years of experience treating children, adolescents, and their families to her clinical supervision of the M.S.W. student interns. She is currently working on a dissertation studying the impact of the After School Matters program on the youths' experiences of compassion and hope. TODD BARNETT Mr. Todd Barnett, Director of Community and Family Partnerships at the University of Chicago's Donoghue Charter Elementary School, has provided unwavering support for the Stand Up! Help Out! program. He has provided he program with a welcoming home and helped coordinate resources from Donoghue and After School Matters to positively impact the lives of the ASM teens and youth of Donoghue. VICTORIA WOODLEY Ms. Victoria Woodley, Director of Academic and Social Supports at the University of Chicago Charter High School, Woodlawn Campus, has also provided unwavering support for the Stand Up! Help Out! Programs at Woodlawn High School. She has provided the program with a home and works with us in recruiting youth who want to participate in our apprenticeship program, and in ensuring the relevance of the program for the youth their families, and community needs.
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