Full Time Faculty

Arlene Andrews, PhD Professor Thornwell Annex 121 College of Social Work University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: (803) 777-1126 Fax: (803) 777-3498 e-mail: arlene.andrews@sc.edu

Educational Background:

BA, magna cum laude, 1972, Duke University
MSW, University of South Carolina
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Research Interests:

Victimization
Child Abuse & Neglect
Non-Profit Management
Family Policy

Selected Publications:

Books:

Andrews, A.B. (2007). Social History Assessment. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Press.

Beck, E., Britto, S. & Andrews, A. (2007). In the Shadow of Death: Restorative Justice and Death Row Families. Oxford University Press.

Andrews, A. B., Culp, J., & Dexter, A. (2006). Send Me! The Story of Salkehatchie Summer Service. Nashville, TN: Providence House Publishing.

Ben-Arieh, A., Kaufman, N. H., Andrews, A.B., Goerge, R., Lee, B. J., & Aber, L.J. (2001). Monitoring and Measuring Children's Well Being. NY: Kluwer.

Andrews, A.B. & Kaufman, N.K. (Eds.) (1999). The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Implementing the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Andrews, A.B. (1992). Victimization and Survivor Services, NY: Springer.

Book chapters, articles, and monographs:

Brown, E., Andrews, A. B., Hutchinson, L. (accepted). Bridging the quality gap: Increasing the environmental quality of small independent rural infant-toddler child care. Early Childhood Services— an Interdisciplinary Journal of Effectiveness.

Andrews, A. B. & Motes, P. S. (2007). Strengthening families through organizational and community capacity building. In Motes, P.S. & Hess, P. M. (Eds.) Building the capacity of communities and human service organizations (pp.1-18). NY: Columbia University Press.

Andrews, A. B. (2007). Social work and survivor assistance. In A. R. Roberts & D. W. Springer (Eds.), Forensic social work in juvenile and criminal justice: An evidence-based handbook (pp. 247-268). Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas Publisher.

Andrews, A.B., Motes, P.S., Floyd, A.G., Flerx, V.C., & Lopez-De Fede, A. (2005). Building evaluation capacity in community-based organizations: Reflections of an empowerment evaluation team. Journal of Community Practice, 13 (4), 85-104.

Andrews, A. B. & Greenberg, R. (2005). Introduction. In Cosby, A. G., Greenberg, R.E., Southward, L. H., & Weitzman, M. (Eds), The Atlas of American Children (pp.1-7). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Andrews, A. B. (2004). Women and multidimensional contextual practice. In Guadalupe, K., & Lum, D. (Eds.) Multidimensional contextual practice: Beyond stereotypes, (pp. 166-186). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Andrews, A.B. (2004). Start at the end: Empowerment evaluation product planning. Evaluation and Program Planning, 27, 275-285.

Andrews, A.B., Luckey, I., Bolden, E., Whiting-Fickling, J., & Lind, K. (2004). Public perceptions about father involvement: Results of a statewide household survey. Journal of Family Issues, 25(5), 603-633.

Flaspohler, P., Wandersman, A., Keener, D., North, K., Ace, A., Andrews, A., & Holmes, B. (2003). Promoting program success and fulfilling accountability requirements in a statewide community-based initiative: Challenges and lessons learned in program evaluation. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in Communities, 26(2), 37-52.

Wandersman, A., Flaspohler, P., Ace, A., Ford, L., Imm, P., Chinman, M., Sheldon, J., Andrews, A., Crusto, C., Kaufman, J. (2003). PIE a la mode: Mainstreaming evaluation and accountability in each program in every county of a state-wide school readiness initiative. New Directions in Evaluation, 99, 33-49.

Andrews, A.B., Guadalupe, J. L., & Bolden, E. (2003). Faith, hope and mutual support: Paths to empowerment as perceived by women in poverty. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation: An International Journal, 4(1), 5-14.

Andrews, A.B. (2003). Interdisciplinary professional education. In Miller, J. M., Lerner, R. M., Schiamberg, L. B., & Anderson, P. M. (Eds.), Human ecology: An encyclopedia of children, families, communities, and environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

Andrews, A.B. (2003). Comprehensive community initiatives. In Miller, J. M., Lerner, R. M., Schiamberg, L. B., & Anderson, P. M. (Eds.), Human ecology: An encyclopedia of children, families, communities, and environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

Andrews, A.B. (2002). Children and family life. In Kaufman, N. H. & Rizzini, I. (Eds.) Globalization and children: Exploring potentials for enhancing opportunities in the lives of children and youth, (pp. 71-80). NY: Kluwer / Plenum.

Melton, G. B. & Andrews, A. B. (2000). Building systems for safety in the family: The U. S. experience. New Global Development: Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare,16, 24-35.

Andrews, A.B. (2000). Victim advocacy. In Rafter, N.H. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.

Andrews, A.B. & Ben-Arieh, A. (1999). Measuring and monitoring children’s well-being across the world. Social Work, 44(2), 105-115.

Andrews, A.B. (1998). An exploratory study of political attitudes and acts among child and family services workers. Children and Youth Services Review, 20(5), 435-461.

Andrews, A. B. (1997). Assessing neighbourhood and community factors that influence children's well-being. In A. Ben-Arieh & H. Wintersberger (Eds.), Monitoring and measuring the state of children – beyond survival, pp.127-141. Vienna, Austria: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.

Andrews, A. B. & Freeman, M. L. (1997). The congruence of international children’s rights and feminist principles as a foundation for therapy with young people. Women and Therapy, 20(2), 7-27.

Andrews, A. B. & Morrison, B. The changing American family: Impact on South Carolina’s children. Columbia, S.C.: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Council. Fall 1996-Winter 1997.

Patterson, E.G. & Andrews, A. B. (1996). Protecting the child against separation from the family environment: Articles 9 and 25 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children’s Legal Rights Journal, 16 (3), 2-16.

Patterson, E.G. & Andrews, A. B. (1996). Civil commitment for pregnancy substance abusers: Unmet preconditions and preoccupation with punishment. Politics and the Life Sciences, 15(1), 64-66.

Andrews, A. B. (Ed.) (1996). Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Families: Strengthening Families through Neighborhood Development. Columbia, SC: Univ. South Carolina.

Andrews, A. B. (Ed.) (1996). Promoting Family Safety and Nurture: Steps toward Preventing Family Violence and Neglect. Columbia, SC: Univ. South Carolina.

Andrews, A. B. (1996). Public opinions about what a citizen can do to help abused and neglected children in addictive families. Journal of Community Practice, 3 (1).

Andrews, A. B., McLeese, I.G., & Curran, S. (1995). The impact of a media campaign on public response to maltreated children in addictive families. Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 19, 921-932.

Andrews, A. B. (1995). Realizing participant empowerment in the evaluation of nonprofit women's services organizations: Notes from the front line. In Fetterman, D., Kaftarian, S., & Wandersman, A. Empowerment evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability (pp.141-160). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Andrews, A. B. & Patterson, E. G. (1995). Searching for solutions to alcohol and other drug abuse during pregnancy: Ethics, values and constitutional principles. Social Work, 40(1), 55-64.

Andrews, A. B. (1995). Helping families survive and thrive: Call to action for citizens who want to help. Columbia, SC: Alliance for South Carolina's Children.

Andrews, A. B. (1994). Developing community systems for the primary prevention of family violence. Family and Community Health, 16 (4), 1-9.

Andrews, A. B. & Veronen, L. J. (1993). Sexual assault and people with disabilities. Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, 8:2, 137-159.

Andrews, A. B. (1991). Social work expert testimony regarding mitigation in capital sentencing proceedings. Social Work, 36:5, 440-445.

Andrews, A. B. (1990). Crisis and recovery services for family violence survivors. In Roberts, A. R. (Ed.), Helping crime victims: A National survey and service guide, Beverly Hills: Sage, 206-232.

Andrews, A. B. (1990). Interdisciplinary and interorganizational collaboration. Encyclopedia of social work supplement. Silver Spring, MD: NASW, 175-188.

Andrews, A. B., Williams, H., and Kinney, J. (1988). Three models of social work intervention with tuberculosis patients. Health and Social Work, 13:4, 288-295.

Andrews, A. B. (1988). A social worker's perspective on pornography. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 3:3, 23-32.

Andrews, A. B. and Frost-Hewitt, N. (1985). How to be your own best hero -- Teaching children to resist sexual abuse: A resource manual. South Carolina Office of the Governor.

Wandersman, A., Andrews, A. B. Riddle, D. and Fancett, C., (1983). "Environmental Psychology and Prevention." In Felner, R., Farber, S., Jason, L., and Moritaugu, J. (Eds.), Preventive Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice. NY: Permagon.

Service:

Parents Anonymous® (national) Child Maltreatment Prevention Work Group; United Methodist Volunteers in Mission youth team to El Ayudante, Lèon, Nicaragua; Assistant Camp Director and Adult Counselor, Salkehatchie Summer Service

Links:

Institute for Families in Society Homepage
Curriculum Vitae (in Adobe Acrobat)