Full Time Faculty
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Dennis L. Poole, PhD
Dean and Professor
DeSaussure 227
College of Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803) 777-4886
Fax: (803) 777-3498
e-mail: dennis.poole@sc.edu
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Educational Background:
Ph.D., Brandeis University
MSW, West Virginia University
BA, St. Anselm College
Professional and Research Interests:
Community Health Prevention and Development, Management of Nonprofit Agencies, Outcomes-Based Measurement, Mexico-US Partnerships in Policy and Research, Faith Communities, Community Building, Health and Human Service Innovations, Community Needs Assessment, School-Based Services, Community Partnerships, Program Evaluation, International Social Welfare, Homelessness, Public Health.
Selected Publications:
Books
Poole, D. (in progress). Community building: The partnership model.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., Poole, D., Fortune, R., & Witkin, S. (Eds.). (1999). Multicultural issues in social work (2nd Edition) . Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., & Poole, D. (Eds.) (1998). Community building: Renewal, well-being, and shared responsibility. New York: NASW Press, 448 pages.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., Kirk, S., & Poole, D. (Eds.) (1997). Social policy: Reform, research, and practice. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 558 pages.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., Kirk, S., & Poole, D. (Eds.) (1996). Multicultural issues in social work. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press, 578 pages.
Coudroglou, A., & Poole, D. (1984). Disability, work, and social policy: Models for social welfare. New York: Springer, 180 pages. Poole, D. (1981). Rural social welfare: An annotated bibliography for educators and practitioners. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1981, 317 pages.
Monographs
Poole, D., Duvall, D., & Wofford, B. (August, 2003). Promoting Independence Initiatives: Process Evaluation of the Community Awareness and Relocation Services (CARS) Project. Austin, TX: Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin and Texas Department of Human Services, 194 pages.
Poole, D. (July, 2002). Assessment report. Orlando, Florida: Center for Community Partnerships, College of Health & Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, 18 pages.
Poole, D., & More, S. (January, 2001). Participation of rural youth in higher education: Factors, strategies, & innovations. Austin, TX: Texas Rural Communities and Center for Social Work Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 55 pages.
Ferguson, M., DiNitto, D., Poole, D., & Schwab, J. (2000). Local welfare innovation projects: An evaluation of initial implementation issues. Austin, TX: Texas Department of Human Services and School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, 210 pages.
Poole, D., Zugazaga, C., & Chepenik, N. (June 1999). Homelessness as a regional problem in Central Florida. Orlando, FL: Florida Institute of Government, 44 pages.
Poole, D., Nelson, J., & Rowlette, R. (June, 1997). Tri-County needs assessment. Orlando, FL: Heart of Florida United Way and the Community Funding Forum, 226 pages.
Poole, D., & Colby, I. (October, 1995). Neighborhood community centers in Orange County: Needs and future directions. Orlando, FL: Orange County Department of Human Services and UCF School of Social Work, 340 pages.
Poole, D. (1993). Homeless and low-income housing needs and priorities. Enid, OK: Enid Metropolitan Area Human Service Commission.
Poole, D. (1992). Human service needs and resources of families in early education and health care. Enid, OK: Enid Metropolitan Area Human Service Commission.
Poole, D. (1989). Continuing professional health education needs in Northwest Oklahoma. Northwest Oklahoma Area Health Education Center, Enid, Oklahoma.
Poole, D. (1989). Community health needs. Enid, OK: Enid Metropolitan Area Human Service Commission.
Poole, D. (August, 1987) .Status study of transitional services for disabled youth in Virginia. Richmond, VA: Virginia"s Integrated Approach through Leadership (VITAL) Team, Virginia Department of Education.
Poole, D., Katzen, J., & Tetrault, B. (September, 1985). Supported work services employment project replication guide. Richmond, VA: School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Poole, D. (1985). Community options for Virginians with disabilities. Richmond, VA: Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
Carlton, T., Poole, D. (1984). Consumer utilization of maternal and child health services. Richmond, VA: Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Services, Virginia Dept. of Health and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work.
Articles, Book Chapters, and Essays
Poole, D., Ferguson, M., & Schwab, A. J. (in review). Managing process innovations in welfare reform technology. Administration in Social Work.
Poole, D., & Davis, T. (in review). Concept mapping to measure outcomes in a study abroad program. American Journal of Evaluation.
Poole, D. (in review). Rural community building strategies. In R. Lohmann & N. Lohmann (Eds.). Rural Social Work Practice. New York: Columbia University Press.
Poole, D. (2003). Asset-building and research. T. L. Scales & C. Streeter (eds.) Rural social work: Building and sustaining rural communities. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Poole, D., & More, S. (2003). Asset-based community development to increase rural youth participation in higher education. T. L. Scales & C. Streeter (eds.) Rural social work: Building and sustaining rural communities. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Poole, D. (2003). Scaling up CBOs for second-order devolution in welfare reform. Nonprofit Management & Leadership,13, 325-341.
Poole, D., & Zugazaga, C. (2003). Conceptualizing prevention as the first line of offense against homelessness: Implications for the federal continuum of care. Journal of Primary Prevention, 23, 409-424.
Ferguson, M., Poole, D., DiNitto, D, & Schwab, J. (2002). Raising a flag of caution in the race for community-based approaches to rural welfare reform: Early findings from Texas. Southern Rural Sociology, 18, 2004-221.
Poole, D., Ferguson, M., DiNitto, D., & Schwab, J. (2002). The capacity of community-based organizations to lead local innovations in welfare reform: Early findings from Texas. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 12, 261-276.
Poole, D., & Colby, I. (2002). Do neighborhood centers have the capacity to be instruments of change in human services? Social Work, 47, 142-152.
Poole, D. (2002). Community partnerships for school-based services: Action principles. In A. Roberts & G. Greene (Eds.). Social Workers' Desk Reference (pp. 539-544). New York: Oxford University Press.
Poole, D., & Salgado de Snyder, V. N. (2002). Pathways to health and mental health care: Guidelines for culturally-competent practice. In A. Roberts & G. Greene (Eds.), Social Workers' Desk Reference (pp. 51-56). New York: Oxford University Press.
Poole, D. (2001). First- and second-order devolution in welfare reform: Implications for families, communities, and academicians. Issues and Perspectives on Financing Welfare Reform. Korean Social Welfare Academy: Seoul, South Korea.
Poole, D., Davis, J., Reisman, J., & Nelson, J. (2001). Improving the quality of outcome-based measurement plans. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 11, 405-421.
Poole, D., Nelson, J., Carnahan, S., Chepenik, N., & Tubiak, C. (2000). Evaluating performance measurement systems in nonprofit agencies: The program accountability quality scale (PAQS). American Journal of Evaluation, 21, 15-26.
Maynard, G. & Poole, D. Stewardship: The distinguishing characteristic of not-for-profit health care. [Editorial] [1998]. Health & Social Work, 23, 243-248.
Poole, D. (1998). [Editorial] Politically correct or culturally competent? Health & Social Work, 23, 163-166.
Hutchinson, M. R., & Poole, D. (1998). [Editorial]. Adolescent health and school health: It's time to meet the challenge. Health & Social Work, 23, 3-7.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., & Poole, D. (1998). Introduction. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, & D. Poole (Eds.), Community building: Renewal, well-being, and shared responsibility. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Poole, D. (1998). Building community capacity to promote social and public health: Challenges for universities. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, & D. Poole (Eds.), Community building: Renewal, well-being, and shared responsibility. Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint, Health & Social Work, 22,163-170.)
Poole, D., & Van Hook, M. (1998). Retooling for community health partnerships in primary care and prevention. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, & D. Poole (Eds.), Community building: Renewal, well-being, and shared responsibility. Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint, Health & Social Work, 22,2-4.)
Poole, D. (1997). The SAFE Project: Partnerships in health, mental health, and education to prevent early school failure. Health & Social Work, 22, 282-288.
Poole, D. (1997). Achieving national health goals in prevention through community organization: The "bottom-up' approach. Journal of Community Practice, 4, 77-92.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., Kirk, S., & Poole, D. (1997). Introduction. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, S. Kirk, & D. Poole (Eds.) Social policy: Reform, research, and practice (pp. ix-xi). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Poole, D. (1997). Welfare reform: The bad, the ugly, and the maybe not too awful. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, S. Kirk, & D. Poole (Eds.), Social policy: Reform, research, and practice (pp. 96-101). Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint, Health & Social Work, 21, 243-246.)
Poole, D. (1997). Keeping managed care in balance. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, S. Kirk, & D. Poole (Eds.), Social policy: Reform, research, and practice (pp. 355-359). Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint, Health & Social Work, 21, 163-166.)
Poole, D. (1996). Welfare reform: The bad, the ugly, and the maybe not too awful [Editorial]. Health & Social Work, 21, 243-246.
Poole, D. (1996). Keeping managed care in balance [Editorial], Health & Social Work, 21, 163-166.
Ewalt, P., Freeman, E., Kirk, S., and Poole, D. (1996). Introduction. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, S. Kirk, & D. Poole (Eds.). Multicultural issues in social work (pp. ix-x). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Poole, D. (1996). NAFTA, Mexican health, and American health: They tie together. in P. Ewalt, S. Kirk, and D. Poole (Eds.), Multicultural issues in social work (pp. 445-454). Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint, Health & Social Work, 21, 3-7.)
Poole, D. (1996). NAFTA, Mexican health, and American health: They tie together. Health & Social Work, 21, 3-7.
Poole, D. (1995). Health care: Direct practice. In R. Edwards (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Work, 19th Edition (pp. 1156-1167). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Poole, D. (1995). Public health social work: "Pro bono publico' [Editorial]. Health & Social Work, 20, pp. 243-245.
Poole, D. (1995). Shaking the kaleidoscope [Editorial]. Health & Social Work, 20, pp. 163-166.
Poole, D. (1995). Beyond the rhetoric: Shared responsibility versus the "Contract with America' [Editorial]. Health & Social Work, 20, 83-86.
Poole, D. (1995). Partnerships strengthen and buffer [Editorial]. Health & Social Work, 20, 2-4.
Poole, D. (1991). Broadening the definition of scholarship: Practice and action research. Health & Social Work, 16, 234-236.
Poole, D, & Carlton, T. (1990). Trends in maternal and child health: Implications for research and issues for social work practice. Social Work in Health Care, Special Issue on Health Research, edited by B. Berkman, 15, 45-62.
Poole, D. (1990). A guide to conducting prevention research in the community: First steps [Book Review]. Health & Social Work, 15, 246-247.
Poole, D. (1990). Review of the book Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Prolonged Psychiatric Disorders. Social Work in Health Care, 14, 126-128.
Poole, D. (1988). Social policy and chronic illness: Reply to Levine. Health & Social Work, 13, 83-84.
Poole, D. (1987). Social policy and chronic illness. Health & Social Work, 12, 246-248.
Poole, D. (1987). Social work and the supported work services model. Social Work, 32, 434-439.
Poole, D. (1987). Competitive employment of persons with severe disabilities: A multivariate analysis." Journal of Rehabilitation, 53, 20-25.
Poole, D. (1987). Current trends and the future of social policy in social work. In Past, Present, and Future: 1917-1987. Richmond, VA: School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Poole, D., & Carlton, T. (1986). A model for analyzing utilization of maternal and child health services. Health & Social Work, 11, 209-222.
Theilen, G., & Poole, D. (1986). Educating leadership for effecting community change through voluntary associations. Journal of Social Work Education, 34-44.
Poole, D. (1985). Future of public and private partnerships in the human services. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Special Issue on the Future of Human Services, edited by D. Austin and Z. Hasenfeld, 21, 393-406.
Daley, J. M., & Poole, D. (1985). Community development insights for planning social service innovations. In H. Swarzweller & F. Fear (Eds.), Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Volume 2, (pp. 143-157). Greenwich, CT: Jai Press.
Poole, D., & Theilen, G. (1985). Community organization and planning in an era of retrenchment: Structural and educational approaches to serving human need. Journal of Social Work Education, 21, 16-27.
Poole, D., & Daley, J.M. (1985). Problems in innovation in rural social services. Social Work, 34, 338-344.
Poole, D., & Braja, L. (1984). Do HMOs measure up to professional standards? Health and Social Work, 9, 305-313.
Poole, D. (1982). Self-help and social work practice: The case of disabled farmworkers. In S. Clemmons (Ed.), Dignity, Diversity, and Opportunity in Changing Rural Areas, (pp. 103-116). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
Poole, D. (1981). Farm scale, family life, and community participation. Human Organization, 46, 344-349.
Poole, D. (1981). The effects of farm scale on marital and family life. Rural Sociology, 40, 113-127.
Selected Presentations:
Service:
Professional Memberships
National Association of Social Workers
Council on Social Work Education
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action
National Network of Social Work Managers
International Network for Social Network Analysts
International Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Carribean
Honors and Awards:
Lora Lee Pederson Teaching in Excellence Award, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Academic Innovation Award. Community Building in a Caring Society. Course Development for Portfolio Program in Philanthropy, Nonprofit Studies and Community Service. RGK Center for Philantropy, Volunteerism and Community Service, LBJ School of Public Affairs. The University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
Dean's Fellow & Visiting Scholar, Department of Social Policy & Social Work, Oxford University 2001.
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