Full Time Faculty

"Fighting for Field: Seven Threats To An Important Component of Social Work Education," with J. Ligon, R. Rhodes and W. Priddy. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work Education, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 15-25, Fall 1999.

"Top Ten Tips for a Successful Field Practicum Experience" with J. Ligon. The New Social Worker, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1998.

First author with H. Camp, J. Gibbons and M. Kaiser. "Professionalism: Does Social Work Education Make a Difference?" ARETE, Vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 15-25, 1985.

Wolfer, T. A., Carney, M., Ward, J. & Maas, C. (2001, January). Reconceptualizing the field liaison role: Enhancing student learning with videoconferencing technology. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Atlanta, GA. 

Presented with Gil Choi, Ph.D., "Understanding Occupational Stress among Social Work Practitioners: Developing a Management Response," Social Work 2000, NASW, Baltimore, MD, November 2000.

Presented with Michelle Carney, Ph.D., Terry Wolfer, Ph.D., "Reconceptualizing the Field Liaison Role: Enhanced Student Learning with Video Conferencing Technology," The 18th Annual BPD Conference, Destin, Fl, October 2000.

Presented with Gil Choi, Ph.D., "Understanding the Well-being of Social Work Field Instructors Through the Matrix of Occupational Stress and Social Support," The Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, Charleston, SC, January 2000.

Presented with Gil Choi, Ph.D. "Occupational Stress and Physical/Psychological Well-Being of Social Work Field Instructors," The 17th Annual Baccalaureate Program Directors Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 1999.

Presented with Jan Ligon, Ph.D. ""The Reality vs. The Ideal: Field Liaisons Assess Their Role in Social Work Education," The 17th Annual Baccalaureate Program Directors Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 1999.

Presented "Developing International Educational Initiatives: An Underutilized Potential for Collaboration," Asian Pacific Conference on Tradition and Change in Higher Education; Portland, OR, October 1999.

Presented "Emerging Practice Perspectives,"4th International Conference on Educating for Global Responsibility: A Mandate for the Third Millennium, Cincinnati, OH, October 1999.

Presented with Jan Ligon, Ph.D. "The Field Liaison Role in Rural Practicum Settings: Maximizing the Benefit of An Educational Resource," The 24th Annual National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas, Salisbury, MD, July 1999.

Presented "The Prevalence of Computer Anxiety and Attitudes Towards the Use of Computers Among Field Instructors," at The Society for Social Work Research Third Annual Conference. Austin, TX, January 1999.