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Assistant Professor of Social Work
Expertise: civic engagement, civic service, social development, asset development, qualitative field methods and analysis, international and comparative research
Bio:
Amanda Moore McBride specializes in civic engagement and civic service, which is a type of long-term, intensive volunteering. She researches inclusive definitions and measurement of civic engagement, international service and global citizenship, youth service as youth development, and the relationship between civic service and asset building. McBride is currently co-principal investigator for CSD's Global Service Institute, developing a research agenda on civic service worldwide. In addition to leading research projects and convening scholars, she directs research grants and fellows program, increasing capacity for civic service research internationally. She is also associate editor of the international journal, Social Development Issues. McBride has a range of social work experience, holding such positions as grant writer, program developer and evaluator, and direct service provider with older adults, women, and youth.
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Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis
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International volunteering and service in the 21st century
Peace Corps acting director to speak Feb. 19
Feb. 10,
2009 -- Josephine Olsen, Ph.D., acting director of the Peace Corps, will present the talk "International Volunteering and Service in the 21st Century: Toward Peace and Development" at 4 p.m. Feb. 19 in Brown Hall Lounge. Olsen's lecture is free and open to the public.
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Training social work professionals for public service roles
School of Social Work offers new full-tuition Richard A. Gephardt Public Service Scholarship
June 19,
2006 --
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The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis announces the new Richard A. Gephardt Public Service Scholarship. Recognizing the need for trained social work professionals who engage in public service roles and who promote civic inclusion, this two-year full-tuition award will help advance the education of individuals committed to making a difference through service with a focus on stimulating volunteerism and political engagement. Applications for the Gephardt Public Service Scholarship are available at http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/academic/msw/admission.asp. For more information about the School of Social Work or to find out about additional scholarship opportunities for the fall, call 935-6676.
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Small Grants and Fellows Program
Center for Social Development announces the 2005 recipients of the Civic Service Small Research Grants
March 29,
2005 --
The Center for Social Development (CSD) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis recently announced the 2005 grant recipients of its Civic Service Small Research Grants and Fellows Program. This program is part of the Global Service Institute (GSI) research initiative funded by the Ford Foundation.
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Tapping baby boomers
U.S. government should help 'make volunteering a natural part of later life,' says productive aging expert
March 2,
2005 -- With the first wave of baby boomers preparing for retirement, the 2005 White House Conference on Aging to be held this fall in Washington, D.C., will be an important opportunity to assess aging in America and improve the lives of older Americans. "The demographic revolution is upon us, and there is widespread agreement that we need to do something differently regarding older adults," says Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D., productive aging expert and the Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. "The U.S. government and other service agencies need to expand and create institutions that make volunteering a natural part of later life," she says.
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