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Title
Ruth A. Brandwein Papers

Collection Number
UA 2206

OCLC Number
1183737605

Creator 
Ruth A. Brandwein
Various

Provenance 
The collection was donated by Dr. Ruth A. Brandwein.
Materials were received in 2009, 2010, and 2019.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note 
The collection comprises 10 cubic ft. of papers produced and collected between 1985 and 2008 by Dr. Ruth A. Brandwein,  a university professor and dean emeritus, a consultant, and an author who has been recognized and honored  for her dedication, achievements, and leadership in social welfare and justice education. The papers include  correspondence, documents, and subject files related to women and welfare; family violence; women in administration; organizational and social change; single-parent families; feminist frameworks; the history of U.S. social policy; and international social welfare.

Arrangement and Processing Note
The papers are arranged in the original order maintained by Ruth A. Brandwein. 
Acidic folders and boxes have been replaced with archival enclosures and housings.

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers. Files with restricted materials are noted with an asterisk (*).

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Item], [Box], Ruth A. Brandwein Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Biographical Note
Ruth A. Brandwein, Dean and Professor Emeritus, Consultant and Author, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Educators for dedication, achievements, and leadership in social welfare and justice education.

After earning a Ph.D. in social welfare from Brandeis University in 1978, Dr. Brandwein went on to teach and become involved in various social justice activities. Prior to retiring in 2010, her most recent position had been as the Director of the Social Justice Center at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She began teaching at the institution in 1981 and served as the Dean of the School of Social Welfare from 1981 to 1989. She was named Belle Spafford Visiting Professor at the University of Utah School of Social Work from 1994 to 1996 and was Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services from 1989 to 1993. Earlier in her career, she was an assistant professor and Chair of the Communications Organization at School of Social Work at Boston University, as well as a research associate at Harvard University and Laboratory Communications Psychiatry. Furthermore, she was a librarian at Brooklyn Public Library, a substitute teacher with the New York City Board of Education, a recreation director of the Seattle Parks Department and an Executive Director of the Central Seattle Commission Council.

In 1960, Dr. Brandwein earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College and was inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. A decade later, she received an MSW from the University of Washington and later received a PhD. She has been recognized by the National Association of Social Workers and was named Social Worker of the Year in Suffolk County then in 2018, she received their Lifetime Achievement Award from both her local Sarasota Unit and nationally. For her work, she has received a number of accolades, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Washington, a Congressional Award from Congressman Mrazek in Suffolk County, NY and an Honorable Supporter Award from Women on the Job among many other accolades. Throughout her career, Dr. Brandwein maintained professional affiliation and served in various committees and board roles with the National Association of Social Workers, the New York Public Welfare Association and theCouncil of International Programs. (Excerpted from Marquis Who’s Who Top Educators).

Subjects
Brandwein, Ruth A.
Brandwein, Ruth A. -- Archives.
Stony Brook University. School of Social Welfare.
Women in social work education.
Social work education.
Social work with women.
Social work administration.
Public welfare.
Public welfare -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
Family violence.
Social service.
Social service -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
Social legislation.

INVENTORY

Box 1

Brandwein, Ruth: board appointments and speaking engagements
Brandwein, Ruth: curriculum vitae
Brandwein, Ruth: honors (2f)
Child abuse: articles
Children’s Defense Fund
Child Support Enforcement Bureau
Civil Service Division Administration
Conferences and training (2f)
CPS (Child Protective Services): hearings
CPS (Child Protective Services): statistics
Demographic statistics
DCAP (Disabled Client Assistance Program)
Domestic violence
Division of Social Services
Division of Social Services: active caseload (2f)*
Division of Social Services: center closing
Division of Social Services: congratulation letters
Division of Social Services: correspondence*
Division of Social Services: gateway initiative
Division of Social Services: general information (for legislators)
Division of Social Services: JOBS (1990) (4f)
Division of Social Services: JOBS (1991) (7f)

Box 2

Division of Social Services: JOBS (1991)
Division of Social Services: JOBS, CAP merge (1991)
Division of Social Services: JOBS/CAP (1992) (2f)
Division of Social Services: JOBS, statistics (1992)
Division of Social Services: JOBS, general (1992) (3f)
Division of Social Services: JOBS (1993)
Division of Social Services: JOBS: Local Law 1834
Division of Social Services: JOBS: transitional services
Division of Social Services: letters of acknowledgement
Division of Social Services: mission statement
Division of Social Services: miscellaneous
Division of Social Services: overview
Division of Social Services: personal correspondence*
Division of Social Services: reporter newsletter (2f)
Division of Social Services: think tank (1989)
Division of Social Services: Workforce Committee Suffolk County
Economic indicators (2f)
Elder Abuse (3f)
Homeless
H.E.L.P. Suffolk
Interagency Committee on Children's Issues
Judges Roundtable
Legal Advocacy Services

Box 3

Legal documents (2f)*
Legal statistics
Long Island Fund for Women and Girls
Long Island Housing Services
Long Island Women's Coalition
Medicaid
Medical investigation in child sexual abuse
Mental Health Services Council
Miscellaneous facts and figures
Nassau/Suffolk Housing Law Suit (1988) (5f)*
National Association of Social Workers (2f)
Needs assessment
New York Civil Liberties Union (2f)
Police procedures
Private Industry Council of Suffolk County
Public assistance programs
Resource listings
Robert Gaffney
Re-organization plans (3f)
Social Services: declassification
South Oaks Advisory Board
Staff abolishment (2f)*
Study: High Risk Factors Associated with Child Maltreatment Fatalities
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County: monthly report
Suffolk County Task Force on Family Violence
Suffolk Eligibility Requirements: client handbook
Suffolk Equitable Housing Study, Division of Social Services, 1991

Box 4

Syllabi (Stony Brook University) (2f)
Task Force on Family Violence (TFFV) (2f)
Task Force on Family Violence (TFFV): correspondence
Task Force on Family Violence (TFFV): meetings (6f)
Understanding Family Offense Proceedings: workshop (1993)
United Way Community/Government Relations Committee (2f)
United Way Constituent Relations Committee
Welfare
Welfare Reform Retreat, 1990 (2f)
Workers’ Rights Board

Box 5

Family Violence: courses and correspondence
Grandparents Conference (2f)
Courses 310, 580, 612 (2f)
Pres. T. F. on Public Service
Concern on Suburban Families
Developmental disabilities
HWC 340/540 Social Issues in Popular Culture
Planning for a sustainable Long Island
Steven Jonas
Stony Brook: School of Social Work, spring 1996
Hiller
Long Island Career Center
Health Conference
Students Against Violence
Preventive Student Unit, 1995  
UUP Development Grant
Diversity conference, 1998
Welfare reform and domestic violence
NYS Press Association
Welfare Reform and Family Violence: policy implications
Symposium DV 7 Welfare reform, 1997
Diversity Conference, 1998
Social Justice and social work

Box 6

Feminism education: International Perspective, 1989
Correspondence: poverty
Speaking engagements (2f)
Department of Social Services
Job congratulations
Social welfare
Job searches
Encyclopedia of Social Work article
Social Justice Center: papers
Equitable Housing Study
Correspondence, 1986-1987
Welfare Reform: papers (2f)
Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform Review
SB SSW Student HSG Unit
Proposal for SW Corps at SBU
Proposed NYS Constitutional Amendment
Welfare booklet
Articles: W. R. and presentation
Newsday Op. Ed.
Article Idea: Participatory Research W2 Work Community (university internship)
Correspondence, re: publications and reviews (3f)

Box 7

SJC: fundraising (2f)
Voter registration, 2004
SJC visits
Brown Bag, 2006-2007
Commons Day (4f)
Break-Out sessions
Commons Day (2f)
Nassau-Suffolk Law Services Housing Case, DEC, 1999
Suffolk County DSS immigration
NYS: End of Life Core Comm.
Silberman Fund: application*
IWPR Conference
Welfare reform (8f)
Oaks Lounge: correspondence
Commons Day (4f)

Box 8

Women and child abuse (2f)
Masters projects*
Social Justice Center
LEAD 2004 speakers and panel
LEAD 2004 registrants
LEAD 2004 program
LEAD 2004 policies
LEAD 2004 planning committee
LEAD 2005 menu
LEAD 2004 budget
LEAD 2005 speaker
LEAD 2005 registrants
LEAD 2005 program
LEAD 2005 policies
LEAD 2005 planning committee
LEAD 2005 flyers
LEAD 2005 facilities
LEAD 2005 budget
LEAD 2005 advocacy
LEAD 2007 budget
LEAD 2007 flyers, advertisements
LEAD 2007 planning committee
LEAD 2007 policies
LEAD 2007 sign in sheet
LEAD 2007 speakers
LEAD 2007 program
LEAD 2007 menus
LEAD 2006 speakers
LEAD 2006 programs
LEAD 2006 policies
LEAD 2006 planning committee
LEAD 2006 flyers
LEAD 2006 facilities
LEAD 2006 budget
LEAD 2008 speakers
LEAD 2008 policies
LEAD 2008 planning committee
LEAD 2008 program
LEAD 2008 flyers
LEAD 2008 handouts
LEAD 2008 budget
ERASE Racism
Correspondence, 1997-2000
Correspondence, 1995-1996
Welfare Teach-in, 1997
Social Work and Social Justice, 2003
Family Violence and Welfare Reform, 1996
Correspondence, 1993-1994

Box 9

Violence Task Force Women’s Rights
Welfare: master’s project
Welfare Work: surveys (3f)*
Suffolk County: Welfare to Work interview training
Welfare to Work: surveys (6f)*
Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University
Miscellaneous correspondence (2f)
ICSW Feminist Colloquium, 1988
Unpublished papers
Stony Brook Women’s Leadership Conference
DV Suffolk
Task Force on Family Violence, Suffolk County
TFFV Research Committee: minutes, agendas, and proposals
FV Research Committee: reports SCTFDV
Child Sex Abuse: report
Conferences
SSW to DSS Commissioner, 1989
Stony Brook Child Care Services, 1985-1986
Stony Brook Child Care Services
Correspondence, SSW 1988-1989
SSW environment issues: temporary move to Dutchess Hall, 1988
NASW Welfare Reform: correspondence, 1988-1989
National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women
Family Violence: correspondence
Family Violence: contacts
Suffolk County Task Force on Family Violence and Elder Abuse: correspondence

Box 10

Social Justice Center (2f)
DOERR Center
SJC brochures
Social Justice Center
SJC Minutes 2006
NASW: special projects
NASW: legislative advocacy agenda
Social Justice Center
Social Justice Center
Faculty Social Justice: surveys
Social Justice Center: advisory board
VEATCH
SJC State Legislature, 2004
Candidate surveys, 2003 (2f)
Assembly, New York State Senate
Candidate questionnaire 2006 (2f)
SJC Brochures
SJC minutes, agendas, Etc.
Resources
Social Justice Center

Box 11
Videocassettes

Ruth Brandwein appearance on “A Current Affair”
Cocaine Addicted Babies Born on L.I. Produced by Barbara Paskcoff
Division of Social Services: Family Violence
Hot Topics: Child Abuse (Chapter 1-52), 1993 (Katie Beers)
Hot Topics: Welfare Reform (Chapter 1-52), 1993
McLaughlin, episode on welfare: 24 January 1992 (CNBC)
School of Social Welfare (20 November 1996): Guest Speaker: Dr. Ruth Brandwein
Family Violence and Welfare: What are the Links?
Television coverage of Suffolk County Division of Social Services Topics
Unidentified television program, (12 December 1989)

APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCHOLARSHIP

Books

Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform:  The Ties That Bind,  (Editor) ( 1999) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publ.

Journal Articles

"Community Involvement," Perspective.  13:3 (Winter 1969), pp. 29-33.

"System Dilemmas of A Community Health and Welfare Council."   Social Service Review, 47:1 (March 1973), pp. 68-80 (with Baker and Broskowski).

"Women and Children Last:  The Social Situation of Divorced Mothers and Their Families," Journal of Marriage and the Family.  (August 1974), pp. 498-514 (with Brown and Fox). Reprinted in shortened form in   Nursing Digest, IV:1 (Jan. - Feb. 1976),  pp. 39-43.

"After Divorce: Focus on Single Parent Families," The Urban and Social Change Review, 10:1 (Winter 1977), pp. 21-25

"A New Course Model for Content on Women's Issues in Social Work Education,"   Journal of Education for Social Work, 14:3 (Fall 1978), pp. 20-26 (with Wheelock).

"Children, Parents and Society--Partners or Adversaries,   Journal of Social Development Issues, 5:1 (Spring 1981), pp. 27-32.

"Toward the Feminization of Community and Organizational Practice," Journal of Social Development Issues, Special Double Issue, 5:2-3 (Summer/Fall 1981), pp. 180-193.

"Where are the Women--and Why:  An Analysis of Women Administrators in Jewish Communal Service," Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 60-3 (Spring 1984), pp.204-213.

"Women's Reality: Making Welfare Work and Making Work Pay,"  Social Justice,  21:1 (1994)

"Toward Real Welfare Reform:  The Voices of Battered Women" Affilia:  Journal of Women and Social Work. 15: 2 (Summer, 2000) pp. 224-243 (with D. Filiano)

"Katherine Kendall: A Social Work Institution" Women Creating Change feature in Affilia: Journal of  Women  and  Social Work  20:1 (Spring, 2005) pp.103-110.

"Social Work Feminisms in Historical Overview" (S. Kemp, co-author) accepted for publication by Affilia special issue on Feminisms in Social Work

Book Articles

"Women and Children Last" in N. Glazer and H. Y. Waehrer, Woman in a Man-Made World:  A Socioeconomic Reader, (2nd edition), Rand McNally, Chicago, 1976 (Reprint of journal article with Brown and Fox).

"Women and Children Last" in T. Comiskey and S. Cohen, Child Development:  A Study of Growth Processes,  (2nd edition), Itaska, Illinois: Peacock Publications, 1977.  (Reprint of journal article with Brown and Fox).

"Toward Androgyny in Community Organizational Practice," in Women, Power and Change  ed. by A. Weick and S. Vandiver, N.Y.: National Association of Social Workers, 1982.

"Foreword" to   Gandhi, Women and Social Development by S. Sharma, Hong Kong:  Asian Research Service, Asian Studies Series, 1982.

"Women and Children Last," reprint of 1974 article in   Human Behavior  ed. Mary Hall, Boston:  Ginn Custom Publ., 1982 (with Brown and Fox)

"The Divorced Woman:  Processes of Change," Marriage and Divorce:  A Contemporary Perspective  ed. by C. Nadelson and D. Polansky, N.Y., the Guilford Press, 1983 (with Fox).

"Foreword" and "Afterword" to Social Planning:  A Developmental Perspective  ed. by R. Mayer, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1985.

"Feminist Thought-Structure: An Alternative Paradigm of Social Change for Social Justice," in   Towards Social and Economic Justice  ed, by D. Gil and E. Gil, Cambridge, MA:  Schenkman, 1985, pp. 169-182.

"A Feminist Approach to Social Policy." in Feminist Visions for Social Work Education and Practice  ed. by N. Van Den Burgh and L. Cooper, N.Y.:  National Association of Social Workers, 1985.

"Women in Macropractice," Encyclopedia of Social Work 18th Ed. N.Y.: National Association of Social Workers, 1986.

"Women and Community Organization," in  Social Work Curriculum for Practice with Women Clients, ed. by D. Burden and N. Gottlieb, N.Y. and London:  Methuen/Tavistock, 1986.

"A New Family Policy for America:  Real Welfare Reform," in   Reclaiming America  ed. by Raskin and Hartman, Boston:  South End Press, 1988.

"Social Benefits," in Health Care of Mothers and Children in Developing Countries  ed. Wallace, Oakland:  Third Party Publishing Co. 1989.

"Women's Issues, Women's Studies and Feminism" in Exploring Feminist Visions:  Case Studies on Social Justice Issues  ed. F. M. Yasas and V. Mehta, Pune, India:  Streevani and International Association of Schools of  Social Work, 1990.

"Feminism in U.S. Social Work Education:  A Self Study" in Exploring Feminist Visions:  Case Studies on Social Justice Issues ed. F. M. Yasas and V. Mehta, Pune, India:  Streevani and International Association of Schools of  Social Work, 1990.

"Women's Reality:  Making Welfare Work and Making Work Pay" in Women and Welfare Reform:  Women's Poverty, Women's Opportunities, and Women's Welfare  ed. Mink, Washington, DC:  Institute of Women's Policy Research.  1994.

"Women and Social Policy" Encyclopedia of Social Work, 19th Edition, Washington, DC:  NASW, 1995.

"Lessons from the Field: From the University to Public Social Services and Back," in Expanding Partnerships for Vulnerable Children, Youth and Families,  ed. K. Hooper-Briar and H. Lawson, Alexandria, VA:  CSWE, 1996.

"Family Violence, Women and Welfare," Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform:  The Ties That Bind, ed. by R. Brandwein, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999         

"Family Violence and Welfare Use:  Report From the Field," in Brandwein,  Battered Women, Children and Welfare Reform, Sage, 1999.

"Connections Between Child Abuse and Welfare:  One State's Story, in Brandwein, Battered Women, Children and    Welfare Reform, Sage, 1999

"Family Violence and Social Policy: Welfare Reform and Beyond," in Brandwein, Battered Women,   Children and Welfare Reform, Sage, 1999

"Economic Violence Against Women," in Readings in the Psychology  of  Women, C. Forden, A. Hunter & B . Birns (Eds.), Needham Heights, MA:  Allyn & Bacon, 1999, pp. 308-316.

"Family Violence and Child Poverty: What are the Links?" in Child Poverty in America Today   (4 vol.), B. Arrighi & D. Maume (Eds.) NY: Praeger, 2007, v.1, pp. 17-28 

"Alzheimer's: Living through the Fog: in The Healing Project, ed. by A. Shore, Brooklyn, NY: LaChance Publishing (2007).

"Women: Overview" (2008) Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Ed.  Washington, DC: NASW Press

Book Reviews

Men and Women of the Corporation  by Rosabeth Kantor, Journal of Social Development Issues, 2:3 (Winter 1978), pp. 92-94.

Child Support and Public Policy  by Judith Cassetty, Social Work, 25:2 (March 1980), pp. 160-161.

Women's Issues and Social Work Practice ed. by Elaine Norman and Arlene Mancuso,   Social Work, 26:5 (Sept. 1981), p.442.

Women and Children Last  by Ruth Sidel, Affilia:  Journal of Women and Social Work, 2:3 (Fall 1987).

Deborah, Golda and Me  by Letty Cottin Pogrebin,   Affilia:  Journal of Women and Social Work, 8:3 (Fall 1993) 461-463

Women and Social Change: Non Profits and Social Policy  ed by Felice Perlmutter,   Social Work, 41:2 (March 1996) pp. 237-238

America Unequal  by Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk,   Social Work, 41:6 (November, 1996) pp.680-81.

Memoirs of a Revolution, by Susan Brownmiller, Affilia 16:2 (Summer, 2001)

Eleanor Roosevelt  Vol. 2, by Blanche Wiesen Cook, Affilia 17:1 (Spring 2002) 112-115

Feminists Who Changed America, ed. by Barbara Love, Affilia 22:2 (Summer, 2007) 229

The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley, 1869-1931  ed. By Kathryn Kish Sklar & Beverly Wilson Palmer, accepted for publication by Affilia.

Monographs

Contributor to Race and Violence in Washington State.  Report of the Commissioner on the Causes and Prevention of Civil Disorder, presented to the Urban Affairs Council and Governor Daniel Evans, February 1969.

Ruth Brandwein, Status Report: Placement of Community Organization Students in Community Councils.  Prepared for University of Washington School of Social Work and Seattle-King County Association of Community Councils, August 1970.

Ruth Brandwein, "Constants and Variables of Social Service Delivery at the Local Level"  in  A Study and Evaluation of Three Neighborhood Service Centers, Final Report, by Shimon Gottschalk, Worcester, Massachusetts:  Model Cities Project, April 1971.

Ruth Brandwein,  Evaluation of Community Organization Placement in Community Councils, 1970-1971.  Prepared for University of Washington Community Councils Project, August 1971.

Jacqueline Ballou, Ruth Brandwein, et. al., Who Rules Massachusetts Women, Cambridge, Massachusetts:  Women's Research Center of Boston, August 1972.

Ruth Brandwein, Mary Beth Herzberg and Marie McDonald, Women and Administration; An Annotated Bibliography, N.Y.:  Council on Social Work Education, 1981.

Ruth Brandwein, et.al., Women, Families and Poverty:  An Alternative Policy Agenda for the Nineties, Washington, D.C.:  Institute for Policy Studies, 1987.

Ruth Brandwein, Family Violence and Welfare Reform:  What Are the Links?  Recommendations from the National Invitational Symposium , Salt Lake City, Utah:  University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work, May, 1996.

Brandwein, J. Lynch, R. Rudulescu & R. Seymour,  How Well ls Welfare in Suffolk County? A Study of Current and Former Welfare Recipients, Welfare-to-Work Subcommittee, Suffolk County Department of Social Services Commissioner's Advisory Council, May, 2000.

Brandwein, editor, Social Work and Social Justice, Proceedings of Commons Day, SUNY Stony Brook School of Social Welfare, April 3, 2003.

Federal Testimony

"The Crisis in Homelessness: Effects on Children and Families," Testimony published in US House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families,   Effects of Homelessness on Families and Children, March 1987.

Testimony submitted to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Hearings on Low Income Assistance Programs for the White House Domestic Policy Council, September 1986.

Testimony published in U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources,   Programs and Services Designed to Prevent Unnecessary Foster Care Placement, 101st Congress First Session, June 5, 1989.  Serial 101-13.

Testimony Published in U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources,  State of the Nation's Child Welfare System, 102nd Congress First Session, March 19, 1991.  Serial 102-4.

Testimony presented on behalf of National Association of Counties on Proposed Federal Child Care Regulation before U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, September 26, 1992, Washington, DC.

"Comments on TANF Reauthorization," Testimony presented on behalf of Women's Committee of 100, submitted to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Family Assistance, October, 2001

Testimony presented at TANF Reauthorization Regional Listening Session, on behalf of Kehillath Shalom Congregation. Social Action Committee at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office, New York City, November 13, 2001.

Readers

Welfare Reform '95 co-edited with E. Kittay. State University of New York at Stony Brook: February, 1995.

Welfare is a Women's Issue: Welfare Teach-In Packet, co-edited with Kim Christensen and Eva Kittay.  Washington, D.C.:  Women's Committee of 100, Spring, 1996. Basix Solutions Custom Publishing. Revised edition, Fall, 1996.

Parameters of Social Policy, State University of New York at Stony Brook:  Basix Solutions Custom Publishing, Fall, 1996 revised, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002

Family Violence, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Basix Solutions Custom Publishing, Fall, 1995, revised Fall, 1996.

Multi-Ethnic Practice With Women, University of Washington, Winter Quarter, 2001

Social Work Practice:  Community Organization, University of Washington, Spring Quarter, 2001

Theses and Dissertations

Ruth Brandwein, Barbara Caley, et. al., Toward a Typology of Social Action.  Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for degree of Master of Social Work, University of Washington School of Social Work, Seattle, Washington, 1970.

Ruth Brandwein, Planning and Poverty:  A Study of Voluntary Planning Councils, 1946-1971.  Waltham, Massachusetts:  Brandeis University.  Substantive paper submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for Ph.D., Brandeis University, Florence Heller Graduate School, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1973.

Ruth Brandwein, A Working Framework for Approaching Organizational Change:  The Community Chest-Council System form 1946 to 1971 .  Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for Ph.D., Brandeis University, Florence Heller Graduate School, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977.

Newspaper and Newsletter Articles   

"Special Curriculum on Women A Must for Schools of Social Work," in Womanpower, Nov. 1981, pp. 5-6.

"Report from Nairobi: The United Nations Decade for Women," Intered.  Fall 1985.

"Decade for Women U. N. Conference," North Shore Women's Newspaper, January 1986, p.1.

"Pitfalls in a Cash-Only Proposal to Aid the Poor," New York Times  Letters to the Editor, Sunday, September 2, 1986.

"Poverty and Welfare Reform:  Two Approaches," IPS Features, press release, October 1986.

"Time Widens Male-Female Earnings Disparity,"New York Times  Letters to the Editor, Sunday, September 27, 1987.

"Battering Women With Statistics on Violence," Newsday, Viewpoints, June 1989.

"Commissioner's Corner," monthly article in Reporter, publication of Suffolk County Department of Social Services, 1989-92.

"Freedom From Welfare: The Best Hope Yet," New York Times, guest column, Sunday, April 29, 1990.

Eleven guest editorials in   Newsday  on welfare and child welfare issues, from 1991—1995 (Titles and dates available upon request)

"New York Child Welfare Threatens More Tragedies"  New York Times Letter to the Editor, December 22, 1995.

"Cut in Aid Perils Curbing of Abuse," Newsday, Viewpoints, January 8, 1997.

"Welfare:  More Humane Isn't Enough," Newsday, Viewpoints, April 14, 1997.

"Families:  Beware the Gulotta 'Reforms' Newsday, Viewpoints, October 26, 1999

"It's Getting Worse for Poor Families" Newsday, Viewpoints, October 1, 2003

Selected Papers and Professional Presentations: National and International (from 1985 only)

U.N. Decade of women NGO Conference, participant, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985

"Women and Social Work" all-day educational institute at International Association of Schools of Social Work conference, Vienna, 1986

"Women's Health" panel moderator, International Conference of Social Welfare, Berlin, 1986

Invited participant at national working seminar on welfare reform, sponsored by National Association of Social Workers, March 1987.

"Social Policy for Children and Families:  An Agenda for the Future," Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, April 1987.

"Women, Work and Welfare," Keynote Address, Third National Symposium on Doctoral Research and Social Work Practice, Ohio University College of Social Work, April 1987.

"Prospects for an Activist Future:  An Educator's Perspective," National Association of Social Work Regional Conference - "Maintaining our Activist Tradition," Boston, MA, May 1987.

"Welfare Reform:  An Alternative Agenda," Law and Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 1987.

"Feminism in US Social Work Education:  A Personal Case Study," presented at Feminist Visions in Social Work Education Conference, sponsored by International Association of Schools of Social work and Streevani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India, October 1987.

"Welfare Reform and Social Work Education," Invitational Plenary Session Presentation, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, March 1988.

"Feminist Social Work Education: An International Perspective," Invitational Plenary Session Presentation, Council on Social Work Education Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 1989.

"Coalition Building: A Vital Tool for Social Change," Invitational Paper, National Association of Social Work Annual Conference, San Francisco, October 1989.

"All In The Family: An Exploratory Study of the Causes and Practice Implications of Elder Abuse,"  Invitational Paper, National Association of Social Work Annual Conference, San Francisco, October 1989.

"Implementing Welfare Reform: From Policy to Practice--Promise and Problems," Invitational Panel, National Association of Social Work Annual Conference, Boston, November 1990.

Invited participant at working seminar on child welfare and homelessness, sponsored by Child Welfare League of America, December 7, 1990.

"Organization and Structure of Social Services in the US," Invited presenter at 2nd Annual Conference of Soviet National Academy of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Artek, Ukraine, August 1991.

"Issues of Gender and Race in Public Welfare," Annual Conference Association for Women in Social Work, Philadelphia, April 1992.

"Mobilizing Systems to Support Families," Keynote presenter, Rockefeller Institute, Albany, NY, 1993.

"Women, Social Work Education and Management:  A View from Three Bridges," Invitational Presentation, Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, New York City, February 28, 1993.

"Alleviating Poverty in Asia," Moderator and Panel Presenter, Social Development:  46th Annual UN Governmental Organization Conference, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY September 9, 1993.

"Women's Reality, Making Welfare Work and Making Work Pay,"  Invitational Paper, Conference on Women and Welfare Reform, Co-Sponsored by Congressional Women's Caucus and Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, DC, October 23, 1993;

 "Adapting a Feminist Management Style to a Traditional Agency, "New Directions for Women:  Innovations in State and Local Government, Fourth Women's Policy research Conference, Washington, DC, June 3rd and 4th, 1994.

"Taming the Bureaucratic Beast:  Obstacles in Introducing Job Training Sensitive to Women." New Directions for Women:  Innovations in State and Local Government, Fourth Women's Policy Research Conference, Washington, DC, June 3rd and 4th, 1994.

"The Politics of Welfare Reform," Master Class presenter.  National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, Nashville, Tenn., October 19-22, 1994.
               
"Family Violence."  Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Latter Day Saints Women's Relief Society, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, May 3, 1996.
               
"Family Violence and Welfare Reform--What Are the Links?" Panel presenter, National Association of Social Workers, Utah Chapter, Salt Lake City, May 3, 1996.

"Family Violence and Welfare Reform: What Are the Links?"  A National Invitational Symposium, Conference convener and speaker, University Utah, Salt Lake City, May 17-18, 1996
               
"Family Violence and Welfare Reform: What Are the Links?"  Half Day Session.  National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, November 13-16, 1996.

"Navigating Change:  Understanding the Links Between Welfare Reform and Family Violence." presented at Council of Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Chicago, March 6-9, 1997.

"Family Violence and Welfare Reform:  The Utah Experience and National Implications," Spafford Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, May 5, 1997.

"Family Violence and the Use of Welfare," Grand Rounds, Social Work Department Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, May 14, 1997.           
               
"The Use of Public Welfare by Family Violence Victims: Implications of New Federal Welfare Reform," Paper presented at International Family Violence Research Conference, The New England Center, Durham, New Hampshire, June 30, 1997.

"The Changing World of Social Work Practice"  Point/Counterpoint" Response to James Payne, Heritage Foundation,  National Association of Social Work NYS Chapter Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 16, 1997

Presenter, "Meet the Authors," and Chair, Social Welfare Policy and Policy Practice Symposium:  Welfare 1999

"Voices of the Women:  Report of Focus Groups with Abused Women Who Have Experienced the Welfare System" Presented at Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 16-18, 1999

"Social Work in the 21st Century." Faculty and Student Colloquium, University of Utah Graduate School of  Social Work, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2, 1999

"Voices of the Women:  Battered Women and Welfare Reform" presented at Council of Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, New York City, February 26-29, 2000

"Update on Violence Against Women and Current Social Work Response:  Trends and Research," National Social Workers' Summit on Violence Against Women, Department of Health And Human Services, Washington, DC, April 7, 2000, also on planning committee for the Summit.

"Double Jeopardy: Domestic Violence and Child Witnessing, Presented at People of Color International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3-6, 2000.

Panel Responder, "Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse" biennial conference University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 2001.

Special Presentation, "Welfare Reform Round Two: TANF Reauthorization. Poverty and Social Justice" Council of Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Nashville, TN February 24-27, 2002.

Plenary Session Panelist, "Basic Income Guarantees Through a Gender Lens," First Annual BIG Conference, City University of NY Graduate Center, March 8-9, 2002.

Invited Participant, "Violence Against Women: Communities on the Fringe," sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, March 25, 2002

Organizer, Chair and Presenter, Faculty Development Institute, "Incorporating Political Social Work and Policy Advocacy in the BSW and MSW Practicum Experience," Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, February 27, 2003

Plenary Presenter, "Talking the Talk  and Walking the Walk:  Social Justice and Social Work," Commons Day, State University of NY, Stony Brook, April 3, 2003

Panel Organizer and Presenter, "Social Policy and Social Work Education in Cuba, " Council of Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting, NYC, February 28, 2005

Organizer and Wrap-Up Speaker, Legislative Education and Action Day, Stony Brook, NY, February 10, 2006

Introductory and Wrap-Up speaker, Legislative Education and Action Day, Stony Brook, NY F ebruary 23, 2007

Panelist: "International Social Work," Immigration and Social Justice: Conference on the Diversity and Strengths of the Latino Family, National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers, Wang Center, Stony Brook, NY, June 8, 2007

Presentation: "Poverty Alleviation in the U.S." Training for officials from Chinese State council office of Poverty Alleviation and Development,  Stony Brook University Wang Center, February 1, 2010,
       
In addition, over 30 papers and panel presentations given at national, international, regional and state professional association meetings prior to 1986, including: American Psychiatric Association; American Public Welfare Association Central Region; Council on Social Work Education; Eastern Psychological Association; Massachusetts Sociological Association; National Association of Social Workers Professional Symposium; National Association of Social Workers Conference on Women's Issues; National Conference on the Changing Family; National Conference of Jewish Communal Services; National Council of Family Relations; Society for General Systems Research Northeast Division; Society for the Study of Social Problems.