School of Social Work

College of Public Affairs and Community Service

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE 68182-0293

402-***-****

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Rachel Ester Roiblatt

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Social Work University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Chemical Dependency Specialist Hazelden Foundation and

Minneapolis Community College, MN

Marshall Scholar Cambridge University and

The London School of Economics (England, UK)

M.A., Social History Yale University, New Haven, CT

B.A., History summa cum laude Yale College, New Haven, CT

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Mary E. Pennock Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development, University of

Minnesota, 2006-2007.

Instructorship, School of Social Work and Department of Family Social Science, University of

Minnesota, 2001-2008.

Investigator/Collaborator, Centro Portugu s de Investiga o em Hist ria e Trabalho Social,

Portuguese Center for Research in History and Social Work (CPIHTS), University of Coimbra,

Portugal, 2001-present.

Research Assistantship, Family Alternatives, Minneapolis, MN and the University of Minnesota,

1998-2000.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1998.

Research Assistantship, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), University

of Minnesota, 1997-1998.

Summer Fellowship, European School for Comparative Alcohol Research, Nordic Council for

Alcohol and Drug Research, Nordic Academy (NAD), Helsinki, Finland and Hornbaek,

Denmark, 1997.

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First-year Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1996-1997.

Dean s List, Minneapolis Community College, 1986-1987.

Marshall Scholarship, 1976-1978.

Special Honors in History, 1976.

Phi Beta Kappa, 1975.

F. Wilder Bellamy Memorial Prize, Yale College, 1974.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 - Ongoing University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE

Assistant Professor

Full-time faculty member in the School of Social Work and the College of Public Affairs and

Community Service. Teaching SOWK 8510, Supervision and Personnel Administration, as well as

SOWK 8700, Social Work and Addictive Disorders (Spring Semester 2009), in the Master s of Social

Work degree program. Academic adviser to M.S.W. students, member of Integrated Task Force and

Curriculum committees within the School of Social Work, facilitator for a new interdisciplinary

Research Triangle, and participant in a university-wide Teaching Circle and a Community

Engagement Link.

2001 2007 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities St. Paul, MN

Instructor / Community Faculty Member

Substance Abuse (Twice, Distance to 2 and 3 sites)

HBSE (Twice, Distance to 3 sites)

Community Organization (Twice)

Policy (Twice)

Health and Mental Health

Social Welfare History

Diversity

Served as Instructor of Record in the School of Social Work and the Department of Family

Social Science. Taught at both the BA and MSW levels covering the following content:

Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Public Policy, Community Organization,

Diversity and Ethno-cultural Concepts, Introduction to Social Welfare History and Community

Services, Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, Substance Abuse and Social Work, and

Family Psychology. Managed two- and three-site teaching loads in the Distance Education

program, using Interactive Television and other leading-edge distance learning technologies.

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1991 2008 Diversity Resources, Inc. Minneapolis, MN

Founder and Executive Director

Conceived and created an international consulting firm offering professional training and

public education on addictions and mental health needs of special populations. Consultative

projects and program evaluations provided for business and industry, with particular

emphasis upon diversity training and multicultural competence. Workshops, in-services, and

presentations furnished for government entities, private and public health care organizations,

non-profit agencies and university groups. Speaking appearances and projects spanning 20

countries in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and in 33 states within

the USA. Private practice emphasizing chemical health recovery, professional supervision

aftercare case management, individual and group therapy, and family interventions with

substance misusers.

2002 - 2006 Health Capital Management Hammond, WI and Rochester, MN

Consultant

Designed and developed an experimental wellness protocol for use by the Mayo Clinic.

Created a clinical training module for delivering complementary and integrative medical

services to staff and patients, along with a follow-up study to monitor service effectiveness.

1995 - 1996 Center for AIDS Prevention Studies University of California-San Francisco

Researcher

Analyst, interviewer, and coder for the San Francisco Qualitative Interview Study, funded by

the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other advocacy groups to expand primary

prevention among racially diverse client cohorts in the Bay Area (N=96).

Le Centre APTE (Aide et Prevention des Toxicodependances Par L Entraide)

1993 - 1995

Paris and Bucy-le-Long, FRANCE

Formatrice

Created the curriculum, recruited and trained staff, developed and translated clinical

paperwork, liaised with medical professionals and government agencies, and served as

Program Director for a new, publicly-funded 24-bed residential treatment center for

substance abuse rehabilitation. Supervised an 18-member team that included physicians,

nurses, social workers, counselors, and support staff in the first Francophone version of the

Minnesota model of chemical dependency treatment.

Counseling Center for Women (Mercaz Y Utz L Isha) and Bridge to Life (Gesher

1991 - 1993

L Chaim) Treatment Center Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, ISRAEL

Chemical Dependency Consultant

Conducted individual and group counseling on substance abuse and eating disorders,

performed clinical evaluations and led professional in-services and community workshops at

a women s therapy collective. Organized public outreach and in-house programming;

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trained and supervised staff for the first family treatment program at Israel s first 12-Step-

based substance abuse rehabilitation center.

1987 - 1991 Pride Institute/Addiction Recovery Corporation (ARC)

Eden Prairie, MN and Rockville, MD

Director of Public Education

Began as the evaluation counselor, then promoted to primary therapist. In that role (1987-

89), served as primary case manager in the first residential substance abuse treatment

center serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gendered (GLBT) persons. Gave

bibliotherapy lectures, facilitated group therapy, conducted individual and conjoint sessions,

and developed patient treatment plans. Served as Lead Researcher for a seven-site

outcome study conducted by the Addiction Recovery Foundation. As Director (1989-91),

held responsibility for referral development, educational outreach, reviewing service

relationships, and representing Pride Institute at national conferences and other public

forums. Co-authored the first longitudinal study of the GLBT community in recovery (Ratner,

Kosten, McLellan, Roiblatt, Kay, & Magnan, 1991).

1987 Hazelden Foundation Center City, MN

Clinical Intern

Completed case management training for certification as a Chemical Dependency Specialist

at Minnesota s premier inpatient residential rehabilitation center for substance use disorders.

Case manager on Dia Linn hall, Hazelden s original women-specific treatment service.

1983 1986 Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) Minneapolis, MN

Legislative Director

Devised and directed the legislative agenda for a non-profit organization representing twelve

Minnesota state colleges and universities. Supervised 7 student interns and 20-25 legislative

session monitors. Responsible for public speaking and testimony preparation for State

Capitol hearings as well as policy workshops at constituent schools. Drafted and lobbied to

passage legislation providing solar tax credits and energy assistance, mandating soil loss

limits and prairie restoration, regulating nuclear waste shipments and storage, and granting

consumers right-to-know about toxins produced and stored in their communities.

1981 1983 New Mexico State Legislature Santa Fe, NM

Bill Analyst

Researched, analyzed, and drafted legislation for Senate committees dealing with social

security, health policy, and child welfare. Wrote speeches and position papers, handled

statewide public service and media campaigns.

1978 1980 Women s Lobby, Inc. Washington, DC

Public Interest Lobbyist

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Wrote, researched, and lobbied issues of domestic violence, pay equity, and women s health

care in the United States Congress. Coordinated publicity efforts and supervised 9 interns.

1975 1976 Morse College, Yale University New Haven, CT

Master s Assistant for Women

Served as residential counselor for undergraduate women, conducted seminars, and

planned social and cultural events for a population of 430 students and resident faculty.

1974 1975 Office of the Hon. Donald Fraser, US House of Representatives Washington, DC

Legislative Assistant

Wrote committee testimony, prepared speeches for public appearances and the

Congressional Record, researched and compiled legislative summaries and policy papers.

Provided constituent services. Areas of responsibility included social security reform,

maternal and child welfare, and national health policy.

1973 1974 Office of the Public Defender Hennepin County, MN

Administrative Intern

Conceived, developed, and wrote a grant which funded a pre-trial diversion program for

adolescent offenders and established the first social work unit within the Juvenile Defender s

office. Authored a 150-page program handbook detailing Minnesota s residential resources for

youth offenders. Project has since been expanded into an entire social service division within

the Office of the Public Defender of Hennepin County.

PUBLICATIONS

Roiblatt, R.E. (Under Review). The downside of empowerment: Client risk factors for relapse in

women s self-governing social model programs.

Roiblatt, R.E. (Under Review). Inside the black box of women s substance abuse treatment:

Gender effects and the role of therapeutic alliances in processes and outcomes.

Roiblatt, R.E. (Under Review). Using stage status indicators from the Transtheoretical model to

predict treatment success: A mixed-methods study of substance-abusing women.

Roiblatt, R.E. (2008). Review of Shannon Speed, R. Aida Hernandez Castillo, and Lynn M.

Stephen (Eds.), Dissident women: Gender and cultural politics in Chiapas. Invited book

review. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 23(2), 200-201.

Roiblatt, R.E., & Dinis, M. (2006). The lost link [excerpted into Portuguese]. Centro Portugu s

de Investiga o em Hist ria e Trabalho Social [Portuguese Center for Research in History

and Social Work] Annual Newsletter. Coimbra, Portugal: University of Coimbra Press.

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Roiblatt, R.E., & Dinis, M. (2004). The lost link: Social work in early twentieth-century alcohol

policy. Social Service Review, 78(4), 652-674.

Roiblatt, R.E. & Dinis, M. (2004). Social work models for treating substance abuse. In

Proceedings of the Third Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences (pp. 18-28).

Honolulu, HI: East-West Council for Education.

Roiblatt, R.E., & Poisson, F. (1995). Le centre APTE: Une approche pour toute la famille.

Monograph presented at the French National Prevention Association (ANPA) Congress.

In J. Barrias (Ed.), Alcool et Ville (pp.38-53). Toulouse, France: ANPA.

Roiblatt, R.E. (1994). Multi-cultural issues in Israeli drug- and alcohol-dependent populations.

In M. Glatt & T. Millington-Drake (Eds.), Working Papers of the Eurocad Conference.

London, UK: SHARP Press.

Roiblatt, R.E., & Agassi, T. (1993). AIDS is avoidable. [English with Amharic translation]. Tel

Aviv, Israel: Joseph Srebek Publishing House.

Roiblatt, R.E. & Jaros, T. (1992). YOU can stop smoking. Public Health Newsletter, Tel Aviv,

Israel: Tel Aviv University Press.

Ratner, E.F., Kosten, T., McLellan, A.T., Roiblatt, R.E., Kay, D., & Magnan, R.A. (1991).

Treatment outcome of Pride Institute patients. Rockville, MD: ARC Research Foundation.

Roiblatt, R.E. (1991). Chemical dependency among older lesbians and gay men. Salt Lake

City, UT: National Prevention Network, Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP).

Glatt, M.M., & Roiblatt, R. E. (1990). Addiction and recovery theories and methods: A

comparison between the United States and Great Britain. Ramat Gan, Israel: Society for

the Prevention of Alcoholism.

Roiblatt, R. E. (1976). The Folger Shakespeare library. Yale Revue. New Haven, CT.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Paper presentation, Inside the Black Box of Women s Substance

2007

Abuse Treatment: An Ethnographic Content Analysis. Society for Social Work and Research

(SSWR) 11th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Workshop Leader, Not OUR Kids, Not OUR Families. Conference

2007

sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN.

Workshop Leader, Not OUR Kids. Conference sponsored by the

2006

Minnesota Department of Health, St. Louis Park, MN.

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2005 Introduction of Keynote Speaker William Cope Moyers and Workshop

presentation, The Other Side of the Jewish Family, at Addiction, Hope, and Recovery

Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Paper presentation, Service Providers Treatment Model Choices for

2003

Cocaine-Using Clients. Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 7th Annual

Conference, Washington, DC.

W orkshop Leader, Multi-cultural Social Work with Substance

2003

Abusers: Itinerant Models and Emerging Themes. National Association of Social Workers

(NASW) 13th Annual Minnesota Chapter Conference, St. Paul, MN.

Paper presentation, The Election of 1928: A Watershed for Social

2002

W ork s Involvement in U.S. Alcohol Policy. 28th Annual Symposium on Alcohol Research

and Social Epidemiology, Paris, France.

Poster presentation, Grief and Bereavement Education for MSW

2001

Students: A Curriculum Study with Action-Oriented Revisions. Social Work and End-of-Life

Care Symposium, Department of Oncology Social Work, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

MD.

Paper presentation, The Lost Link [early iteration]. 27th Annual

2001

Symposium on Alcohol Research and Social Epidemiology, Toronto, Canada.

2001 Keynote Speaker, Jewish Recovery Network Annual Conference,

Minneapolis, MN.

2000 Workshop Leader, Jewish Recovery Network Annual Retreat, Wilder

Forest, MN.

Paper presentation, Alcohol and Drug Curriculum Modules for Social

1999

Work Educators. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting, San

Francisco, CA.

1999 Workshop Leader, JACS Retreat (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically

Dependent Persons, and Significant Others), Denver, CO.

1998 Colloquium Chair, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual

Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Co-presenter, with Ronald Stahl and Michael Crosby, Preliminary

1996

Findings from the San Francisco Qualitative Interview Study. International AIDS Conference,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1995 Poster Session, International Congress on Alcoholism and the Addictions

(ICAA), University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

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Paper presentation, Across Borders and Boundaries: Training Cross-

1995

Cultural Alcohol Counselors. 21st Annual Symposium on Alcohol Research and Social

Epidemiology, Oporto, Portugal.

1991 1992 Faculty, Mid-South Summer School of Drug and Alcohol Studies,

University of Arkansas School of Social Work, Fayetteville and Little Rock, AR.

Co-presenter, with Harriet and Stephen Lerner, Anger in GLBT couples

1990

therapy. Missouri Marriage and Family Therapy Association, Columbia, MO.

Co-presenter, with Donald Wert, Follow-up Research on Post-inpatient

1990

Substance Abuse Treatment. 12th National/3rd International Lesbian and Gay Health

Conference (ILGHC), Washington, DC.

SERVICE UNIVERSITY (selected)

2004 - 2007 School of Social Work Alumni Advisory Board, Doctoral Student

Representative, University of Minnesota.

1999 - 2002 School of Social Work Governing Council, Doctoral Student

Representative, University of Minnesota.

1998 - 2001 Distance Education Committee Member, School of Social Work,

University of Minnesota.

1997 - 1999 Doctoral Committee Student Representative, School of Social Work,

University of Minnesota.

1974 - 1976 Yale College Curriculum Committee, Student Representative, Yale

University, New Haven, CT.

1973 - 1976 Morse College Council, Yale University; (Member, 1973-74; Vice-

President, 1975-76).

SERVICE PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY (selected)

2008 - Ongoing Abstracts Reviewer, Addictions Track, Council on Social Work

Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

2006 - Ongoing Yale College Admissions Interviewer, Yale Alumni Schools

Committee, New Haven, CT, St. Paul, MN, and Omaha, NE.

Consultant, Verdun House Recovery Centre, St. Michael s Parish,

2005 -2006

Barbados.

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2004 2007 Grant writer and adviser, Jewish Recovery Network, Minneapolis, MN.

Successfully sought funding from the MN Department of Health for a series of community-based

educational outreach conferences, conducted over a three-year period.

2001 Board of Directors, Interfaith Center for Judaism and the Environment,

Minneapolis, MN.

Board of Directors, Deva House children s hospice, St. Paul, MN.

2000 - 2002

1999 - 2001 Professional Inservice, Alternative Therapies for Detoxification and

Recovery, Conscious Bodywork, Minneapolis, MN.

1998 Consultant, La Maison Jean LaPointe, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1996 - 1998 Advisory Board Member, AIDS and Substance Abuse Partnership,

Minneapolis, MN.

Women s STD Prevention Task Force Member, San Francisco AIDS

1995 - 1996

Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

1994 Consultant, Rape Crisis Center, Budapest, Hungary.

Consultant, La Maison De L Espoir (Children s AIDS hospice project),

1993 - 1995

Nanterre, France.

1992 - 1995 Dialogue Leader, Re-evaluation Co-counseling Peace NOW project,

Gaza, Palestine, and Nazareth, Israel.

1991 - 1992 Crisis Counselor, Tel Aviv Rape Crisis Center, Israel.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)

International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD)

Israel Society for the Protection of Personal Rights (SPPR)

International Alliance for Sustainability (IAS)

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French Competent in Spanish

Fluent in Hebrew Competent in Portuguese

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