JANET MANCINI BILLSON, PH.D., C.C.S.

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Social Policy Research and Evaluation

Education/Education Policy Research

Focus Group Methodology (Research and Training)

Gender and Development/Women in Development/Female Well-Being

Rural-Urban Migration/Urbanization and Social Change/Resettlement Policy/Marginality

EDUCATION:

PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1976; sociology with specializations in qualitative research methods,

group process, and social theory; MA, Brandeis University, 1972; sociology.

BA, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH, 1965; major in sociology; minors in philosophy, psychology.

CCS. Certified Clinical Sociologist, awarded by Sociological Practice Association, 1984.

CONSULTING:

Director, Group Dimensions International, 1981 to present. Private consulting firm specializing in program

evaluations, group facilitation and training, focus group research and training, surveys, and executive interviews.

Extensive international and development research experience.

Moderation and evaluation of conferences, meetings, workshops, and special events. Focus group research projects

for both public and private sector clients, including research design, development of instruments, moderation of

focus groups, data analysis, reporting, and developing recommendations for policy, program, and planning

strategies.

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS:

Visiting Scholar, Well-Being in Developing Countries Research Group, University of Bath, England, 2003-2004

Stuart A. Rice Career Achievement Award, District of Columbia Sociological Society, 2001

Award for Sociological Practice, Society for Applied Sociology, 2000

Alumni of the Year Award, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1999

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1965-1966

National Institute of Mental Health Field Work Fellow, 1966-1968

Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter, England, 1981

Danforth Associate, 1979-present

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

The George Washington University, Washington, DC:

Visiting Professor of Sociology, 1995-1997

Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, 1993-1995, 1997-present

The American Sociological Association, Washington, DC:

Assistant Executive Officer; Director, Academic and Professional Affairs Program, 7/91-6/95

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI:

Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, 1973-1991

Assistant Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, July 1984-July 1986

Acting Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Life, January-July 1984

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Pathways to Identity Project, Cambridge, MA:

Chief Research Associate, 1967-1969. Project funded by U.S. Office of Education and Ford Foundation;

author, $150,000 renewal grant proposal. Focus on identity and marginality among urban minority youth.

Peace Corps Training Program, Senegal and Ivory Coast: Graduate Assistant/Field Assessment Officer, 1966.

EVALUATION, POLICY, AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

International and Urban Development

Focus group research in developing countries with national planning department staff, government ministers,

donors, media personnel, private sector, and NGOs. Focus group research with World Bank Group

executives and task team leaders at headquarters in Washington, DC, on issues of Bank policy

implementation, the Bank s evaluation methods, attitudes toward monitoring and evaluation among

borrower countries, and the impacts of Bank lending. Participant observation, focus groups, and surveys for

international Bank conferences. Examples include:

Evaluation of the flagship publication, U.N. Economic and Social Survey for Asia and the Pacific, U.N.

Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.

Impact of Decentralization and Women s Political Empowerment on Public Expenditures and Community

Development in Rwanda, Africa Technical Families, The World Bank.

Implementing Effective Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Internal Perceptions of Bank Task

Managers and Mid-Level Managers, Office of Policy and Country Services, The World Bank.

Country Assistance Review Uganda: Focus Groups for Public and Private Sector Stakeholders, Operations

Evaluation Department, The World Bank.

Evaluation of the Global Knowledge 97 Conference (Canada), Economic Development Institute, The World

Bank.

Impact of the EDI/FASID Development Effectiveness Program on the Environment and Urban

Development, Economic Development Institute, The World Bank, and the Foundation for Advanced Studies

on International Development (Malaysia, Japan).

Perceptions of Evaluation Methods, Processes, and Products, Operations Evaluation Department, on the

Bank s evaluation methods, The World Bank, (Washington, Colombia, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe).

Evaluation of the Asia Development Forum (Philippines), Economic Development Institute, The World

Bank.

Social Development in World Bank Work: Perspectives of Task Managers and Economists, Task Group on

Social Development, The World Bank, on incorporating the social dimension into Bank projects, policies, and

processes.

The Research Process in World Bank Projects: The Perspectives of Task Managers, on research issues in

studying girls education in Asian and African countries, Asia Technical Division, The World Bank.

Complexities of Involuntary Resettlement Policies in World Bank Projects, Environment and Social Policy

Division, The World Bank

Evaluation of HD (Human Development) Week and Pre-HD Week, World Bank Institute, The World Bank.

Education and International Education

Surveys, interviews, and focus groups with educational administrators, teachers, students, school staff, and parents

in several U.S. cities to evaluate conferences and programs, conduct needs assessments, and evaluate the

effectiveness of federally-funded technical support programs.

Perspectives of Board Members: A Needs Assessment, Situation Analysis, and Strategic Planning Report,

Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program.

Fulbright Executive Directors Worldwide: Needs Assessment, Program Structure, and Final Evaluation,

Canada-U.S. Educational Foundation.

Student Perceptions of the Performing Arts Center/Program, George Mason University.

Student, Teacher, and Parent Reactions to an Interactive Presentation on Historical Presidential Decisions,

The Truman Presidential Museum.

Teaching American History Project (funded by U. S. Department of Education): Needs Assessment and

Program Evaluation (2002-2005), Bristol Community College.

History, Together (funded by U. S. Department of Education): Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation

(2002-2005), Bristol Community College.

Delivering Technical Assistance to Schools, Region III Comprehensive Center, George Washington

University (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania).

Improving America s Schools: A Needs Assessment, U.S. Department of Education.

Technical Assistance for Urban Schools: A Needs Assessment (Delaware), Region III Comprehensive Center,

George Washington University.

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Learner Outcomes for Public Education in Rhode Island, Board of Regents of Rhode Island, for Alpha

Research Associates.

Integrating Science across the Curriculum: Evaluation of A Faculty Training Program, Northern Virginia

Community College.

Health, Fertility, Restructuring of Medical Care

Surveys, interviews, and/or focus groups with consumers, nurses, and hospital staff in several U.S. cities to evaluate

(for example) a CDC manual to help consumers understand fertility clinic data, to assess the needs of consumers in

choosing a health care plan, to evaluate the impacts of hospital restructuring, and to examine links between brain

injury and violent behavior.

Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Services for Patients in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, Office of HIV

Planning, City of Philadelphia (funded in part by the CDC).

Evaluation of the Rhode Island Blood Center Ambassador Program, RIBC, with Suzanne Szabo, Providence,

RI.

Substance Abuse Needs Assessment, Town of Warren, Warren, RI, with Megan Mullins.

Evaluation of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates Report Consumer Perspectives, Centers

for Disease Control, Division of Reproductive Health, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and

American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

The Decision to Use Reproductive Technology for Infertility, Centers for Disease Control, Division of

Reproductive Health, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and RESOLVE.

A National Health Care Report Card, National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Impact of Hospital Restructuring on Nurses and Nurse's Aides, Economic Policy Institute.

NCQA Accreditation Reports: Consumer and Employer Perspectives, National Committee for Quality

Assurance.

Perceptions of Support Programs for Parents of High-Risk Babies, George Washington University,

Department of Teacher Preparation and Special Education.

The Relationship between Traumatic Brain Injury and the Commission of Assaultive Crime (focus groups with

convicted murders and sex offenders incarcerated for life in a Maryland prison), Defense and Veterans Head

Injury Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Women s Perceptions of the 2003 Branding Campaign, Baptist Health.

Seniors Perspectives on 55 Plus Marketing, Baptist Health.

What Kinds of Information Do Consumers Need in Selecting a Health Plan? A Research Synthesis, National

Committee for Quality Assurance (for HICFA).

Energy, Deregulation, Environment

Focus groups with regulated power producers, state Public Utility Commissions and Power Siting Boards,

independent power producers, media, academic experts, Congressional staff, investment brokers, energy trade

associations, consumer groups, and federal government agencies on their information needs with the advent of

electric power restructuring. Similar constituencies were interviewed for natural gas restructuring, in addition to

local distribution companies, marketers, pipeline companies, co-generators, and gas-fired electric utilities. For

CEBECS, a telephone survey was conducted with building managers in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco to

assess their ability and willingness to provide energy consumption and expenditures data to the Energy Information

Administration with electric power deregulation.

Public Perceptions of Alternative Fuel Vehicles, University of Maryland/Department of Energy.

Expected Impact of Natural Gas Restructuring on Information Needs, Energy Information Administration

U.S. Department of Energy.

Expected Impact of Electric Power Restructuring on Information Needs, Energy Information Administration,

U.S. Department of Energy.

Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS): Report on Future Data Reporting Patterns,

Energy Information Administration, U. S. Department of Energy.

Environmental Education: Educator Perspectives on Needs and Resources in Rhode Island Schools, Save the

Bay.

Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Organizations in Rhode Island, Save the Bay.

Evaluation of Project Narragansett: Environmental Education for Middle School Children, Save the Bay.

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T ra nsit/ADA/D isability

Surveys, interviews, and focus groups with transit executives; transit boards; motorcoach, fixed route, and

paratransit operators; people with disabilities; general ridership; and disability service agency staff. Site visits to

over 30 large, medium, and small-sized U.S. cities to review mobility planning services programs (focus on access

to fixed route system for people with disabilities):

The ADA Customer Service Delivery Training Program for Motorcoach Operators (on-site evaluation of five

training workshops; focus groups; survey), Easter Seals Project ACTION).

ADA Customer Service Delivery Proficiency Test for Motorcoach Operators, (development, pilot test),

Easter Seals Project ACTION.

Evaluation of Mobility Planning Services 1999-2000 (program to help people with disabilities gain access to

fixed route public transit), Easter Seals Project ACTION.

Evaluation of June 1999 Technical Assistance Conferences (for transit industry personnel), Easter Seals

Project ACTION.

Evaluation, One Stop Shopping Initiative (Mobility Planning, 1998-99), Easter Seals Project ACTION.

ADA...The Bus Stops Here, 1999: Evaluation of the Training Program, Easter Seals Project ACTION.

ADA...The Bus Stops Here, 1998: Evaluation of the Training Program, Easter Seals Project ACTION.

Directions in Public Transportation in Rhode Island (ridership study), Rhode Island Public Transit Authority,

for Alpha Research Associates.

Public Transit Boards: Organizations and Characteristics (survey of all transit CEOs and all transit board

chairs in U.S.), National Academy of Sciences, Transit Cooperative Research Board.

Other Issues (selected)

Focus groups and/or individual interviews with minority group members, by gender, for various clients.

Public Perceptions of Affordable Housing and Homelessness, The United Way of Rhode Island, Providence.

Census Motivational Appeal The Minority Undercount: Reactions to Alternative Messages, U. S. Bureau of

the Census.

Minority Perceptions of Rhode Island s Court System, RI Supreme Court, Permanent Committee on Women

and Minorities, Solutions Project, Providence, RI.

National Study of Interests in Intercollegiate Athletics among Women, National Collegiate Athletics

Association (N.C.A.A.) (gender equity).

Women and Religion, Center for Gender Equality (Princeton Survey Research Associates).

Perceptions of the Needs of Women in Greater Providence, Providence YWCA, for Alpha Research

Associates.

TRAINING WORKSHOPS

On-site courses for government agencies, non-profits, and corporations; monthly in Barrington, RI. Includes

organizing training modules and developing 150-page training manual on group dynamics theory, moderation

training, research design, data analysis, and report preparation. On-site clients include:

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific (Thailand); Foundation for Advanced

Studies on International Development (Japan); PARTICIP (Germany); The World Bank (National Planning

Departments/Bank Resident Mission Staff, Colombia, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia); The World Bank (Operations

Evaluation Department); The World Bank/Carleton University International Program for Development Evaluation

Training (Ottawa 2001, 2002, 2004); Nexo Bolivia; Ministry of Public Information and Administration (Trinidad);

Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad); Global Healthcare Exchange; United States Information Agency;

Office of HIV Planning, Philadelphia; Pew Charitable Trusts (Evaluation and Research Department); KRC

Research; Insight Policy Research; Association of Maternal and Child Healthcare Programs; Columbus Children s

Hospital; Chicago Memorial Childrens Hospital; U.S. Bureau of the Census (Bureau of Survey Methods Research);

U.S. Health and Human Services (Gang-Proofing Project); Minnesota Blue Cross/Blue Shield; American

Association of Public Opinion Research (Annual Meeting); Brown University Education Alliance; Brown

University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research; Industrial Policy Institute; Office of Resolution

Management, Department of Veterans Affairs; RI Department of Training and Development; Boston

Redevelopment Authority; Baptist Health; Society for Applied Sociology; Boston Hospital Center; Family Voices;

University of Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center; Society for Applied Sociology (Annual Meeting);

Trendmasters; Valdosta State University Division of Public Services; University of Rhode Island Center for

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Geriatric Education; The Urban Institute; Motorola; Institute for Excellence and Equity in Education

(Comprehensive Technical Assistance Center, George Washington University); Group Dimensions/George

Washington University; U. S. Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration); The American

Sociological Association (Annual Meeting); Sociological Practice Association (Annual Meeting); Clinical

Sociological Association (Annual Meeting); Northeast Utilities.

GROUP FACILITATION TRAINING; TEAMWORK TRAINING

American Educational Development; Brown University Education Alliance; Rhode Island School of Design; Rhode

Island College; International House of Rhode Island; International Institute of Rhode Island; Baptist Health (hospital

system), Arkansas; Women and Infants' Hospital, Providence; Family Voices, Boston; Big Sisters of Rhode Island;

Displaced Homemaker Program, Providence; Riverwood Rehabilitation Center, Rhode Island; Planned Parenthood

of Rhode Island; Rhode Island Center for Attitudinal Support (cancer patients); Middlesex Community College,

Massachusetts; Craigwood Group Homes, Canada; Save the Bay, Rhode Island.

FACILITATION OF SOCIAL POLICY MEETINGS, RETREATS, CONFERENCES

Facilitation (and, in some cases, needs assessments, program planning, and post-program evaluation) for executives,

officers, and staff members of non-profit or government agencies.

Family Voices, Boston, MA, retreat and strategic planning.

NIH, Health Research Services Administration, Division of Nursing, Expert Workgroup Meeting: Nursing

Faculty Development in Simulated Learning, Rockville, MD.

Listening to the City, citizen input on plans for the former World Trade Center site, New York City, America

Speaks (July, 2002).

Project Officers Retreat, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Washington, DC.

Strategic Planning Retreat, Canada-U.S. Fulbright Commission Board, Washington, DC.

Fulbright Commissioners Executive Training Workshop (with all 50 directors from around the world), Canada-

U.S. Fulbright Commission, Banff Springs, Canada.

National Workshop on Privacy of Medical Records, National Committee for Quality Assurance and Joint

Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations, Washington, DC (two years).

Mobility Planning Services (MPS) 2000: Team Building and Program Design Retreat (planning, facilitation,

and evaluation for staff and contractors), Easter Seals Project ACTION.

Debriefing on HEDIS Data, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC.

Staff Retreat, Region III Comprehensive Technical Assistance Center (Education), George Washington

University, Washington, DC.

National Workshop, Integrating Science Research into the Science Curriculum, The Chesapeake Institute,

Washington, DC.

Debriefing on HEDIS Data, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC).

Planning and Facilitated Retreat, Bridging Parent Leadership Groups, Rhode Island ARC, University of

Rhode Island Alton Jones Retreat Center.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH:

RESEARCH TRAINING MANUALS

The World Bank Institute (WBIES) Guidelines for Effective Focus Group Research. Washington, DC: The

World Bank Group, forthcoming, 2005.

The Power of Focus Groups for Social, Policy, and Academic Research, 4th edition. Barrington, RI: Skywood

Press, 2004.

The Power of Focus Groups: Focus on International Development. Barrington, RI: Skywood Press, 2004.

The Power of Focus Groups: Focus on Health. Barrington, RI: Skywood Press, 2004.

The Power of Focus Groups: Focus on Education, Barrington, RI: Skywood Press, 2004.

Making Sense of SPSS and Surveys: From Design to Analysis. Barrington, RI: Skywood Press, 2004.

BOOKS

Female Well-Being: Toward a Global Theory of Social Change, with Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (London,

England: ZED Books, 2005). (Chapters on Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, Colombia, Canada, United States,

Iceland, Croatia, United Kingdom, Sudan, and South Africa).

Inuit Women: Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change, with Kyra M. Reis.

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A study of the impact of rapid social change and Canadian resettlement policy on Inuit culture and women's

status and roles in Baffin Island, Northwest Territories; section on the newly-created territory, Nunavut.

(Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming, spring 2006).

Pathways to Manhood: Young Black Males Struggle for Identity. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction (1996).

A theoretical and applied approach to understanding how interpersonal styles lead to conformity or deviance.

Keepers of the Culture: The Power of Tradition in Women's Lives. (New York: Lexington Books, 1995/Ottawa:

Penumbra Press, 1999. To be republished by Rowman & Littlefield, Spring 2005).

Based on interviews with women in Canada of Chinese, Mennonite, Blood, Iroquois, Jamaican, Ukrainian, and

Inuit ancestry. A cross-cultural exploration of women's changing roles and power. (Portion reprinted in A Brief

History of Matrilineal Culture in Ukraine, Surviving Together, Winter 1995:49-50.)

Cool Pose: Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America, with Richard Majors (New York: Lexington Books, 1992;

Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, paperback, 1993). An analysis of the positive and negative functions of cool

pose among young African-American males living within the structural context of American society, and the

relationship of cool to black-on-black violence, substance abuse, gangs, pride, identity. Nominated for a Pulitzer

Prize; reviewed in Science section, The New York Times, and by Andrew Hacker in The New York Review of

Books.

Strategic Styles: Coping in the Inner City (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1980). A study of

identity-formation among African American adolescents; based on Harvard's Pathways to Identity project.

In the Wake of the Mills: Central Falls, RI. Rhode Island College Community Profile Series No.1, 1983.

CHAPTERS AND MONOGRAPHS

Conducting Focus Group Research across Cultures: Consistency and Comparability, Research Paper No. 1,

WeD--Well-Being In Developing Countries Research Group (Economic and Social Research Council),

University of Bath, England, September 2004).

No Owner of Soil: Redefining the Concept of Marginality, in Marginality and Society: Issues in Class, Race,

and Gender, Rutledge Dennis, ed. Blackwells, forthcoming.

The United States and the Myth of Assimilation: Diversity and Alienation, in Perspectives on Current Social

Problems, Gregg Carter, ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.

Teaching as Sociological Practice, chapter in Teaching Sociological Practice: A Resource Book, Carla B.

Howery, Novella Perrin, and John Seem, eds. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association (1993).

Group Process in the Classroom: Building Relationships for Learning, chapter in Teaching Sociological

Practice: A Resource Book, Carla B. Howery, Novella Perrin, and John Seem, eds. Washington, DC: American

Sociological Association (1993).

The Social Context of Teaching and Learning (with Richard Tiberius), chapter 6 in Approaching

Instructional Problems through Theoretical Perspectives, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Robert J.

Menges and Marilla Svinicki, eds., No. 45, Spring 1991: 67-86. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Effective Social Arrangements for Teaching and Learning (with Richard Tiberius), chapter 7 in Approaching

Instructional Problems through Theoretical Perspectives, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Robert J.

Menges and Marilla Svinicki, eds., No. 45, Spring 1991: 87-109. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Empowering Women: A Clinical Sociology Model for Working with Women in Groups (with Estelle Disch),

chapter 20 in The Handbook of Clinical Sociology, Howard Rebach and John Bruhn, eds. New York: Plenum

Press, 1991.

Changing Role of Inuit Women and Their Families: New Choices for a New Era, in Gossip: A Spoken

History of Women in the North, Mary Crnkovich, ed. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, 1990.

Violence toward Inuit Women and Children, pp. 151-162 in Gossip: A Spoken History of Women in the

North, Mary Crnkovich, ed. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, 1990.

ARTICLES, REVIEW ESSAYS

Inuit Dreams, Inuit Realities: Shattering the Bonds of Dependency, American Review of Canadian Studies,

special issue on aboriginal issues, (Spring/Summer 2001): 283-299.

Inmate Perceptions of the Causes of Violent Criminal Behavior: The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on

Focus Group Responses (with Karen A. Schwab, Reginald Cole, Tony Swetz, and Andres M. Salazar. (under

review)

The Challenges of Conducting Focus Groups in a Prison Setting: Traumatic Brain Injury and Inmate

Perception of Violent Behavior (with Karen A. Schwab, Reginald Cole, and Henry Musk). (under review)

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Group Process in the College Classroom: Building Relationships for Learning. Collaborative Learning: A

Sourcebook for Higher Education, Vol. II. The National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, 1, 5, 1998.

What Information is Useful to Consumers in Selecting a Health Plan? (with Margaret E. O Kane, Linda

Shelton, and Phyllis Torda), Health Care Finance Review (1997).

Changing the Resettlement and Development Equation: Sociology and Social Policy at The World Bank, The

Rural Sociologist, 1996.

Bringing New Knowledge into the Development Program: The World Bank s Sociologists--An Interview with

Michael Cernea, Development News Weekly Supplement (World Bank), Feb. 10, 1995: 43-45.

A Brief History of Matrilineal Culture in Ukraine, Surviving Together, Winter 1995:49-50.

Keepers of the Culture: Resisting Change and the Women's Movement in Canada, Women and Politics, Vol.

14, 1994: 1-34.

Accidental Motherhood: Reproductive Control and Access to Opportunity among Women in Canada (with

Martha Stapleton), Women's Studies International Forum 17, 4 July-August 1994: 357-372.

Society and Self: A Symbolic Interactionist Framework for Sociological Practice, Clinical Sociology Review,

Vol. 12, 1994.

Group Processes in the College Classroom: Building Relationships for Learning, Collaborative Learning: A

Sourcebook for Higher Education, Vol. II. The National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and

Assessment (NCTLA), 1994.

Review Essay, Challenging Times: The Women's Movement in Canada and the United States (C. Backhouse

and D. Flaherty, eds.), Canadian Review of American Studies, Summer 1993 (special issue on gender).

Standing Tradition on Its Head: Role Reversal among [Alberta] Blood Indian Couples, Great Plains

Quarterly, 11, 1, Winter 1991: 3-21. (reprinted in David R. Millwer, Carl Beal, James Dempsey and R. Wesley

Heber, eds., The First Ones: Readings in Indian/Native Studies, 1992, Piapot Reserve #75: Saskatchewan Indian

Federated College Press.

Interlocking Identities: Gender, Ethnicity and Power in the Canadian Context, International Journal of

Canadian Studies, 3, Spring 1991: 49-67.

The Progressive Verification Method: Toward a Feminist Methodology for Studying Women Cross-

Culturally, Women's Studies International Forum, 14, 3, 1991: 201-215.

Opportunity or Tragedy? The Impact of Canadian Resettlement Policy on Canadian Inuit Families, The

American Review of Canadian Studies, 20, 2, Summer 1990: 187-218.

Review, Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (R. A. Krueger), Clinical Sociology Review,

Vol. 7, 1989: 232-235.

No Owner of Soil: The Concept of Marginality Revisited on Its Sixtieth Birthday, International Review of

Modern Sociology, Autumn 1988, 18: 183-204.

Social Change, Social Problems, and the Search for Identity: Canada's Northern Native Peoples in Transition,

The American Review of Canadian Studies, Autumn 1988, 18, 3: 295-316.

Fostering Non-Deviant Life Styles among Inner City Youth: A Clinical Sociological Perspective,

Adolescence, Fall 1988, Vol. 23, 91: 517-532.

A Student Retention Model for Higher Education, (with Margaret Brooks Terry), College and University,

Summer 1987: 90-305.

Mud Street School: Memories of a One-Room School in Ontario, Federation of Women Teachers Association

of Ontario Newsletter, November/December 1986, 5, 2.

The College Classroom as a Small Group: Some Implications for Teaching and Learning, Teaching

Sociology, July 1986: 43-51.

Saul Alinsky: Contributions of a Pioneer Clinical Sociologist, Clinical Sociology Review, 1984, 2: 7-11.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

The On-the-Road Map: A Guide to OCAP Site Visits Planning, Implementation, and Reporting. Barrington,

RI: Skywood Press, 2004. For the Organizational Climate Assessment Program, Office of Resolution

Management, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Mastering the Job Market with A Graduate Degree in Sociology (editor, rev. ed.). Washington, DC: American

Sociological Association, 1996.

Embarking upon a Career with an Undergraduate Career in Sociology, (editor, rev. ed.). Washington, DC:

American Sociological Association, 1994.

Sociologists in the Corporate World (editor). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1994.

Careers in Sociology (with Bettina J. Huber). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1993.

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Conducting Focus Groups: A Manual for Sociologists on the Use of Focus Groups as a Tool in Social and

Market Research. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1992.

Accessing the Federal Network: A Manual for Sociologists Seeking Employment with the Federal Government.

Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1992.

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS: (over 50 upon request) REFERENCES: Upon request.

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