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Peg McCartt Hess |
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 Hess,
Peg McCartt
(PhD, Social
Work, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, MA, Social
Work, University of Chicago). Dr. Hess is the Associate Director
for Research and Scholarship at the
Institute for Families in Society and an adjunct faculty
member in the College of Educational Psychology. Prior to
joining the Institute, she was the associate dean of the
Columbia University School of Social Work and served on the
faculties of several schools of social work. Dr. Hess is the
co-author of Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many:
The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and
Family Visiting in Out-of-home Care; co-editor of
Practitioner-Researcher Partnerships: Building Knowledge From,
In, and For Practice. She is author of articles and book
chapters regarding family support services, social work
practice, and services that support the reunification of
children in care with their families, her primary areas of
interest. She is currently co-editing a volume based upon the
Institute’s work and another based upon the life history
narratives of influential women social workers in the latter
twentieth century. Dr. Hess provides support to Institute
faculty in their ongoing development and provides technical
assistance and training in program planning, evaluation, and
collaboration to a variety of community-based organizations.
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