Tag: Social Work

October 21, 2019

Announcing Our 2019-2020 Social Work Catalog

Letter from the editor: I am pleased to share the 2019-2020 Columbia University Press social work catalog. If I were to pick a theme tying these books together, it would be “social work in an anxious age.” In politically precarious times, when...

December 11, 2018

Q&A: Patrick Corrigan on The Stigma Effect

“How do we, as a society, reduce stigmatization of the seriously mentally ill? As Patrick Corrigan persuasively argues in this thorough inquiry into the subject, we should listen to their stories, for then we will discover fellow human beings, and...

November 8, 2018

Fifty Years of Publishing in Social Work

Columbia University Press’s social work program — begun in the 1960s in collaboration with faculty at the Columbia School of Social work — consists of works that focus on social problems, give voice to marginalized populations, and further social justice....

October 23, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Unbinding the Pillow Book, Merger Masters, Climate Change, and More!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available! Merger Masters Tales of Arbitrage Kate Welling and Mario Gabelli Climate Change The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future (Second Edition) Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon Political...

March 20, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Show Trial, Contesting Cyberspace in China, Race Unmasked and More

​Our weekly listing of new books is now available!   Contesting Cyberspace in China Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience Rongbin Han Hawk of the Mind Collected Poems Yang Mu. Edited by Michelle Yeh Immigration Policy in the Age of Punishment...

May 7, 2014

Video: Marian Harris on Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare

In the following video, Marian S. Harris discusses her new book Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare. In the book, Harris identifies the practice and policy changes required to successfully address the unequal treatment of children of color in the child...

March 27, 2014

Alfred Kadushin, 1916-2014

Recently, longtime Columbia University Press author Alfred Kadushin passed away. We will mourn his loss and his contribution both to the press and to the field of social work. The following is his obituary: Professor Alfred Kadushin, professor emeritus at...

June 5, 2013

Q&A with Goldie Kadushin on the new 5th edition of The Social Work Interview

Read an interview with one of the coauthors of the fifth edition of The Social Work Interview, Goldie Kadushin.

April 18, 2012

Nicholas Teich Explains Transgender 101 on the Huffington Post

In an article and slideshow posted today on the Huffington Post, Nicholas Teich, author of Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue, explained the story behind Transgender 101 and lays out “15 essential things to know” about what “transgender” really means.

January 25, 2012

Interview with Joshua Miller, author of "Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters"

Joshua Miller, author of Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters, was recently interviewed as part of the Living Proof Podcast Series. Here is a description of the series from “Living Proof”: Dr. Joshua Miller discusses the many types of...