<p>SELECTED PUBLICATIONS</p><p>L. Froggett, E. Ramvi, L. Davies. (2014) "Thinking from experience in psycyhcosocial practice: reclaiming and teaching ‘use of self’" Journal of Social Work Practice </p><p>E. Ramvi & L. Davies (2010) “Gender, mothering and relational work”. Journal of Social Work Practice Volume 24</p><p>L. Davies (2008) “Omnipotence in child protection: Making room for ambivalence” Journal of Social Work Practice Vol .22. No. 2</p><p>L. Davies and A. Grenier, (2008) Editorial “Psychotherapeutic approaches to practice in the public sector” Journal of Social Work Practice Canadian Special Issue Vol 22:2</p><p>L. Davies, S. Collings (2008) "Emotional knowledge for child welfare practice: Reexamining our roots." Smith College for Studies in Social Work, Vol 78, No 1, pp. 7-26</p><p>L. Davies, J. Krane, S. Collings, S. Wexler. (2007) “Developing mothering narratives in child protection practice” Journal of Social Work Practice. Vol. 21,1, pp.23-34</p><p>L. Davies and J. Krane (2006) “Collaborate with caution: Protecting children, helping mothers”, Critical Social Policy 26, 2, pp.412-425 </p><p>P. Rains, L. Davies, M. McKinnon, (2004) “Social services construct the teen mother”, Families in Society 85, 1, pp.17-26</p><p>L. Davies, S. Collings, J. Krane. (2003) “Making mothers visible: Implications for social work practice and education in child welfare”, Journal for the Association for Research on Mothering, Vol. 5, 2, pp.158-169</p><p>L. Davies and J. Krane (2003) “Critical reflections on practice with battered women: Insights from Maya’s story, Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, Vol. 28.1 pp.63-71</p><p>J. Krane and L. Davies. (2002) “Sisterhood is not enough: The invisibility of mothering in battered women’s shelters”, Affilia, Vol. 17 (2) pp. 167-190 </p><p>L. Davies, M. McKinnon, P. Rains. (2001) "Creating a family: Perspectives from teen mothers" Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol. 12 (1) pp. 83-100</p><p>M. McKinnon, L. Davies, P. Rains (2001) "What about the fathers? Contrasting views of men in the lives of the teen mothers”, Affilia. Spring, pp. 80-99 L. Davies and J. Krane (1996) "Shaking the legacy of mother blaming: No easy task for child welfare", Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol 7, (2) pp.3-22.</p><p>L. Davies (1989) "Professional autonomy revisited: The case of social work practice in child abuse", Canadian Social Work Review, (2), summer, pp.186-202.</p><p>Books and Chapters in Books:</p><p>J. Krane, J., Davies, L., Carlton, R., & Mulcahy, M. (2010) “The clock starts now: Rethinking attachment theory in child protection practice”. In B Featherstone, CA Hooper, J Scourfield & J Taylor, (Eds), Gender and Child Welfare in Society. Chichester Wiley Press. </p><p>L. Davies and P. Leonard (eds.) (2004) Social Work in a Corporate Era: Practices of Power and Resistance, Aldershot, U.K. Ashgate Publishing.</p><p>L. Davies and S. Collings (2004) “Subject-to-subject: reclaiming the emotional terrain for practice” Chapter Four in Social Work in a Corporate Era: Practices of Power and Resistance, Aldershot, U.K., Ashgate Publishing. </p><p>L. Davies, P. Rains, M. McKinnon. (1999) "On my own: A new discourse on dependence and independence from young mothers” in Teen Pregnancy and Parenting D. Checkland and J. Wong, Eds. University of Toronto Press, pp. 38-51</p><p>L. Davies, (1990) "Limits of bureaucratic control: Social workers in Child Welfare", in L. Davies and E. Shragge (eds.), Bureaucracy and Community. Montréal: Black Rose, pp. 81-101.</p><p>SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS</p><p>2007 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, J Krane (P.I.) L. Davies, Co-investigator, Engaging mothers and f fathers: Challenges for social service practices with parents $97,510</p><p>2006 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA. International Opportunities Grant, L. Davies, Principal Investigator Making Gender Visible in Child Welfare: An International Initiative $75,000</p><p>2003 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Linda Davies, Principal investigator: Constructing Maternal Identities: an examination of everyday practices in welfare state organizations, $131,109. 2000 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Linda Davies, Principal investigator "Implementing the feminist vision: Case studies of four organizations" $102,000.</p><p>1994- SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA "Pregnant and parenting teens: An examination of social services and policies". P. Rains, principal investigator L. Davies, co-investigator, M. McKinnon, $65,620.</p><p>SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS</p><p>"Emotional effects of relational work- a psycho-social perspective". European Group for Organizational Studies, (2013, July) Montreal, Quebec</p><p>"Vicarious trauma in Relational Professions" University of Stavanger, Norway, Professional Development Research Group, June 2012</p><p>“Attachment based practice in child protection ” Gender & Child Welfare – An Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, April 2009</p><p>Keynote Speaker Gender & Child Welfare – An Interdisciplinary Conference, York University, U.K. “Omnipotence in Child Protection: Making room for ambivalence” October, 2007</p><p>“Maternal ambivalence in child protection work” Canadian SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Social Work Practice, (International) McGill University April, 2007</p><p>Keynote Speaker, Public Seminar Series, Bradford University, U.K. “Protecting Children in Circumstances of violence: Implications for Women as Mothers” March, 2007</p><p>“Domestic violence and child protection” Why gender matters in child protection. University of Huddersfield, U.K. April 2005. </p><p>“Mothering under difficult and unusual circumstances: The case of women’s shelters, Association for Research on Mothering, Mothering & Feminism Conference York University, October 2004 </p><p>“Mothering & Social Work Education” Mothering & Teaching Conference: Bringing Mothers into the Academy: York University, May 2002 </p><p>“Beyond the state: Conceptualizing protection in community settings”, Evaluation for practice conference, University of Huddersfield, England, July 2000. "Reconceptualizing teenage mothers: Social services and their clients", Seventh Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., June 1995.</p><p>"Too young to be a mum: Examining cultural stereotypes about teenage mothers", Conference on Writings, Genders, Cultures. Faculty of Education, McGill University, May 1994.</p><p>"The creation of an alternative social service program for the black family in Montreal". Social Welfare Policy Conference, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld., June 1993.</p><p>"The justice/welfare debate in child welfare". Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of West Indies, Barbados, 1991.</p><p>"Child sexual abuse from a feminist perspective". Chairperson, Professional Development Seminar, School of Social Work Alumni Annual Meeting, Montreal, 1987.</p>