Joel Blau, D.S.W School of Social Welfare Stony Brook University 631 444-3149 ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2000-present Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Administrator of, and teacher of social policy in, the school’s Ph.D. program. 1996-2000: Associate Professor and Director of the PhD Program, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Administrator of, and teacher of social policy in, the school's Ph.D program. 1993-1996: Associate Professor (tenured), School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Full-time teacher of courses in the planning, research, and administration sequence on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. 1987-1993: Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Full-time teacher of courses in the planning, research, and administration sequence on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. 1983-1987: Lecturer in social welfare policy, Columbia University School of Social Work. PUBLICATIONS Books Joel Blau, with Mimi Abramovitz, The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy, 4th edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014) Joel Blau, with Mimi Abramovitz, The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy, 3rd edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) Joel Blau, with Mimi Abramovitz, The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy, 2nd Edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) Joel Blau, with Mimi Abramovitz, The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) 2 Illusions of Prosperity: America's Working Families in An Age of Economic Insecurity (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [paperback edition, Oxford University Press, 2001] The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States (New York City: Oxford University Press, 1992 [paperback edition, Oxford University Press, 1993] Edited Volumes Christopher Dykema, Forty Years in Social Work: Reflections on Practice and Theory, edited and with an Afterword by Joel Blau, (Washington, D.C. NASW Press, 2013) Tatsushi Hirono, The Role of Religious Leaders in Suicide Prevention: A Comparative Analysis of American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy, edited and with a Foreword by Joel Blau (New York: Edward Mellen Press, 2012) Book Chapters “The Political Economy of U.S. Social Policy,” in Michael Reisch, editor, Social Policy, Social Justice (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2014), pp.101-123 “From the Great Society to the Retreat of the Welfare State,” in Kristine Nelson and Alice Lieberman, editors, Women and Children First: The Contributions of the Children’s Bureau to Social Work Education (Washington, D.C.: Council on Social Work Education, 2013), pp.57-70 “Social Policy: Public Welfare,” Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History, Volume 2, Donald T. Critchlow and Phil Vandermeer, editors, (New York City: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp.256-260 “Go Out and Find a Job: Public Perceptions of Homeless Men,” in Homelessness in America, Robert Hartman McNamara, editor, (New York: Praeger Perspectives, 2008) Volume 1, pp. 15-28 “Income Distribution,” Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Edition, Terry Mizrahi and Larry Davis, editors (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), vol.2, pp.455-459 “Welfare Reform in Historical Perspective,” in The Promise of Welfare Reform: Rhetoric or Reality, Keith Kilty and Elizabeth Segal, editors (Binghampton, New York: The Haworth Press, 2006), pp.49-56 3 Jaimie Page and Joel Blau, “Public Mental Health Systems: Breaking the Impasse in the Treatment of Oppressed Groups,” in Community Mental Health: Challenges for the 21st Century, J. Rosenberg and S. Rosenberg, editors (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp.103-116 “Social Welfare Since the Social Security Act,” in The Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, John H. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart, editors (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2005). pp. 378-381 "The Composition of the Homeless Population," in Dennis Keen, Reading Alone, Reading Together, (New York: Harcourt Brace, Inc., 1997), pp.140-150 [reprinted from The Visible Poor, pp.24-30 . "The Homeless Mentally Ill Should Not Be Institutionalized," in Mental Illness: Opposing Viewpoints, William Barbour, ed., (San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, 1995), pp. 185-191 [reprinted from The Visible Poor, pp. 85-89] "Can Workfare Programs Succeed in Bringing Large Numbers of People Out of Poverty," in Howard Karger and James Midgley, eds., Controversial Issues in Social Policy (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994), pp. 238-250. Journal Articles "Why The United States Is Not Sweden,"The Journal of Progressive Human Services, 4 (1): 1-16, 1993. "A Paralysis of Social Policy?" Social Work, 37 (6): 558-562, November 1992 "Theories of the Welfare State," Social Service Review, 63 (1): 26- 38, March, 1989. "The Limits of the Welfare State: New York City's Response to Homelessness," Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 16 (1): 79- 91, March, 1989. "Homelessness: A Literature Review," in Catalyst, 6 (2): 5-25, 1988 Joel Blau and Mimi Abramovitz, "Social Benefits as a Right," in Social Development Issues, 8(3): 50-61, 1985. 4 "Some Notes on the Literature of Citizen Participation," Catalyst 2 (1): 71-78, 1980 Book Reviews Homeless: Poverty and Place in Urban America, by Ella Howard, in Reviews in American History, forthcoming The New Deal: A Modern History by Michael Hiltzik, in Reviews in American History, 41 (1): 129-133 Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy, by Ruth Lister. Journal of Social Policy 40 (3): 632-633, 2011 Polarized America, Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 35 (2): 154- 157, June, 2008 One Nation Divisible, by Michael Katz and Mark Stern, Social Service Review, 81 (3): 567-569, September, 2007 One Nation Underprivileged, by Mark Rank, in Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32 (4): 165-167, December, 2005 The Basic Income Guarantee: Ensuring Progress and Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century, by Charles M. A. Clark, Review of Social Economy 63, 4: 649-651, December, 2005: Reckoning with Homelessness, by Kim Hopper, Journal of Progressive Human Services (15): 1, 81-83, 2004 Down And Out, On the Road: The Homeless in American History, by Kenneth Kusmer, Journal of Social History, (29): 1, 131-132, February, 2004 Bold Relief: Institutional Politics & The Origins of Modern American Social Politics, by Edwin Amenta, Journal of Progressive Human Services 13 (1): 135-136, 2001 An Interdependency Model of Homelessness: The Dynamics of Social Integration, by Christopher Hudson, Social Service Review, 74 (2): 317-318, June, 2000. Understanding the Nature of Poverty in America, by James Jennings, Political Science Quarterly, 110 (2): 341, Summer, 1995 5 The Pursuit of Equality in American History, by J. R. Pole, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 21 (3): 227-228, September, 1994 A Nation in Denial, by Alice S. Baum and Donald Burnes, City Limits, 18 (9): 32, November, 1993 From Middle Income to Poor, by Allison Zippay, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 20 (1): 217-218, 1993 The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, by Gosta Esping-Andersen, in The Journal of Progressive Human Services, 3(2): 105-107, 1992 Benedict Giamo & Jeffrey Grunberg, eds. Beyond Homelessness: Frames of Reference, and Herbert Stein and Murray Foss, An Illustrated Guide to the American Economy, San Francisco Review of Books, 17 (3): 11 & 16 Housing the Homeless by Jon Erickson and Charles Wilhelm, eds., and Homelessness in Contemporary Society by Richard Bingham et al, in Cities Volume 5(3): 305-307, August, 1988 Poor Peoples' Movements, by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, in Catalyst #1 Newspaper Articles “Debunking the Myth of Universal Prosperity,” New York NASW Currents 44 (4): 4, January, 2002, “Don’t Repeal the Estate Tax,” Op-Ed for Progressive Media Project, Spring, 2001 "Projects Get a Bad Rap," Excerpt from The Visible Poor, New York Newsday, December 30, 1991 PRESENTATIONS 2013 Social Welfare and the Economy, Counseling and Treating People of Color Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2011 Debate: “The Role of Government,” Stony Brook School of Social Welfare Advocacy Day, March, 2011 2010 “Homelessness,” The Voice of Reason with Zo Williams” Sirius 106 XM 149, December, 2010 2009 “The New Homeless and the Old,” The People of Color Conference, 6 November, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona “Social Welfare and Social Planning,” Seminar for Visiting Graduate Students in Architecture from the University at Delft, Holland “The Economic Dimensions of Social Justice: Models and Measures,” Eighth Congress of the U.S. Basic Income Grant Network,” February, 2009, New York City 2008 “Homelessness in New Orleans: A Natural or Unnatural Disaster,” The People of Color Conference, November, 2008 ,New Orleans, Louisiana 2007 “Supports for Families: A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Approaches, The People of Color Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2006 “Affirmative Action,” The People of Color Conference, Dominican Republic, November, 2006 2005 Income and Age Component of Health Inequities,” Stony Brook Medical School, April, 2005 “The Lens of Social Change: The Blau/Abramovitz Policy Model,” Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting New York City, February, 2005 2004 “Homelessness: A Portrait and An Explanation,” People of Color Conference, Bermuda, December, 2004 “Consumer Sovereignty vs. Caring Citizenship: The Social