Faculty Shorts - UW Tacoma e-News, Fall 2008

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Faculty Shorts

DR. MARJORIE DOBRATZ

Marjorie Dobratz

Longtime director of UW Tacoma’s Nursing Program Dr. Marjorie Dobratz resigned in June to return to teaching, researching and writing scholarly papers. To honor Dobratz for her inspirational leadership, the program established an endowment fund in her name. The endowment will enable undergraduate and graduate students to attend professional conferences, study abroad and participate in other learning activities.

DR. RICH FURMAN

Rich Furman

Dr. Rich Furman has joined UW Tacoma as the new head of the Social Work Program. Hailing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Furman is a creative and interdisciplinary scholar whose research includes work with transnational populations and poetry in research and therapy. From 2005 to 2008, he coordinated the bachelor of social work and master of social work programs at UNC Charlotte. Furman also served on the faculty of University of Nebraska at Omaha and Colorado State University. His professional social work practice has primarily focused on community-based mental health programs for children and adolescents.

DR. ANNETTE HENRY

Annette Henry

The American Educational Research Association honored Dr. Annette Henry last March with an award for her research and advocacy for social justice. Given annually, the Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award recognizes individuals for distinguished research, professional practice and activities that advance public understanding of gender and sexuality in the education community. A professor in UW Tacoma’s Education Program, Henry researches black women teachers’ practice in international contexts, as well as race, language, gender and culture in teaching and learning.

PROFESSOR MICHAEL HONEY

Michael Honey

UW Tacoma Professor Michael Honey received the Robert F. Kennedy Book award in May for his book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign, describing the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike, a pivotal moment in the late- 20th century human-rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while visiting Memphis to negotiate on behalf of the workers. The prestigious award honors books that faithfully and forcefully reflect the late Robert F. Kennedy's concern for the oppressed and their struggle for justice.

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