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Martha Wilson

Martha K. Wilson, Ph.D., DSW, ACSW

Professor Emeritis, School of Social Work

Credentials

Education

MSW
University of Alabama
1985
Ph.D.
University of Alabama
1974
DSW
University of Alabama
1988

Board Certifications and Licenses

LCSW - PIP ; Idaho

Post-Doctoral Training

Certificate, HERS Institute
Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts)

Research

Current research

Preparing an advanced field education textbook to emphasize reflexive practice

Selected publications

Liley, D.G., & WIlson, M.K. (2006). Participatory and competency based approach to social work practice: Transferring classroom skills into the field. International Journal of Learning, 13(2), 143-148.

Anderson, S.C., Blair, R., & WIlson, M.K. (2005). Social work education and practice: Combining the concepts of indigenous practice, the developmental model, and empowerment into a structure for addressing international social problems. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 11(1), 16-29. 

Wilson, M.K., & Beville, B.A. (2003). Pre-employment and volunteer screening: Reducing the risk of child sexual abuse for social service agencies. Families in Society, 84(2), 179-184.

Research interests

Ego development in non-offending mothers of sexually abused children; role transitions of left-behind siblings after the death of another sibling; reducing recidivism of incarcerated women; collaborative partnerships around energy and aging; participatory and competency based social work practice models;
screening for sexual predators in social service agencies.