Proposal to Serve as Consent Decree Independent Monitor of the Cleveland Division of Police The Katz Group Lewis R. Katz, JD, Director lewis.katz@case.edu David B. Miller, PhD, MPH, MSW, Deputy Director dbm5@case.edu July 06, 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This proposal is respectfully submitted to the City of Cleveland and U.S. Department of Justice by Lewis R. Katz, Director of the Katz Group, and David B. Miller, Deputy Director of the Katz Group, for consideration to serve as independent monitor of the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) as defined in the Consent Decree filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, on May 26, 2015. The Katz Group is comprised of a team of respected and well-known Law and Social Work professors from Case Western Reserve University with expertise in the U.S. Constitution and race and community issues. The Katz Group will hire two lawyers, and receive part-time assistance from law and social work students to fulfill the role of Independent Monitor. The Katz Group was formed solely for the purpose of this proposal—to follow the Consent Decree by helping to help transform the Cleveland Division of Police into a model for community-based policing with sound use-of-force policies, and police-citizen encounters in conformity with Fourth Amendment requirements. The Katz Group will provide unbiased, cost-effective and thorough reviews and technical assistance to effectively assess and report on whether the requirements of the Consent Decree have been implemented, and whether this implementation is resulting in constitutional and effective policing, professional treatment of individuals, and increased community trust of CDP. The Katz Group will work with all Parties to identify and address any barriers to compliance. Case Western Reserve University Professor of Law Lewis R. Katz, JD, directs the Katz Group. A specialist in criminal law whose primary interest is the Fourth Amendment, Lewis Katz was called an "expert in criminal law" by the New York Times. His books and articles have been cited in more than 400 cases and legal articles by numerous courts including the United States Supreme Court. Professor Katz is connected to the state courts and prosecutors. He is held in high esteem by all of the major criminal justice actors in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. He can deal directly and frankly with all of the actors. Dr. David B. Miller, PhD, MPH, MSW, serves as Deputy Director. He is an associate professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Miller’s current research focus is on the health status of African American males. Dr. Miller is well-known to all of the community organizers and activists. Both of the principals will be ready to begin work on the day of appointment; they will not need time to introduce themselves. The Katz Group is a Cleveland enterprise; the principals are familiar with and to the legal establishment and the leading civic and activist organizations whose confidence and cooperation is essential to the success of this endeavor. We are in a position to work with all of the principal actors and are beholden to none. We are also committed to accomplishing the goals of the Consent Decree frugally and in the best interests of all the people of the City of the City of Cleveland. Professor Katz and Dr. Miller’s expertise are complementary to each other and together cover all of the substantive requirements of the Decree. Where we would need additional assistance (e.g. Crisis Intervention and Officer Assistance and Support) we will contract with outside experts, subject to the approval of Judge Solomon Oliver. 1 INTRODUCTION This proposal is submitted in response to the request dated June 17, 2015. This group, consisting of Professor Lewis Katz, director, and Dr. David Miller, deputy director, was formed solely for the purpose of this enterprise. The two principals are respected faculty members of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, active in the Cleveland community, with no agenda other than implementing the Consent Decree. The Katz Group is fully committed to helping transform the Cleveland Police Department, consistent with the Decree, into a model for community-based policing with sound use-of-force policies, and police-citizen encounters in conformity with Fourth Amendment requirements. First and foremost, the CPD must act according to law. Neither principal has any disqualifying bias or conflict of interest. 1 The Katz Group understands that the Mayor of Cleveland and Director of Public Safety retain their authority over CPD and the Chief of CPD retains authority to oversee the operations of the CDP. SCOPE OF WORK Professor Katz will undertake supervision for the Monitor’s involvement in the following areas: Search and Seizure; Bias-free policing; Use of force; and Transparency and oversight –including citizen complaint procedures. Dr. Miller will undertake supervision for the Monitor’s involvement in the following areas: Community engagement and building trust; Community and problem-oriented policing; officer assistance and support; and Data collection and processing. The Directors will work together and share responsibility for Accountability; Supervision; and Policies. The Directors and the team will be in constant communication with all of the involved constituencies, scheduling regular meetings with each constituent group. We will maintain constant communication with the Cleveland Community Police Commission to hear their concerns and to make sure that they are aware of all policy developments. We expect to be hands-on with CDP, if necessary 24/7, involved in every stage of policy development and revisions, and reviewing implementation of new and revised policies. While maintaining an appropriate distance, the Monitor will serve as a resource to CDP as well as an evaluator. The 1 Professor Katz was an expert witness for the plaintiffs in Jose Rodriguez et al v. City of Cleveland, 619 F. Supp.2d 461 (N.D. Ohio 2009), a 1983 action challenging CPD behavior. The District Court’s summary judgment in favor of th plaintiffs was reversed in the U.S. Court of Appeals, see City of Cleveland v. Rodriguez, 439 F. App’x 433 (6 Cir. 2011), and cert was denied in the U.S. Supreme Court, see Rodriguez v. City of Cleveland,132 S.Ct. 2380 (2012). Professor Katz’s Expert Report was based upon Fourth Amendment doctrine, is not inconsistent with the Consent Decree, and does not demonstrate bias. 2 Monitor will make every effort possible to ensure that its relationship with CDP and police organizations is cooperative and not adversarial. However, the Monitor will require data on police/citizen street encounters including the race and age of the citizen, the justification for the encounter, the amount of force, if any, used during the encounter, and the outcome of the encounter. Monitor staff will ride along with police randomly and, where there is a history of complaints, with specifically designated officers. While the public has the need and the right to know the activities of the Monitoring team and the progress made towards successful compliance with the terms of the Consent Decree, the Monitoring team will maintain the highest standard of discretion. Public statements will be made only as provided by the Decree. There will be no informal meetings between anyone on the Monitoring team with members of the news media. The team will communicate with the news media only through formal statements (such as periodic reports submitted to the District Court) and news conferences (on a schedule and in a manner acceptable to the District Court), always in a manner consistent with the Decree. THE MONITORING TEAM The Monitoring Team will consist of the Director, Lewis R. Katz; the Deputy Director, David B. Miller; and two full-time, lawyers to be identified and hired when the Katz Group is named Monitor. The Group will have access to very talented law students and social work students who will be employed part-time during the school year and full-time as needed during the summer to conduct research, gather data, provide ride-alongs with CPD, monitoring of specific police activities, and data analysis. A team of advanced doctoral students will be charged with the management, storage and protection of collected empirical data. The actual tasks will be consistent with the Decree and will be fully developed as the mission unfolds with the communication of all Parties. The Directors will be ready to go on Day One; it is anticipated that the rest of the team will be in place within thirty days. The Director, Lewis R. Katz, is the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law and Director, Foreign Graduate Studies, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Professor Katz has taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Case for forty-nine years; he has been described as a criminal law expert in the New York Times. Prof. Katz received his JD from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of many books and articles and his work has been cited in over 400 appellate cases, including two United States Supreme Court opinions. He is particularly qualified to take on this project as his specialty is citizen/police encounters under the Fourth Amendment. His books are used by judges, prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, and police officers; one, OHIO ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE , is in its twenty-third edition. Professor Katz is consulted 3 often by the above listed constituencies. His areas of expertise are the Fourth Amendment and race and police. As an officer from Aurora, Ohio, said when calling in 2014 with a question, “We figure if you say it is okay, then we know we are good.” Professor Katz was a consultant to the Ohio Sentencing Commission and was co-author of the draft of felony sentencing reform that became SB2 and was enacted in 1995. He is currently the chair of the indigent defendant counsel sub-committee of the Cuyahoga County Justice Agency Council. The Deputy Director, David Miller, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Miller received his Ph.D. and Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993 and his Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina in 1986. Dr. Miller’s current research focus is on the health status of African American males. Specifically, he is currently investigating how African American males participate in the informed decision-making process regarding cancer screening. Other research and scholarship interests include: • Health behaviors and practices of minority men and their effects on health status/disparities within this population; • Continued development and validation of the Urban Hassles Index (UHI) a measure of stress among adolescents and young adults living in urban environments; and • Influence of social networks on the health and sexual behaviors of elderly adults. Dr. Miller is currently the chair of the Health specialization and is the lead instructor for the Research sequence. He teaches courses in both the masters and doctoral programs. Teaching interests include: • Social Policy and Analysis; • Social Welfare Theory; • Health Policy; and • Research Methods and Statistics. BUDGET The following costs are based upon the first year estimate. While this work as Independent Monitor is new and not all duties and actions are fully fleshed out yet, the Katz Group provides this budget of time for its experts, billed at a substantially reduced cost for its principals. Professor Katz’s time will be billed at per hour; Dr. Miller’s time will be billed a per hour. Both Professor Katz and Dr. Miller will bill for no more than 1,000 hours, although we anticipate many more hours of work. Both the hourly rates and the cap on billed hours represent “home-town discounts.” 4 There will be no billing for travel time. Therefore, the following figures represent the maximum costs for the first year under the Consent Decree. The subsequent years’ budgets are anticipated to be similar with updates made each year and submitted by a date mutually agreed upon. Director (1,000 hours @ per hour) maximum Deputy Director (1,000 hours @ 2 staff lawyers (@ per hour) maximum per) Office manager/secretary Book keeper (1/2 time) Data manager 6 student assistants (Part-time ) @ per hour Additional experts, as needed Office equipment, telephones and supplies TOTAL SALARIES (MAXIMUM) Fringe benefits, travel2 and transportation reimbursement will be billed at the federal or city level. CONCLUSION The Katz Group has the collective expertise in both law and community organization necessary to provide constitutional, effective and consistent oversight and monitoring of the Cleveland Division of Police as outlined in the Consent Decree. 2 We do not contemplate any out-of-town travel for staff except for a trip to Cincinnati to meet with city and police officials. Cincinnati is heralded as a success story for community-based policing, and we want to benefit from their experience. 5 Resume LEWIS R. KATZ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE John C. Hutchins Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Law 1976 - Director Foreign Graduate Studies 1992 - Case Western Reserve University School of Law Director Center for Criminal Justice 1972-1991 Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Law 1971-1976 Associate Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Law 1968-1971 Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Law 1966-1968 Instructor University of Michigan Law School 1965-1966 Visiting Professor Indiana University School of Law Summer, 1965 and 1971 6 Visiting Professor L’Assumption Universitie de Bangkok, Thailand March, 2005 LEGAL PRACTICE Admitted to practice in the State of Indiana 1963 Practiced with the firm of: Snyder, Bunger, Cotner & Harrell 1963-1965 P. O. Box 787 Bloomington, Indiana Admitted to practice in the State of Ohio 1973 GOVERNMENT RESEARCH GRANTS 1. United States Department of Justice, National 1970-1971 Institute of Law Enforcement; Report on Pretrial Delay in Felony Cases. (Submitted September, 1971) 2. United States Department of Justice, National 1973-1975 Institute of Law Enforcement; Contract to create demonstration projects in New Haven, Connecticut, Norfolk, Virginia, and Salt Lake City, Utah. SCHOLARSHIP BOOKS 7 Questions & Answers: Criminal Procedure 2d edition (with Neil Cohen) (Lexis 2009). BALDWIN'S OHIO PRACTICE CRIMINAL LAW, 4 volumes (with Paul C. Giannelli, Beverly Blair, Judith Lipton) (3d edition Thomson/West, 2009) (annual supplement 2014 - 2015 with Judith Lipton, Phyllis Crocker, and John Martin). OHIO FELONY SENTENCING LAW (with Burt W. Griffin) (Thomson/West, 2008). KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (West, 1994). NEW YORK SUPPRESSION MANUAL: Arrest, Search and Seizure, Interrogation and Identification (with Jay Shapiro) (Matthew Bender and Co., 1991)(annual supplement updated annually until 2013). OHIO ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE 23rd edition (Thomson/West, 2015 (annual publication). THE JUSTICE IMPERATIVE: An Introduction to Criminal Justice (Anderson Publishing Co. 1980). OHIO CRIMINAL LAWS AND RULES (edited with Paul C. Giannelli) (West, 2015 annual publication). OHIO CRIMINAL LAW (two volumes) (Banks Baldwin Publishing Co., 1974). (Criminal Procedure text added in 1986; Statutory commentary added in 1987, updated annually until 1995). OHIO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Banks Baldwin Publishing Co., 1973). JUSTICE IS THE CRIME (Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1972), cited by the United States Supreme Court in Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 114(1975)(Powell J, concurring). 8 MONOGRAPHS Analysis of Pretrial Delay in Felony Cases-A Summary Report, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (U.S. Government Printing Office, May, 1972). Preface to Pretrial Screening Projects, U.S. Department of Justice, LEEA (January, 1976). ARTICLES “Lonesome Roads:” Driving Without the Fourth Amendment, 36 Seattle University Law Review 1413 (2013). [abridged version published in 41 Search and Seizure Law Report (June, 2014).] Safford United School District v. Redding and the Future of School Strip Searches, 60 Case Western Reserve University Law Review 363 (2010) (with Carl Mazzone). Introduction: Prosecutorial Ethics and the Right to a Fair Trial: The Role of the Brady Rule in the Modern Criminal Justice System, 57 Case Western Reserve University Law Review 521 (2007) (symposium). Drug Dogs and the Fourth Amendment, 34 Search and Seizure Law Report (December, 2007) (with Aaron P. Golembiewski). Curbing the Dog: Extending the Protection of the Fourth Amendment to Police Drug Dogs, (with Aaron P. Golembiewski) 85 Nebraska Law Review 735 (2007). Sentencing Consistency: The linchpin of Ohio’s sentencing reform (with Burt W. Griffin) 19 Ohio Lawyer 14 (July/August 2005). 9 Terry v. Ohio at Thirty: A Revisionist View, 74 Mississippi Law Journal 424 (Special edition 2004) Detention in the U.S. after 9/11 Without Judicial Oversight, 1 Israel Defense Forces Law Journal 181 (Nov., 2003). Sentencing Reform without Numerical Grids: The Ohio Plan, (with Burt W. Griffin) 53 Case Western Reserve University Law Review 1 (2002). Mapp After Forty Years: Its Impact on Race in America, (Symposium on the Fortieth Anniversary of Mapp v. Ohio) 52 Case Western Reserve University Law Review 471 (2001). In Search of A Fourth Amendment for the Twenty First Century, 65 Indiana Law Journal 549 (1990). Redefining Fourth Amendment Protection, 17 Search and Seizure Law Report (December 1990). The Automobile Exception Transformed: The Rise of A Public Place Exemption to the Warrant Requirement, 36 Case Western Reserve Law Review 375 (1986). The United States Supreme Court: The 1984-1985 Term, 8 Public Defender Reporter No.5 (September-October 1985). (Reprinted, 27 Ohio Law Enforcement Training Bulletin, Nos. 1 and 2 (1985)). Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule," 7 Public Defender Reporter No.4 (July-August 1984). Ohio's New Drunk Driving Law: A Halfhearted Experiment in Deterrence (with Robert D. Sweeney, Jr.), 34 Case Western Reserve Law Review 239 (1984). Speedy Trial, 4 Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 1506 (The Free Press 1983). United States v. Ross: Evolving Standards for Warrantless Searches, 74 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 172 (1983). 10 Automobile Searches and Diminished Expectations in the Warrant Clause, Criminal Law Review 557 (1982). 19 American The United States Supreme Court: The 1981-1982 Term, Public Defender Reporter No. 5 (September-October, 1982). (Reprinted, 24 Ohio Law Enforcement Training Bulletin, Nos. 1 and 2 (1982)). The Fourth Amendment and Automobiles, 4 Public Defender Reporter No. 6 (November-December, 1981). The United States Supreme Court: The 1980-1981 Term, Public Defender Reporter No. 5 (September-October, 1981). (Reprinted, 23 Ohio Law Enforcement Training Bulletin, Nos. 1 and 2 (1981)). The United States Supreme Court: The 1979-1980 Term", Public Defender Reporter (Part I, Vol. 3, No. 4, July-August, 1980) (Part II, Vol. 3, No. 5, September-October, 1980). Reflections on Search and Seizure and Illegally Seized Evidence in Canada and the United States, 3 Canada-U.S. Law Journal 103 (1980). Double Jeopardy, 2 Public Defender Reporter No. 4 (July,1979) (Reprinted in Illinois Criminal Defense Newsletter, September, 1979.) Judicial Information System-Criminal, 44 Cleveland Bar Journal 100 (February, 1973). Gideon's Trumpet: Mournful and Muffled, 55 Iowa Law Review 523 (1970). A Proposal for Restructuring the Administration of Criminal Justice, Report to the National Defender Conference, 44 (Washington, D.C., 1969). Municipal Courts: Another Urban Ill, 20 Case Western Reserve Law Review 87 (1968), cited by the United States Supreme Court in Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 63 n.32 (1972). 11 The Need for Clarification in Military Habeas Corpus (with G. S. Nelson), 27 Ohio State Law Journal 193 (1966). NEWSPAPER COLUMNS ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew39.htm (November 2001), reprinted in Allan J. Cigler, Perspectives on Terrorism (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002). Next AIDS Lesson: How will Supreme Court and Constitution measure the nation's response to the disease? Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 26, 1988 (with Bill Doll). "Demjanjuk Trial Criticism is Rush to Judgment" Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 22, 1987. Don't Give Me That New-Time Religion, Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 11, 1984. Court To Get Another Shot At The Exclusionary Rule Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 14, 1983. Coppola's Execution Was Rush To Justice Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 18, 1982. Warren Tribune Chronicle, August 22, 1982. Warrantless Searches: The High Court's Bad Switch Christian Science Monitor, July 9, 1982. 12 Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 19, 1982. Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 14, 1982. The Dayton Journal Herald, August 9, 1982. Broken Promises in Zambia Saudi Peace Plan U.P.I. Viewpoint, December, 1981. U.P.I. Viewpoint, December, 1981. Religion's Marijuana Services Test What The First Amendment Stands For, The Washington Post, January 5, 1981. Where Do We Put Juvenile Offenders? The Washington Post, November 10, 1980. "U.S. Courts Study Agreements Signed By Prisoners in Mexico, The Washington Post, November 3, 1980. (Reprinted in the United States Views on Mexico, a quarterly review of the Banamex Cultural Foundation.) Juries Know All Killers May Be Crazy But Not Necessarily Insane, The Washington Post, October 22, 1980. Strengthening The Home Castle, The Washington Post, October 6, 1980. Profiles': Invaluable Aid Or Intrustion? The Washington Post, September 22, 1980. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 13 Chair, Indigent Counsel subcommittee of Cuyahoga County Justice Agency Council. Governing Board, 2013 - . Fourth Amendment Symposium, University of Mississippi School of Law, April, 2004. Participation in United States Supreme Court litigation: Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)(of counsel on amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union). Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632 (1974)(represented school teachers as trial counsel in U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Ohio and on briefs for appellee in U.S. Supreme Court). Advisor, Ohio Sentencing Commission (co-author of original draft of felony sentencing reform legislation that was adopted in 1995) 1992-97. Member, Board of Trustees and Litigation Advisory Committee, Women's Law Fund, 1984-90; former member, Board of Trustees, Cleveland Legal Aid Society. Member, Regional Board of Trustees, Anti-Defamation League, 1986-1996. Ampart, United States Information Agency (programs in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe) 1981 and 1982. (Keynote speaker at 1982 West Africa Bar Association Meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone; Convenor of first formal multi-racial meeting of law students in the Western Cape of South Africa.) Fellow, National Defender Project of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1967-1968. Member of Advisory Panel, Screening Project of the Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1975. Member of Evaluation Board, Court Management Project of Cleveland Bar Association, 1971-1974. Reporter, Speedy Trial Planning Committee, United States 14 District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1975-1980. Former consultant to New York Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (developing a request for evaluation of the Special Narcotics Courts in the City of New York) and the Governor's Justice Commission of the State of Pennsylvania (evaluation of the Allegheny County Public Defender's Office). AWARDS First Distinguished Teacher award granted by the Case Western Reserve University Law School Alumni Association (September 15, 1984); Teacher of the Year Award of the Third Year Class (1999). EDUCATION Indiana University School of Law J.D., 1963 Order of the Coif, cum laude Note Editor, Indiana Law Journal Queens College A.B., 1959 15 CURRICULUM VITAE David B. Miller Associate Professor Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences 11235 Bellflower Road Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7164 dbm5@case.edu or professordbmiller@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D. (1993) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (Social Work) M.P.H. (1993) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (Public Health) M.S.W. (1986) University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (Social Work) B.S.W. (1982) University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (Social Work) ADDITIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING June-August 1998 Violence and the Life Course Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University, Stanford, California June 1995 “Integrating Alcohol and Drug Issues into Social Work Education” Boston University School of Social Work, 16 Boston, Massachusetts 1990-1992 Child Abuse and Neglect Training Cadre University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS Marshall, G. L., & Miller, D. B., Exploring ethnic variation in the relationship between stress, social networks and depressive symptoms among older black Americans. (Journal of Black Psychology: in press). Miller, D. B. (2014). Pre-Screening Age African American Males: What do they know about Prostate Cancer screening, knowledge, and risk perceptions? Social Work in Health Care, 53(3), 268-288. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2013.875503 Miller, D. B., & Hokenstad, T. (2014). Rolling Downhill: Effects of Austerity on Local Government Social Services in the United States. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. XLI, Number 2, 93108. Chatterjee, P., Miller, D., & Chatterjee, M. A. (2013). Visions of health policy: A comparative case study of seven modern nations. Social Development Issues. 35(3), 18-37. Munson, M. R., Lee, B., Miller, D. B., Cole, A., & Nedelcu, C. (2013). Emerging adulthood among former system youth: The ideal versus the real. Children and Youth Services Review. 35(6), 923929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.03.003. Roberts, A. R., Miller, D. B., & Hokenstad, M. C. (2012). Long-term care insurance beyond the CLASS program. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, XXXIV, Number 3, 85-109. Richardson, R. & Miller, D.B. (2011). Predicting the use of learner-centered instructional methods by undergraduate social work faculty. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. 16(2), 115-130. 17 Tobin, C., Miller, D., & Boas, M. (2011). Cuyahoga Board of County Commissioners: Strong Start for Cuyahoga’s Families, 41-50. The Impact of Health Marriage Programs on Low-Income Couples and Families: Program Perspectives From Across the United States. Washington: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Miller, D. B., & Bennett, M. D. (2011). Challenges, Disparities and Experiences of African American males. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(3), 265-268. Miller, D. B., & Joe, S. (2008). Life Span: Young Adulthood. In T. Mizrahi & L. E. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Ed. Washington, DC: NASW & Oxford Press. Bennett, M. D. & Miller, D. B. (2006). An exploratory study of the Urban Hassles Index: A contextually relevant measure of chronic multidimensional urban stressors? Research on Social Work Practice, 16(3), 305-314. Miller, D. B. & Townsend, A. (2005). Urban Hassles as Chronic Stressors and Adolescent Mental Health: The Urban Hassles Index. Brief Treatment and Crisis Invention, 5(1), 85-94. Singer, M. I., Flannery, D. J., Guo, S., Miller, D. B., & Leibbrandt, S. (2004). Violence exposure, parental monitoring and television viewing as contributors to children’s psychological trauma. Journal of Community Psychology, 32(5), 489-504. Miller, D. B., Webster, S, & MacIntosh, R. (2002). What’s There and What’s Not: Measuring Daily Hassles in Urban African-American Adolescents. Research on Social Work Practice, 12(3), 375388. Miller, D. B. (1999). Racial socialization and racial identity: Can they promote resiliency for African American adolescents? Adolescence, 34 (135), 493-501. Reprinted in The Prevention Researcher (2003), 10(1), 11-12. Miller, D. B. & MacIntosh, R. (1999). Promoting resiliency in urban African American adolescents: Racial socialization and identity as protective factors. Social Work Research, 23 (8), 159-170. 18 Singer, M. I., Miller, D. B., Guo, S., Flannery, D., Frierson, T., & Slovak, K. (1999). Contributors to Violent Behavior Among Elementary and Middle School Children. Journal of Pediatrics, 104(4), 878-884. Singer, M. & Miller, D. (March 1998). Mental health and behavioral sequelae of children's exposure to violence. 11th Annual Research Conference of the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Tampa, FL. Miller, D. B. & DiGuiseppe, D. (1998). Fighting social problems with information: The development of a community database--the Violence Information Network. Computers in Human Service, 15 (1), 21-34. Miller, D. B. (1998). An ecological perspective of school violence: Beyond the disruptive student. School Social Work Journal, 22 (2), 1-13. Miller, D. B. (1997). Adolescent Fathers: What we know and what we need to know. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 14(1), 55-69. Miller, D. B. (1997). Parenting against the odds: African-American parents in the child welfare system-A group approach. Social Work With Groups, 20(1) 5-19. Miller, D. B., Briggs, H. E., & Corcoran, K. (1997). Measuring the fear of AIDS and homophobia: Additional reliability and validity estimates. Psychological Reports, 81, 783-786. Briggs, H.E., Miller, D. B., Sales, R., Tovar, D., & Dozier, C. (1997). Causes, correlates and consequences of substance abuse among youth: A note to professionals, service providers, and families. Community Alternatives: International Journal of Family Care, 9(2), 109-142. Miller, D. B. (1995). Treatment of adolescent interpersonal violence: A cognitive-behavioral group approach. Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 5(4), 191-200. 19 Miller, D. B. (1994). Influences on parental involvement of African American adolescent fathers. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 11(5), 363-378. Reprinted in Leading Issues in AfricanAmerican Studies, N. BaNikongo (Ed.), Carolina Academic Press, 1997, pp. 459-470. Book Chapters Williams, J. H. Nebbitt, V. E., Veeh, C. A., & Miller, D. B. (2015). Summary and conclusion: The challenges of public housing environments for youth. In V. E. Nebbitt, Adolescents in Public Housing: Addressing Psychological and Behavioral Health (pp 163-177). New York: Columbia University Press. Miller, D.B., Cage, J., & Harris, L. (in press). Cancer Screening and Informed Decision-Making. In V. Carr (Ed.), Contemporary Issues of People of Color: Living, Working, Working, and Learning in the United States. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishing. Invited Papers Miller, D. B. (2007). The Impact of Urban Hassles as Chronic Stressors on Adolescent Mental Health. Policy Brief #6. Schubert Center for Child Studies. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Manuscripts in Preparation Miller, D.B., Bennett, M. D., & Minnes, S. The saga continues: Further validation of the Urban Hassles Index. Miller, D. B., Tracy, E, Min, M., & Park,H. Social networks and sexual attitudes and beliefs in older adults Miller, D. B., & Hokenstad, M. Retirement savings: Emerging crisis for America’s aging population. 20 Weigele, L., & Miller, D. B. A comparison of influences effecting gambling legislation: Experiences in Ohio and Detroit, Michigan. Status: Revising & Resubmit. Miller, D. B., Thomas, B. L & Kim, H. Psychosocial distress in cancer patients participating in the development of a psychosocial cancer registry. Status: Revise & Resubmit Miller, D.B. & Gill, E. Social Worker as Elected Official: Advocacy at the Doorstep. Journal of Policy Practice Status: Revise & Resubmit Miller, D. B., Prostate Cancer & Psychosocial Interventions: An Agenda for Social Work Research and Practice. Miller, D.B., Fiddling while people suffer: Prostate Cancer Screening Controversies about DREs and PSAs. Miller, D. B. African American Adolescent Males: Effects of Daily Hassles, Chronic Stressors and the Urban Environment. Miller, D.B., Thomas, B. L. & Kim, H. Psychosocial status of men and women diagnosed with and treated for cancer. Miller, D. B. & Thomas, B.L. Urban stressors, neighborhood characteristics: Effects on adolescent mental health. Thomas, B. L. & Miller, D.B. Does the EITC assist those in need? TEACHING 1993 - Present Associate Professor (awarded tenure July 1, 1999), Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School of Applies Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Teach master's level courses on social welfare policy, research methods & statistics, and health policy and service delivery. Teach a doctoral course on the development of and theoretical/ideological foundations of the welfare state. 21 2012 – Present Secondary Appointment: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Case Western University School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY 2003 – 2007 Program Development: Developed an educational experience in Amsterdam, Netherlands focusing on the Dutch healthcare including access to coverage and policy formulation. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS March 2014 Panel Presentation (invited): Social Determinants of Health: Influences on Health Disparities in African-American Males. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Law-Medicine Symposium, 27-28 March 2014, Cleveland, OH. November 2012 Poster Presentation: American Indians and Social Work Education: Addressing Issues of Recruitment and Retention. CSWE Annual Program Meeting, Washington, DC. August 2012 Workshop Leader (invited): Achieving Educational Excellence for AfricanAmerican Male Students: Disproportionality in Discipline Symposium. A Pilot Project of Guilford County Schools. High Point, NC. March 2012 Keynote Speaker: Race & Class: Implications for Social Work Profession. Health and Human Services Conference; Foresight Leadership Training & Johnson C. Smith University Department of Social Work. Charlotte, NC. February 22 2012 Poster Presentation: Spirituality & Social Support: How They Influence Quality of Life Cancer Patients. 9th Annual Conference, American Psychosocial Oncology (APOS), Miami, FL. Poster Presentation: African American & Caucasian Women: Differences in Spiritual & Social Support in Experiencing Cancer. 9th Annual Conference, American Psychosocial Oncology (APOS), Miami, FL. May 2011 Poster Presentation: Retrospective Evaluation: A new twist on assessing program effectiveness. Real Families, Real Strengths: Celebrating 5 Years of Healthy Marriage & Promoting Responsible Fatherhood. 2011 Annual Meeting of the Office of Family Assistance Health Marriage & Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Grantees. January 2011 Presenter & Moderator: Spirituality and Social Support: How They Influence Quality of Life in Cancer Patients. 15th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research. Tampa, FL. Presenter & Moderator: African American and Caucasian Women: Differences in Spiritual and Social Support in Experiencing Cancer. 15th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research. Tampa, FL. Presenter. Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Stage or Developmental Privilege? 15th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research. Tampa, FL. April 2009 Panelist: The Economy and Child and Youth Well-Being: Critical Issues for Research, Practice and Policy. Research ShowCASE, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. (April 2009). February 23 2009 Presenter. Prostate Cancer and African American Males: Influence of Health Beliefs on Awareness and Knowledge of Prostate Cancer Screening Participation. 6th Annual Conference, American Psychosocial Oncology (APOS). Charlotte, NC. January 2009 Presenter. Prostate Cancer and African American Males: Influence of Health Beliefs on Awareness and Knowledge of Prostate Cancer Screening Participation. 13th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research. New Orleans, LA. November 2008 Presenter. Understanding the Effects of Chronic Stress on Adolescent Functioning: A Policy Advocacy Research Agenda. Schubert Center for Child Studies conference New Directions in Policy-Relevant Research on Adolescence: Perspectives from Psychological Anthropology. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. October 2008 Discussant. Moving Beyond the ‘Hood: A Journey of Acculturation: A Comparative Analysis of Oral Tradition Among Marginalized and Affluent AfricanAmerican Men. Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Research Seminar Series. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. July 2008 Presenter. Effects of Chronic Stress on Urban Adolescents’ Mental Health. Center on Race and Social Problems. School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. November 24 2007 Presenter. The Impact of Urban Hassles as Chronic Stressors on Adolescent Mental Health. Schubert Center for Child Studies. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. October 2007 Presenter. Youth Summits: A Model for Leadership and Advocacy Skill Development in Schools. 12th Annual Conference on Advancing School-Based Mental Health. Champions Gate, FL. September 2006 Congressman Louis Stokes Health Equity Lecture Series. Screening for Prostate Cancer in African American Men. Minority Men’s Health Center/Center for Health Equity, The Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, OH. . January 2006 Symposium Organizer. African American Adolescent Males: Mental Health Experiences and Self-Destructive Behavior. 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research. San Antonio, TX. October 2005 Presenter. Issues and Challenges in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Schools. 10th Annual Conference on Advancing School-Based Mental Health. Cleveland, Ohio. February 2004 Presenter. Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety and the Affects on African American Adolescent Mental Health. 8th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research. New Orleans, LA. February 2003 Presenter. The Development of the Urban Hassles Index. 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research. Washington, DC. February 2002 Presenter. African American Fathers: Their Roles in Family Life. 48th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education. Nashville, TN. January 25 2002 Presenter. Urban Hassles and Adolescent Mental Health: A New Look at Chronic Stressors. 6th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research. San Diego, CA. February 2000 Presenter. Adolescent Mental Health and Urban Hassles. 46th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, New York, New York. January 2000 Presenter. Unlocking the Impact of Urban Hassles on Adolescent Mental Health. 5 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. Charleston, South Carolina. th May 1999 Presenter. Violence and African American Youth: Resiliency factors. Youth & Violence: Creating Healthy Communities in a Toxic World--Implications for the Helping Professions. MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. March 1998 Presenter. Racial Socialization and Racial Identity: Resiliency Factors for African American Adolescents? 44th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Orlando, Florida. January 1998 Presenter. Towards Understanding Resiliency in Urban African American Youth: Impact of Unique Protective Factors on Educational Involvement. Society for Social Work and Research. North Miami, Florida. October 1997 Presenter. Hunger Pangs: The Impact of Food Shortage on the Health and Mental Health of Welfare Recipients. NASW National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. September 1996 Presenter. Urban Black Adolescents and Resiliency: A New Focus for Social Work Researchers. Social Work: The Next Generation sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 26 May 1996 Panel respondent, Gender & Urban Poverty sponsored by the Center for Afro-American and African Studies and the Poverty Research and Training Center, University of Michigan. April 1994 Keynote Speaker. Violence Prevention and Treatment: Cultural Relevant Approaches. Field Forum Symposium, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Hudson, Ohio. June 1994 Stopping the Violence: Strategies for Working With Young African-American Males. Workshop, Donors Forum of Ohio, Grantmakers Confront Youth Violence, Columbus, Ohio. June 1994 Racism, Violence, and Mental Illness. Workshop, Mental Health Cultural Diversity Conference, Ohio Department of Mental Health, Cleveland, Ohio. Youth and Violence, Mental Health Cultural Diversity Conference, Ohio Department of Mental Health, Cleveland, Ohio. October Keynote Speaker. Violence in the Schools. Ohio Council on Criminal Justice 1994 Education, Annual Conference. Columbus, Ohio. October Keynote Speaker. Violence Against Women: Myths & Realities. Cleveland 1994 Rape Crisis Council, Annual Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio. GRANT ACTIVITY-EXTERNALLY FUNDED 1996 “Racial Awareness as a Protective Factor in Academically Successful Urban African American Adolescents.” Funded by Ohio Board of Regents and Case Western Reserve University ($4,953.00). Role: Principal Investigator. 1995 - 1997 “Longitudinal Study of School Students Exposed to Violence.” Funded by the Treu-Mart Fund, the Sedgwick Fund, and the Ohio State Department of Mental Health ($125,674.00). Role: Co-Investigator. 27 1994 - 1996 "The Violence Information Network." Funded by the George Gund Foundation ($137,000.00). Role: Principal Investigator. 1994 - 1995 "School Based Strategies To Address Teen Violence."Funded Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation ($14,674.00). Role: Principal Investigator. 1992 - 1993 "Factors Influencing the Parental Involvement of African-American Adolescent Fathers." Funded by Maurice Falk Foundation ($2,000.00). Role: Principal Investigator. GRANT APPLICATIONS Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (2014). Developing a Population-Based Cohort of Prostate Cancer Survivors to Assess Racial Disparities. Co-investigator (Spring 2015 review). National Institute of Health (2014). Informed DecisionMaking: Understanding and Reducing Disparities in Cancer Screening in African and Hispanic men. Principal Investigator. (Spring 2015 review). National Institute of Health. An integrated empirical examination of social networks, isolation, health and sex among the elderly. Secondary data analysis of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project. (revising & resubmission 2015) GRANT PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS • Informed Decision-Making: A Pilot Study of Colorectal & Prostate Cancer in African American and Hispanic Men. Identified Funder: MSASS Research Development Grant (Spring 2015 submission). AWARDS & HONORS 2015 John A. Yankey 28 Outstanding Teacher Award Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Cleveland, Ohio 2013 Ohio PTA Lifetime Achievement Award South Euclid-Lyndhurst PTA Council South Euclid, Ohio 2011 Educational Achievement Award 100 Black Men of Great Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio 2001 American Marshall Memorial Fellow The German Marshall Fund of the United States Washington, D.C. 1997 - 1998 Glennan Fellow (teaching innovation) Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 1993 Dean's Award for Leadership & Community Service Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE President of City Council, City of South Euclid, Ohio. 2010 – Present. Responsibilities: Preside over bimonthly council meetings; assign committee chairs; participate in contract negotiations with unions; manage oversight of city budget of $16 million dollars. Interim Executive Director (01/2002 - 08/2002) Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research & Education. Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve 29 University. Responsibilities: Developed mission and vision for new research center; prepared grant applications relevant to center’s mission; participated in community initiatives; and established ad hoc center advisory board. Steering Committee Chair (2005-2008); Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. PRACTICE EXPERIENCE 1987 - 1989 Social Worker IV; Perry Correctional Institution; South Carolina Department of Corrections; Pelzer, South Carolina Provided individual and group psychotherapy to adult inmate population in a maximum security prison; co-led treatment group for sex offenders; provided crises intervention; developed and conducted social skills workshops for inmates and staff. 1986 - 1987 Preconception Intervention Project Coordinator & Family Planning Social Worker; Upper Savannah Health District; S.C. Department of Health & Environmental Control; Greenwood, South Carolina Directed activities of federally-funded infant mortality project in a six county area; provided clinical social work to agency clients; developed and implemented groups for at-risk populations. AFFILIATIONS Faculty Associate, Center for Urban Poverty and Social Development Faculty Associate, Schubert Center for Child Studies. SCHOOL SERVICE 30 Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences -Standing Committees Steering Committee Chair (2005-2008; Interim-chair Spring 2005); Steering Committee (1995 - 1998; 2001-2003; 2011 – present) Health Concentration (chair) - (1999 - present) Ph.D. Executive Committee (2007-2011 (appointed); 2011 (reappointed) MSASS Budget Subcommittee (2002 – 2014; chair 2012-2014) Curriculum Committee - (1994 - 1997; 2000; 2002- 2005; 2007-2011) Library Committee (chair) (2002- 2005) Committee on Students - (1996 - 1998) Editorial Board for Journal of Applied Social Sciences - (1995-2000) Children, Youth & Families (co-chair) – (1997 - 1999) Budget Subcommittee (2008 – present) Research & Training Committee (2008 – 2011) -Ad Hoc Committees/Task Forces Faculty Search Committee - 1997; 2001; 2002; 2003 (MSASS Dean; Director of Recruitment & Admissions; Begun Endowed Professorship; NIDA Faculty) Admissions Advisory Committee (chair) (1999 - Present) International Education Advisory committee (1999- Present) Diversity Assessment Skills Committee 1997 Strategic Planning - (1993 - 1994; 2002-2003) Strategic Planning Implementation Ad Hoc Committee (2004-2008) Better Work Environment Task Force - 1994 MSASS Computer Lab Task Force - (1994 - 1995) -Visiting Committee Multicultural Team - (1995-1996) 31 -Project Go Director - (1995 - 2000) Mandel Center for NonProfit Management -Mandel Council (2008 – 2011) UNIVERSITY SERVICE -Provost University Strategic Planning Committee (2012 – 2013) -Faculty Senate Budget/Finance Committee (2011 – 2014) -Faculty Advisory Committee to University President Search (2006) -President’s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs - (2000 - 2002) -Armington Committee - (1999 - 2002) -Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies - (1998 - 2000; 2001 - 2003) -Committee on University Libraries - (1995-1997) -African American Faculty & Staff Organization - (1994 - 2000) DISSERTATION COMMITTEES Chair Susan Smalling – “American Indians and Social Work Education: Addressing Issues of Recruitment, Retention and Inclusion”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2012 graduate. Roslyn Richardson--“Using Motivational Systems Theory to Explore Factors that Influence the Teaching Strategies of Undergraduate Social Work Faculty”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2009 graduate. Michael Melendez—“Describing the Impact of Required Diversity Courses on Beginning Social Work Students’ Developing Multicultural Competence”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2007 graduate. Pam Maimer—“Cultural and Social Capital Transmission in Pre-College Programs and Its Impact on the Educational Attainment of Disadvantaged Students”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2003 graduate. Becky Thomas – Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; 2016 anticipated graduate date. Committee Member 32 Felicia J. Fago – Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Pre-Adoption Placement on School-age Functioning of Intercountry-adopted Children; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2012 graduate. Lindsey Houlihan—“Child Attachment at Adoption and Three Months”: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2009 graduate. Molly Irwin—“The Impact of Race and Neighborhood on Child Maltreatment: A multi-level Discrete Time Hazard Analysis”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2009 graduate. Amy R. Krentzman--“Religious Coping and Alcoholism Treatment Outcomes: A Comparison Between Black and White Respondents”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2008 graduate. Melody J. Stewart—An Outcome Study of Juvenile Diversion on Non-Serious Delinquent and Status Offenders”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; 2008 graduate. Angela Curl--“The Impact of Retirement on Trajectories of Physical Health of Married Couples”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2007 graduate. Yan Yang--“Medicare Supplemental Insurance Purchasing Decisions and Ownership”; Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, 2007 graduate. Parris Baker--“Self-efficacy, co-parenting relationship, and parent satisfaction: Variables that predict parental involvement by non-custodial fathers”; University of Pittsburgh, 2007 graduate. Mamadu Seck--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; 2007 graduate Emily Dakin--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; 2004 graduate Helen Williams--Weatherhead School of Management; 2004 graduate Craig Soires--Weatherhead School of Management; 2003 graduate Angela Murphy--Weatherhead School of Management; 2000 graduate Karen Slovak--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; 1997 graduate Tim McCarragher--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences David Henton--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Gail Bromly--Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editorial Board - Families in Society (September 2004 - 2007) Editorial Board - Research on Social Work Practice (January, 2000- December 2002) 33 Consulting Editor - Social Work Research (August 2000-July 2002) MEDIA INTERVIEWS July 2002. National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation. Topic: Resiliency in adolescents. July 2004. WPCN 90.3. Topic: Fathers: Importance to Family & Children COMMUNITY SERVICE South Euclid City Council, At-Large Councilman (population: 23,000) (appointed 2005; elected November 2007 & 2011; Elected Council President 2010-Present University Suburban Health Center, Board of Trustees, July 2013 - Present South Euclid-Lyndhurst Basketball League—Co-founder & Coach (2010-present) South Euclid-Lyndhurst Recreation League--Youth Football Coach (2003-2008) Richmond Heights Youth Basketball League, Richmond Heights, Ohio--Youth Basketball Coach (20042009) Lowden Elementary PTA, South Euclid, Ohio (2005) United Way Social Indicators Development Committee--(1999 - 2004) AIDS Housing Council of Greater Cleveland Board of Trustees--(1998 - 2000) Lexington-Bell Community Center Board of Trustees--(1994 to 2002) (Board President--1995 to 1997) Beech Brook, Services Review Subcommittee--(1994-1996) Cleveland Rape Crisis Council Board of Trustees--(1994-1996) Hill House Board of Trustees--(1994-1996) Youth Development Center Advisory Council--(1995-1996) (Appointed by Cuyahoga County Commissioners) Circle of Recovery, Grafton Correctional Institution--(1995-1996) 34 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS 2009-Present American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) 2007-Present Society for Research on Adolescence 2006-Present Association of Oncology Social Work 2006-Present Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care 2004-Present Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group 1997-Present Society for Social Work and Research 1992-Present American Public Health Association CONSULTATION & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES • • • • • • • • • • • Strong Start Program. Project of the Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Co-Evaluator. 2006-2011. Garfield Heights City Schools. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. Local Evaluator/Consultant. 2003- 2008. Sandusky City Schools. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. Local Evaluator/Consultant. 2005-2009. Erie County (PA.) Office of Children and Youth Services. Developed parenting program for agency clients. Provide training in the areas of diversity and family structure for agency staff. 1993 - 1999. Lorain County Metropolitan Housing Authority. Program evaluator for Body & Soul Program. 1996 - 1997. O’Neill Foundation. Proposal Reviewer (Fathers and Families Together Initiative). 1998 United States Probation Office, Northeast Ohio Region. Evaluation of offender recidivism rates. 1999. Cleveland Christian Home & Crossroads. Evaluate process and outcome of child welfare agencies merger. 1999 - 2000. Cleveland Housing Network. Program evaluator for Community Technology & Training Center. 2002. East Cleveland Gang Free Schools Project. Research Partner. 2003. Anson Regional Medical Services, Wadesboro, NC. Strategic Planning, 2000-2002 35