| |  Dr. Geoffrey Greif is Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work where he has worked since 1984. He was Associate Dean from 1996 to 2007. He received his MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and his DSW from the Columbia University School of Social Work. He is the author of nine books including two that are co-edited. These include When Parents Kidnap (co-authored with Dr. Rebecca Hegar), Single Fathers, Beating the Odds: Raising academically successful African American males (written with Drs. Freeman Hrabowski and Ken Maton), and Overcoming the Odds: Raising academically successful African American young women (written with Hrabowski, Maton, and Monica Greene), and Group work with populations at risk (co-edited with Dr. Paul Ephross). His tenth book, Buddy System: Men and their male friendships, is due out in September, 2008. He has also written more than 100 articles and book chapters. In 2001, he chaired Governor Parris Glendening’s Commission to study sexual orientation discrimination in Maryland. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and his work has been cited in major news outlets, including the New York Times. He is a member of various community-based boards, including WYPR, the Baltimore National Public Radio station and the Albert Schweitzer Fellows Board. His current research, teaching, and practice interests include child abduction, family therapy, parenting issues, and adult male friendships. In 2007, he received the Educator of the Year award from the Maryland Chapter of NASW. He is the father of two and is married to Maureen Lefton-Greif, Ph.D., associate clinical professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. |
Mailing Information: | Contact Information: | University of Maryland | Phone: (410) 706.3567 | School of Social Work | Fax: (410) 706.6046 | 525 West Redwood Street | E-mail: ggreif@ssw.umaryland.edu | Baltimore, Maryland 21201 | Room: 5E22 |
Education: | MSW, University of Pennsylvania | DSW, Columbia University |
Expertise and Research Interests: | Academically Successful African-Americans | Group Work | Child Abduction | Single Parents | | Male Friendships |
Memberships: | Board Member of WYPR, the Baltimore NPR radio station | | Albert Schweitzer Fellows Board |
Honors and Awards: | | Educator of the Year, Maryland Chapter, NASW 2007 | | Student Government Association Exemplary Faculty Member, UMB SSW 2005 | Who's Who in America, 2006 | International Authors and Writers Who's Who. 1997 | Who's Who Among America's Teachers (8th Edition), 2006. |
Recent Publications: | | BOOKS: | Group Work with Populations at Risk (co-edited), (OUP), 2005 | Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women (co-authored) Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002 | Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males (co-authored), (OUP), 1997 | Out of Touch: When Parents and Children lose Contact after Divorce, (OUP), 1997 | When Parents Kidnap (co-author), Free Press, 1993 | "The Daddy Track and the Single Father," Lexington Books, 1990. | Mothers Without Custody (co-author), Lexington, 1988 | Single Fathers, Lexington, 1985 | | JOURNALS: | | "African-American mothers of academically successful sons: Familial influences and implications for social work." 1998, Children in Schools. | "Issues of fatherhood and recovery for VA substance abuse patients." 2000, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. | "A parental report on long-term consequences for children of abduction by the other parent." 2000, Child Psychiatry & Human Development. | "Debate with Authors: In response to Michael Ungar's 'A Deeper, More Social Ecological Social Work Practice'" 2003, Social Service Review. | "Treatment Implications for Adults Who Were Parentally Abducted When Young" 2003, Family Therapy. | "Organizing to Amend Antidiscrimination Statutes in Maryland," 2004, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services. | "Common Themes and Treatment Approaches in Working With Families of Runaway Youths," 2004, American Journal of Family Therapy. (co-authored) | "When A Social Worker Becomes A Voluntary Commissioner and Calls on the Code of Ethics," 2004, Social Work. | "Including Fathers in School Psychology Literature: A Review of Four School Psychology Journals," 2004, Psychology In The Schools. | "Being Heard on Sexual Orientation: An Analysis of Testimonies at Public Hearings on an Anti-discrimination Bill," 2005, Journal of Human Behavior and Social Environment. | "How International is the Social Work Knowledge Base?" 2004, Social Work. | "Common Themes in Clinical Work With Women Who Are Domestically Violent,” 2005, The American Journal of Family Therapy. | | “Schools of Social Work and the Nature of Their Foreign Collaborations,” 2005, International Social Work. | | "Low-income African-American fathers' involvement in children's lives: Implications for Practictioners," 2006, Journal of Family Social Work. | | "Male friendships: Implications from research for family therapy," 2006, Family Therapy. | | “Unresolved loss: Issues in working with adults whose siblings were kidnapped years ago” published in the June, 2007 issue of The American Journal of Family Therapy. |
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