Mailing Information:

Contact Information:

University of Maryland

Phone: (410) 706.7645

School of Social Work

Fax: (410) 706.6046

525 West Redwood Street

E-mail: emulroy@ssw.umaryland.edu

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Room: 2E21

Education:

MSW; PhD, University of Southern California

Expertise and Research Interests:

Management and Evaluation of Community Development Programs

Strategic Management and Planning

Housing Policy

Urban Policy and the Social Environment

Affordable Housing

Interorganizational Collaboration and Networks

Single Parent Families

Honors and Awards

National Low Income Housing Coalition Advisory Board on Research

Recent Publications:

Books:

Mulroy, E. (under review)  Building Communities and Guiding Change: Community Practice and Social Justice in the 21st Century  Series on Knowledge and Social Work. New York: Columbia University Press.

Weil, M., (Editor), Gamble, D. Reisch, M., Gutierrez, L., Cnaan, R. & Mulroy, E. (Associate Editors.) (2005). The Handbook of Community Practice Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Mulroy, E. (forthcoming). University Civic Engagement with Community-Based Organizations: Dispersed or Coordinated Models?  In University-Community Partnerships: Colleges and Universities in Civic Engagement. T. Soska and A. Johnson (Eds.). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. [Reprinted from the Journal of Community Practice, Special Issue on University Community Partnerships (2004) 12 (3/4).

Mulroy, E. (2004). The Context of Group Work: Organizational and Community Factors. In Group Work for Populations At Risk. 2nd edition. G. Greif & P. Ephross Eds. New York: Oxford University Press. 399-409.

Mulroy, E. & Nelson, K., & Gour, D. (2004).Community Building and Family-Centered
Collaboratives. in The Handbook of Community Practice.  M. Weil, D. Gamble, M. Reisch,   L. Gutierrez, R. Cnaan, & E. Mulroy (Eds.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Mulroy, E. & Back Tamburo, M. (2004). Nonprofit Organizations and Welfare to Work: Environmental Turbulence and Organizational Change.  Administration in Nonprofit Organizations.    

H. Schmid, (Ed.). [Reprinted from Administration in Social Work. Special Issue on Nonprofit Organizations. 2004. 28(2)  

Mulroy, E. & Matsuoka, J  (2004).  From Casework to Community Work: The Native Hawaiian Childrens Center Shifts to Community Building. Cases in Social Work Macro Practice  2nd edition  Netting, Fauri, & Wernet, Eds. 107-120.

Mulroy, E. (2002) Low-Income Women and Housing: Where Will They Live? In Women at the Margins: Neglect, Violence, and Resistance. R. Sarri & J. Figueira-McDonough (eds.) Haworth Press. 151-168.

Mulroy, E. & Matsuoka, J. (2000). “From Casework to Community Work:  The Native Hawaiian Children’s Center Shifts to Community Building,” Cases in Social Work Macro Practice.  Netting, Fauri, & Wernet (eds).  New York: Longman Publishing.  228-242.

Mulroy, E. & Austin, M. (forthcoming) Toward a Comprehensive Framework for Understanding  the  Social Environment: In Search of Theory for Practice.  Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Taylor, S., Austin, M. & Mulroy, E. (forthcoming). Evaluating the Social Environment Component of   Social Work Courses on Human Behavior and the Social Environment. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Taylor, S., Mulroy, E. & Austin, M. (forthcoming). Social Work Textbooks on Human Behavior and the Social Environment: An Analysis of the Social Environment Component. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Mulroy, E. (2004).  Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Environment for Management and Community Practice: An Organization-In-Environment Approach. Administration in Social Work 28(1), 77-96.

Mulroy, E. & Lauber, H. (2004). An Approach to User-Friendly Program Evaluation and Community Interventions for Families at Risk of Homelessness.  Social Work  (49) 573-586.

Mulroy, E. & Back-Tamburo, M. (2004). Nonprofit Organizations and Welfare-to-Work: Environmental Turbulence and Organizational Change. Administration in Social Work  28(2).

Cohen, C., Mulroy, E., Tull, T., White, C., & Crowley, S. (2004). Housing Plus Services: Supporting Vulnerable Families in Permanent Housing. Child Welfare  LXXXIII(5) 509-528.

Mulroy, E. (2004) University Civic Engagement with Community-Based Organizations: Dispersed or Coordinated Models?  Journal of Community Practice  12(3/4).

Mulroy, E. (2003). “Community as a Factor in Implementing Interorganizational Partnerships: Nonprofit Issues, Constraints and Adaptations.” Nonprofit Management and Leadership V14 (1 ) 47-66.

Luksetich, W., Meinhard, A, & Mulroy, (2003). Introduction to the special issue. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 32(4) 568-570.

Matsuoka, J., Mulroy, E. & Umemoto, K. (2002) “Conflicting Cultures: Linking Agency,  Community, and University in a Community Building Endeavor.” Social Thought.  21(2) 3-15.

Mulroy, E.& Lauber, H. (2002)  “Community Building in Hard Times: A Post-Welfare View From the Streets.”  Journal of Community Practice  10(1) 1-16.

Mulroy, E. (2001).  “Implementing Community Partnerships: Nonprofit Issues, Constraints, and Adaptations.”  International Society for Third Sector Research Working Paper Series Johns Hopkins University. www.jhu.edu/~istr

Mulroy, E. (2000).  “Starting Small: Strategy and the Evolution of Structure in an Interorganizational Collaboration.” Journal of Community Practice. 8(4)  27-43.

Mulroy, E. (2003). Social Service Review. V77(2) 315-318.  M. Fabricant & R. Fisher.   Settlement Houses Under Siege: The Struggle to Sustain Community Organizations in New York City.(2002). 

Mulroy, E and Lauber, H..  (June 2000)  “Third Year Evaluation of the Family Support Center   Federal  Demonstration Grant to Prevent Homelessness Among At-Risk Public Housing  Residents.” Report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, D.C.