Faculty & Staff: Faculty Profiles: Dr. Cynthia Sanders
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Dr. Cynthia Sanders, PhD, MSW Education Building, #716E |
AREAS OF RESEARCH
- Macropractice and Social Policy
- Poverty and Inequality
- Microenterprise in the United States
- Social and Economic Development
- Economic Planning and Development with Low-Income Women
- Domestic Violence
- Women's Issues
COURSES TAUGHT
- Research II: Evaluation (MSW: Social Work 532)
- Individuals & Families: Policy & Legislation
- General Methods II: Larger Systems/Macro (MSW: Social Work 515)
- Advanced Social Work Practicum I and II (MSW: Social Work 575/576)
- Generalist Social Work III: Organizations and Communities (BSW: Social Work 455)
- Introduction to Social Welfare (BSW: Social Work 101)
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- MSW, University of Utah
- B.S., University of Utah (Economics and Political Science)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONs
Books
- Sherraden, Margaret S., Sanders, Cynthia K, and Sherraden, Michael (2004). Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Poor Households. State University of New York (SUNY) Press. Link to Suny Press Book Page
Articles
- Sanders, Cynthia K., Weaver, Terri, and Schnabel,
Meg (in press). Economic education for battered women: An evaluation
of outcomes. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work.
- Sanders, Cynthia K. and Schnabel, Meg 2006. Organizing
for economic empowerment of battered women: Women’s Savings Accounts.
Journal of Community Practice, 14 (3), 47-68
- Porterfield, Shirley, Sanders, Cynthia K. and Rainford,
William (2006). The wealth holdings of married-couple households with
children with disabilities. Journal of Policy Practice, 5 (4), 19-39.
- Sanders, Cynthia K. (2004). Employment options for
low-income women: Microenterprise versus the labor market. Social Work
Research, 28 (2), 83-92.
- Sherraden, Margaret S., Ssewamala, Fred, and Sanders,
Cynthia K. (2003).
Microenterprise performance: A comparison of experiences in the United States and Uganda . Social Development Issues, 25 (1/2), 219-234.
- Sanders, Cynthia K. (2002). The impact of microenterprise
assistance programs: A comparative study of program participants, non-participants
and other low wage workers. Social Service Review, 76 (2), 321-340.
- Sanders, Cynthia K. and Scanlon, Edward (2000). Mortgage lending and gender. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 15 (1), 9-30
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