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Diplomas / Degrees

PhD, University of Connecticut (2009)
MSW, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1999)
BA, Psychology, The George Washington University (1997)

Recent Courses

Contemporary Social Work: An Integrative Approach
Field Foundation III
Field Instruction I
Field Instruction I I
Field Instruction II Extended
Field Instruction IV
Issues In Social Welfare I History And Philosophy Social Welfare
Issues In Social Welfare II: Inequality,Inequity And Social Justice
Organization Context For Professional Practice

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Policy practice, social policy, political social work, macro practice, research

Research Interests

Political social work, social policy, social work education, international social work, women’s issues, domestic violence, pay equity

Book Chapters

Humphreys, N.A. & Lane, S.R. (2008). Hate Crimes. In Mizrahi, T. & Davis, L.E (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th Ed. (pp. 314-316). Washington: NASW Press and Oxford Press.

Recent Articles

Lane, S.R. (2010, 1). Political content in social work education as reported by elected social workers. Journal of Social Work Education, in press

Lane, S.R., Humphreys, N.A., Graham, E., Matthews, N. & Moriarty, J. (2007, 6). Voter registration: Empowering clients through agency-based voter registration. Journal of Policy Practice, 6, 79-94

Invited Presentations and Lectures

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Bergin, D., Lane, S.R., Waldner, M. & Zeiner, C. (18 September 2009). Homelessness and domestic violence: Finding intersections, creating connections. Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness 8th Annual Training Institute, Meriden, CT

Lane, S.R. (01 September 2009). Writing for social work. New Student Orientation, Adelphi School of Social Work Hudson Valley Campus, Poughkeepsie, NY

Lane, S.R. (18 April 2009). Crafting a campaign message; Working for an elected official. University of Connecticut School of Social Work 13th Annual Campaign School

Gilchrest, J., Raffa, G. & Lane, S.R. (31 January 2009). Connecticut General Assembly and policy advocacy. Planned Parenthood of Connecticut Campus Action Training, New Haven, CT

Lane, S.R. (01 July 2008). Pay equity and salary negotiation. Connecticut Young Democrats Women's Caucus, Hartford, CT

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Lyon, E. & Lane, S.R. (14 January 2010). Latina residents of domestic violence shelters: Differences between survey responses in English and Spanish. Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA

Lane, S.R. (07 November 2009). Political content in the social work education of elected social workers. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, San Antonio, TX

Lane, S.R. (02 November 2008). 'Electing the right people': A survey of elected social workers and candidates. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia, PA

Lyon, E. & Lane, S.R. (31 October 2008). The National Domestic Violence Shelter Study: Survivors' reports of their shelter experiences. Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia, PA

Lyon, E., Menard, A., Southworth, C., Lee, K., & Lane, S.R. (22 July 2008). Collaborative research to inform our work: The National Shelter Study and National Census. NCADV's 13th National Conference on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Lane, S.R. (2008). 'Electing the right people': A survey of elected social workers and candidates. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut.

Lyon, E., Lane, S.R., & Menard, A. (2008). Domestic violence shelters: Survivors’ experiences (Final report). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Professional Activities

Member, Council on Social Work Education; Abstract reviewer, 2009 APM
Member, National Association of Social Workers; Representative to the NASW-NY State Government and Advocacy Committee
Member, Influencing State Policy
Member, Society for Social Work and Research