Editorial Boards
Editorial Board
C. Joann Beathea, Ph.D.
Author and Consultant, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Carl T. Bell, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago; President and CEO, Community Mental Health Council and Foundation
Robert Bloom, Ph.D.
Author; Executive Director, Jewish Child and Family Services
Barbara T. Bowman, M.A.
Irving Harris Professor of Child Development, Erikson Institute
Chief Officer, Office of Early Childhood Education, Chicago Public Schools
Richard Calica, M.A., L.C.S.W.
Executive Director, Juvenile Protective Association
Emalee Flaherty, M.D.
Medical Director, Protective Service Team, Children's Memorial Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Diane Geraghty, J.D.
Professor of Law and Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Nora L. Ishibashi, Ph.D.
Private Practice; Author and Speaker on School Social Work Practice
Theodore R. LeBlang, J.D.
Emeritus Professor of Law and Medicine; Southern Illinois University Schools of Medicine and Law, Springfield, Illinois
Deborah R. Major, Ph.D.
Catholic Charities, Foster Care Division
Tracey Maybrey, D.S.W.
Director, MSW Program, DePaul University
Mikal N. Rasheed, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Social Work, Director, MSW Program, Chicago State University; Private Practice.
Marion Rosenbluth, Ph.D., L.C.S.W
Professor Emeritus Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work
Associate, Yale Child Study Center
Robin Russel, Ph.D., J.D.
Director and Professor University of Maine School of Social Work, Orono, Maine
S. Gene Schwarm, J.D.
Chief Judge, State of Illinois, Circuit Court, 4th Judicial Circuit
Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.
Professor of Urban Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
Stephen Sheldon, D.O.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Children’s Memorial Hospital
Mark Testa, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor, University of Illinois Children and Family Research Center
George W. Timberlake, M.B.A., J.D.
Retired Circuit Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois,
Jack Wall, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work
Anita Weinberg, J.D., M.S.W.
Clinical Professor and Director, ChildLaw Policy Institute
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Bernice Weissbourd, M.A.
President, Family Focus; Author
International Consulting Editors
Cecilia L.W. Chan, Ph.D., R.S.W., J.P.
Director, Centre on Behavioral Health; Si Yuan Professor in Health and Social Work, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
Ka-Ching Yeung, Ph.D.
Senior Teaching Consultant, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong
Mel Gray, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work and Head of the School of Social Sciences
University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Daiva Kristina Kuzmickaite, Ph.D.
Lithuanian Emigration Institute and Public Administration Department, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Nigel Parton, B.A., C.Q.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.
NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, England
Ulla Maia Rantalaiho, M.A.
Lecturer, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Rita Vaicekauskaite, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Klaipeda University Department of Social Work
Roger W. Byard, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Marks Professor of Pathology, University of Adelaide
Graham Vimpani, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Newcastle
Monika Többe-Schukalla, Ph.D.
Professor, Dr., Catholic University of Applied Sciences Northrhine Westfalia
Francesco Villa, Ph.D.
Professor, Universitta del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Editorial Staff
Managing Editors
Rachel Kibblesmith, M.S.W., Program Director, Stand Up Help Out! and C.R.I.M.E.
Associate Editors
Stacy Christoff, M.S.W., Madison, Wisconsin
Noriko I. Martinez, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work and University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration and private practice
Daiva Piscikaite, M.S.W. Social Worker, Catholic Charities Adoption Services
Consulting Editors
Venessa A. Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity; Professor, Social Work, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Dorothea Epple, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of St. Francis
Owen Field, J.D.
Former General Counsel, State of Illinois Department of Public Aid; Past President, American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys
Gail Kenyon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Meredith
College Raleigh NC
Henry Krous, M.D.
Director of Pathology, Children's Hospital-San Diego; Professor of Pathology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; Director, San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project
Elizabeth Meadows, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Roosevelt University School of Education
Kui Hee Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, California State University at Chico
Maria Vidal de Haymes, Ph.D.
Professor, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work
Wayne Evens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Program Director, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Bradley University, Peoria
Honorary Editorial Board
Father Michael Boland, M.S.W.
Administrator, Catholic Charities of Chicago
Tom Finnegan, M.S.W.,
Executive Director, Kaleidoscope, Inc.
Jimmy M. Lago
Chancellor, Archdiocese of Chicago
Daniel Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work
Phyllis Russell
Executive Director, Work, Welfare and Families
The Reverend Alexander Sharp
Executive Director, Protestants for the Common Good; Formerly Chairman of the Board, Coalition for the Homeless
Jerome Stermer
Chief of Staff, Governor Pat Quinn
The Honorable Christine Radogno, M.S.W.
Illinois State Senate, 24th District
