REFERENCE
In a wide-ranging presentation derived from teaching experiences and
research projects, seasoned professors, Wassie Kebede and Alice Butterfield,
examine engaged research that links social work, human services, and social
development with the intent of instigating action for social change.
Drs. Kebede and Butterfield begin by introducing others to an overview of engaged
research and models of social change, and then examine development issues
in Ethiopia in view of engaged research. After offering their context of engaged
research as a prototype for extrapolating development policies that can be
studied, compared, and contrasted with those in other countries, Kebede and
Butterfield present the results from the engaged research of former PhD students,
now faculty at various universities in Ethiopia. The book provides a glimpse into
the professors' own experiences and an emphasis on the importance of involving
faculty and students in engaged research through coursework.
Incorporating Engaged Research in Social Development is a comprehensive
study that offers academic insight and research results in order to promote social
development and change. Readers are encouraged to use this book for teaching
and implementing engaged research in higher education. Guidelines for teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses are included.
Wassie Kebede, MSW, PhD, is an associate professor and inaugural graduate
with a doctoral degree in social work and social development at Addis Ababa
University, School of Social Work. He is a current visiting professor of social
work at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia, and a past visiting professor at the
University of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland.
Alice K. Butterfield, MSW, PhD, is a professor in the Jane Addams College
of Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago, where she teaches policy and
practice in the MSW and PHD programs. Her diverse career includes pioneering
international social work in Romania and Ethiopia, and serving as a Fulbright
Specialist at Assam Don Bosco University in Guwahati, Assam, India.