Socially Just Practice in Groups: A Social Work Perspective

About Charles D. GarvinRobert M. Ortega

Robert Ortega has worked as a social worker with children in psychiatric settings and now heads a program to prevent and treat child abuse. Immediately after he received his doctorate he was invited to join the faculty of the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. He has taught courses at masters and doctoral levels in group work child abuse and multiculturalism. He is of Mexican descent although born and raised in the United States. He has written many articles and book chapters on group work cultural humility and multiculturalism. He is often invited throughout the country to speak on these issues. He was a member of the committee that visits schools of social work with respect to accreditation. He was the chair of the committee of faculty to advise the administrative officers of the University of Michigan. Charles Garvin holds his masters and doctoral degrees from the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago. He was a practitioner in social work and group work for a dozen years after his masters degree before he studied for his PhD. He graduated from a program of the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis that trained child therapists. He has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Social work 1965-2002 and is now Professor Emeritus of Social Work He is the author or co-author of many books such as Contemporary Group Work Interpersonal Practice in Social Work Social Work in Contemporary Society Group Work Research and Social Work and Social Justice. He was the first chair of the now called International Association of Social Work with Groups after it became a membership organization. He is a past chair of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work. He has written over 50 articles and book chapters on social work research and group work He is the co-editor of two editions of the Handbook of Social Work with Groups.