Social Work Research Methods: Learning by Doing

About Reginald O. York

Reginald O. York PhD is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Previously he served on the social work faculties of East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is the author of Human Service Planning (The University of North Carolina Press 1982) Building Basic Competencies in Social Work Research (Allyn and Bacon 1997) Conducting Social Work Research (Allyn and Bacon 1998) Evaluating Social Work Practice (Pearson 2009) and Statistics for Human Service Evaluation (Sage Publications 2017). Prior to his entry into academia he served as a foster care social worker a child protective services supervisor and the director of two human service organizations. His research interests include evidence-based practice social work education and human service management.