Social Work chair publishes two book chapters and an article on self-care and social action
Dr. Mindy Brooks-Eaves, chair and program director in the School of Social Work at Kentucky State University, recently published a chapter in Approaching Disparities in School Discipline: Theory, Research, Practice, and Social Change.
According to the IGI Global website, Dr. Brooks-Eaves’ chapter, From the Schoolhouse to the Prison Yard: Discipline Disparities in K-12 Public Schools – A Call for Transformational Change, is “intended to help others seeking answers to the disciplinary disparities that limit opportunities for communities and students of color.”
The chapter provides historical context, identifies current issues in disciplinary disparities, and closes with a call for change in public education.
In commemoration of World Social Work Day March 21, Dr. Brooks-Eaves' chapter in The Ubuntu Practitioner: Social Work Perspectives (Chapter 22) entitled, “The You (and Me) of Ubuntu: Individual Self-Care as Essential for Collective Care,” co-written with Erlene Grise-Owens and Jay Miller, was published.
In a feature article published in The New Social Worker: The Social Work Careers Magazine, Dr. Brooks-Eaves and Grise-Owens consider the question: How does diversity affect our own self-care and our abilities to join others in social action? in their article entitled, Self-Care A-Z: World Social Work Day - The Importance of Self-Care for “Respecting Diversity Through Joint Social Action.”