Conflict Resolution
Primary Investigator Profile: Charles Garvin
Professor
Emeritus Charles Garvin's major interests are the development of effective
procedures for all types of social work with groups and for the rehabilitation
of individuals suffering from both a mental illness and substance abuse
(i.e., persons with a dual diagnosis). His current research activities
are related to these two foci. His group project is an examination of
how different societies conduct programs for the amelioration of conflicts
among youth groups based on ethnic, social class, or cultural differences.
His rehabilitation project is on the development and testing of a family
intervention for dually diagnosed individuals who are unmotivated for
treatment. Garvin also has extensive international interests in social
work and has recently worked with colleagues in Hungary, Poland, Macedonia,
and Croatia. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: Interpersonal
Practice; Interpersonal Violence.
Charles Garvin has been teaching courses on group work for over thirty years. He was engaged in full time group work practice for a dozen years prior to his teaching career, and has been in part-time practice since. He has consulted widely on the development of group services. He is the author of 3 editions of Contemporary Group Work, and 2 editions of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work (with Brett Seabury) and Social Work in Contemporary Society (with John Tropman). He is also the author of many journal articles and book chapters on group work topics such as the use of groups in correctional, mental health, community, and substance abuse fields. He is a board member as well as founder and past chairperson of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. In the School of Social Work, he has held such positions as doctoral chair, curriculum committee chair, multicultural committee chair, and chair of the Interpersonal Practice program.
Last updated: 3/25/03
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