Emma Gross

emma.gross@socwk.utah.edu

Specialties: Diversity and Gender Studies, Social welfare politics and economics, family policy, Indian child welfare policy and programs.

Classes Taught: N/A

Favorite Quote:
"Live free or die" - New Hampshire State Motto

Emma Gross graduated with a Phd in Social Work and Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1986. She has been on the faculty of the College of Social Work since 1983. Her primary areas of teaching and writing are in social welfare policy and institutions; Native American politics (She has published a book entitled, Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians); womens studies (She is an editor of Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work) and iscurrently involved in developing curriculum for training in Indian child welfare programs with the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute of the Four Corners area.

Publications:
Journal Articles -
  • Emma R. Gross, University of Utah, USA, Native American Family Continuity as Resistance: The Indian Child Welfare Act as Legitimation for an Effective Social Work Practice. Journal of Social Work, 2003, London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi.
  • Emma R. Gross, Deconstructing Politically Correct Practice Literature: The American Indian Case, Volume 40, Number 2, March 1995.
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