Lenore Olsen

Building 9 (SSW) 105 (401) 456-8042 (401) 456-8613 lolsen@ric.edu

Academic Background

Professor	September 1982 to present
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University	August 1980
MSSA Mandel School, Case Western Reserve University	May 1975
B.S. Case Western Reserve University, Sociology	May 1973

Currently Teaching

research, field seminar, integrative project

Courses Taught

Social Work Research and Evaluation I and II, Practicum in Social Work Research and Evaluation I and II, Child and Family Policy Practice, Field Education Seminar

Areas of Interest

Children and Families, Research and Program Evaluation, Social Policy

Area of Expertise

child welfare, research, program evaluation

Publications

• Mumm, A.M. Olsen, L.J., & Allen, D. (1998). Families affected by substance abuse: Implications for generalist social work practice. Families and Society, 79(4), 384-394;
• Olsen, L., Allen, D., & Azzi-Lessing, L. (1996). Assessing risk in families affected by substance abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 20, 833-842;
• Azzi-Lessing,L, & Olsen, L. (1996). Substance abuse-affected families in the child welfare system. Social Work, 41, 15-23;
• Olsen, L. (1995). Services for substance abuse-affected families: The Project Connect experience. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 12, 183-196;
• Bromley, M.A. & Olsen, L. (1994). Early intervention services for Southeast Asian children. Social Work in Education, 16, 251-256.

Past Experience

Director of Research, Council for Community Services, Providence, RI; Director of Information Systems and Analysis, Division of Child/Adolescent Mental Health, MA Department of Mental Health; Research Associate, Center for Applied Social Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University

Community Service

Consultation to social service agencies on program evaluation, grants development, and data management; Member , RI KIDS Count Technical Advisory Committee; Member and Sub-committee chair, DCYF, Committee on Performance Accountability and Evaluation; Member, United Way Outcome Measures Committee (previously served on the Allocations Committee and Critical Funds Distribution Committee); Member, Office of the Child Advocate's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect (intermittent terms).