Diane Martell

Building 9 (SSW) 114 (401) 456-8628 dmartell@ric.edu

Academic Background

Associate Professor	July 2000 to present
Ph.D. The Florence Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University	February 2002
MA The Florence Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University	February 2000
MSW University of Connecticut	May 1981
BA University of Massachusetts Women’s Studies	May 1979

Currently Teaching

generalist practice and policy, macro practice, field seminar

Courses Taught

Social Policy Analysis, Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Institutions and Organizations, Field Seminar, Practice, Child Welfare, Violence Against Women, New Perspectives on Lesbians and Gay Men.

Area of Expertise

community organization, generalist practice, child welfare policy

Past Experience

Visiting Assistance Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University; Director, First Year Program, Trinity College; Director, Women’s Center, Trinity College; Field Placement Coordinator, Women’s Semester, University of Connecticut; Executive Director, Connecticut Chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League; Field Director, Connecticut Valley Girl Scouts; Program Assistant, New Directions Program in Occupational Health.

Present Service Activities

RI NASW PACE; RI Peace Action; Social Policy and Practice Group, CSWE; Democracy Works; American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children; National Association of Social Workers.

Publications

• "The Criminal Justice System and Child Placement in Child Sexual Abuse Cases", Child Maltreatment, 1999.
• "Feminist Community Organizing on a College Campus", Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 1998.
• Public presentations on child welfare issues, providing services to survivors of sexual assault and acquaintance rape, and dealing with racism and sexism in community organizations.