About William Meezan
Dr William (Bill) Meezan is currently Professor of Social Work at The Ohio State University, and served as Dean of the College of Social Work at that institution from 2005-2009. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Dr. Meezan was the Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, a position he had held since 1999. Before moving to Michigan, he was on the faculty of the University of Southern California, which he joined in 1988 as the John Milner Professor of Child Welfare, and on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Jane Addams College of Social Work, where he rose through the academic ranks, attaining tenure in 1981 and the rank of full professor in 1986. He holds his doctorate from Columbia University.
In 1984-85, Dr. Meezan served as a Congressional Science Fellow sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development, while in 1993-1994 he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in the Baltic States, where he helped organize the first schools of social work in Lithuania and Latvia. In 1997 he received an honorary degree from the Higher School of Social Work and Social Pedagogics “Attistiba” in Riga for his contribution to the development of social work education in the Latvian Republic, and he was inducted into the Columbia University School of Social Work’s Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005.
He is the recipient of the Society for Social Work Research’s Outstanding Research Award (2000), and the Pro Humanitate Literary Award/2009 Herbert A. Raskin Child Welfare Article Award from the Center for Child Welfare Policy of the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (2009). Over the course of his career, he has received research funding from Federal and State governments and numerous foundations.
Dr. Meezan has written extensively along the entire continuum of child welfare services, including over 50 articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and anthologies. In addition, he has co-authored four books in child welfare and co-edited six other volumes, including The Handbook of Research with LGBT Populations (Routledge, 2009). Dr. Meezan serves or has served on the Editorial Boards or as a Consulting Editor to 11 journals including Social Work, Social Work Research, Research on Social Work Practice, Children and Youth Services Review, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, and Child Welfare. He has been a consultant to numerous social agencies, foundations, schools of social work, and national organizations, and has served on the Boards of the Society for Social Work Research (Secretary), the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (President), the ANSWER Coalition, and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (Secretary). He is about to begin a four year term as the Chair of the National Publications Committee of the National Association of Social of Social Workers.
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Title : Dean & Professor
Business Website : http://www.csw.ohio-state.edu
Industry : Education
Company Name : Ohio State University
Expertise : Child Welfare Services, Family Support and Preservation, Child Physical Abuse, Foster Care and Adoption
Years Of Experience In Industry : 32
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Attributes Success To : My involvement in research, policy, national service, and advocacy as well as my success as a teacher and administrator.
Future Career And Business Goals : Greater involvement in research and policy activities.
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Dr William (Bill) Meezan is currently Professor of Social Work at The Ohio State University, and served as Dean of the College of Social Work at that institution from 2005-2009. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Dr. Meezan was the Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, a position he had held since 1999. Before moving to Michigan, he was on the faculty of the University of Southern California, which he joined in 1988 as the John Milner Professor of Child Welfare, and on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Jane Addams College of Social Work, where he rose through the academic ranks, attaining tenure in 1981 and the rank of full professor in 1986. He holds his doctorate from Columbia University.
In 1984-85, Dr. Meezan served as a Congressional Science Fellow sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development, while in 1993-1994 he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in the Baltic States, where he helped organize the first schools of social work in Lithuania and Latvia. In 1997 he received an honorary degree from the Higher School of Social Work and Social Pedagogics “Attistiba” in Riga for his contribution to the development of social work education in the Latvian Republic, and he was inducted into the Columbia University School of Social Work’s Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005.
He is the recipient of the Society for Social Work Research’s Outstanding Research Award (2000), and the Pro Humanitate Literary Award/2009 Herbert A. Raskin Child Welfare Article Award from the Center for Child Welfare Policy of the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (2009). Over the course of his career, he has received research funding from Federal and State governments and numerous foundations.
Dr. Meezan has written extensively along the entire continuum of child welfare services, including over 50 articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and anthologies. In addition, he has co-authored four books in child welfare and co-edited six other volumes, including The Handbook of Research with LGBT Populations (Routledge, 2009). Dr. Meezan serves or has served on the Editorial Boards or as a Consulting Editor to 11 journals including Social Work, Social Work Research, Research on Social Work Practice, Children and Youth Services Review, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, and Child Welfare. He has been a consultant to numerous social agencies, foundations, schools of social work, and national organizations, and has served on the Boards of the Society for Social Work Research (Secretary), the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (President), the ANSWER Coalition, and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (Secretary). He is about to begin a four year term as the Chair of the National Publications Committee of the National Association of Social of Social Workers.
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