Amanda Barusch Explained

Amanda Barusch
Thesis1 Title:Who cares: the relationship between family assistance and formal services provided to the frail elderly in case-managed and traditional service environments
Thesis1 Year:1985
Thesis2 Title:Aphasia
Thesis2 Url:https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s219t6
Thesis2 Year:2015

Amanda Smith Barusch is an American–New Zealand academic, and is professor emerita at the University of Otago, specialising in social work and gerontology. She is also an author and has authored or co-authored six books.

Academic career

Barusch is from California.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Reed College and a Master and Doctorate of Social Welfare both at the University of California, Berkeley. Her thesis was on the relationships between formal services and family caregivers for frail elderly people in different living arrangements.[2] Barusch also has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, which she earned from the University of Utah in 2015.[3] Barusch joined the faculty of the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, where she worked from 1985 to 2019.[4] She was Director of the Social Research Institute and Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies.

Barusch was appointed to Otago as their first professor of social work in 2007,[5] giving her inaugural professorial address in 2008.[6] Barusch's research focuses on gerontology and social work, covering issues such as problems experienced by elderly caregivers, gender differences in caregiving, and experiences of ageism.[7] [8] She has published six books as author or co-author, with her most recent being Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage, published by Oxford University Press in 2023. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Poverty and Health and Social Work, and as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

Selected works

Books

Journal articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Work . Social and Community . 2019-01-12 . Emeritus Professor Amanda Barusch . 2024-04-14 . www.otago.ac.nz . en.
  2. Who cares: the relationship between family assistance and formal services provided to the frail elderly in case-managed and traditional service environments . Barusch . Amanda Smith . PhD thesis . University of California, Berkeley . 1985 . 15 April 2024.
  3. Aphasia . Barusch . Amanda Smith . MFA thesis . University of Utah . 2015 . 15 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Amanda Barusch - College of Social Work - The University of Utah . 2024-04-14 . socialwork.utah.edu.
  5. Web site: Clarke . Ali . 2015-07-05 . Educating social workers . 2024-04-15 . University of Otago 1869-2019 . en.
  6. Web site: Otago . University of . 2018-01-19 . Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2008 Archive . 2024-04-14 . www.otago.ac.nz . en.
  7. Web site: Barusch . Amanda . 2024-01-08 . Why are older people disappearing? . 2024-04-14 . Newsroom . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2023-11-18 . Amanda Smith Barusch: embracing the rage that comes with age . 2024-04-14 . RNZ . en-nz.