Faculty Books

Mike Austin and Mack Center Research Director Sarah Carnochan

Public Child Welfare: A Casebook for Teaching and Learning. Framed within the context of relevant national and state policy and practices, the cases address complex child welfare issues including neglect and abuse, substance abuse, domestic violence, criminal justice involvement, mental health, reunification and adoption, and more. Co-authors include Lisa Molinar, Joanne Brown, Lisa Botzler, Karen Gunderson and Colleen Henry.

Jill Duerr Berrick

The Impossible Imperative: Navigating the Competing Principles of Child Protection The Impossible Imperative (Oxford University Press) lays out a framework for conducting principled child welfare practice, arguing that the field is shaped by competing ideas that force child welfare professionals to make choices that are both contested and contentious. Although the principles serve to animate child welfare practice and policy, they are fraught with contradiction when placed in a real-world context. Joined by 15 co-authors who are former Berkeley students and who have served as child welfare professionals across California, these writers share their stories about working on the front lines of child protection.

Eileen Gambrill

Critical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice (Oxford University Press). Gambrill’s newest book provides a detailed description of the process of evidence-based practice. Ethical obligations to involve clients as informed participants are emphasized, including attention to the close connection between evidentiary and ethical issues. The text discusses the origins of the process as well as related controversies and implementation obstacles, and serves as a valuable resource to professionals and students in the helping professions.

Tina Sacks

Invisible Visits: Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System (Oxford University Press). Although the United States spends almost onefifth of all its resources funding healthcare, the American system continues to be dogged by persistent inequities in the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities and women. Based on original research, Invisible Visits analyzes how middle-class Black women navigate the complexities of dealing with doctors in this environment. It challenges the idea that race and gender discrimination in healthcare settings is a thing of the past, and questions the persistent myth that discrimination only affects poor racial minorities.