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A native of California, Amanda S. Barusch completed her B.A. in Psychology at Reed College and her M.S.W. and Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Her primary research and teaching interests are in the fields of social policy and aging, and she has investigated topics ranging from interpersonal relations to international policy comparisons. She has published articles in leading North American journals and is the author or coauthor of seven books. Dr. Barusch serves on the editorial boards of the JOURNAL OF POVERTY and HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK. She is a devoted member of the Association for Gerontology Education--Social Work and a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America. Following 22 years at the University of Utah, Dr. Barusch took a leave in 2007 to join the staff of the Department of Social Work at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. There, she has focused on international policy comparison and the Utopian impulse in social work.Barusch, Amanda S. is the author of 'EX Book Found/Soc Policy 2e', published 2005 under ISBN 9780534567224 and ISBN 0534567223.
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