CURRICULUM VITAE

David J. Pate, Jr.

EDUCATION

2003 Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin–Madison

1982 A.M., Social Work, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration

1980 B.S.W., Social Work, University of Detroit

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Institute for Research on Poverty

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2006 – 2012 Assistant Professor, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Department of Social Work

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Responsible for Bachelor, M.S.W., and Doctoral

level social welfare policy courses and qualitative methods course. (tenure-track)

2012 – Promoted to Associate Professor

2007 – Affiliated Assistant Professor, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin,

Madison

2012 – Promoted to Affiliated Associate Professor

2013 (Fall) Visiting Research Scholar, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York.

York, United Kingdom

2009 and 2010 Lecturer and Co-Administrator

2015 Lecturer and Lead Administrator

Institut fuer Gesellschafts- und Sozialpolitik

Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz

Upper Austria Summer Course in Social Work and Criminal Justice

Austria, Europe (Summer Study Abroad Program for UG and G Social Welfare students)

2017 (Fall) Interim Chair, Department of Social Work

2018 – Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

2018 - Chair, Department of Social Work

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PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS (PEER-REVIEWED)

Pizur-Barnekow, Kris, David Pate, Katie Lazar, Nelly Paul, Kathleen Pritchard, and George Morris.

(2017). “African American Fathers’ Occupational Participation: “Keeping Mothers in a Positive Vibe.”

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. 37(4):237-244. first published online on July 14, 2017.

Topitzes, James, David Pate, Nathan Berman, and Christopher Medina-Kirchner. (2016). “Adverse

childhood experiences, health, employment: A study of men seeking job services.” Child Abuse and

Neglect first published online September 29, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.09.012

Pate, David. (2016) “The Color of Debt: Social Networks, Sanctions, and Child Support Enforcement

Policy” Race and Social Problems first published online February 23, 2016. DOI 10.1007/s12552-016-

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King, Patricia A. Lee and David J. Pate (2014) “Perinatal HIV testing among African American,

Caucasian, Hmong and Latina women: exploring the role of health-care services, information sources,

and perceptions of HIV/AIDS.” Health Education Research. 29 (1): 109-121. first published online

October 21, 2013 doi:10.1093/her/cyt101

Pate, David. Life After PRWORA: The Involvement of African-American Fathers with welfare-reliant

Children and the Child Support Enforcement System. (2010) In book, Social Work with African

American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Policy. Editor: Waldo Johnson. Publisher: Oxford Press.

Pate, David. (2008) “Child Support Enforcement and Father Involvement among Victims of Intimate-

Partner Violence” Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 17, (1), pp. 42-58.

Sellers, Sherrill, Earlise Ward and David Pate. (2006). “Dimensions of Depression: A Qualitative study of

well-being Among Black African Immigrant Women.” Qualitative Social Work, 5(1) pp. 45-66.

Pate, David. “Deadbeat Dads or Fatherhood in Poverty?” (2005) In book, Good parents or good workers:

How policy shapes families' daily lives.” Editors: Jill Duerr Berrick and Bruce Fuller. Publisher: Palgrave

Macmillan.

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS (OTHER)

Brito, Tonya, David Pate, Daanika Gordon, and Amanda Ward. “What We Know and Need To Know

About Civil Gideon” South Carolina Law Review, University of South Carolina Law School

(March, 2016)

Brito, Tonya, David Pate, and Jai-Hui Stefanie Wong. “I Do for My Kids”: Negotiating Race and Racial

Inequality in Child Support Enforcement Proceedings”. Fordham Law Review, Fordham University,

School of Law. (Summer, 2015)*

*Recipient of the 2016 John Hope Franklin Award (Honorable Mention/Runner-Up) for best article on

Race, Racism, and the Law published in the last two years. (Law and Society Association)

Johnson, Waldo., David. Pate, Jarvis. Givens. (2010). Big Boys Don’t Cry, Black Boys Don’t Feel: The

Intersection of Shame and Worry on Community Violence and the Social Construction of Masculinity

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among Urban African American Males: The Case of Derrion Albert. In C. Edley, Jr. and J. Ruiz de

Velasco (eds.). Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color,

University of California Press.

Pate, David. “Fatherhood Responsibility and the Marriage Promotion Policy: Going to the Chapel and

We’re Going to Get Married.” (2009) In book, Dismissing The Myth: The Persistence Of Black

Fatherhood In America. Editors: Roberta Coles and Charles Green. Publisher: Columbia University

McNeely, R.L. and David. Pate. (2007) Neighborhood Convenience Stores and Drug Paraphernalia: One

Community's Response," In book, Strategies of Community Intervention, 7. Editors: J. Rothman, J. L.

Erlich, and J.E. Tropman. Publisher: Peosta, Iowa: Bowers Publishing Co., Inc.

Pate, David. “The Life Circumstances of African American Fathers with Children on W-2

and Their Involvement in the Child Welfare System.” (2005) In Handbook of Children, Youth, and

Family Services: Practices, Policy, and Programs. Editors: Gerald Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess.

Publisher: Columbia University Press.

Pate, David. (Summer, 2002) “The life circumstances of African American fathers with children on W-2:

An ethnographic inquiry.” FOCUS. (vol. 22) (number 2) p. 25-30 Institute for Research on Poverty.

Pate, David and Earl Johnson. (Spring, 2000) “The Ethnographic Study for the W-2 Child Support

Enforcement Demonstration.Evaluation: Some Preliminary Findings” FOCUS. (vol. 21)

(number 1) p. 18- 22 Institute for Research on Poverty.

PUBLICATIONS: GOVERNMENT REPORTS

Florsheim, Paul and David Pate (August, 2017) “ReCast MKE Community Needs and Resource

Assessment” City of Milwaukee Health Department, Office of Violence Prevention, SAMSHA.

Topitzes, James Dimitri and David Pate. (December, 2014) “Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health, and

Employment: A Study of African American Men Seeking Job Services in Milwaukee, WI.” Report of

Preliminary Analysis submitted to ICF on behalf of the Office of Family Assistance, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services.

Topitzes, James Dimitri and David Pate. (October, 2013) “Health, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and

Employment: A Study of African American Men Seeking Job Services in Milwaukee, WI.” Initial Report

to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance.

King, Patti, and David Pate. (August, 2010) “Understanding Pregnant and Postpartum Women of Color’s

Perceptions of and Experiences with HIV Testing and Postpartum Depression: A Community

Conversation” Report to Planned Parenthood and the Wisconsin Department of Public Health, Wisconsin

AIDS/HIV Program.

Noyes, Jennifer, David Pate, and Rebekah Kaplan. (December, 2009) “Holding Child Support Orders of

Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Parent Perspectives” Interim Evaluation Report to the Department of

Workforce Development. Institute for Research on Poverty.

Pate, David. “Welfare and Child Support Policy Knowledge among Parents of Children on W-2 in Dane

County.” (June, 2006) Final Report to the Department of Workforce Development. Institute for Research

on Poverty.

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Pate, David. “Findings of a Focus Group Study on Child Support and Welfare Policy Knowledge

Amongst Non-custodial and Custodial parents in urban and rural Wisconsin counties.” (March, 2006).

Final Report to the Department of Workforce Development. Institute for Research on Poverty.

Cancian, Maria, Carol Heinrich, David Pate, and Ingrid Rothe. (August, 2004). “Findings of a Focus

Group Study to Inform the Design of a Child Support Arrears Forgiveness Pilot Program in Wisconsin.”

Final Report to the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support and Racine County Child Support.

Institute for Research on Poverty.

Pate, David, Waldo Johnson, and Mark Turner. “Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Low-Income Married

Parents.” (March, 2004) Commissioned paper for the ACF/HHS Strengthening Healthy Marriage

Initiative, published by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.

Pate, David. “An Ethnographic Inquiry into the Life Experiences of African American Fathers with

Children on W-2.” (April, 2002) In W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Report on

Nonexperimental Analyses, Fathers of Children in W-2 Families.Volume II, ed. D. R. Meyer and M.

Cancian. Report to the Department of Workforce Development, Institute for Research on Poverty,

University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Meyer, Daniel R., Larry L.Bumpass, Lynn Wimer, and David Pate. (June, 1997). “Cohabitation and Child

Support.” Final report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

PUBLICATIONS: OTHER (CREATIVE WORK)

Pate, D. “Racial Disparities in Milwaukee”. Fellas Magazine (Milwaukee: WI) Published: October, 2013

Pate, D. CNN Op-Ed piece: Education vs. the lure of pro basketball Published: April 30, 2012

Pate, D. “African-American Fatherhood” View from the US BULLETIN. London, England/Runnymede

Trust, Autumn Issue 367 (2011).

R.L. McNeely, D. Pate, and L. Johnson. “Milwaukee Today: An Occasional Report of the NAACP” A

research publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (June, 2011)

Pate, D. “Fatherhood: Six Men: One City” an ethnographic documentary on six African American fathers

discusses public policy issues and their effects on their life. Spring, 2009. (Length: 42 minutes)

Pate, D. “Family”(Activity 3) and “Community” (Activity 5) Spring, 2009. The Masculinity Project:

Community: Black Community in Focus. Community and Educational Resource Guide. pp. 12-14, 16-18.

Pate, David “Better than Tough and Cool: Programs Show Young Men Alternative Styles.” Winter, 1990.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund Quarterly, Chicago, pp. 3–9.

Pate, David, and Patricia Davis-Scott “Working with a Big-City School System.” Fall, 1990. The Ounce

of Prevention Fund Quarterly, Chicago, pp. 5–7.

Mucherera, Kaaria and David Pate. “Cultural Sensitivity and Work with African-American Men in

Reproductive Health Care.” Spring 1989. Men’s Reproductive Health, 3 (2): 1–6, Santa Cruz, California.

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Pate, David and Susan Knight “Teenage Pregnancy and Primary Prevention: New Approaches to an

Old Problem.” Resources in Education, November 1986 I.D. #ED270694 Eric Clearinghouse (Ann Arbor,

Michigan).

BOOK REVIEW

England and Edin, (2007) Unmarried Couples with Children, New York: Russell Sage Foundation

301 pages. Social Service Review, (published: December, 2009).

MANUSCRIPTS (Forthcoming)

Book Chapters

Pate, David. “From Social Service to Social Science: Reflections of a Black Man in Academe

Researching Black Men.” Flipping the Script: New Frontiers for Imagining Black Men and Masculinity.

Editor: Alford Young. Publisher: Routledge Publishers.

Brito, Tonya, Daanika Gordon, and David Pate. “Focused Ethnography: A Methodological Approach for

Engaged Legal Scholarship.” Editors: Peter Enrich and Rashmi Dyal-Chand. Publisher: Cambridge Press.

Race, Poverty, and Mass Incarceration (Edited Volume) Review of Black Political Economy

(to be published in 2020).

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS

The Milwaukee Reentry Alliance Project

Awarded from the Tommy Thompson Center on Public Leadership ($56,675)

Principal Investigators: David Pate

(Funding Period: January – June, 2019)

Improving the health outcomes of communities impacted by incarceration

Awarded from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, Community Impact Grant, University of Wisconsin-

Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health to Employ Milwaukee

Total project award: $1 million

Principal Investigator: David Pate

(Funding Period: 2019 – 2023)

Engaging African American Fathers to Improve Health Literacy.

Awarded from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation ($40,000) and the United Way of Milwaukee ($2,500)

Co Investigators: David Pate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social

Welfare and Kris Barnekow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Health Sciences.

(Funding Period: 2018 - 2019)

Improving Health Through Enhanced Work

Awarded from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, Community Impact Grant, University of Wisconsin-

Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health to Community Advocates

Total project award: $1 million

Principal Investigator: James Topitzes Co-Investigators: Joshua Mersky, and David Pate.

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(Funding Period: 2017 – 2022)

Evaluation of Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST)

Awarded from the federal office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA), to the City of Milwaukee, Office of Violence Prevention and Community Advocates.

Total project award: $5 million

Principal Investigator: David Pate ($500K+)

(Funding Period: 2016-2021)

PRIOR RESEARCH GRANTS

Access to Justice for Low-Income Civil Litigants: Comparative and Longitudinal Study of Experiences

with Court Systems. National Science Foundation (Law and Social Science Program) ($304,000)

Principal Investigator: Tonya Brito, University of Wisconsin, Law School and Co-Investigator, D. Pate,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.

(Funding Period: 2014-2017)

Understanding Low-Income Civil Litigants’ Experiences with Access to Justice Interventions.

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award. (UWM Graduate School) ($14,963)

Principal Investigator: David Pate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of

Social Welfare and Co-Investigator, Tonya Brito, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Law School.

(Funding Period: 2014–2017)

Access to Justice for Low-Income Civil Litigants: A Comparative Study of How Lawyers and More

Limited Forms of Legal Assistance Matter in Child Support Enforcement Proceedings

Research Award. (University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School) ($60,947)

Principal Investigator: Tonya Brito, University of Wisconsin, Law School and Co-Investigator, D. Pate,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.

(Funding Period: 2014-2016)

Access to Justice for Low-Income Civil Litigants: A Comparative Study of How Lawyers and More

Limited Forms of Legal Assistance Matter in Child Support Enforcement Proceedings

National Science Foundation (Law and Social Science Program) ($141,000)

Principal Investigator: Tonya Brito, University of Wisconsin, Law School and Co-Investigator, D. Pate,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.

(Funding Period: 2013-2016)

The Intersectionality of Employment and Health Status for African American Males. Wisconsin

Partnership Program, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Development Grant Principal

Investigator: G. Williams, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board

Co Investigators: D. Pate, J. Topitzes, and M. Brondino, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen

Bader School of Social Welfare. ($50,000) (Funding Period: 2012-2015)

The Role of Counsel in Child Support Enforcement Proceedings. Principal Investigators: Tonya Brito,

Professor (Law School) and Co-Investigator, David Pate, Associate Professor (Social Work) The grant

funds are provided by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services to the Institute for Research on Poverty. The award covers a

50% PA position at UW-Madison. Initial Funding Period: 2012-2013 Renewed Funding: 2013-2014.

IRP Small Grant Program (Seed Funds). ($44,185)

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Developing Home Visiting in Wisconsin Through Shared Practice and Mentoring. U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. Human Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health

Bureau. Principal Investigator: WI. Dept. of Children & Families (L. McAllister) Principal Site

Investigator & Lead Evaluator: J. Mersky Co-Investigators: J. Topitzes, D. Pate. ($300,000 subcontract)

(Funding Period: 2012-2014)

Kenosha Fatherhood Involvement Planning Project

Wisconsin Partnership Program, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Development Grant Project Manager: Pamela Halbach, Racine/Kenosha Community Action Agency, Inc.

(WIC) Principal Investigator: D. Pate and Co-Investigator, J. Topitzes, University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. ($50,000) (Funding Period: 2013-2014)

Engaging African-American Fathers to Reduce Infant Mortality by Improving their Health Literacy.

Wisconsin Partnership Program, UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Development Grant Project Manager: Kathleen Pritchard, Planning Council for Health and Human

Services, Inc. Co Investigators: D. Pate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of

Social Welfare and Kris Barnekow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Health Sciences.

($50,000) (Funding Period: 2013-2014)

Examining Adverse Childhood Experiences of Low-Income Adult Males

Principal Investigator: David Pate and Co-Investigator: J. Topitzes, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. The prime contractor was the US Department of Health and

Human Services, Office of Family Assistance with the prime contract number (HHSP23320110020YC)

the subcontract was ICF Incorporated, LLC (subcontract agreement number 14JTSK0098) ($50,000)

(Funding Period: 2013-2014)

Principal Investigator: David Pate and Co-Investigator: J. Topitzes, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Feasibility Study for the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment

Board, Inc. Award #MIL108586 from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago flow through from US

Department of Health and Human Services ($20,157) (Funding Period: 2012-2013)

Primary researcher (with three undergraduate students) for the study titled “Bringing the classroom to the

Agency: Examining the Retention of Knowledge in Undergraduate Social Work Students,” sponsored by

the UWS Leadership Site for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee (Spaights Endowment Funds) (2009-2010)

Pate, David, Principal Investigator. Title: “Understanding Pregnant and Postpartum Women of Color’s

Perceptions of and Experiences with HIV Testing: A Community Conversation.” Sponsor: State of

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin AIDS/HIV and Planned Parenthood. ($5934) (with

Patti A. Lee King, Doctoral Candidate) (2010)

Co-Investigator: Title: “Effects of a Policy Change in Milwaukee County to Hold Incarcerated Payers’

Orders in Abeyance Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of the Policy Change” Sponsor: ($24,463) (with

J. Noyes) (2010)

Pate, David, Principal Investigator. Title: “Re-examining Perspectives on Poverty and Resiliency: A

Gathering of Black Men.” Sponsor: The Community-University Partnership grants support collaborations

between UWM and community non-profit organizations and agencies. UWM Cultures and Communities,

Amount: $1,500 per year (2007-2009).

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Pate, David, Principal Investigator. Title: “An Examination of Adult Male Access to Health Care Services

in Milwaukee.” Sponsor: UW School of Medicine and Public health (p/c DHHS PHS NIH), Madison WI.

Amount: $61,154 (2006-2008)

Pate, David, Principal Investigator. Title: “Child Support Policy Research” Sponsor: Wisconsin

Department of Workforce Development (prime DHHS-ACF funding).

Amount: $18,515 (2006)

Pate, David, Principal Investigator. “Almost Winner” for UWM Research Growth Initiative.

Amount: $2,000 (2006)

TEACHING: COURSES

Course Load: 2/2 (Years: 2006-2007) 3/2 (Years: 2008 – 2013) since 2014 2/2

*post-tenure and/or(new preps)

Social Work 206, Introduction to Social Welfare Policy (undergraduate)

Average Number of students: 87 students

(fall 2006, spring 2007) (fall 2007, spring 2008) (fall, 2008) (fall 2009, spring 2010)

(fall 2010, spring 2011) (fall 2011, spring 2012) (fall 2012, spring 2013) (fall 2014, spring 2015)

(fall, 2015, spring, 2016) (fall, 2016, spring 2017) (fall, 2017, spring 2018) (spring 2019)

Social Work 380 “I Am A Man: Construction of Masculinity for Black Males” Honors

College (undergraduate) (fall 2014: 15 students) (new prep)

Social Work 380 “#blacklivesmatter: An analysis and critique of the movement” Honors

College (undergraduate) (spring: 2016: 16 students) (new prep)

Social Work 591 “Race in America: Reconciliation and Reconsideration. (spring 2017: 20

students) (new prep)

Social Work 750 Social Welfare Policy Development and Implementation

(masters) (summer 2015, summer 2016) (15 students)

Social Work 851, Social Issues and Policy Analysis (masters)

Average Number of Students: 15 students

(spring 2006) (fall 2006, spring 2007) (spring 2008) (fall 2009, spring 2010)

(fall 2010, spring 2011) (fall 2011, spring 2012) (fall 2012, spring 2013) (fall 2016) (fall 2017)

(fall 2018)

Social Work 931, Theories of Poverty and Social Welfare Policy for Children and Families

(doctoral)

(fall 2007: 4 students) (spring 2010: 3 students) (spring 2012: 4 students)

Social Work 952, Qualitative Research Methods (doctoral)

(fall, 2008: 5 students) (spring 2011: 2 students) (spring 2013: 10 students)

Social Work 990 Proseminar: Research Ethics (doctoral)

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(fall 2015) (new prep) (fall 2017)

Social Work 599 Independent Study (undergraduate)

(spring 2008: 6 students) (spring 2010: 3 students) (spring 2011: 5 students)

(fall 2012: 1 student) (spring 2013: 1 student) (spring 2016: 1 student)

Social Work 999 Independent Study (doctoral)

(fall 2008: 5 students) (fall, 2014, spring 2015: 1 student) (fall 2015, spring 2016: 1 student)

(summer, 2017: 1 student)

TEACHING: DOCTORAL COMMITTEES

Post-Tenure

Marietta McDonald, Doctoral Committee, Louisiana State University (Sociology) committee member

Susan Stanton, Doctoral Committee, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Education) committee member

Deborah Banks, Doctoral Committee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

(completed degree requirements in 2018) (Urban Studies) committee member

Rebekah Selekman, Doctoral Committee, University of Wisconsin-Madison

(completed degree requirements in 2013) (Social Work) committee member

CAPSTONE COMMITTEES (Masters Level)

Lawrence Moore, Masters Capstone Committee, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Public Health)

Committee Chair

Pre-Tenure

Nicole Robinson, Doctoral Committee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

(Social Work) Committee Chair

Nathan Berman, Doctoral Committee Chair, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

(Social Work) Committee Chair

Patricia Lee King, Doctoral Committee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

(completed degree requirements in 2011) (Social Work) committee member

ENDOWMENT

Awarded the Spaights Endowment Fund, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee to be used to conduct research in the area of poverty.

Amount: $2,500 annually

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

Pate, D. (Discussant). Symposium: Family Policy Around the World. Society for Social Work and

Research (SSWR). Washington, D.C. (January 16 - 20, 2019)

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Pate, D. (Discussant). Symposium: The Facilitators and Barriers of Noncustodial Father Involvement.

Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Washington, D.C. (January 10 -14, 2018)

Pate, D. (Discussant). Panel: Noncustodial Father Involvement and Child Wellbeing: Implications for

Social Policy. (Family and Child Policy section) at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and

Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference. Chicago, IL. (November 2 – 4, 2017).

Brito, T. and D. Gordon, C. Haimson, R. Johnson, and D. Pate. (Paper Session). Investigating Access to

Justice in Family Court. International Meeting on Law and Society Mexico City, Mexico. (June 19 - June

23, 2017).

Pate, D., J. Topitzes, and N. Berman. (Poster) “Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health and Employment:

A Qualitative Study of Men Seeking Job Services.” Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) New

Orleans, LA. (January 11-15, 2017).

Topitzes, J., D.Pate, and N. Berman. (Panelist) “Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health and

Employment: A Qualitative Study of Men Seeking Job Services.” Society for Social Work and Research

(SSWR) New Orleans, LA. (January 11-15, 2017).

N. Berman, Topitzes, J., and D. Pate. (Panelist) “Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Predictor of

Homelessness in Low-Income African American Men Seeking Work.” Society for Social Work and

Research (SSWR) New Orleans, LA. (January 11-15, 2017).

Pate, D. (Panelist). “Color of Debt, Social Policy and the “Invisibility” of Black Males.” On the panel

titled Anthropology and the Politics of the Public Sphere: The Afterlife of Exotics at Home. Annual

Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)., Minneapolis, MN.

(November 16-20, 2016).

Pate, D. (Chair). “International Perspectives on Child Support Policy” at the Association for Public Policy

Analysis and Management (APPAM), Fall Research Conference. Washington, D.C.,

(November 3-5, 2016).

Pate, D. (Discussant) "Fathers and Child Support: What's Associated with Payments and What are Their

Effects?" (panelist: D. Meyer, M. Waller, and L. Cuesta) Association for Public Policy Analysis and

Management (APPAM), Miami, Florida, (November 12-14, 2015)

Pate, D., J. Topitzes, and N. Robinson. “The Intersection of Employment and Health Status for African

American Males” Society for Social Work Research (SSWR), New Orleans, LA. (January 14-18, 2015)

Morris, G., D. Pate, K. Barnekow, and K. Pritchard. “Engaging African-American Fathers in Reducing

Stress during Pregnancy: Interview Results of African-American Men.” Poster presentation at the

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (November 18, 2014)

Pate, D., S. Iqbal, G. Sandoval, and J. Topitzes. “We Can Get there from Here: Comprehensive Policy

Approaches to Improve the Lives of Low-Income Black Men.” (Moderator: Anne Price, Insight Center

for Community Economic Development) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

(APPAM), Albuquerque, New Mexico. (November 6-8, 2014).

Pate, D. “African American Men and Poverty” presented at the WI. NASW Annual Conference titled All

People Matter: Opportunities for Transformation, Waukesha, WI. (October 20-22, 2014)

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Barnekow, K., D. Pate, K. Pritchard, and G. Morris. “Engaging African American Fathers in Reducing

Infant Mortality by Improving Health Literacy” presented at the Third Annual Occupational Therapy

Summit of Scholars, Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

(May 9, 2014).

Pate, D. (April 16, 2014) “Diligent But Still Poor: Building Family and Community Economic Success”

46th Annual Conference of the National Association of Black Social Workers. Indianapolis, Indiana

(Accepted Refereed Institute)

Pate, D. “Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy Analysis: Understanding Deeper Complexities Through

Qualitative Research.” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Fall Research

Conference., Baltimore, Maryland. (November 7–10, 2012)

Perry, A. and D. Pate. (May 31, 2012) Implementing Responsible Fatherhood Programs sponsored by

the Administration on Children and Families, 15th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference,

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

King, Patricia Lee and D. Pate. (October, 2011). “Understanding perinatal screening depression in diverse

communities: A prerequisite for effective screening.” at the American Public Health Association, 139th

Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

King, Patricia Lee and D. Pate. (May, 2011). “Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women’s Perceptions of

Perinatal HIV Testing.” at the Twenty-Third Annual National Conference on Social work and HIV/AIDS,

Atlanta, Georgia.

Pate, D. (January, 2011). “Gaining Trust and Information: Working with Low-Income Men and Women

in a Qualitative Research Study.” Presented at the Society of Social Work Research entitled “Emerging

Horizons for Social Work Research.” (Tampa, Florida).

Pate, D. with Benjamin Van Orsdol, Daniel Trifone, Monica Czekala, Tyler Albers and Albert Holmes.

(April, 2009) “Fatherhood:Six Voices:One City- An Oral History of Black Men on the Topics of Poverty

and Resiliency.” Presented at the Second Annual National Conference on Social Work With Men,

University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Meyers, R., D. Nowacek, J. Kaster, P. Guptasarma, J. Johnson, and D. Pate. (April, 2010) “Developing

Students as Researchers to Impact Learning.” at the 2010 President’s Summit on Excellence in Teaching

and Learning sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System.

Pate, D. (April, 2008) Presented at the First Annual National Conference on Social Work With Men,

University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Pate, D. (August, 2007). Presented Fatherhood Responsibility and the Marriage Promotion Policy:

Going to the Chapel and We’re Going to Get Married? Society for the Study of Social Problems. (SSSP)

New York, New York.

Pate, D. (November, 2006) Examining the Welfare to Work Policy of 1999 and Its Effect on the

Employment of Non-Custodial Fathers. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

(APPAM). Washington, D.C.

Pate, D. (October, 2006). Alcohol Abuse Content for BSW Curriculum Infusion Association of

Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD), 24th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California.

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Pate, D. (November, 2005). American Indians and Child Support: What can we learn from the Wisconsin

Experience? Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

(Poster Presentation)

Pate, D. (September, 2004) Fatherhood, Incarceration, and Re-entry to the community and family. Ninth

International Conference on Family Violence: Working together to end abuse. (Invited Panelist and

Accepted Refereed Presentation)

Pate, D. (February, 2002) Strategies in Qualitative Research. Methodological issues and practices in

using QSR Nvivo and NUD*IST University of London, Institute of Education, London, England.

Poster presentation accepted. (Accepted Refereed Presentation)

Pate, D. and J. Entmacher. (March, 2001) Improving Paternity Establishment Practices American Public

Health Services Association. Washington, D.C.

Pate, D. (February, 2001) Family Self-Sufficiency:The Child Support Connection. National Child Support

Enforcement Association. (Accepted Refereed Presentation)

Entmacher, J., D. Pate, W. Pollock, and S. Sussman. (April, 2000) Family Ties: A Discussion on

Improving Paternity Establishment and Child Support Practices & Procedures. ABA/NLADA Annual

Equal Justice Conference, Houston, Texas. (Accepted Refereed Presentation)

Cancian, M. and A. Nesmith, D. Pate, and T. Uttermohlen. (March, 1998). Teaching Welfare Reform:

Critical Issues and related Resources. Biennial Midwest Social Work Education Conference, Chicago,

IL. (Accepted Refereed Presentation).

Pate, D. (January, 1998). Child Support and Cohabitation: The Wisconsin Experience. National Child

Support Enforcement Association, Annual Midwinter Policy Forum and Conference, Washington, D.C.

(Accepted Refereed Presentation)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS: (OTHER)

Invited to serve as an Expert Advisor, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of

Planning, Research, and Evaluation and MDRC on the federally funded Family Integration Project.

(December 3, 2018).

Invited Speaker. (with Jacquelyn Boggess, Executive Director, Center for Family Policy and Practice) at

the Opportunities Beyond Obstacles, 5th Annual Conference 2018. “Poverty 101, the View from an

Ethnic/Racial Lens.” (October 26, 2018).

Webinar. Episode on Hidden Truths discussing the harms of economic and social welfare policies on

families, especially the impact of child support debt. (with Jacquelyn Boggess, Executive Director of the

Center for Family Policy and Practice) invited by INSIGHT: Center for Community Economic

Development. (September 27, 2018).

Served as an Invited Mentor and Instructor in the Summer Dissertation Proposal Workshop at Howard

University: Washington. D.C. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty (UW-Madison) (May

21- 25, 2018)

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Invited Speaker. Panel presentation on Anti-Poverty Programs: Coverage, Gaps and Implementation.

Teaching Poverty 101 Workshop. sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty: University of

Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, Wisconsin. (June 14, 2018).

Invited Speaker. Presentation on Health Equity Research Funding Mechanisms sponsored by the

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Collaborative Center for Health Equity. (June 10, 2018).

Webinar. A Discussion on Racial Inequity and Economic Insecurity thorough a Black Male Lens.

Forward Community Investments (Madison, Wisconsin). (December 11, 2017).

Invited Panelist. Policy Panel (with Kelly M. Hoffman and Carrie Jasper) at the Symposium on Child

Well-Being in Pennsylvania and the Urgent Need for Father Involvement. sponsored by the Strong

Families Commission Incorporated. Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center (September 27, 2017)

Invited Speaker. (with Jacquelyn Boggess, Executive Director, Center for Family Policy and Practice) at

the Opportunities Beyond Obstacles, 4th Annual Conference 2017. “Poverty 101, the View from an

Ethnic/Racial Lens.” (September 16, 2017).

Invited Panelist. Diverse Perspective Conversation Panel at the Social Development Committee(SDC)

Summit on Poverty. “Dismantling Systems of Poverty” Milwaukee, WI. (September 7, 2017)

Invited Research Panelist. panel (with Becky Antle, Francesca Adler-Baeder, Waldo Johnson, and

Allison Hyra) on “What We’ve Learned from Research on HMRF Programs” Healthy Marriage,

Responsible Fatherhood Biennial Grantee Conference: Paving the Way. sponsored by the Office of

Planning, Research, and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family

Assistance, and Public Strategies. Washington, D.C. (August 9, 2017).

Invited Panelist. Research Panel (with Dorothy Farrar Edwards and Gina Green-Harris) at the

Advancing Health Equity: Working Together to Understand and Improve Health for All. sponsored by

Collaborative Center for Health Equity University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public

Health, Wisconsin Partnership Program Union South (UW-Madison) (September 7, 2016)

Invited Panelist. Institute for Research on Poverty, 50th Anniversary Panel “Poverty Research Questions

for the Next Decade.” panelists include Bruce Western, Timothy Smeeding, Diane Whitmore

Schanzenbach, Robert Moffitt, and Katherine Magnuson. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fluno

Center (June 21, 2016)

Invited Panelist. Lecture series on public health, violence, and social justice.

Lecture Topic: “How Violence Impacts Public Health.” panelists include Carmen Pitre, Stephen

Hargarten, and Erin Perkins. (moderator: Lorraine Malcoe) Sponsor: Zilber School of Public Health,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (February 25, 2016)

Invited Panelist. Lecture Topic: “Mental Health in the African American Community.” panelists

included Brenda Wesley, Reverend Walter Lanier, Alfonzo Watkins, Michael Williams, and Muneebah

Abdullah. Alumni Fireside Lounge, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, sponsored by the

UWM Counseling Student Association and NAMI. (February 6, 2016)

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Invited Opening Plenary Panelist. Topic: “Updates from the Fields of Healthy Marriage, Responsible

Fatherhood, and Tribal TANF Child-Welfare.” panelist included Julie Baumgardner (National Assoc. of

relationship and Marriage Educator), Stefan LoBuglio (Council of State Government Justice Center),

Susan Golonka (U.S. DHHS/ACF/OFA)Mark Greenberg, ACF/HHS (Moderator, Linda Mellgren,

OASPE/HHS). Healthy Marriage, Responsible fatherhood, and tribal TANF – Child Welfare

New Grantees Entrance Conference (ACF/HHS). Washington, D.C. (December 1, 2015).

Invited Panelist for the program titled “Living as a Low-Wage Worker” Milwaukee Public TV’s 4th

Street Forum on the Road. UWM Alumni Fireside Lounge, UWM Student Union, West Wing,

Milwaukee, WI. (January 29, 2015)

Invited Keynote Luncheon Speaker. “Developing Leaders through Graduate Education” 23rd Annual

National Ronald E. McNair Research Conference and Graduate Fair. Lake Lawn Resort, Wisconsin

sponsored by MAEOPP and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (November 1, 2014)

Invited Panelist. Brito, T, D. Pate, D. Gordon, Jai-Hui Wong, and G. Grainger. “Research Methods II:

Anatomy of a Team-Based, Qualitative Research Project.” presentation at the Midwest Law and Society

Retreat, Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison, School of Law. Madison, WI.

(October 25, 2014).

Invited Opening Plenary Panelist. Topic: “Understanding and Responding to Toxic Stress.” panelist

included Kathryn Edin (John Hopkins University), Mark Greenberg, ACF/HHS and (Moderator, Linda

Mellgren, OASPE/HHS). Healthy Marriage, Responsible fatherhood, and tribal TANF – Child Welfare

Grantees Annual Meeting (ACF/HHS). Washington, D.C. (August 25-28, 2014).

Invited Opening Plenary Speaker. Topic: “Exploring Fatherhood and the Transition to Adulthood for

Low-Income Men and Youth.” panelist included Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson (John Hopkins

University) and (Moderator, Ben O’Dell, HHS). Welfare Research and Evaluation Annual conference,

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). Washington, D.C. (May 28-30, 2014).

Invited Speaker. Theme: Upsetting the Status Quo: New Perspectives on Corrections, Reentry &

Recidivism Conference, The Mental Health in Corrections Conference sponsored by The School of

Professional Psychology at the Forest Institute (Springfield, Missouri). Title of Presentation: “Looking at

Men as Victims of Trauma” (April 11, 2014).

Webinar: “Access to Justice for Low-Income Litigants in Civil Cases” Tonya Brito and David Pate.

sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (March 26, 2014)

2013 Fromkin Memorial Lecture: “Access to Justice: How Lawyers Matter in Civil Proceedings for

Low-Income Litigants” sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library

(November 14, 2014)

Invited Seminar ‘Using Qualitative Methods to Empirically Study Access to Justice in Two Midwestern

States’ Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York, United Kingdom. (November 6, 2013)

Invited Plenary Session Speaker: Pate, D, S. Avellar, and S. McGroder. What Have We Learned about

Programs and Policies to Support Low-Income Fathers? “The Intersection of Responsible Fatherhood

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Programming and Child Support Enforcement Services.” 16th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation

Conference, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and

Families. Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2013)

Keynote Address "Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Documenting the Truth through Discovery and

Imagination.” 9th Annual Edgewood Engaged A Research and Creative Inquiry Symposium, Edgewood College, Madison, WI. (April 24, 2013)

Invited Luncheon Panelist “Pate, D., Hatcher, D., and K. Bogenschneider. “Using ‘Real World’

Practices to Inform Policy Analysis: An Examination of the Life of Low-Income Men and Child Support

Enforcement Policy.” Making and Teaching Real Family Law: A Celebration of the Scholarship and

Service of Professor Emeritus Margo Melli, 6th Annual Midwest Family Law Consortium Workshop

hosted by the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Institute for Legal Studies Madison,

Wisconsin. (April 6, 2013)

Keynote Address “Fathers without children?: Revisiting Talley's Corner. New rules: Same results.” Fatherhood Conference, UW Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership for Professional Development Center

for Learning, Milwaukee, WI. (April 4, 2013)

Luncheon Speaker for the African American Fathers, Poverty, and the City of Milwaukee” Edgewood

College Sustainability Leadership Graduate Program, Course: Social and Economic Sustainability

(SUST652), , Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin. (March 23, 2013)

Invited Presentation “Finding Employment for Former Gang Members: focusing on child support

policy,’ Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Summit, Department of Justice, United States Attorney

Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. (October 31, 2012)

Invited Lecturer Revisiting Tally's Corner: Social Services and African-American Men. The

presentation was a request from United States Department of Health and Human Services,

Administration on Children and Families to discuss the challenges of African American males. I choose

to conduct a lecture on the book "Tally's Corner" by Elliott Liebow. Liebow's qualitative work focused on

the challenges of being Black and male in Washington, D.C. in the sixties. We will discuss how far we

have progressed in addressing these challenges and, from a social work perspective, what strategies we

should consider for alleviating them and providing research and policy recommendations for future

consideration. (February 24, 2012)

Invited Presentation Presented on African American low-income non-custodial fathers at the 2011

Color of Wealth Policy Summit: The Recession Generation, the Racial Wealth Gap and Restoring

American Prosperity. Sponsored by Insight Center for Community Economic Development.

(Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress). (April, 2011).

Keynote Speaker for the Harris Early Child Speaker Series. Title of the talk: Where’s Daddy:

Reflecting on and Creating a Vision for the Role of Fathers in Children’s Healthy Development.”

Sponsored by the Irving B. Harris Foundation (The Standard Club: Chicago, IL.) (March, 2011).

Keynote Speaker for the Fathering Urban Youth: The Role of Fathers in Adolescent Well-Being.

Conference. Title of the talk: “ A Theoretical and Structural Examination of the Challenges to Fathering

African American Male:Can I Teach You to Be an Adult?” Sponsored by the Section of Family Planning

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and Contraceptive Research and The Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University

of Chicago. (Chicago, Il) (May, 2010).

Invited Panelist at the CSE/TANF/University Partnership Grantee Onsite Meeting on the panel titled

“Lessons Learned from Research and Generation Two CSE/TANF/University Collaborations” for the

federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. (March, 2010)

Invited Speaker A Call to Action – Juvenile Justice – Disproportionate Minority Contact and

Confinement Solutions Implementation Conference (Madison, WI) Title of Presentation: “Challenging

the Images of Masculinity: A Discussion on Societal Expectation and Access to Success for African

American Men and Boys.” (January, 2010)

Invited Moderator Pate, D. for the panel on fatherhood and welfare reform at the Welfare Research and

Evaluation Conference sponsored by the Administration on Children and Families, Health and Human

Services. Washington, D.C. (May, 2009)

Invited Panelist at the Low-Wage Employment and Public Policy discussion at the symposium entitled

“Putting Research To Work: Improving Low-Wage Jobs and Public Policies to Support Vulnerable

Workers” sponsored by the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. (March,

2009)

Presented to the Minority Fellows Program (MPP) on the Masculinity Project at the Council on Social

Work Education Annual Meeting. (October, 2008).

Chaired, (Social and Economic Session). Council of Social Work Education (CSWE). (November,

2007).

Invited Discussant. “Why Do Highly Religious Marriages Last?: Experiences and Explanations from a

National Qualitative Sample (Loren Marks)” (Chair: Daniel Lichter, Cornell University) Association for

Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). (November, 2007).

Invited Panelist Fathers and Child Support Town Hall meeting for the Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit

sponsored by the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative. (October, 2007).

Invited Speaker Pate, D. Presented information on exploratory health access research at the University

of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Cultural Diversity in Health

Care, Research Symposium. (June, 2007).

Invited Presenter Presented research on child support policy and its effect on low-income African-

American fathers. Audience was the City of Milwaukee, Community & Economic Development

Committee. (May, 2007).

Invited Presenter A Look at the Lives of Non-custodial Fathers and their children on Welfare.

University Lecture for the Family Policy and Law Seminar on Non-Custodial Fatherhood: How Law and

Policy Influence Men’s Connections to their Children. University of Wisconsin Law School. Sponsored

by the Center for Excellence in Family Studies and the Institute for Legal Studies. (April, 2007)

Invited Presenter Welfare and Child Support Policy Knowledge among Parents of Children on W-2 in

Dane County. (Session: Citizenship and Child Support). Workshop on Incarceration and Fatherhood,

Institute of Social Sciences, Cornell University. (April, 2007)

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Invited Seminar Speaker Race, Gender, Child Support, and Welfare: Parents of Children on W-2 in

Dane County. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

(October, 2006).

Invited Speaker New Data on Fathers: An Examination of Recent Trends in Fatherhood and Father

Involvement, (Session: Fatherhood and Public Policy). Cornell Evolving Family Conference, Cornell

University. (September, 2006).

Invited Presentation Qualitative Research and Race in the US: Exploring the Different Experiences of

African Americans, Native Americans, and Whites in the Child Support Enforcement Systems. University

of York, York, England (Social Policy Research Unit) (July, 2006)

Keynote Speaker “Reaching Common Ground between Fatherhood and Domestic Violence Programs.”

Kansas Fatherhood Summit. (March, 2006).

Invited Panelist Presentation Debt and Its Impact on Saving and Asset Building Seminar: Asset

Building: The Perspective of People of Color, Tuskegee University. sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

(October, 2005)

Invited Speaker. The effects of welfare reform on low-income African American fathers School of

Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Summer Institute. (June, 2005)

Keynote Speaker A Overview of National Policy for Low-income Fathers. Presentation for a policy

forum sponsored by the Philadelphia Fatherhood Practitioners Network. (June, 2005)

Invited Speaker Child Support Policies and African American Fathers. Institute on Serving Milwaukee's

Children and Families: Local Innovations and Practice-based Research. Helen Bader School of Social

Welfare, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (May, 2005)

Invited Panelist (Life after PWORA: Non-custodial Fathers and Child Support. Social Work and Social

Welfare Responses to African American Males: A Research, Public Policy, and Intervention Practice

Symposium. The School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. (April, 2005)

Invited Presentation to the Board of Directors. Low-Income Fathers and their involvement with

children. The Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago. (December, 2002)

Invited Presentation Pate, D. Low-Income Fathers and their involvement with children. The

Minneapolis Foundation. (November, 2002)

Pate, D. An Examination of the ethnographic findings of the CSDE project. CSDE National Advisory

Board. Institute for Research on Poverty. (November, 2000)

Pate, D., What are the Low-Income Fathers Saying about Welfare Reform? Problems of the Low-Income

Population Seminar Dinner, Institute for Research on Poverty. Summer Research Workshop. (July, 2000)

Pate, D. Child Support: What Have We Learned? Presentation: What are the Father’s Saying about

Child Support? Congressional Briefing sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty for Senator

Kohl’s office and invited congressional staffers. (Washington, D.C) (April 11, 2000)

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Invited Panelist Davies, J., D. Pate, L. J. Ross, and V. Turetsky Challenging Issues in Family Law:

Mothers, Fathers, Child Support and Domestic Violence. ABA/NLADA Annual Equal Justice

Conference, Houston, Texas. (April, 2000).

Pate, D. Qualitative Research and Low-Income African-American Fathers. Ph.D. Brown Bag Series,

School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin at Madison. (March, 1999/2000)

Invited Panelist. Pate, D., W. Horn, N. Stevenson, S. Schultz, and A. Collins. Unique Challenges of

Moving Fathers. Welfare to Work Partnerships – One America Conference, Chicago, Il. (August, 1999)

Pate, D. Fragile Families and Welfare Reform, Institute for Research on Poverty Workshop, Discussant.

(August, 1999)

Pate, D. The Issues of Low-Income Fathers and Welfare Reform. Welfare Peer Assistance Network

(WELPAN), Washington, D.C. (February, 1998).

Invited Presentation Providing Services to Low-income fathers with Children on Welfare. University of

York, York, England. Presentation to the Social Policy Research Unit. (March, 1997)

Invited Presentation An Examination of the Potential Effects of Devolution on Low-Income Fathers.

National Child Support Enforcement Association, Annual Midwinter Policy Forum and Conference,

Washington, D.C. (February, 1996).

Prior to returning to school in 1995 conducted numerous paper presentations throughout

the United States on topics of adolescent health, prevention program strategies for

African-American males, and public-private ventures.

AWARDS and HONORS:

Recipient of the UWM Faculty Distinguished Undergraduate Teacher Award from the University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (October, 2018)

Recipient of the Excellence in Research Award from the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.

(May 18, 2018).

Recipient of a “Black Excellence” award in Education from The Milwaukee Times, Weekly Newspaper.

(February 23, 2018)

Appointed by the Chancellor to serve as a representative for the university on the Coalition of Urban

Serving Universities and specifically participate on the Building Smart, Resilient Cities committee. The

appointment is for a two-year term. (2018-2020)

Invited to present a TED TALK for the 2017 fall conference at TEDx UW-Milwaukee.

(September 30, 2017) Title: Seeking Peace and Justice in my Black Life. (released January, 2018)

Invited to serve on the Poverty and the Transition to Adulthood Network team which will be examining

educational attainment, labor force participation, and family formation; positive youth development

strategies with disadvantaged populations; and the role of policies and programs in promoting successful

transitions to adulthood for disadvantaged youth. The network is sponsored by the National Poverty

Research Center, the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in

collaboration with its U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers (CPC) partner institutions. (Terms of

Appointment: September, 2016 – September, 2021)

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Invited and participated in a Civil Society Consultation on Goal 16 Access to Justice indicators to discuss

family law policy and practice and the intersection of civil and criminal justice systems. The civil society

consultation was with the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable on Access to Justice Indicators

for U.S. Implementation of Goal 16. (September 15, 2016)

Selected by students as one of the six UWM Faculty that are the most admired. The story appeared in the

UWM Report. (May 25, 2016)

Featured in the University of Chicago SSA magazine as a featured conversation with Associate Professor

Waldo Johnson titled “Why Black Lives Matter: Interview with David Pate and Waldo Johnson.”

(February, 2016)

Recipient of an Undergraduate Research Assistant Award for undergraduate students.

Awarded: $1,250 (Student: Tammy Zelten) (Spring semester, 2016) *extended to 2018

Appointed to the State of Wisconsin, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Subcommittee on Evidence-

Based Decision Making Subcommittee. (August, 2015) Re-appointed (January, 2016)

Contributor and Consultant to WUWM series, Project Milwaukee: Black Men in Prison which won the

prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for outstanding news series (large market radio) The Murrow

award is considered the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for broadcasters. (April 23, 2015)

Invited to serve as an Expert Advisor, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of

Adolescent Health (OAH) for advice on serving the needs of young fathers (March 25, 2015)

Invited to serve on the Planning Committee for the inaugural Society for Social Work and Research

Annual Policy Forum for the 20th Annual SSWR Conference in January, 2016 (Washington, D.C)

Recipient of an Undergraduate Research Assistant Award for undergraduate students.

Awarded: $1,250 (Student: Rachel Johnson) (Fall semester, 2014)

Invited member to a National Steering Committee for the Responsible Father Research Network

The primary responsible of the network is develop and disseminate research products and resources to

facilitate knowledge sharing among multi-disciplinary researchers and among investigators, practitioners,

program officials and policy makers. Principal Investigator: Jay Fagan, Temple University and Co-

Investigators, Jessica Pearson, Center for Policy Research, Vivian Gadsden, National Center for Fathers

and Families, University of Pennsylvania, and James Davis, Temple University.

Funded by the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services. ($800,000 per year for 5 years) (2013-2018)

Recipient of an Undergraduate Research Assistant Award for undergraduate students.

Awarded: $2,000 (Student: Larry B. Davis) (Spring semester, 2014)

Recipient of an Undergraduate Research Assistant Award for undergraduate students.

Awarded: $6,000 (UWM Students: Christopher M. Kirchner, Rachel Alice Johnson, Nathan Berman,

Clare Marie Geiger, Karen Ruth Buelow, Darius Carr, Natalie Caitlin Kusch, Sara Aguado) and Fredrick

Perry (University of Wisconsin-Madison student) (2013 – 2014).

Recipient of the “Excellence in Service Award” from the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare

(May, 2013)

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Recipient of the 2013 Fromkin Lectureship and Research Award sponsored by the University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee(UWM), Special Collections Library awarded by the Fromkin Research Grant

Committee. The most prestigious lectureship award at UWM supports research (also supported by the

Institute for Research on Poverty with federal Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation funds) that

examines "child support enforcement hearings in order to understand how right-to-counsel and lesser

forms of legal assistance shape civil contempt proceedings for low-income litigants." The lecture is held

in the fall of the award year. (February, 2013)

Member, Welfare Research and Family Self-Sufficiency Technical Working Group, Office of Planning,

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), US Department of

Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. The Welfare Research and Family Self-Sufficiency

Technical Working Group reviews OPRE’s portfolio of research studies and initiatives, advises staff on

current and emerging research needs and recommends future research. (Term: 2012-2014)

Invited to serve as an Expert Panelist for a discussion of Measurement of Baseline Variables for the

PACT Impact Evaluation by Mathematica Policy Research Institute (Washington, D.C. based policy

think- tank) (February 17, 2012)

Recipient of the “Excellence in Teaching Award” from the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare

(May, 2011)

Appointed for a three-year term to the National Advisory Board for an Enhanced Transitional jobs

demonstration project based in the YWCA/New Hope Project in Milwaukee funded by the Department of

Labor. The project will be assisting non-custodial fathers experiencing long-term unemployment with job

placement and the payment of child support. (2011 - 2014)

Invited to the WHITE HOUSE by President Obama and Vice President Biden for recognition of work in

the area of domestic violence and fatherhood programming. (October, 2010).

Served as a social scientist for the defendant team in the U.S. Supreme Court case (Turner v. Price,

Docket Number 10-10). The case was heard on March 23, 2011. I worked in close alliance with

Professor Tonya Brito of the University of Wisconsin Law School. We submitted two amicus briefs on

behalf of a national policy institute, The Center for Family Policy and Practice. The law firm Wilmerhale

based in Washington, D.C. represented the defendant, Mr. Michael Turner. (May, 2010 – June, 2011)

The case was decided on June 20, 2011 with a 5-4 decision in favor of the Petitioner request for due

process in child support

Recipient of the “Social Worker of the Year Award” from the Southeast Branch of the WI Chapter of the

National Association of Social Workers for community inspired action. (March, 2010)

Selected as a UWM Center Scholar by the UWS Leadership Site for the Scholarship of Teaching and

Learning (2009-2010). Awarded: $8,000

Member, Scholars’ Network on Masculinity and the Well Being of African American Men, Ford

Foundation, New York, New York. An academic research network aimed at reconstituting the public

conversation around African American men and their agency in regard to social problems associated with

them. The work of the network is geared toward influencing social policy on low-income African

American men, generating new forms of media coverage on African American men, infusing ideas into

foundation circles and domestic policy think-tanks, and altering the journalistic focus on the cultural

dimensions of the condition of African American men. (2009 – present)

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Recipient of a Spring Semester (2009) Undergraduate Research Travel Award for undergraduate students

to present at a national conference. Awarded: $1,600

Recipient of a Spring Semester (2009) Undergraduate Research Assistant Award for undergraduate

students. Awarded: $2,800

Invited Committee member for the State Health Plan Committee (State of Wisconsin). The purpose of the

committee is to discuss the current progress of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 goals and objectives. The

committee will make recommendations for the Healthiest Wisconsin 2020. (2008 – 2010)

Recipient of the first Scholarship of Engagement Fellowship from the Institute for Service Learning,

UW-Milwaukee (2008) Awarded: $5,000

Recipient of a Summer Research Assistant Award for an undergraduate student.

Awarded: $720 for a student research assistant. (2008)

Recipient of the Above and Beyond Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

Student Accessibility Center. The Above & Beyond Award is to recognize and reward UWM

instructional staff who demonstrate exemplary service to SAC students while maintaining academic

standards. (2007)

Faculty Affiliate (with Assistant Professor appointment status) with the Institute for Research on Poverty,

University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2007 – present).

Faculty Affiliate with the UW, School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for the Study of Cultural

Diversity in Healthcare (CDH). (2006 – present)

Leadership Award from the Milwaukee Fatherhood Collaborative. 2005

Leadership Award from the Illinois Caucus on Adolescent Health, 25th Anniversary Committee. 2002.

Awarded a 1990 three-year Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Advisory Committee Service Award from the Chicago Urban League for work on

the “Start Talking Campaign,” 1989.

Community Service Award from the Chicago Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 1986.

Aaron Seidman Professional Paper, First Place Award. Society of Hospital Social Workers,

Illinois Chapter, 1986.

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SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

Appointed by the Chancellor to serve as the UWM representative for our national partnership with the

Coalition of Urban Serving Universities. (2018 - 2020)

Reviewer for the Research and Creative Activities Support (RACAS) award program. An internal grant

program which provides competitive support for faculty and instructional and research academic staff

across the breadth of meritorious scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (2018)

Appointed by the Provost to serve in the Office of Conflict Resolution, Ombuds Office for a 2-year term

(2015 – 2017) reappointed (2017 – 2019)

Chair of the committee responsible for hiring of the Men’s Basketball Head Coach (Spring, 2016)

Elected as the Chair of the UWM Athletic Board (2015 – 2016).

Reviewer for the Oversight and Advisory Committee, WPP Community Impact Grants Program funded

by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health. (Summer, 2015).

Served on the UWM Library Selection committee for the 2014 Fromkin Memorial Lecturer (Spring,

2014).

Member of the Admissions Committee for the Doctoral Program for the Social Work Department.

(2015 – 2017).

Member of the Admissions Panel for the Masters Program for the Social Work Department. (2015-2017).

Appointed to the Athletic Board, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a three-year term (2013-2016)

Served as Chair of the Athletic Board (2016).

Served as an Advisor to a McNair Program Scholar. (Summer, 2013 and Summer, 2016)

Appointed by the Chancellor to serve on the University Relations committee for a three-year term. (2011-

2014) Elected- Chair of the committee (2012 - 2014).

Served as a Mentor to a UWM Diversity Scholar. (Summer, 2012)

Appointed by the Provost to serve on the Advisory Board for the Office of Undergraduate Research

2010 – 2014.

Member of the International Education Committee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2008 - Present

Member of the preliminary and dissertation subcommittee for the Doctoral Committee

Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Department of Social Work. 2008- Present

Member of the Steering Committee for the Office of Undergraduate Research,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2008 - 2009

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Member of the Selection Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Ronald E. McNair

Scholars program. 2006-2009

Served on the Doctoral Curriculum committee for the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 2006 – Present.

Served on the Selection Committee for a Clinical Professorship, School of Social Work,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer, 2004.

Served on the Faculty Recruitment Committee, School of Social Work,

University of Wisconsin-Madison 1999-2000.

Served on the Recruitment and Retention of Students of Color Committee,

School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1997-1998.

Appointed to the Committee on Affirmative Action for Rush Medical College,

Rush University, 1992–1993.

Served on the Selection Committee for the Edith Abbott Alumni Award for the University of Chicago,

School of Social Service Administration, 1991–1992.

SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSION

Federal-Based Projects

Reviewer for proposals to the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women

(Washington, D.C.) 2004 - 2011

Recruiter for the review of proposals to the Office of Family Assistance at the Administration for

Children and Families (ACF). 2006.

Reviewer for proposals to the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration

for Children and Families (ACF). 2005.

National-Based Projects

Interviewed on Milwaukee Public Radio WUWM 89.7 FM for Preparing Students to Address Racial

Discrepancies” On Here and Now (hosted by Thomas LuJack) (January 24, 2019)

Interviewed on Milwaukee Public Radio WUWM 89.7 FM for the program titled “Poverty, Race, and

Milwaukee: Unpacking U.S. Census Estimates.” On Lake Effect (hosted by Maayan Silver)

(September 18, 2018)

Editorial Board, Review of Black Political Economy (2018 – Present)

Co-Chair, Inequality, Poverty and Social Welfare Policy (Conference Section) for the Society of Social

Work Research 2016 – 2019.

Volunteer and Committee Member for the Inaugural Policy Award Review Committee Society for Social

Work and Research (SSWR) (2015 – 2017)

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Interviewed on the Wisconsin Public Radio WERN 88.7 FM for the program titled “Census Numbers

Show Milwaukee Poverty Rate Remains Unchanged” hosted by Veronica Rueckert and Chris Malina.

(September 17, 2016)

Interviewed w/Associate Professor Kris Barnekow on Milwaukee Public Radio WUWM 89.7 FM for the

program titled “UWM Project Helps Prepare Men for Fatherhood” hosted by Tom Lujack.

(November 19, 2015)

Interviewed on the NPR show The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC 93.9 FM. The show was titled “When

Child Support Becomes a ‘Debtor’s Prison.’ (April 17, 2015)

Quoted by Howard Koplowitz of the International Business Times for an article “Walter Scott and Child

Support: Did The Threat of Jail Contribute To His Death? (April 9, 2015)

Abstract reviewer for the Society of Social Work Research 2015 and 2016 Annual Meeting.

Serves as Chair (Social and Economic Section). Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) for Annual

Conference. 2010 – 2017.

Invited Reviewer for Social Service Review, University of Chicago. (2014)

Quoted by Nathan Koppel and Mark Whitehouse of the Wall Street Journal for an article “More Ex-Cons

on the Street, Fewer Jobs” (March 20, 2010)

Invited participant in the first White House Community Roundtable and Town Hall meeting on

Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families. (August, 2009)

Invited Reviewer for Sage Publications. (2009)

Invited Reviewer for the Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice About Men as Fathers

(Peer Review Journal) and Social Work in Health Care (2009)

Member of a National Advisory board for Foreverfamily, a national based project. (Invited)

(2008 - 2012)

Member of a National Advisory board for the ITVS project titled The Masculinity Project.(Invited)

(2008-2009)

Invited Reviewer for the Child & Family Social Work (Peer review journal) and Social Work in Health

Care (2008-2009)

Quoted by Erik Eckholm of the New York Times for an article “Mothers Scrimp as States Take Child

Support” (December 1, 2007).

Steering Committee member for the 21st Century Foundation, 2025 Project on Black men and boys.

(2007 – 2010)

Serves as Co-Chair (Social and Economic Section) with Dr. Tricia Goodley, Howard University. Council

of Social Work Education (CSWE). 2006- 2010

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Advisory board member for a documentary project on domestic violence and manhood entitled “Jail Talk:

A documentary on Re-entry.” Sponsored by the Hudson River Film and Video. 2006 – 2007

Selected to be an advisory member/partner for a documentary entitled: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and

Rhymes.(ITVS-PBS). 2006-2008

Appeared on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer show discussing the Plight of Black Men (March 29, 2006)

Served as a selected reviewer for a report entitled: “Dissed” G-Movies Males: Disconnected, Disliked,

Disproportionate.” Commissioned by See Jane (Dads and Daughters, Inc) 2006

Selected to participate in a Wingspread Conference (Racine, Wisconsin) on the Intersection of Marriage,

Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence. 2006

Served as a collaborator on developing research protocol on Participatory Action Research (PAR) with

the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC) at the Field Museum. 2006.

Abstract reviewer for the Society of Social Work Research 2007 Annual Meeting., 2006

Abstract reviewer for the Society of Social Work Research 2006 Annual Meeting., 2005

Advisory Board member for the organization, DADS and DAUGHTERS, Inc., 2002 –

Appointed to the Father Re-Engagement Roundtable National Practitioner’s Network,

Office of the Vice President (Albert Gore). 1994 – 1995

Appointed Nominations Chairperson for the Section on Population and Family Planning of the

American Public Health Association, 1990–1993.

Served as Chairperson of the Task Force in Reproductive Health and Family for the section on

Population and Family Planning of the American Public Health Association, 1988–1989.

Madison- Based Projects (Wisconsin)

Board Member for the Early Childhood Learning Center, Inc, 2010 - 2017.

Coach (Edgewood Middle School) for the Annual African American History Challenge Bowl sponsored

by 100 Black Men of Madison, 2004 - 2008

Board Member for the Dane County Disproportionate Minority Confinement Project, 2003 -

Board Member for the Community Shares of Wisconsin, 2003 – 2008

Board Member for the Madison Children’s Museum, 1996– 1999

Milwaukee-Based Projects

NPR Contributor (Milwaukee affiliate) Station: WUWM 89.7 FM

Monthly Program: “Real Talk with David Pate” (pilot program: August, 2013)

The program ran for six months. (August, 2013 to January, 2017

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Continuing to serve as a NPR Contributor, 2013 – Present.

Interviewed by local ABC affiliate on the ethnographic documentary, Fatherhood: Six Men, One City.

(May, 2009)

Assisted in the organizing and fundraising of the Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Jonathan Kozol.

The title of the lecture was Public Education, Poverty, Race, and Segregation. Worked with Union

Programming and other campus groups on the production of the event. Capacity crowd attended the

event. (March, 2009)

Interviewed on the local television program Black Nouveau (MPTV) to discuss the challenges of low-

income fathers. (October, 2008)

Policy Member, Social Development Commission (SDC), Campaign to Eradicate Poverty. (2008)

Assisted in the organizing of a university forum with Byron Hurt, director and producer of the film, Hip-

Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Worked with Union Programming and other campus groups on the

production of the event. Capacity crowd attended the event. (December, 2007)

Organized a community forum to screen and discuss the film, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

within the context of race, gender, and class. Over 200+ people in attendance. (February, 2007)

Quoted by Bill Glauber and Ben Poston, Staff Writers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), the

article was titled “Poverty worsens in city 26% live below the line: Milwaukee has 8th-highest rate of

large U.S. cities”. August 29, 2007.

Quoted by Felicia Thomas-Lynn, Staff Writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), the article was

titled “Helping the fight for fatherhood Changes in agencies' protocol make it easier for dads to gain

custody of their children under government care”. June 30, 2007.

Board Member for Milwaukee Fatherhood Collaborative, 2006-2007

Board Member for ASHA Family Center, Inc., 2003 - 2009

Chicago-Based Projects

Member of the Welfare Reform Advisory Panel to Senator Carol Moseley Braun, 1994–1996

Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Public Welfare Coalition, 1994–1996

Appointed Member of the Steering Committee for Children and Youth 2000, 1994–1996.

The Collaboration Project, Donors Forum and the MacArthur Foundation, 1993–1994.

Citywide Families With A Future/Perinatal Center Steering Committee

Co-Chairperson and Founder, 1987–1988.

President of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy, 1987–1988.

National Association of Health Service Executives, Midwest Chapter,

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Program Chairperson-Educational Institute, 1984–1986, Secretary, 1986–1987

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Community Service Program, Chairperson, 1982–1987.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995– Operations Manager, The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on

Fathers, Families, and Public Policy, Madison, WI. (Part-Time)

Responsible for assigned administrative duties and fund-raising for a public policy center

focused on low-income families. Served as Founder and former Executive Director of the

organization until 2006.

1992–1995 Project Director, The Paternal Involvement Demonstration Project Community Renewal

Society. Responsible for the administration, coordination and fund-raising of an innovative

$1.5 million policy project designed to work with African-American non-custodial fathers

formerly on Transitional Assistance in three community based organizations.

1988–1992 Program Manager, Division of Toward Teen Health

Program Manager, Division of Parents Too Soon

Program Specialist, Division of Parents Too Soon

Consultant, The Ounce of Prevention Fund. With the Division of Toward Teen Health,

responsible for the implementation and management of an innovative after-school program to

provide access to the three School Based clinics in the city of Chicago for elementary and

high school children. With the Division of Parents Too Soon, assisted the director in the

development, budget preparation, and management of a $6 million statewide initiative.

Identified, designed and implemented new and innovative programs.

1987–88 Coordinator, Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (IMRI), Perinatal Center, Rush-

Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. Responsible for development, implementation and

evaluation plan for the Perinatal Network IMRI program. Participated in on-going system

advisory groups of service providers for selected community areas. Provided direction to

initiate appropriate changes for establishing standards relevant to the IMRI Network

Program.

1984–87 Coordinator, The Male Adolescent Program, Adolescent Family Center, Rush-Presbyterian-

St. Lukes’ Medical Center. Responsible for implementing and evaluating community

outreach program directed toward male adolescents. Designed curriculum and conducted

educational outreach program on adolescent sexuality to youth and parents. Developed

protocol system for male adolescents to the Adolescent Family Center.

1982–84 Program Coordinator, Vocational Rehabilitation Center, Ada S. McKinley Industries.

Responsible for planning, directing and coordinating a work adjustment program for the

developmentally disabled population. Increased sponsorship funding of clientele from the

Department of Rehabilitation Services over the established budget for FY 1983 and FY 1984.

CONSULTATIONS

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Annie E. Casey Foundation (Maryland)

Center for Self Sufficiency (Wisconsin)

Family Impact Seminars (Washington, DC and Madison, Wisconsin)

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Firelight Media (New York)

Forty Acres and A Mule (New York)

ICF International (Maryland)

Mathematica (New York)

MDRC (New York)

Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.)

Optimal Solutions Group (Baltimore)

Praxis International (Minnesota)

Public Private Ventures (Philadelphia)

Rapides Foundation (Louisiana)

The National Performance Review, Office of the President (Washington, D.C.)

Twenty-First Century Foundation (New York)

Vera Institute of Justice (New York)

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Michigan)

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (California)

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