Research Interests:

Gerontological social work, ethics and aging, anti-oppressive social work, ethnicity and social work, immigrants, refugees and diaspora population.

Recent Publications:

Forthcoming:  Caring the old in Canada, In Nobuyoshi Onizaki et al. (Eds.), Sekai Kaigo Jijyou (Caring the old in the World). Tokyo: Tyuouhouki.

Forthcoming:  Phantom wars and cyberwars: Abyssinian fundamentalism and catastrophe in Eritrea, Dialectical Anthropology with John Sorenson.

Forthcoming:  Politics of the diaspora: the commitment of Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Canada to nationalist struggles in the Horn of Africa. F.Gingras, (Ed.). Multiple Identities: the sense of belonging among preponderant and subordinate groups. London: Routledge, with Sorenson, J.

2001  Assessment ni okeru gihouto tuuru no imi. [What do assessment tools and skills mean in social work?] Social Work Kenkyu 26(4). (In Japanese).

2001  Ghosts and shadows: Constructions of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora, University of Toronto Press. With John Sorenson.

2000  Kanada Kaigo Jijyou (Home Care system in Canada) In Kaigohoken Keywords Jiten (Dictionary of homecare insurance keywords) Tokyo: Tyuouhouki Publisher.

2000  Kanada niokeru imin nanminto syakaifukusi sa-bisu. (Social services for immigrants and refugees in Canada), Syakaifukusi Kenskyuu (Journal of Social Welfare) 79(3).

2000  Forthcoming:  Kanada no ke-sumangimento (Case management in Canada). In M. Shirasawa et al. (Eds.) Ke-su managemento kouza (Studies on Case Management) Tokyo: Tyuouhouki Publisher.

1999  Eritrean women in Canada: Negotiating new lives. Canadian Woman Studies/ les cahiers de la femme. 19(3), 104-109.

1999  Preferred care in later life among Japanese Canadians. Journal of Multicultural Social Work. 7(1/2), 127-148.

1999  Eritrean-Canadian refugee households as sites of gender renegotiation. D. Indra, (Ed.). Not a room of one's own: Engendering forced migration knowledge and practice. (pp.218-241). Oxford: Berghahn Books, with Sorenson, J.

1999  Kea managemento, (Care-management ) Kea manajia 2, 72-74. (in Japanese).