A m y   R o s s i t e r
B.M. (CIM), M.S.W. (Tor.), Ed.D. (Tor.)
Associate Professor

2037 Kinsmen
416-736-2100 x-66673

rossiter@yorku.ca


Research Interests:

Critical perspectives in social work, ethics, applications of feminist postmodernism to social work.

Selected Publications:


Books

Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives. With B. Faucett, B. Featherstone, J. Fook (Eds.). Routledge, London. 2000.

Chapters in Books

with Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers, "A Postmodern perspective in Professional Ethics." Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives, edited by Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jan Fook, and Amy Rossiter: London: Routledge, 2000, 83-103. First author: Rossiter.

"The Postmodern Feminist Condition: New Conditions for Social Work." Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives, edited by Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jan Fook, and Amy Rossiter: London: Routledge, 2000, 24-38.

with Bluma Litner and Marilyn Taylor, "The Equitable Inclusion of Women in Higher Education: Some Consequences for Teaching," Inside Canadian Universities: Another Day at the Plant, edited by Randy Nelsen, Kingston: Cedarcreek, 1996. Reprinted from Canadian Journal of Education.

"Finding Meaning for Social Work in Transitional Times: Reflections on Change," Reflective Learning in Social Work Education: Research, Theory and Practice, edited by Nick Gould and Imogen Taylor, London: Arena, 1996, 141-151.

Refereed Journal Articles

with Laura Sanchez, Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers. "Applied Ethics in Mental Health in Cuba, Part 1: Guiding Concepts and Values. Ethics and Behavior (forthcoming). First author: Sanchez.

with Laura Sanchez, Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers. "Applied Ethics in Mental Health in Cuba, Part II: Power Differentials, Dilemmas, Resources and Limitations." Ethics and Behaviour (forthcoming). First author: Sanchez.

with Richard Walsh-Bowers and Isaac Prilleltensky, "Ethics as a Located Story: A Comparison of North American and Cuban Professional Ethics." Theory & Psychology (forthcoming). First author: Rossiter.

"Innocence Lost and Suspicion Found: Do We Educate For or Against Social Work"? Critical Social Work, 2001, 2(1).

"The Professional is Political: an Interpretation of the Problem of the Past in Solution-Focused Therapy." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2000, 70(1). 1-12.

with Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh- Bowers, "Clinicians Lived Experience of Ethics." Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 1999, 10(4), 315-342. First author: Prilleltensky.

"A View from a Different Location: Toward an Alternative Account of Feminist Practice Ethics in Mental Health," Affilia, 1998, 13(1), 9-30.

"Critical Perspectives on Applied Ethics", Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 1998.

with Richard Walsh Bowers and Isaac Prilleltensky, "Learning from Broken Rules: Individualism, Bureaucracy and Ethics," Ethics and Behavior, 6(4), 307-320. First author: Rossiter. 1996.

"Putting Order in Its Place: Disciplining Pedagogy," Curriculum Studies, 7(2), 23-41. 1996.

"Teaching Social Work Skills from a Critical Perspective," Canadian Social Work Review, 12(1), 9-27. 1995.


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