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Tanya Brice

Associate Professor of Social Work

 

Degrees:

  • BS, Social Work, South Carolina State University
  • MSW, Social Work, University of South Carolina
  • PhD, Social Work Intervention Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Office: Hardin Administration Building, Rm 108

 

Telephone: 325-674-4868

 

Email: tanya.brice@acu.edu

 

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Dr. Tanya Brice

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Published Works:
Presentations

“Health, Wealth, and Reparations: Civil Liberties in the 21st century”.  An invited panel discussion presented at the 39th Annual National Association of Black Social Workers Conference.  Detroit, MI. April 4, 2007.

Articles

  • Brice, T.S. (2007). Undermining Progress in Progressive Era North Carolina: Genuine attitudes towards delinquent African American girls.  Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 34(1), 131-152.
  • Tanya Smith Brice. (in press). War on African American Girls: Overcoming Adversities. Invited chapter for Mental Health Care in the African American Community: A Life Course Perspective. Edited by Sadye Logan, Ramona Denby, and Priscilla Gibson. Haworth Press.
  • Brice, T., Twumasi-Ankrah, P., Phipps, A., Hall, D. (2006). Teen Health Initiative: Evaluation report- year two. Columbia, SC: Institute for Partnerships for the Elimination of Health Disparities. 
  • Brice, T. S. (2005). "Disease and delinquency know no color": Syphilis and African American female delinquency. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 20(3), 300-315.

Book Review 

Brice, T. S. (2003). Spirituality and the Black helping tradition by E.P. Martin & J.M. Martin Social Work and Christianity: An International Journal, 30(3), 299-301.

Technical Reports 

  • Brice, T., Twumasi-Ankrah, P., Phipps, A., Hall, D. (2006). Teen Health Initiative: Evaluation report- year two. Columbia, SC: Institute for Partnerships for the Elimination of Health Disparities.
  • Brice, T. S., Twumasi-Ankrah, P. K., Phipps, A., Saxon, J., & Mowery, A.(2005). Teen Health Initiative: Evaluation report-year one. Columbia, SC: Institute for Partnerships for the Elimination of Health Disparities.

Book Chapter (Work in Press): 

Brice, T. S. (2007). War on African American Girls: Overcoming Adversities. In S. Logan, R. Denby & P. Gibson (Eds.), Mental Health Care in the African American Community. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

Other Scholarship

Guest Co-editor (with Dr. Iris Carlton-Laney), Special issue on southern social welfare history. Arete: Journal of the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina. Anticipated date of publication: Fall 2007.

Professional Organizations
  • Appointed by Dr. Gloria Batiste-Roberts, president of the National Association of Black Social Workers, as co-chair of the Civil Liberties and Social Justice Task Force (4/7/07-4/2010).
  • Appointed by Elvira Craig deSilva, president of the National Association of Social Workers, to the National Committee on Women’s Issues (12/06-6/09).
  • Serves on the Steering Committee of the Abilene chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Texas (8/06-present).
  • Incoming member of the National Association of Social Workers, Texas’ State Board of Directors (7/07-6/09).
  • Co-editor of the Social Welfare History Issue of Arete, a nationally recognized social work journal housed in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina.
Awards

Appointed by Norm Archibald, mayor of the City of Abilene, to serve on the Housing Authority of the City of Abilene’s Board of Commissioners (2/14/07).

Other
  • Consulting: List work with organizations, agencies and institutions that draw upon your area of academic expertise (indicate whether pro bono or for fee). Please space one line between each entry.
  • Evaluator. Americorps*Texas planning grant. Nonprofit Management Center, Abilene Christian University. ($4000). Completed April 2007.
  • Evaluator/Consultant. Teen Health Initiative, Institute for Partnerships for the Elimination of Health Disparities, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina and Palmetto Health Systems Community Division. ($61,707).  Completed October 2006.
  • Committees: List service on university, college and departmental activities.     
  • Course Development: Developed 8 courses for the Masters of Social Work curriculum; revised and enriched 3 courses for the Bachelors of Social Work curriculum.
  • Advising: Mentored one McNair Scholar (Summer 2006); scheduled to mentor one McNair Scholar (Summer 2007); mentoring one student in independent research to explore the relationship between structural violence and the criminal justice system (Spring 2007).
  • Faculty Sponsor: Faculty Sponsor of VAHS, an ACU organization seeking to empower and support African American female students and their allies.
  • Church Activities: Minda St. Church of Christ
  • Community Activities: Coach (extraordinaire) for the Hornets Basketball team.  Abilene Youth Basketball Association. Boys, ages 7-8.