Roberta G. Sands, MSW, PhD
Professor
3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building,
Room D4
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214
215.898.5532 (phone);
215.573.2099 (fax)
rgsands@sp2.upenn.edu
Professor Sands is the chair of the Social Work Practice Sequence at Penn. She is known for her contributions to clinical social work practice in mental health, postmodern feminism, and qualitative research.
- She is the author of Clinical Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health and Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health: A Postmodern Approach to Practice with Adults, 2nd edition; co-author of Interprofessional and Family Discourses: Voices, Knowledge, and Practice; and the author of over 60 articles published in social work and other social science journals.
- Her research has focused on intergenerational family relations, with a focus on women as adult children, parents and grandparents.
- She has conducted research on religious and spiritual transformation among Jewish and African American individuals and families; and the development of cultural competence by mental health providers.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) | Research