Faculty & staff: faculty profiles: Dr. William Rainford

 

Dr. William Rainford, PhD, MSW
MSW Coordinator/Associate Professor

Education Building, #716C
Ph: 208-426-3184
E-mail: willrainford@boisestate.edu

 

fall 2007 office hours
Mondays - Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Call the School of Social Work Office at 208-426-1568 to make an appointment.

fall 2007 Courses

  • SOCWRK 101 - Introduction to Social Welfare
  • SOCWRK 455 - Generalist Social Work Practice III
  • SOCWRK 496 - Independent Study

Areas of Research

  • Social Development
  • Welfare Reform
  • Paternalistic Social Policies
  • Poverty
  • Homelessness

Courses Taught

  • Foundation Research I (MSW)
  • Research II: Evaluation (MSW)
  • Ethnicity, Gender, and Class (MSW)
  • Individuals and Families: Policy and Legislation (MSW)
  • Field Work (MSW)
  • Generalist Practice III: Organizations and Communities (BSW)
  • Introduction to Social Welfare (BSW)
  • Social Welfare Policy (BSW)

Education

  • 2002 Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Welfare, University of California-Berkeley
  • 1996 Master of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 1995 Bachelor of Social Work, San Jose State University

Subject Areas for Accepting Media Inquires

  • Welfare reform issues
  • Economic investments for working families
  • Poverty issues
  • Child welfare issues

Curriculum Vitae

current vita


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