Fall 2008 OFFICE HOURS
TBA

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

AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Community Practice and Social Policy
• Social and Economic Development
• Microenterprise in the United States
• Economic Planning and Development with Low-Income Women
• Community Based Economic Enhancement Programs
• Poverty and Inequality
• Domestic Violence
• Women's Issues

COURSES TAUGHT

• Research II: Evaluation (MSW: Social Work 532)
• Individuals & Families: Policy & Legislation (MSW: Social Work 506)
• General Methods II: Larger Systems/Macro (MSW: Social Work 515)
• Advanced Social Work Practicum Seminar I and II (MSW: Social Work
  575/576)
• Generalist Social Work III: Organizations and Communities
  (BSW: Social Work 455)
• Introduction to Social Welfare (BSW: Social Work 101)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington
  University, St. Louis, Missouri
• MSW, University of Utah
• B.S., University of Utah (Economics and Political Science)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Sherraden, Margaret S., Sanders, Cynthia K, and Sherraden,
  Michael (2004). Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Poor
  Households. State University of New York (SUNY) Press. Link to Suny
  Press Book Page: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=60976

Articles

• Weaver, Terri L., Sanders, Cynthia K., Schnabel, Meg & Campbell, Carole L. (In press) Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the domestic violence related financial issues scale (DV-FI). Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Sanders, Cynthia K., Weaver, Terri, and Schnabel, Meg (2007). Economic education for battered women: An evaluation of outcomes. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 22 (3), 240-254.
• Sanders, Cynthia K. and Schnabel, Meg (2006). Organizing for
  economic empowerment of battered women: Women’s Savings Accounts.
  Journal of Community Practice, 14 (3), 47-68.
• Porterfield, Shirley, Sanders, Cynthia K. and Rainford,
  William (2006). The wealth holdings of married-couple households with
  children with disabilities. Journal of Policy Practice, 5 (4), 19-39.
• Sanders, Cynthia K. (2004). Employment options for low-income
  women: Microenterprise versus the labor market. Social Work Research,
  28 (2), 83-92.
• Sherraden, Margaret S., Ssewamala, Fred, and Sanders, Cynthia
  K. (2003). Microenterprise performance: A comparison of experiences in
  the United States and Uganda . Social Development Issues, 25 (1/2),
  219-234.
• Sanders, Cynthia K. (2002). The impact of microenterprise
  assistance programs: A comparative study of program participants, non-
  participants and other low wage workers. Social Service Review, 76
  (2), 321-340.
• Sanders, Cynthia K. and Scanlon, Edward (2000). Mortgage
  lending and gender. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 15
  (1), 9-30.

Research Reports

Sanders, Cynthia K. (2007). Domestic violence, economic abuse, and implications of a program for building economic resources for low-income women: Findings from interviews with participants in a women’s economic action program (research report pp. 1-97). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development. Available: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2007/RP07-12.pdf

Curriculum Vitae

current vitae

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