Dr. Gardenia Harris
Associate Professor & School Director
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
Child welfare, welfare reform, social policy, community and economic development, differentials in service delivery, drug courts
Research Interests & Areas
Racial disparity in the provision of social services. Prevention of HIV among middle age African American women. Child welfare policies.
Ph D
University of Illinois at
BA Business Administration
Coe College
MSW Social Work
University of Iowa
BS Social Work
Iowa State University
Grants and Contracts
Today's Economic Issues: Democrats v. Republicans
Nancy Lind, Erik Rankin, Gardenia Harris
ABC-CLIO. 2015 - August 2016
Illinois State University New Faculty Initiative Grant (NFIG)
Gardenia Harris, Caroline Mallory
National Institute on Aging Small Research Grant Program R03. 2004 - 2006
Illinois State University New Faculty Initiative Grant (NFIG)
Gardenia Harris
Illinois State University. 2004 - 2005
Proposal for the McLean County Family Drug Court Development Project
Gardenia Harris, Richard Grinnell, Yvonne Unrau, Kathleen Bergquist
Illinois State Court Improvement Program. 2004 - 2005
Policy Papers on MDMA and Oxycontin in Missouri
Gardenia Harris, John Hodges, Carol Snively
Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. - 2002
University of Georgia New Faculty Development Grant
Gardenia Harris
University of Georgia. - 1999
University of Missouri, Alumni Association
Gardenia Harris
University of Missouri. - 2001
Book, Authored
Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy: Right versus Left
Gardenia Harris, B. I. Tamas, & N. S. Lind
(2008), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Book, Chapter
Earmarks
Gardenia Harris
(2016), Edited Book, Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, ABC: CLIO
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Gardenia Harris
(2016), Edited Book, Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, ABC:CLIO
Privacy Rights of Minors in A Digital Age
Gardenia Harris
(2015), 1, 131-150, Edited Book, Privacy in the Digital Age: 21st Century Challenges to the Fourth Amendment, Praeger
The impact of race on foster care decisions
J. Poertner & Gardenia Harris
(2004), 163-172, Race Matters: Examining the Overrepresentation of African American Children in the Child Welfare System, Child Welfare League of America
Book, Edited
Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans
Nancy S. Lind, Erik Rankin, & Gardenia Harris
(2016), ABC-CLIO
Government Regulation and Social Control of Neighborhoods
Gardenia Harris
Political Authority, Social Control, and Public Policy, Emerald Publishing Limited
Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans
Nancy Lind, Erik Rankin, & Gardenia Harris
ABC-CLIO Publishing
Journal Article
A qualitative study of man-sharing and the implications for midlife African American women’s risk for HIV infection
Gardenia Harris, C. Mallory, & C. Stampley
Women & Health, 50 (7), 670-687, (2010)
Midlife African-American women’s protective and risky practices related to HIV
C. Mallory, Gardenia Harris, & C. Stampley
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65 (6), 1248- 1258, (2009)
Perceptions of Sources of Sex Education and Targets of Sex Communication: Sociodemographic and Cohort Effects
S. Sprecher, Gardenia Harris, & A. Myers
The Journal of Sex Research, 45 (1), 17-26, (2008)
Understanding and Responding to Racial Differences in Drug Court Outcomes
A. Dannerbeck, Gardenia Harris, P. Sundet, & K. Lloyd
Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse, 5 (2), 1-22, (2006)
What all social workers should know about MDMA (Ecstasy)
Gardenia Harris
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 4 (1), 23-37, (2004)
Predicting placement in foster care: A comparison of logistic regression and neural network analysis
T. P. McDonald, J. Poertner, & Gardenia Harris
Journal of Social Service Research, 28 (2), 1-20, (2001)
The Parents with Children in Foster Care Satisfaction Scale
Gardenia Harris, J. Poertner, & S. Joe
Administration in Social Work, 24 (2), 15-27, (2000)
Technical Report
Ecstasy in Missouri: A policy brief exploring patterns of abuse: Prevention, treatment, and interdiction strategies
Gardenia Harris, J. Q. Hodges, & C. A. Snively
Funded by the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, (2002)
Oxycontin in Missouri: A policy brief exploring patterns of abuse: Prevention, treatment, and interdiction strategies
Gardenia Harris, J. Q. Hodges, & C. A. Snively
Funded by the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, (2002)
Program Evaluation for the Boone County Juvenile Drug Court, June 2000-August 31, 2001
Gardenia Harris
(2002)
Presentations
Understanding and Responding to Racial Differences in Drug Court Outcomes
Anne Dannerbeck Janku, Gardenia Harris
National Association of Drug Court Professionals 14th Annual Training Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May, 2008
Protective Practices and Risk Taking Related to HIV Among Midlife African American Women
Gardenia Harris, Caroline Mallory
32nd Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March, 2008
Midlife African American Women at Risk for HIV due to the Man Shortage
Gardenia Harris, Caroline Mallory, Cheryl Stampley
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 2007
Midlife African American Women Discuss How their Spiritual and Religious Beliefs Impact their Ability to Protect Themselves from HIV
Gardenia Harris, Caroline Mallory, Cheryl Stampley
2007 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 2007
How Federal Laws Impact Minority Children and Families
Dean Annette Appell, Gardenia Harris, Ronald Hughes, Sondra Jackson, Kim Murphy
2006 Child Welfare Symposium, The Legal and Social Impact of Disproportionality in Child Protection Cases, Dallas, Texas, November, 2006
Sources of Sex Education and Targets of Sex Communication: Socio-demographic Variations
Gardenia Harris, Sue Sprecher, Adena Meyers
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) 68th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 9, 2006
Using the Afrocentric Paradigm to Conduct Research with Midlife African American Women
Gardenia Harris, Cheryl Stampley, Caroline Mallory, Jerome Schiele
4th Annual Gero-Ed Forum at the 52nd Annual Program Meeting of CSWE, Online, February, 2006
Faculty-Driven Interactive Professional Learning: Teaching Learning Communities
Gardenia Harris, Nance Bragg, Trish Klass, Deb Gentry, Phyllis McLuskey-Titus, Mary O'Brien, Amee Adkins, Julie Fraser, Diane Gardner
University Teaching Workshops, Chicago, Illinois, August 17, 2004
Cultural and Religious Influence on Family Violence
Gardenia Harris, Evelyn Slaght
Central Illinois Clergy Conference on Family Violence in the Church, Online, October 16, 2003
Building a coordinated community response to domestic violence
Gardenia Harris, Lilliard Richardson, Dana Baker
2002 Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Dallas, TX, November, 2002
Oxycontin and MDMA in Missouri: Exploring patterns of abuse
Gardenia Harris, John Hodges, Carol Snively
2002 University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Social Work, Annual Fall Conference, Columbia, Missouri, November 8, 2002
Factors that influence the decision to place a child in substitute care
Gardenia Harris, Gail Tittle
Tenth Annual American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Colloquium, New Orleans, LA, May 29, 2002
The Decision to Place
Gardenia Harris, John Poertner
Race Matters—A Research Forum, Springville, MD, January, 2001
Cultural Sensitivity or Cultural Competence Challenging Cultural Biases
Gardenia Harris
Producing the Finest Social Workers: Faculty, Practitioners, and Students Working Together (Field Instructor and Student Conference), Athens, Georgia, , 1999
Parents with Children in Foster Care: Assessment of Service Satisfaction
Gardenia Harris
Raising Children out of Poverty Inaugural Conference, Online, April, 1998
Parents with Children in Foster Care: Assessment of Service Satisfaction
Gardenia Harris
Benefiting Children and Families: Practice- and Policy-Relevant Research seminar, Online, February 13, 1998
Parents with Children in Foster Care: Assessment of Service Satisfaction
Gardenia Harris
Benefiting Children and Families: Practice- and Policy-Relevant Research seminar, Online, December 4, 1997