Alice Boateng

EDUCATION:
PhD (University of Georgia, Athens, USA)
MSW (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
B.A. (KNUST, Ghana)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
1. Women and Children’s Issues; School Social Work
2. Immigration; International Social Work
3. Social Gerontology

COURSES CURRENTLY TAUGHT
1. Women and Children’s Rights and Protection
2. Ageing and the Life Cycle
3. Community Organizing Practice
4. History of Social Work and NGO Development

CURRENT RESEARCH
1. Boateng, A. (In Progress). For Richer or Poorer? Small Scale Mining/Galamsey and its Effects on Atiwa Community of Ghana.
2. Boateng, A. & Anngela-Cole, L. (In Progress). Death Practices in Ghana and the U.S.: A cultural comparison
3. Boateng, A., Anngela-Cole, L. (In Progress). Tradition versus Modernity: The Changing Trends of Akan Funeral Rites: Voices from the Field.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Boateng, A., (2013). An Evaluation of Social Capital and Wellbeing in the United States of America: The Case of African Refugee Women in Las Vegas, Sacha Journal of Human Rights, 3(1), p.13-26

2. Boateng, A., & Thompson, A. M. (2013). Study abroad Ghana: An International experiential Learning, Journal of Social Work Education, 49(4), p.701-715

3. Boateng, A., & Korang-Okrah, R. (2013). The Predicament of Rural Urban Migration in Ghana: The Case of the Visible, but Voiceless Kayayei Girls, African Journal of Social Sciences, 3(4), p.46-61

4. Boateng, A., & Anngela-Cole, L. (2012). Socio-economic transformation of Akan funeral rites in Ghana: The changing process, Omega, Journal of Death and Dying, 65(4), p.293-309

5. Boateng, A., & Hilton, J. (2011). The first home visit: The ‘return’ experiences of Liberian refugee women in Ghana, Journal of Third World Studies, 28(1), 115-140

6. Saleh, M., Anngela-Cole, L. & Boateng, A. (2011). Effectiveness of diversity infusion modules on students' attitudes, behavior, and knowledge, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 20(3), 240-257

7. Boateng, A., (2010). Survival voices: Social Capital and the well-being of Liberian Refugee Women in Ghana. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 8(4), 386-408

8. Boateng, A. (2009). A mixed methods analysis of social capital of Liberian refugee women in Ghana. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 36(3), 59-81