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Patrick M. Cunningham, DSW
Professor of Social Work
Curriculum
Vitae
BS, Sociology, University of Utah
MSW, Fordham University
DSW, University of Utah
CERTIFICATION
Plant Based Nutrition Certificate 2015 T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition
Studies, Cornell University
Advanced Clinical Dementia Practice
Certificate 2016 University of Michigan School of Social Work
Policy Practice Certificate
Council on Social Work Education 2017
Office address: 106J Hartlieb Hall
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 786-6902
Fax: (907) 786-6912
E-mail: pmcunningham@alaska.edu
I primarily teach the social welfare policy courses in the BSW and first year
MSW programs.
Recently, I have taught community and organizational practice, practicum
seminars,and in the summer, offer a geriatric practice course.
My current research is Alzheimer's and related dementia in Alaska and
lifespan nutrition.
Summer 2017
SWK A473 Geriatric Social Work Practice(distance)
SWK A673Geriatric Social Work Practice(distance)
Membership Organizations
National Association of Social Workers
Academy of Certified Social
Workers
American Geriatrics Society
Alzheimer’s
Association
International Society to
Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment
Social Welfare History Links
Social Welfare Policy Resources
Alaska
Single Payer Health Care System
SpectraCell Laboratories
ACTIVITIES
Alaska
Sabbatical 2015-16
Juneau Sabbatical 2008
Victim-Offender Mediation in Alaska
Survey of Rural, Paraprofessional, Human
Service Workers in Alaska
Successful Aging in Anchorage Study
Mobile Home Parks Social Policy Project
The 2002 Social Services Job
Survey (December 2003)
Protective Social Services: Alaska’s
Response to Meeting the Safety Needs of Its Population
Care Coordination
Challenges in the Last Frontier (Poster Presentation, Alzheimer's Association
International Conference, Paris, France, July 17, 2011)
JavaMusicClub: Mutual Support for
Cognitively Impaired at Risk Adults(Poster Presentation, Alzheimer's Association
International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 14, 2014)
Superfood Smoothies (Poster Presentation,
Alaska Food Policy Conference, University of Alaska Anchorage, November 7-9,
2014)
Social Determinants of Alzheimer's Disease, Session
Presentation, State of Reform Health Policy Conference, Anchorage, AK,
October 8, 2015
Urban
in Alaska Conference presentation Java Music Club: Mutual support for
cognitively impaired at risk adults, November 6, 2015, UAA
Certificate Plant-Based Nutrition,
eCornell, November 25, 2015
Single Payer Health Insurance Commentary
Nutrition
Commentary
Social Services and Corrections:
Intergovernmental, Public and Private Policy Making, and Power Dynamics Book
Chapter
UAA Faculty and Staff Association Description
Java
Music Club article
Opiate Addiction Research
article
Life style and Alzheimer's disease
article
MacAuthur Foundation 100 & Change
proposal
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