Dr. Michael Lyman
| Associate Professor |
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| Office: 327 Shippen Hall |
| Phone: 717-477-1267 |
| Email: mjlyma@ship.edu |
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Education
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| BA-Psychology, Brigham Young University (1993) |
| MSW-University of Utah (1998) |
| PhD-University of Utah (2004) |
Profile
Prior to coming to Shippensburg University, I was a doctoral student at the University of Utah, where my dissertation research focused on substance abuse prevention programs for children and their families. I completed all of my graduate education at the University of Utah: an MSW in 1998 and a PhD in 2004. Both prior to and during my time at the University of Utah I worked in a variety of social service and non-social service positions in Utah and New Mexico. These included jobs as a Case Manager at a community mental health center; Kinship Placement Evaluator, Family Preservation Worker, and Foster Care Consultant at a child welfare agency; Grant Writer and Director of Outreach Services at a substance abuse and homeless services agency; and a therapist at a faith-based agency as well as at a private practice. My areas of interest and/or expertise are: Child welfare, clinical social work practice, social work research methods, and teaching methods.
My roots are in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where I was raised by a Physical Chemist who worked with lasers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Somehow, my maternal grandmother’s social work genes and my great grandfather’s interest in human behavior had a greater impact in me than the immediate hard sciences environment of Northern New Mexico and I ended up majoring in Psychology at Brigham Young University. I graduated from there with a Psychology degree with an English minor after a quick three and a half years of study.
I was originally hired here at Shippensburg University in the Fall of 2001 to help teach across the curriculum and specifically in the child welfare class. I still teach that class and still have a great interest in child welfare. I have also taught classes across the BSW and MSW curriculum here at Shippensburg, but primarily in the area of micro and mezzo practice. On campus, I am involved with different organizations like: Shippensburg Produce and Outreach, Phi Alpha Honor Society and the Pennsylvania Association of Undergraduate Social Work Educators.
My family and I spent the Spring and Fall semesters of 2009 on sabbatical in South Africa at the University of Pretoria. As a consequence I am more interested lately in Social Development and International Social Work and take every opportunity to travel outside of the United States to connect with social workers all over the world. I am also always on the lookout for research ideas and opportunities that might lead to more international work and experiences.
Courses
SWK 150: Human Relations Lab
SWK 250: Assessing Individuals in the Social Environment
SWK 262: Introduction to Child Welfare Practice
SWK 265: Understanding Diversity for Social Work Practice
SWK 270: Social Work Practice with Individuals
SWK 327: Social Work Practice with Families
SWK 360: Research Techniques for Social Workers
SWK 352: Special Fields of Social Work: Child Welfare
SWK 389, 390: Field Work in Social Work
SWK 391: Seminar in Social Work Methods
SWK 450: Social Work Policies and Services
SWK 520: Foundations of Micro/Mezzo Social Work Practice
SWK 525: Research Methods
SWK 530: Field Practicum I
SWK 610: Advanced Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SWK 602: Adult Behavioral Health Care Settings
SWK 640: Selected Topics: Human Rights and Social Development
Selected Publications & Presentations
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| Lyman, M. J. (2012, February). On-line vs Live Peer Assessment in a Social Work Research Course. Presentation at the 28th Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Education Conference sponsored by The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Portland, Oregon. |
| Lyman, M. J. (2011, February). A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Peer-Assessment Exercise in a Social Work Research Course. Presentation at the 27th Annual Baccalaureate Social Work Education Conference sponsored by The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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| Lyman, J. L, Lyman, J. E., Lyman, M. J., Lyman, A. E., (2009, October). Evaluation of the Health & Hygiene Promotion Partnership (HPP), Cape Town, South Africa as an Example of Participatory Learning. Submitted to LDS Humanitarian Services.
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