Emeritus Faculty

Gerald Euster, DSW Distinguished Professor Emeritus Fellow, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education College of Social Work Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: (803) 865-2673 Fax: (803) 777-3498 e-mail: jerrye@gwm.sc.edu

Educational Background:

MSW, Washington University, St. Louis
Post-Master's Certificate in Psychiatric Social Work, Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas
DSW, University of Pennsylvania

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Selected Publications:

Euster, G. L. (2001) "Retired Professional Athletes in the United States: Organizational and Individual Commitment to Community Service Activities." In Quality in Later Life: Rights, Rhetoric and Reality. Annual Conference Proceedings, British Society of Gerontology, University of Stirling, Scotland.

Euster, G. L. (2000)  "Growth and Change in Graduate Level Gerontology Education: The University of South Carolina Experience." in Old Age in a New Age. Annual Conference Proceedings, British Society of Gerontology, Oxford University, England.

Euster, G.L., Wright, R., Beless, D. W., Greenhouse Gardella, L., Pollard, W.L., Shulman, L. (Council on Social Work Education Task Force on Defining the Work of Social Work Faculty) "Scholarship Revisited: An Examination of Faculty Work in Social Work Education." In R.M. Diamond and B.E. Adam (editors), The Disciplines Speak II: More Statements on Rewarding the Scholarly, Professional, and Creative Work of Faculty. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education. 

McChesney, M. and Euster, G.L. (2000) "Evaluation of an Active Learning Method for Field Instructor Training," Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 20, (1/2).

Euster, G.L. (1999) "Gerontology Field Education Experiences of Graduate Social Work and Gerontology Certificate Students," Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 31 (3/4).

Other articles in Social Work; Social Casework; Social Work with Groups; Child Welfare; Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare; Journal of Social Work Education; Journal of Teaching in Social Work; ARETE; Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying; Gerontology and Geriatrics Education; Educational Gerontology; American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Selected Presentations:

Euster, G.L. "Innovative Field-Based Experiences in Gerontology: Multidisciplinary Learning Opportunities," Gerontological Society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting, November, 2000, Washington, DC. November 2000.

Euster, G.L. "Interdisciplinary Gerontology Education Programs: Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education," Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference, St. Louis, MO, February 1999.

Euster, G.L. "The Evolution of Graduate Level Gerontology Certificate Education: Analysis of Three Follow-Up Studies of Graduates," Gerontological Society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 1999.

Euster, G.L. "Gerontology Field Education Experiences of Graduate Social Work and Gerontology Certificate Students," Council on Social Work Education, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. March 1998.

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