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Social Work: The Journal of the National Association of Social Workers
Mary E. Swigonski (Contributor)

AFFILIA: The Journal of Women and Social Work
Mary E. Swigonski (Contributor)

Mary E. Swigonski

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The Scholars Index represents either LGBTQ identified or LGBTQ friendly scholars doing work in Queer Theory, Gender Studies, LGBT Studies Women's Studies, Feminist Studies and related fields.

Multicultural Issues in Social Work, Vol. II, Patricia L. Ewalt, editor; Mary E. Swigonski, contributor

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From Hate Crimes to Human Rights : A Tribute to Matthew Shepard by Mary E. Swigonski Ph.D. (Editor), Robin S. Mama Ph.D. (Editor), Kelly Ward (Editor)

Fight for the human rights of LGBT individuals with strategies from this powerful book!

From the intimate horror of domestic violence to the institutionalized heterosexism of marriage laws, this volume takes an unsparing look at the interconnections of prejudice and hate crimes in the lives of LGBT individuals. Bringing together original research and solidly grounded theory, From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard also offers fresh strategies so you can work effectively for social change.

This moving, thoughtful volume begins with a friend’s memoir of the murdered Matthew Shepard; this intimate glimpse is powerful testimony that hate crimes affect individuals, not just symbolic martyrs. From Hate Crimes to Human Rights drags hidden homophobia from the closet and examines it with clean, incisive intelligence. It tackles taboo topics, including:

	what the Bible really says about homosexuality
	how minority cultures sometimes foster hatred against the LGBT individuals in their midst
	why child welfare services don’t protect LGBT youth from peer violence
	how internalized LGBT self-hatred can be expressed as domestic violence

Hate crimes do not occur in a cultural vacuum. From Hate Crimes to Human Rights searches out the roots of hatred and suggests ways to eradicate them, drawing on economics, theology, and linguistics as well as sociology, history, and political science. Specific suggestions include:

	how to use language as a social and cultural change strategy
	what individuals and universities can do to promote human rights
	how to make use of the intersection of difference and tolerance to prevent hate crimes
	why equal treatment for LGBT individuals is a human rights issue, not a special-interest advantage

From Hate Crimes to Human Rights provides powerful explanations of the ways hatred generates hate crimes and proposes positive action you can take to validate human rights.

Biography

Dr. Mary E. Swigonski is an Assistant Professor at Monmouth University who regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate course in human behavior, field practice, social policy and research. She is also able to teach social work practice with groups, social work practice with the aged, administration, diversity, alternative families and international women's issues. Her research interests include human behavior and the social environment, diversity, lesbian and gay issues, and gender studies.

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Monmouth University

Fields of Study

Primary:	Human Behavior, Social environment, Diversity, Lesbian and Gay Issues, Gender Studies
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Published Works

Edited Books

2001 From Hate Crimes To Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shephard. Harrington Park Press. (Co Edited with Robin Mama, & Kelly Ward)

Book Chapters

2001 "Human rights, Hate Crimes and Hebrew-Christian Scripture". In From Hate Crimes To Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shephard. Harrington Park Press. (Mary E. Swigonski, Robin Mama, & Kelly Ward, Editors) (A Special Issue of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, concurrently released as a book).

1999 "Ways of Knowing & Oppression and Privilege". pp. 123-136. In Confronting Prejudice and Racism during Multicultural Training (Mark S. Kiselica, Editor). ACA Press.

1999 "Challenging Privilege through Africentric Social Work Practice". Reprinted in Multicultural Issues in Social Work, Volume II. (Patricia Ewalt, Editor). Washington, DC. NASW Press.

1995 "For the white social worker who wants to know how to work with lesbians of color". In Lesbians of Color: Social and Human Services. (Hilda Hidalgo, Ed.) (Special Issues of Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services 3(2) concurrently released as a book)

1995 "The social service needs of lesbians of color". In Lesbians of Color: Social and Human Services. (Hilda Hidalgo, Ed.) (Special Issues of Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services 3(2) concurrently released as a book).

Journal Articles

2001 "Human rights, Hate Crimes and Hebrew-Christian Scripture". Special Issue of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 13(1-2). concurrently released as a book).

1996 "Challenging Privilege through Africentric Social Work Practice". Social Work: The Journal of the National Association of Social Workers. 41 (2) 153-162.

1996 "Women, Poverty and Welfare Reform: a Challenge to Social Workers". AFFILIA: The Journal of Women and Social Work, 11(1) 95-110.

1995 "Claiming a Lesbian Identity as an Act of Empowerment". AFFILIA: The Journal of Women and Social Work. 10(4) 413-425 1995 For the White Social Worker who Wants to Know How to Work with Lesbians of Color. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services: Special Issue, Lesbians of Color: Kaleidoscope of Color 3(2) 7-21.

1995 The Social Service Needs of Lesbians of Color. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services: Special Issue, Lesbians of Color: Kaleidoscope of Color 3(2)67-83.

1994 The Logic of Feminist Standpoint Theory for Social Work Research. Social Work: The Journal of the National Association of Social Workers 39(4) 387-393.

1993 Feminist Standpoint Theory and the Questions of Social Work Research. AFFILIA: The Journal of Women and Social Work, 8(2) 171-183.

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