Amy Castro Baker CV 1 Amy Castro Baker Assistant Professor University of Wyoming Phone: (307)-766-3523 Division of Social Work Fax: (307)766-6839 Dept. 3632 Email: abaker30@uwyo.edu 1000 E. University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 Education Year Institution Degree May 2014 The Graduate Center of the City University of New York December 2011 Professional Experience The Graduate Center of the City University of New York Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare Master of Philosophy in Social Welfare May 2004 The University of Master of Social Work Pennsylvania December 2002 Cairn University Bachelor of Science in Social Work August 2014- present Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Division of Social Work, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 2012-2014 Director of Research & Development, SPARK Movement, New York, NY 2011-2014 Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work, New York, NY 2011-2012 Adjunct Lecturer, New York University, Silvery School of Social Work, New York, NY 2009-2012 Research Associate, The City University of New York, New York, NY 2007-2009 Founder & Director, Parents As Leaders, Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2004-2007 Social Worker, Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Amy Castro Baker CV 2 2003-2005 Mayoral Committee Member: Blueprint to End Homelessness, Philadelphia, PA 2003-2004 Social Work Research Fellow, Leadership Eduation in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Awards and Honors 2013 Nina Fortin Memorial Dissertation Award ($5,000) 2012 National Women s Studies Association Travel Award ($400) 2010 Presidential Research Fellow Award ($20,000) 2010 CUNY University Fellowship ($2,250) 2009 CUNY University Fellowship ($3,000) 2008 CUNY University Fellowship ($4,500) 2004 University of Pennsylvania Women s Travel Award, Women s Campaign International, Namibia ($500) Research and Scholarship Grants and Funding 2013, Keene, D. & Castro Baker, A. A Comparison Study of Mortgage Default, Foreclosure and Health in Working Class Communities. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ($22,000) 2012-2014, Castro Baker, A. Unmasking the Female Face of the Sub-Prime Crisis: A Mixed Methods Study of Foreclosure. CUNY Research Foundation, ($25,000). 2012-2014, Tolman, D., Brown, L.M., Edell, D. & Castro Baker, A. SPARK: Developing the Organization. Embry Family Foundation, ($50,000). Grant Submission-Unfunded Research N/A
Amy Castro Baker CV 3 Publications (Refereed Journals) Keene, D., Lynch, J. & Baker, A.C. (2014). Fragile health and fragile wealth:mortgage strain among african American homeowners. Social Science &Medicine, 118, 119-126. (Data based). Castro Baker, A.. (2014). Eroding the wealth of women: Gender and the subprime foreclosure crisis. Social Service Review, 88(1), 59-91. (data-based). Publications (Others): Keene, D., Cowan, S.K., & Baker, A.C. (accepted with revisions). When you re in a crisis like that, you don t want people to know : Mortgage strain, stigma and mental health. American Journal of Public Health. (data-based). Castro Baker, A. (2014). Women in Foreclosure: Not Out of the Woods. Women s Media Center: Exclusive. Castro Baker, A.. (2014). Women in Foreclosure: How We Got here. Women s Media Center: Exclusive. Brown, L.M. & Baker, A.C. (2013). SPARKit Curriculum: Engaging youth in media activism, literacy and social change. Hardy Girls, Healthy Women: Waterville, ME. Castro Baker, A. (2011). Tearing down the wealth of women. Women s Media Center: Exclusive. Dissertation: Baker, A.C. (2014). Women in Foreclosure: Social Reproduction & Mortgage Strain in the Subprime Era. Dissertation. The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Amy Castro Baker CV 4 Presentations (Refereed National and International Abstracts): Castro Baker, A. (January, 2015). The Foreclosure maze: A comparative analysis of black and white women s community-based mortgage assistance. In Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Castro Baker, A. (November, 2014). A straightjacket of everyone s problems : When social reproduction channels market risk. In National Women s Studies Association National Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Castro Baker, A. & Brown, L.M. (2013). Pushing Back: Sexualization As a Marketing Tool. In National Women s Studies Association National Meeting. Cincinnati, OH. (invited did not attend) Edell, D., Castro Baker, A. & Brown, L.M. (2013). Intergenerational Activism. In National Women s Studies Association National Meeting. Cincinnati, OH. (invited did not attend) Castro Baker, A. (2013). Risky Lending, Home Foreclosure & the Response of the Local Church. In National Association of Christian Social Workers. Atlanta, GA. Castro Baker, A. (November 2012). With My Background, I Shouldn t Be Poor" Unmasking the Female Face of Foreclosure. In National Women s Studies Association Conference. Oakland, CA. Castro Baker, A. (June 2010). Women in foreclosure: Experiencing the subprime crisis through the lives of women. In National Healthcare for the Homeless Conference and Policy Symposium. San Francisco, CA. Castro Baker, A. (November 2010). Women and the sub-prime crisis: How foreclosure policy is altering our practice. In Remembering Our Past, Shaping Our Future. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Association of Christian Social Workers, Durham, NC. Castro Baker, A. (June 2009). Efficacy of parenting classes in family shelters. In National Healthcare for the Homeless Conference and Policy Symposium. Washington, D.C. Castro Baker, A. (February 2008). Social work practice with African American Muslim women. In Called to Justice. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Association of Christian Social Workers, Orlando, FL.
Amy Castro Baker CV 5 Presentations (other): Castro Baker, A. (2014). (Panel Member). A place at the table. In Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY. Castro Baker, A. (2014). How lack of protective legislation, paid sick & family leave contributed to the foreclosure crisis. Institute for Women s Policy Research, Washington, D.C. Castro Baker, A. (2014). Risky Lending & Home Foreclosure. Cairn University, Department of Social Work. Castro Baker, A. (2013). Women and risky lending markets. University of Pennsylvania, School of Design. Castro Baker, A. (2013). Sexualization as a marketing tool. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Castro Baker, A. & Brown, L.M. (2012). Fostering girls activism and social change. Hardy Girls, Healthy Women: Waterville, ME. Castro Baker, A. (November 2010). Women in foreclosure. In National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Day of Dialogue conducted at the meeting of the Homeless Health Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. Castro Baker, A. (October, 2008). The Changing face of religion in electoral politics. National Association of Christian Social Workers Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Castro Baker, A. (March, 2009). Social work practice with philadelphia s african american muslim community. National Association of Christian Social Workers Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Colfer, A. & Castro Baker, A. (March 2005). Community based medicine: Moving medical students beyond hospital walls. Grand Rounds, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Castro Baker, A. (May 2004). Do race & income matter? Socio-economic markers in substantiated child maltreatment cases. Poster session presented at The Conference on Leadership Education in Neuro-developmental and Related Disabilities at The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia. Castro Baker, A. (May 2004). Assessing the behavioral, health, and social needs of families in shelter. Poster session presented at The Conference on Leadership Education in Neuro-developmental and Related Disabilities at The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Amy Castro Baker CV 6 Work In Progress: Castro Baker, A. & Keene, D. ( in progress ). Strategies and help-seeking among single women in foreclosure. (data-based). Graduate Student Research Supervision Year Master s Thesis Committee (Chair) Master s Plan B Committee (Chair) 2014 0 0 1 Inside Committee Member Teaching Course Number University of Wyoming, Laramie Course Name Year SOWK 5495 Social Work Research & Analysis Fall 2014 Credit Number of Hours Students 3 11 Course Number Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, East Harlem Course Name Year SSW 702.13 Women & Social Policy Spring 2014 SSW 701 Social Welfare Policies & Services I Spring 2014 SSW 702.13 Women & Social Policy Fall 2013 SSW 702.13 Women & Social Policy Spring 2013 SSW 702.13 Women & Social Policy Fall 2012 Credit Hours 3 26 3 19 3 24 3 26 3 26 Number of Students
Amy Castro Baker CV 7 Course Number Silver School of Social Work at New York University, Manhattan Course Name S44.208 Social Work Research II: Practice & Program Evaluation S44.208 Social Work Research II: Practice & Program Evaluation S44.208 Social Work Research II: Practice & Program Evaluation Field Supervision Not Applicable Year Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Fall 2012 Credit Hours 3 24 3 24 3 24 Number of Students Guest Lectured Qualitative Methodology with Emerging Populations- Research Methods for Doctoral Students, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Fall 2014. Program Evaluation in Community-Based Settings- Research II for MSW Students, Quinnipiac University, Fall 2014. Teaching Assistant Not Applicable Advising Not Applicable University Service College of Health Sciences Division/School 2014-Present MSW Committee
Amy Castro Baker CV 8 Professional Administrative Work and Community Service Professional Activities SPARK Movement, Leadership Member (2011-Present) Professional Memberships Present Present Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) National Women s Studies Association (NWSA)