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Roberta Greene is a professor and chair emerita at the University of Texas at Austin. She has been an active practitioner, researcher, policy advocate, and author. Among her publications are Resilience Enhancement in Social Work: Anti-Oppressive Social Work Skills and Techniques (2023, Springer), Resilience-Enhancing Social Work Practice (2022, Springer), Geriatric Practice With Older Adults: A Resilience-Enhancing Guide (2021, NASW Press), and Human Behavior Theory and Social Work Practice With Marginalized Oppressed Populations (2019, Routledge).
Nancy Greene is an assistant professor of social work at Norfolk State University in Virginia. She teaches social work practice, human behavior, and diversity classes. Her doctorate is from the University of Southern California. She is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced in home health care and hospice. She has taught for Tulane University, Grand Canyon University, and Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. Her publications include Social Work Practice with Older Adults: A Resilience-Enhancing Guide (2021, NASW Press); "The RESM: An African American client with Dementia and his caregivers" in Human Behavior Theory and Social Work Practice with Marginalized Oppressed Populations (2019, Routledge), and Closing the Health Care Gap (2018, Southern California University).
Harriet Cohen received her educational degrees from the University of Georgia at Athens. She has a rich multiservice career in social work practice, education, and administration. Her expertise cuts across aging, LGBTQ issues, and resilience among Holocaust survivors. An example of her exemplary teamwork is reflected in her participation with principal investigator Roberta Greene as co-principal investigator and Dallas site coordinator on the grant entitled Resiliency, Forgiveness, and Survivorship of Older Holocaust Survivors that received $486,000 in funding from the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Harriet Cohen has been a life-long advocate for diversity issues. Her scholarship has included the grant entitled Perceived Disclosure Vulnerability of Lesbian and Gay Older Adults Living in Long Term Care Facilities funded by the Hogstel Gerontological Nursing Research Award. Among her articles are Walker, C. A., Cohen, H. L. & Jenkins, A. (2016). An older transgender woman's quest for identity. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 54(2), 31-39; and Jenkins, D., Walker, C., Cohen, H. L., & Curry, L. (2010). A lesbian elder managing identity in a long-term care facility: A case study. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(5), 402-420.
Taunya Cole is a registered nurse, an author, and a mother. Health literacy and illness prevention have been an interest since Ms. Cole started her nursing career in 2003. Her focus then expanded to holistic health in 2018, which led her to found her business, Rewrite Health, which became an LLC in 2021. Rewrite Health is the vehicle for Ms. Cole to nurture individuals and families in the healing process by assisting them in writing their stories. Ms. Cole has authored the following books: The Brady Boe series, a 5-book series that was completed in 2018. She has also published a workbook titled, Building Confidence & Self-Esteem, and a Children's book titled, There's A Bear in My Closet, in 2019. These stories focus on issues of children's diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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