Jennifer Wheeler-Brooks

Assistant Professor

BSW, New Mexico State University
MSW, University of Maryland at Baltimore
PhD, University of Kansas

E-mail: jwbrooks@uic.edu
Phone: (312)-413-2301
Room: 4038 EPASW

Professional Interests

Poverty
Social Policy
Community organizing and development

Current Research

The relationship between social networks and building economic assets
Asset-based community development

Teaching

Social Work Practice
Social Policy

Practice Experience

Child protective services and adoption
Labor Organizing
Community Organizing

Selected Publications

Wheeler-Brooks, J. (2011). How parents decide to participate and save in their children’s asset-building accounts: Implications for practice, policy, and theory. Children and Youth Services Review. 33, 955-962.

Wheeler-Brooks, J. (2009). Structuration theory and critical consciousness: Potential
applications for social work practice. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 36 (1), 123-140.

Wheeler-Brooks, J. & Scanlon, E. (2009). Perceived facilitators and barriers to saving among low-income youth. Journal of Socio-Economics. 38, 757-763.

Marks, E., Rhones, B., Wheeler-Brooks, J. & Adams, D. (2009). A process study of the SEED community partners initiative. RTI Project No. 0210258. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International. Available online at: http://www.rti.org/publications/abstract.cfm?pub=12947

Wheeler-Brooks, J. (2009). Focus groups with SEED parents: The relationships between social networks and asset development. (research report). St. Louis, MO: Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis.

Messinger, L. & Wheeler-Brooks, J. (2008). Lesbians: Overview. The Encyclopedia of Social Work, (20th Ed.). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Wheeler-Brooks, J. (2008). Focus groups with SEED parents: How parents decide to join an asset building program, open children’s savings accounts, and save. (research report). St. Louis, MO: Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis.

Scanlon, E., Wheeler-Brooks, J, & Adams, D. (2006). How young people save: Findings from interviews with SEED participants. (research report). St. Louis, MO: Center for Social Development, Washington University in St Louis. Available online at: http://csd.wustl.edu/Publications/Documents/KU_Interviews_SEED_Youth.pdf

Affiliations, Associations, & Consultations

Council on Social Work Education
Society for Social Work and Research
Association for Community Organization and Social Administration
Community Development Society