David Stoesz
David Stoesz | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | academic, policy analyst, social entrepreneur, author |
| Awards | Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards, UK (2014), Australia (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Master of Social Work (1976), Ph.D. (1980) |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland (1980) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social policy |
| Sub-discipline | Child welfare, national politics |
| Institutions | San Diego State University, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Main interests | Social policy, child welfare, international development, and national politics |
| Notable works | American Social Welfare Policy, 9th ed. (2022), Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic (2021) |
David Stoesz (/steɪs/) is an American academic, policy analyst, author, and social entrepreneur. Stoesz worked as a welfare caseworker and welfare department director and has published about social policy, child welfare, international development, and national politics. He earned his PhD at the University of Maryland-Baltimore in 1980, subsequently teaching at San Diego State University[1] and Virginia Commonwealth University where he served as Samuel Wurtzel Professor of Social Work.[2] He is a professor emeritus in the Virginia Commonwealth School of Social Work,[3] and a founder of Up$tart, a company whose products assist US college students in applying for federal benefits.[4]
Stoesz's book, Quixote’s Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy received the Prohumanitate Literary Award.[5]
In 2010 Stoesz was inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance.[6]
Bibliography
Books
- Meritocracy, Populism, and the Future of Democracy (2022)[7]
- Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic (2021)[8]
- Building Better Social Programs: How Evidence is Transforming Public Policy (2020)
- The Investment State (2018)
- The Dynamic Welfare State (2017)
- Quixote's Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy (2005) ISBN 9780195181203[9]
- A poverty of imagination: Bootstrap capitalism, sequel to welfare reform (2000)[10]
- The Politics of Child Abuse in America (with Lela B. Costin and Howard Jacob Karger, Oxford University Press, 1996)[11]
- Reconstructing the American Welfare State (with Howard Jacob Karger, Rowman & Littlefield, 1992)[12]
As an editor or co-author
- American Social Welfare Policy, 9th ed. (2022) co-authored with Howard Karger ISBN 9780137472246
- Stoesz, David, Howard Jacob Karger, and Terry E. Carrillo. "A dream deferred: How social work education lost its way and what can be done." (2011).
- Karger, Howard Jacob, and David Stoesz. American social welfare policy. Allyn and Bacon, 2009.
Articles
- Stoesz, David. "Evidence-based policy: Reorganizing social services through accountable care organizations and social impact bonds." Research on Social Work Practice 24, no. 2 (2014): 181–185.
- Karger, Howard Jacob, and David Stoesz. "The growth of social work education programs, 1985-1999: Its impact on economic and educational factors related to the profession of social work." Journal of Social Work Education 39, no. 2 (2003): 279–295.
- Stoesz, David, and Howard Jacob Karger. "Deconstructing welfare: The Reagan legacy and the welfare state." Social Work 38, no. 5 (1993): 619–628.
Awards
Stoesz has received two Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards: in 2014 to the UK, in 2017 to Australia.[13]
References
- ^ Gottlieb, Martin (June 20, 1993). "Ideas & Trends: In a 90's War On Poverty, Who Hands Out Money?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ "David Stoesz". Contributors. University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ "Emeriti and retired faculty". Virginia Commonwealth School of Social Work. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ "David Stoesz". Founders. Up$tart. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ CSD (2016-04-12). "The Dynamic Welfare State". Center for Social Development. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ https://www.nasi.org/about/our-experts/ Archived 2024-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Review of Meritocracy, Populism, and the Future of Democracy: Ali Sarihan (2023), Democratization, doi:10.1080/13510347.2023.2227860
- ^ Pechdin, Watchara (28 December 2023). "Book Review: Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic". Journal of Social Work. 31 (2): 362–368.
- ^ Reviews of Quixote's Ghost:
- Lawrence M. Mead (2007), The Journal of Politics, doi:10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00526.x, JSTOR 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00526.x
- Jake Rosenfeld (2006), Contemporary Sociology, JSTOR 30045895
- ^ Review of A Poverty of Imagination: Sandra S. Smith (2001), American Journal of Sociology, doi:10.1086/343170, JSTOR 10.1086/343170
- ^ Reviews of The Politics of Child Abuse in America:
- LeRoy Ashby (1996), History of Education Quarterly, JSTOR 369787
- Douglas J. Besharov and Jacob W. Dembosky (1997), The American Political Science Review, JSTOR 2952287
- Malcolm Bush (1997), Social Service Review, JSTOR 30013026
- Robert E. Cosner (1998), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, JSTOR 1049364
- Anthony N. Maluccio (1997), "Time for an Ideological Shift in Child Welfare? An Essay Review", Social Service Review, JSTOR 30012610
- Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich (1997), Social Work, JSTOR 23718458
- Steven Mintz (1997), Journal of Social History, JSTOR 3789960
- ^ Reviews of Reconstructing the American Welfare State:
- ^ "David Stoesz | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 2024-01-05.