School of Social Work

Education

• Ph.D., Life-Span Developmental Psychology, West Virginia University, 1982

Biography

I have been at EMU since 2004, and I have been teaching in the School of Social Work since 2010.

Interests

• Gerontology
• Intergenerational relations
• Professional accreditation and quality improvement
• Assessment in social work education

Publications

• Riemer, B. A. and Thomas, J. L. (2005). Achievement goal orientations in competition dog obedience participants. Journal of Sport Behavior, 28, 272–281.           
• Thomas, J. L., Sperry, L., and Yarbrough, M. S. (2000). Grandparents as parents: Research findings and policy recommendations. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 31, 3–22.
• Thomas, J. L. (1993). Concerns regarding adult children's help: A comparison of young-old versus old-old parents' perceptions. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 48, S315–S322.

Courses

• SWRK 315 Theoretical bases for social work practice
• SWRK 319 Writing for agency practice
• SWRK 430 Social work evaluation and research: Qualitative and statistical methods
• SWRK 530 Social work evaluation and research: Qualitative and statistical method