Alumni News

Elizabeth M. Tracy Appointed to Chair in Social Work

Elizabeth M. Tracy, MSW ’77, PhD ’88, has been named the Grace Longwell Coyle Chair in Social Work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University. Oldest in the Mandel School, the Coyle Chair recognizes a scholar and educator whose work brings international renown to the School and attracts students from around the world. Professor Tracy has an international reputation as a social welfare scholar, and among her most influential contributions are books she has co-authored with UW School of Social Work Professor Emeritus James Whittaker and Susan Kemp, Charles O. Cressey Endowed Associate Professor. One is Kemp, S., Whittaker, J.K., & Tracy, E.M. (1997), Person-environment Practice: The Social Ecology of Interpersonal Helping. New York: Aldine de Gruyter (Japanese edition published in 2000).

While a graduate student at the UW, Elizabeth Tracy was selected for the University’s highly prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award. Notably, Professor Tracy has been the recipient of an excellence in teaching award at the Mandel School as well.