Leslie D. Hollingsworth

Associate Professor of Social Work

Degrees

BA, Sociology/Psychology, 1963, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC;
MSW, Social Work, 1965, Syracuse University, NY;
Certification, Marriage/Family Therapy, 1988, The Family Therapy Institute, Cincinnati, OH;
PhD, Child Devlopment and Family Studies, 1995, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

BioSketch

Associate Professor Leslie Hollingsworth's independent and interdisciplinary research interests focus on vulnerable children and families across the child welfare and mental health systems. She is currently studying parental adherence to child welfare reunification plans; child custody loss among women with severe mental illness; effect of gender and birth or adoption order on children's family experiences; college students' attitudes toward non-medical sex selection; prevalence of depression in uninsured individuals with low income and receiving primary medical care services in a southeast, urban area; and social workers' causal explanations for severe mental illness. She has published widely in the areas of culture, identity, and social inequities in the adoption of children. She is affiliated with a community-building project funded by the Skillman Foundation. She teaches courses in Advanced "Interpersonal Practice with Families" and is currently writing A Justice-Infused Casebook for Teaching Interpersonal Practice with Families. Hollingsworth is a licensed social worker in Michigan, a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), a consulting or editorial board member of several major social work and family journals, and a member of a number of professional organizations.

Personal Information

Email

lholling@umich.edu

Mailbox

INDI

203

Location

Room:	3728 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 763-6572
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Hollingsworth, L., Allen-Meares, P., Shanks, T., & Gant, L. M. (in press). A solution-focused approach to community planning: Miracles, dreams, and strategies. Families in Society.

Hollingsworth, L. D., Allen-Meares, P., Shanks, T., & Gant, L. M. (2009). Using the miracle question in community engagement and planning. Families in Society, 90(3), 332-335.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2008). Does the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption address the protection of adoptees? cultural identity? And should it? Social Work,
377-379.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2008). Adoption. In V. N. Parillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2006). Interrace, transrace: The post-modern youth culture. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), School services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (pp. 853-860). New York: Oxford Publications.

Mowbray, C. T., Bybee, D., Hollingsworth, L., Goodkind, S., & Oyserman, D. (2005). Living arrangements and social support: Effects on the well-being of mothers with mental illness. Social Work Research, 29(1), 41-55.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2005). Commentary: Content analysis as a qualitative research method (A commentary on Hollingsworth's "Transracial Adoptees in the Media: 1986-1996", published in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,72, 289-293.). In L. B. Alexander & P. Solomon (Eds.), The research process in the human services: Behind the scenes. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2005). Birthmothers whose parental rights are terminated: Implications for services. In G. P. Mallon, & P. M. Hess (Eds.), Child welfare for the 21st century: A handbook of practices, policies, and programs (pp. 469-481). Columbia University Press.

Hollingsworth, L. D. (2005). Ethical considerations in prenatal sex selection. Health & Social Work, 30(2), 126-135.