Melvin Delgado

Professor
Chair, Macro Practice
Co-Director, Center for Addiction Research and Services
Phone: 617-353-7722
delgado@bu.edu

Education

B.A. (history), University of Illinois, Urbana
M.S. (social work), Columbia University
Ph.D. (social welfare), Brandeis University

Courses Taught

HB 750 Organizational Structure & Culture
MP759   Communities and Organizations: Analysis and Intervention
MP773   Human Services Management
MP774   Seminar: Community Planning
MP783   Planning and Program Development

Scholarly and Practice Interests

Latino and other marginalized urban population groups, youth development-youth-led research and macro-practice, community-capacity enhancement, non-traditional urban settings

Selected Publications

Delgado, M. (Under Contract). Baby boomers of color: Rewards and challenges for the nation.
New York: Columbia University Press.

Delgado, M. (Under Contract). Youth activism and social justice movements: immigrant-rights, food, and  environmental justice. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press

Delgado, M. (In Press). Social justice and the crisis of overweight and obesity in urban America: The potential for the social work profession. New York: Columbia University Press.

Delgado, M. & Humm-Delgado, D. (In Press). Asset assessment and community social work practice.
New York: Oxford University Press.

Delgado, M. (2012). Prisoner re-entry and work: Adding business to the mix.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publisher.

Delgado, M. (2011). Latino Small Businesses and the American Dream: Community Social Work Practice and Community Economic and Social Development. New York: Columbia University Press.

Delgado, M. (2009). Older adult-led health promotion in urban communities: Models and interventions. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Delgado, M. & Humm-Delgado, D. (2009). Health and health care in the nation’s Prisons: Issues, challenges, and policies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publisher

Delgado, M. & Zhou, H. (2008). Youth-Led urban health promotion: A Community capacity enhancement perspective. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Delgado, M. & Staples, L. (2008). Youth-Led community organizing: Theory and action. New York: Oxford University Press.

Delgado, M. (2007). Social Work Practice with Latinos: A Cultural Assets Paradigm. New York: Oxford University Press.

Delgado, M. (2006). Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Delgado, M. (Ed.). (2005). Latinos an Alcohol Problems Revisited: Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs. New York: Haworth Press.

Delgado, M., Jones, L.K. & Rohani, M. (2004). Social Work Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Youth in the United States. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Delgado, M. (2004). Social Youth  Entrepreneurship: The Potential for Youth and Community transformation. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Selected Presentations

Cheezum, R.R., Isreal, B.A., Caldwell, C., Parker, E.A., Delgado, M. & Spencer, M. Inter-organizational collaboration: Factors affecting community health policy efforts aimed at addressing health inequalities among youth. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C

Consulting and Professional Activities

Editorial board membership:

Social Work With Groups (1982-present);

Journal of Primary Prevention (1999-present);

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (1996-present);

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (1996-present);

Open Social Science Journal (2007-Present);

Guest Reviewer:

Action Research Journal; Journal of Child & Family Studies; Journal of Community Psychology; Youth & Society (2011)

Awards and Honors

Boston University School of Social Work Excellence in Teaching Award, 2006

Columbia University School of Social Work Alumni Hall of Fame, 1999

Outstanding Contribution to the Boston University School of Social Work Alumni Award, 1996

Greatest Contribution to Social Work Education Award from the National Association of Social Work, Massachusetts Chapter, 1994