Faculty Profiles
Lee H. Staples
Clinical Professor
Macro Practice
Phone: 617-353-7917
lstaples@bu.edu
Education
B.A. (government), University of Massachusetts
M.S.W. (social welfare), University of California at Los Angeles
Ph.D. (sociology and social work), Boston University
Courses Taught
MP759 Communities and Organizations: Analysis and Intervention
MP781 Community Organizing
MP794 Macro Field Seminar
MP795 Applied Macro Skills: Groups and Systems
Scholarly Practice and Interests
Grassroots community organizing; consumer/community empowerment; task oriented group work; international development; immigrant rights
Selected Publications
Delgado, M. & Staples, L. (In Press). The spirit and promise of youth-led community organizing. New York: Oxford University Press.
Despotovic, M., Medic, M, Shimkus, D. & Staples, L. (In Press). NGO development in Croatia: De Facto interdisciplinary practice. Journal of Community Practice.
Boehm. A. & Staples L. (2005). Grassroots leadership in task-oriented groups: Learning from successful leaders. Social Work with Groups, 28(2), 77-96.
Staples, L. (2004). Roots to power: A manual for grassroots organizing. (Second Edition) Westport, CT: Praeger.
Staples, L. (2004). Selecting and cutting the issue. Chapter 10 in M. Minkler (Ed.), Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, Second Edition (pp. 173-192). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Staples, L. (2004). Social action groups. Chapter 20 in C. Garvin & L. Gutierrez (Eds.) Handbook of Social Work with Groups. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc. pp. 344-359.
Boehm, A. & Staples, L.H. (2004). Empowerment: The point of view of consumers. Families in Society, 85(2), 270-280.
Lane, T.S., Langsted, O., and Staples, L. H. (2003). Collaboration between two universities in industrialized countries: The National Danish School of Social Work, Aarhus, and Boston University.” In L.M. Healy, Y. Asamoah & M.C.T. Hokenstad (Eds.), Models of International Collaboration in Social Work Education. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education, Inc., 61-69.
Boehm, A. & Staples, L.H. (2002). The functions of the social worker in empowering:
The voices of consumers and professionals.” Social Work, 47(4), 449-460.
Staples, L.H. (2001). Insider/Outsider upsides and downsides. Social Work with Groups, 23(2), 19-35.
Selected Presentations
Staples, L. & Stein, R. (2006). Anatomy of a statewide coalition: Dimensions of organizational development. ARNOVA 35th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Burton, C. & Staples, L. (2006). Immigration policy and social work. NASW Symposium 2006, Marlborough, MA.
Staples, L. (2005). Youth-led community organizing: Models and methods. Paper co-authored with Melvin Delgado and presented at ARNOVA 34th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Staples, L. (2004). NGOs: A growing force in croatia. Paper co-authored with Milan Medic and David Shimkus and presented at ARNOVA 33rd Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Staples, L. with Chen, Y., Lopez, G., Maali, K. & Butler-MacKay, D. (2004). Macro social work with youth. NASW Symposium 2004, Marlborough, MA.
Staples, L.H. (2003). A comprehensive approach to community building. ARNOVA 32nd Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Consulting and Professional Activities
President, Chelsea Collaborative
Governance Board, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
Co-Chair, Massachusetts NASW Symposium 2006 Program Committee
Chair, Nominations Committee, Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA)
Awards and Honors
Leadership and Community Service Award, Chelsea Collaborative, 2005
Teaching Excellence Award, Boston University School of Social Work, 2002
Outstanding Contributions to the School of Social Work, 1994
