Contact:
(860)570-9181
louise.simmons@uconn.edu
E-Mail Contact Preferred
Office Locations:
Greater Hartford Campus -
Social Work Building, Rm 342B
Mailing Address
University of Connecticut
1798 Asylum Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Office Hours:
By appointment
Louise Simmons Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Community Organization sequence, Director of the Urban Semester Program, and Chair of the Urban Issues in Social Work substantive area: focused area of study. Her research interests are in community organization, urban social movements, community-labor alliances, welfare policy and urban politics and problems. She is also involved with the University of Connecticut Urban Studies Program, and service learning activities.
Specialization
Social Work: community organization, urban social movements, community-labor alliances, urban politics and policy issues, progressive political movements, welfare policy
Courses Offered in Academic Year 2008/2009 - Urban Semester Program
Fall 2008
INTD 3584 - Seminar in Urban Problems
INTD 3594 - Urban Semester Field Work Seminar
INTD 3590 - Urban Field Study
Spring 2009
INTD 3584 - Seminar in Urban Problems
INTD 3594 - Urban Semester Field Work Seminar
INTD 3590 - Urban Field Study