Suzanne Pritzker
Assistant Professor
Email: spritzker@uh.edu
Room: 415 Social Work Building
Phone: 713-743-8114
Education:
B.A., University of Virginia;
M.Ed., University of Virginia;
M.S.W., Virginia Commonwealth University;
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Research interests:
youth civic engagement (especially among
poor and minority adolescents);
service-learning;
positive youth development;
political advocacy;
social welfare policy.
Selected Publications:
Pritzker, S. & McBride, A.M.(in press). Shaping service-learning: Comparing three national contexts. Social Development Issues, 31,3.
McBride, A.M., Pritzker, S., Daftary, D., & Tang, F. (2007). Youth service: A comprehensive perspective. Journal of Community Practice, 14, 4, 71-89.
McBride, A.M., Sherraden, M.S., & Pritzker, S. (2006). Civic engagement among low-income and low-wealth families: In their words. Family Relations, 55, 152-162.
Putnam, M. & Pritzker, S. (2006). Translating knowledge to next steps: Professional stakeholders’ evaluations of facilitators and barriers to crossing network lines. In M. Putnam. (Ed.), Aging and Disability: Crossing Network Lines (pp. 55-80). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Pritzker, S. & McBride, A.M. (2006). Service-learning and civic outcomes: From suggestive research to program models. In K. Casey, G. Davidson, S. Billig, & N. Springer (Eds.), Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field (pp. 17-43). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. [selected for inclusion by anonymous peer review]
Pritzker, S. & McBride, A.M. (2006). Equity in service-learning: Comparing scope, institutionalization, and quality across low-income urban and suburban schools. In Growing to Greatness 2006: The State of Service-Learning Project (pp. 82-91). St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council.
