Curriculum
Vitae
February 2007
Gary
L. Albrecht
410 – 22nd Street
Boulder, CO
80302
Tel: (303) 442?2127
Fax: (720) 565?9296
E-mail:
[email protected]
Personal Information
Citizenship: USA
Education:
Ph.D. 1970 Emory University,
Sociology, Social Psychology
Dissertation: "Adult Socialization: The
Effect of Aspiration and Social Interaction Upon Rehabilitation"
1965 Columbia University, passed Ph.D. qualifying exam
in Anthropology
M.A. 1965 Fordham University,
Sociology
M.A. 1962 Gonzaga University,
Philosophy
B.A. 1961 Gonzaga University,
Liberal Arts
Scholastic Honors, Awards, Fellowships
2006- Fellow, Royal Belgian
Academy of Science and
Arts
2007 Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for
Science and The Arts Disability Lecture Series at The Universities of Ghent,
Antwerp, Leuven (KUL) and Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Panel Member of Quality and
Renewal 2007, to evaluate the University
of Uppsala’s Research
Program
Member, Faculty of 1000
Medicine, Disability Section
Member, Electorate Nominating
Committee of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Section on Social, Economic and Political Science (K)
Member Effectif, Club de la
Fondation Universitaire, Bruxelles
Scholar in
Residence, Maison des Science d’Homme (MSH), Paris
Distinguished University Lecturer, University of Maine, Orono
Encyclopedia of Disability
named one of the 20 best reference works of the year by Library Journal,
received a “starred review” in Booklist and was “highly recommended” by Choice
2004- Chair, Electorate Nominating Committee
of the American Association for the
2005 Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Section on Social, Economic and Political Science (K)
Scholar in Residence, Maison
des Science d’Homme (MSH), Paris
Wayland
Collegium Lecture, Brown
University
Lead
Presenter, Schweitzer Symposium, University
of Chicago
2002- Sabbatical
Leave: Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College,
University of Oxford and
2003 Scholar in
Residence, Maison des Sciences de l’ Homme (MSH), Centre de Recherche Medecine Maladie et Science
Sociales (CERMES), and Centre Technique
National d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Handicaps et les Inadaptations
(CTNERHI), Paris.
Interviewer for Truman Scholars
Who’s Who in Health Sciences
Education
Interviewed and quoted in The Hindu (India’s
national newspaper), the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, the Columbus
Dispatch and the Daily Herald on disability studies and disability
research
Featured
in Living Science
2001 Fellow, American Association for The
Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Committee
to Evaluate Disability Research in Sweden, Swedish Council for
Social
Research
Participant,
Conference on World Affairs, University
of Colorado, Boulder
2000
Outstanding Scholars of The 21st Century
2000 Scholar in Residence, Maison des
Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
Lead Presenter, “Disability Studies:
A Global Perspective”, National Press
Club,
Washington, DC
Facilitator,
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and Vermont/Oxford
Network
Conference: Evidence Based Surfactant
Therapy for Pre-term Infants
Interviewer
for Rhodes and Marshall Scholars
Interviewed
on NBC, CBC, BBC and Swedish Television on Disability Studies
and
Disability Research
1998- Mary E. Switzer Distinguished Research
Fellowship, National Institute on
1999 Disability
and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Lee Founders Award, Society for the Study of
Social Problems
Distinguished Lecturer in Disability Studies in Australia:
University
of Sydney,
La Trobe University,
Macquaire University,
Deakin University, RMIT
University,
University of South
Australia, Flinders
University, Royal
Rehabilitation
Centre-Sydney, Royal Talbott Rehabilitation Hospital-
Melbourne
Scholar in
Residence, Maison des Sciences de L’Homme, Paris
Participant, French National Consensus Conference
on Disability and Handicap (ICIDH-2), Paris
Participant,
Conference on World Affairs, University
of Colorado, Boulder
Presidents Council, University of Illinois
Foundation
Chancellor’s Cabinet, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Directory of American Scholars
The
Writers Directory
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
Interviewed
and quoted in The Australian on disability studies and disability
research
1997 University
of Illinois at Chicago, Award for Excellence in Teaching
Scholar in
Residence, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
Elected
Member, The Society For Research in Rehabilitation (UK)
Presenter, UNESCO Symposium,
Paris, “Forms and Dynamics of Exclusion:
Social Justice and
Discrimination”
1995- Sabbatical
Leave Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, The University of Oxford
1996 and Scholar in Residence, Centre
de Recherche Medecine Maladie et Science Sociales, (CERMES), Paris; and Maison
des Science de l’Homme (MSH), Paris
1994 Freidson
Award for the outstanding book in Medical Sociology, American
Sociological
Association
Award for the Promotion of Human Welfare for the
book, The Disability
Business:
Rehabilitation in America
Contemporary Authors
Participant, Conference on World Affairs, University of Colorado
at Boulder
University of Illinois
Campus Research Board Travel Award to Germany
Milt Rosenberg
Show, “Disability as a Health Care Crisis”, WGN Radio
1993
Visiting
Fellow, Nuffield College,
The University of
Oxford
Congressional Briefing on HIV/AIDS Research and
Policy sponsored by The
Sidney S.
Spivak Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy,
American
Sociological Association
Participant,
Conference on World Affairs, University
of Colorado at Boulder
University of Illinois
Campus Research Board Travel Award to Oxford
The
Gerontological Society of America
Travel Award to Budapest
Facilitator,
Wingspread Conference, Delivering Blindness Services: A
Framework
for Policy Debate and Research
1992 Academic
Visitor, Nuffield College, The University of Oxford
1991 University of Illinois
Campus Research Board travel award to Italy
1990 University of Illinois
Campus Research Board travel award to Spain
1989 Sabbatical
leave, Social and Behavioral Research Unit, Global Programme on
AIDS,
World Health Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland
1988 Presenter,
Survey Research Symposium, Soviet Academy
of Sciences, Moscow
University of Illinois
Campus Research Board travel award to the Soviet
Union
1986 American
Sociological Association travel grant to India
University of Illinois
Campus Research Board travel award to India
1985
Leader,
Scientific Delegation in Rehabilitation Medicine to the Soviet
Union co?sponsored
by the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the Soviet Ministry of Health
1984 The
National Register of Prominent Americans
Who's Who Directory of Professionals and
Resources in Rehabilitation
Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, Center
for Health Sciences and Policy
Research
1983 Men
of Achievement
Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology
1982 Leader, Scientific Delegation in
Rehabilitation Medicine to the People's Republic of China,
Cosponsored by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese
Association
of Science and Technology
1981 Elizabeth
and Sidney Licht Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing
Sigma
Xi
1980 New York Academy of Sciences
Dictionary
of International Biography
Who's
Who in the Midwest
Delta
Omega, National Public Health Honor Society
Dean's
Teaching Honor
Roll University
of Illinois, School of Public Health
1978 Kellogg
Fellowship Award for "Cost Containment of Rehabilitation Services"
1975 American
Men and Women of Science
1973 Who's
Who in American Colleges and Universities
World
Health Organization Travel?Study Fellowship: Sweden,
Yugoslavia, Iran
and
Kenya
1970 Invited
participant, White House Conference on Children
1968 President,
Emory University Chapter, AKD
1967 NDEA
Fellowship
1967 AKD
National Sociological Honor Society
1966 Institute
for Social Research, Emory
University Research
Assistantship
1965 Emory University
Fellowship
New York State Supreme Court Fellowship in Crime
and Delinquency
1964 Arthur
J. Schmidt Fellowship
Professional
Experience
l. Positions
2006?Present Fellow,
Royal Belgian
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brussels
Visiting Scholar, Maison des Science
d’Homme (MSH), Paris
Professor
Emeritus, Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois
at Chicago
Professor
Emeritus, Department of Disability and Human Development, University
of Illinois at Chicago
l98l?2006 Professor,
Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health and Professor of
Disability and Human Development, College of Applied Health Sciences,
University of Illinois at Chicago; Periodic Acting Director, Health Policy and
Administration (1985?1989; 1995; 1998); Faculty Affiliate, Institute of
Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, (1992?2006)
l979?l980 Associate Professor, School
of Public Health, University of Illinois;
Visiting Scholar, Northwestern
University Center
for Health Services and Policy Research
l975?l979 Associate Professor, Department of Organizational
Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Department of Sociology and Associate,
Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Northwestern University
l972?l975 Assistant Professor, Departments of Sociology and
Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director, Sociological Research Unit,
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern
University (a fourteen person unit)
l969?l972 Assistant Professor, Sociology Division, Department of
Psychiatry and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University
l968?l969 Associate, Sociology Division, Department of Psychiatry, Emory University
l966 National
Training Laboratories' Southern Community Leadership Laboratory Faculty
2. University
Committees
University
of Illinois at Chicago
Strategic Planning Committee,
Department of Disability and Human Development, 2004-
2006
Search
Committee, Faculty, Department of Disability and Human Development, 2004-
2005.
Ph.D.
Committee, School of Public Health, 2005-2006
Chair,
Search Committee, Health Services Researchers, Health Policy and
Administration,
2003-2004
Director
of Graduate Studies, Health Policy and Administration, 2003-2005
Chair,
Work Group on Financial Controls and Resources, Strategic Planning Committee,
Department
of Disability and Human Development, 2004-2005
Chair,
Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Disability and Human
Development,
2002-2003
Promotion
and Tenure Committee, University of Illinois at Chicago
Library, 2002-2003
Search
Committee, Director, Health Policy and Administration, 2000-2002
Search
Committee, Health Economist, 1999-2001
Promotion
and Tenure Committee, Department of Disability and Human Development,
1996-2004
Joint
Public Health-Sociology Ph.D. Committee 1998-2002
Chair,
Health Policy and Administration Promotion and Tenure Committee , 2000-2001
Admissions
Committee, Health Policy and Administration, 2000-2001
University-Wide
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1998-2000
Executive
Committee, School of Public Health, 1998-2000
Search
Committee, Disability Studies Faculty, Department of Disability and Human
Development
1999-2001
Disability
Studies, PhD Program Faculty, 1999-
New
Building Planning Committee, School of Public Health, 1996-2001
Senior Faculty Search Committee, Department of
Disability and Human
Development,
1999-2000
Health
Policy and Administration Research Curriculum Committee, 1999-2000
Chair,
Promotion and Tenure Committee, School
of Public Health, 1996-1998
Search
Committee, Head, Department of Psychiatry, 1997-1998
Committee
on Joint Sociology PhD, MPH Degree Program, 1997-1998
Promotion
and Tenure Committee, Institute
of Government and
Public
Affairs, 1996-1998
Member,
Subcommittee on Teaching Evaluation, School
of Public Health, 1997-
1998
Chair,
Admissions Committee, Health Policy and Administration, 1996-1998
Committee
on Behavioral Sciences, 1996-1998
Committee
on Academic Policies, School of Public Health, 1996-1997
Search
Committee, Health Economist, 1995-96
Cancer
Research Center, 1993-1996
Internal
Advisory Committee, Midwest Latino Health
Research, Training and Policy
Center for Medical Treatment
Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP) 1994-1996
Curriculum
Task Force, Health Policy and Administration, 1993-1995
International
Connections Subcommittee, Great Cities Advisory Comm., 1993-1996
International
Programs; Chair, Subcommittee on Western Europe, 1993-1996
Search
Committee, Director, Health
Services Research
Center 1992?1994
International
Activities Committee, School
of Public Health, 1992?1993
Search
Committee, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 1991?1992
Chair,
Promotion and Tenure Committee, School
of Public Health, 1990 ?
1992
Director
of Graduate Studies, Health Policy and Administration, l980?1990
AIDS
Advisory Council, 1987?1990
Planning
Committee, Institute
of Government and Public
Affairs, 1986?1990
Internal
Scientific Advisory Committee, Prevention
Research Center,
1987--1996
Executive
Committee of the Survey Research Laboratory, 1984?1990
Executive
Committee, School
of Public Health 1981?1986
Search
Committee, Medical Sociologist, Department of Sociology, 1987
University
Scholars Selection Committee ? 1986
University
Council on International Programs and Activities, 1985
Search
Committee for Dean, School
of Public Health, l983?l985
Search
Committee for Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biometry, l983
Search
Committee, Head of Survey Research Center, l982
Search
Committee for Chair Health Resources Management 1979?1980
Planning
Committee for the Einstein Centennial Symposium, l979
Computer
Committee, l982
Committee
on Departmentalization, l982
Subcommittee
on Committee Evaluation
Committee
on Academic Progress, l980?l98l
Committee
on Educational Programs (Curriculum Committee), l979?l980
Chair,
Subcommittee on Instructor Evaluation, CEP, l979?l980
Behavioral
Science Committee, l980?l983; 1991?1992; 1994-1996
Chaired
or served on 57 dissertation and 24 thesis committees
Northwestern
University
Chaired
or served on l4 dissertation and eight thesis committees, l972?l979
Coordinator,
Behavioral Laboratory (research and teaching lab with audio and video equipment),
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, l976?l979
Personnel
Committee, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, l976?l977
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Program
on Hospital and Health Services Management,
l975?l976
Committee
on Evening Programs, l975?l976
Medical
School Computer Committee, l973?l975
Committee
on Human Development, l974?l975
Emory University
Committee
on Admissions, l970?l97l
3.
Teaching Interests
Sociology of
Health
Disability Studies
Methodology and Evaluation
Sociological Theory
Course outlines for Health Care Regulation and
Control, Health Evaluation Methods, and Management in Public Health, appear in
Kathy Charmaz, Nan Chico, Adele Clarke, and Sheryl Ruzek (Eds.) Syllabi Set
For Courses In Medical Sociology, Washington,
D.C.: American Sociological
Association, 1985, Pp. 73?79; 105?111; 112?119.
Questionnaire developed on Knowledge, Attitudes,
and Risk Related Behavior Towards AIDS reprinted as a teaching resource in Lu
Ann Aday, Designing and Conducting Health Surveys San Francisco: Jossey ?
Bass, 1989, pp. 299?325.
Course
outline for evaluation methods and two class exercises appear in Bernice A.
Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer, Ann Dill, Anne E. Figert and Eric R. Wright (Eds.)
A Handbook For Teaching Medical Sociology, Washington, D.C.; American
Sociological Association, 1991, pp. 82?83, 312?325.
Questionnaire
and interviewer manual developed on Chicago Area Population Survey on AIDS
reprinted as teaching resources and case examples in LuAnn Aday, Designing
and Conducting Health Surveys; A Comprehensive Guide. San
Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1996, pp.41, 72, 403-441.
Course
outlines for Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Case Management and Managed
Care In Public Health and Health Evaluation Methods and two class exercises
appear in Bernice Pescosolido, Anne E. Figert and Gregory Weiss (Eds.) A
Handbook For Teaching Medical Sociology, Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1997, pp.
68-69, 270-275, 313-320, 321-336.
Course outline for Behavioral Sciences in Public
Health appears in David Pfeiffer and Karen Yoshida, “Teaching Disability
Studies in Canada and the USA,” Disability
and Society, 1995, 10: 475-500 and in David Pfeiffer, The Teaching of
Disability Studies Honolulu: Center
on Disability Studies, 1997.
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