A strong, solid knowledge base is crucial in legitimizing and establishing a profession. The rich history of social work research and the circulation thereof has truly provided merit and credibility to the discipline of social work as a legit social science; a science apart from psychology and sociology, disciplines social work is usually associated with. Dr. Jane Strobino, a professor of social work research at Marywood University, is a key participant in the quest for knowledge and has contributed significantly to growing body of social work knowledge. Dr. Strobino's writings, as a social work researcher, entail memo-writing and empirically based research.
Memo writing is an undeniable entity in the professional world. A memo can range from being rigid in technicality to lackadaisical in informality. Even though all her memos are professional, she finds that the majority of her writings are in response to something that "makes her mad." These memos mostly cater to her responsibilities on campus and her obligations to task-centered committees. Very rarely does she write a memo that is in direct relation to her role as a researcher. However, when she conducts a survey of students and faculty, she circulates her findings with her colleagues in memo format.
Most people cringe at the thought of research, however, empirically based research is the bane of Dr. Strobino's existence. Dr. Strobino's has been published on numerous occasions in journals including: Arete, the Journal of the College of social work, and Psychological Reports. She has established herself amongst the best and brightest social work researchers and is highly respected in the Marywood community. .
Her accomplishments, however, were not easily gained. Dr. Strobino has always struggled with writing; she was a "straight C" writer all throughout college. She has come very far with her writing and this can be attributed to hard work and above par supervision.
