Mahasweta M. Banerjee
Professor
BSW Program Director
mahaswetab@ku.edu
Primary office:
785.864.8950
Twente Hall, 121
Second office:
Academic Areas
Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research.
Education
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching
Teach social work research methods courses (quantitative and qualitative) at the undergraduate, Master's, and doctoral levels.
Teaching Interests
- Social welfare research
- Qualitative research
- Quantitative research
- Mixed methods research
- Social justice theories
Research Interests
- Social justice
- Rawls
- Capabilities Approach of Sen and Nussbaum
- Micro-enterprise development
- Social development
- Spirituality
- Financial capability
- India and US
Service
Board member of International Consortium of Social Development (ICSD); Governing Board member of the Council of Social Work Education; Editorial Board member of the Journal of Social Work Education and Urban Social Work; Reviewer for various journals
Selected Publications
Banerjee, M. (2016). “We Routinely Borrow to Survive” - Exploring the Financial Capability of Income-Poor People in India [Journal Articles]. Social Work, 61(4), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/sww045
Banerjee, M. M. (2016). Processes and dilemmas of doing international research in India. [Book Chapters]. In In Alice K. Butterfield and Carol Cohen (Eds.) in Practicing as a Social Work Educator in International Collaboration. CSWE Press. . CSWE Press.
Selected Presentations
Banerjee, M. M., & Canda, E. R. (11/11/2012). Culturally competent international social work research. Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting. Washington, DC
