Vernon Carter
Vernon Brooks Carter, Ph.D., studies the removal of Native American and Alaskan Native (NA/AI) children from their homes, which has been a concern for child welfare workers and policy makers for many years. The numbers of NA/AI children in out-of-home care is significantly greater when compared to Non-Indian children. This disproportion of NA/AI children in out-of-home care has persisted almost 30 years after the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) of which a major objective was to decrease the number of NA/AI being placed into the foster care system (Donald, 2003). There is very little in the literature looking at this issue on the national level. The focus of his current research is to examine significant variables that are associated and may predict placement of children into out-of-home care. One of those variables is domestic violence: active domestic violence and families with a history of domestic violence. A second variable of interest concerns the impact of race/ethnicity: placement of Latina/o children into kinship care. These areas of interest are being explored through secondary analysis of The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a national longitudinal dataset.
Courses Taught
- SW 623: Social Work Practice
- SW 623/796: Social Work Practice
- SW 796: Ind Stdy/Teaching Assistant
- SW 840: Race, Culture and Oppression
Selected Publications
Banach, M., Foden, E., & Brooks Carter, V. (2019). Educating undergraduate group workers: increasing confidence through experiential learning. Social Work with Groups, 42(2), 158-170. doi:10.1080/01609513.2018.1478762
Carter, V., & Marx, J. (n.d.). U.S. Volunteering in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: Were African Americans a Significant Factor?. In Unknown Book (Vol. 5, pp. 22). MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/socsci5020022
Carter, V. B. (2011). Urban American Indian/Alaskan Natives compared to non-Indians in out-of-home care.. Child Welfare, 90(1), 43-58. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21950174
Carter, V. B. (2010). Factors predicting placement of urban American Indian/Alaskan Natives into out-of-home care. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW, 32(5), 657-663. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.12.013
Carter, V. B. (2009). Prediction of placement into out-of-home care for American Indian/Alaskan Natives compared to non-Indians. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW, 31(8), 840-846. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.03.006
Carter, V. B. (2009). Comparison of American Indian/Alaskan Natives to Non-Indians in Out-of-Home Care. FAMILIES IN SOCIETY-THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SERVICES, 90(3), 301-308. doi:10.1606/1044-3894.3895
Carter, V. B., & Marx, J. (2007). What motivates African-American charitable giving: Findings from a national sample. ADMINISTRATION IN SOCIAL WORK, 31(1), 67-85. doi:10.1300/J147v31n01_05
Carter, V., & Sinha, V. (n.d.). Chapter 4. Child Protective Services. In D. Ned, & C. Frost (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare: American Indian and Canadian
Aboriginal Contexts (Illustrated ed.). JCharlton Publishing Limited, 2017.
Most Cited Publications