Mekada Graham

Mekada J. Graham is an English academic from London, England. She has a PhD in Public Policy from the Department of Public Policy, Economics and Statistics and a MSW from University of Hertfordshire, a well known University situated on the outskirts of London. Dr. Graham has published extensively in social work-related fields over the past 15 years. Her recent research interests focus on reflective practice and narrative approaches to social work education; childhood studies and broadly issues of social justice and social inequality drawing on intersections of gender, race, class, ethnicity, cultural diversity, disability through postmodern approaches to professional practice.

Dr. Mekada Graham is currently working Part-time as a retired faculty for the Master of Social Work Program.

Dr. Graham received the CSUDH outstanding scholarship and research award – Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award, 2015.

http://blogs.calstate.edu/outstanding-faculty/index.php/mekada-graham-ph-d/

Many of Dr. Graham’s scholarly articles, essays and book chapters, appear in major academic journals, including the British Journal of Social Work and the European Journal of Social Work and Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. Dr. Graham’s books include Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care (2007), University of Bristol/Policy Press, European Social Work, (2012), Routledge.  Professor Graham co-authored with Charlotte Williams a Special Issue of the British Journal of Social Work (2014) entitled: ‘A World on the Move: Migration, Mobilities and Social Work’.  This year (2016) Professor Graham with Professor Charlotte Williams, RMIT Australia, published book entitled ‘Social Work in a Diverse Society’, published by Policy Press/University of Chicago Press.

New Book  ‘Reflective thinking in Social Work: Learning From Student Narratives (2017) Routledge. Taking a postmodern approach, this text employs narrative inquiry with herself and social work students to explore a blend of critical reflection, personal accounts, lived experiences and identities as learning stories to uncover how these elements shape their motivations and practice.  Graduate students from Dominguez Hills and around the world contributed to this book revealing a more complete picture of student journeys through social work education into professional practice.  

Education

PhD - University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hertfordshire England
MSW -  University of Hertfordshire
BA (Hons)  - Middlesex University  Enfield London, England

Selected Publications:

Graham, M. J. (2017) Reflective thinking in Social Work: Lessons from student narratives, London,

Williams, C. and Graham, M. J. (2016) Social Work in a Diverse Society: transformative practice with ethnic minority communities, Policy Press.

Graham, M. J. (2016) Diverse childhoods in a postmodern age – challenges and possibilities for child welfare in the US, in Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges’, Palattiyil, G., Sidhva, D., Chakrabarti, M. (Eds), London, Routledge.

Williams, C. and Graham, M. J. (2012) Social Work in Europe, London, Routledge.

Graham, M. J. (2012) Social work education: a journey from London to California, in Cree, V. (ed) Becoming a Social Worker: Narratives from Around the World, London, Routledge.

Williams C and Graham, M. J. (2012) Traveling Hopefully. Social Work in Europe, London, Sage.

Graham, M. J. (2007) Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care, University of Bristol/Policy Press, UK.

Williams, C. and Graham, M. J. (2014) Editors Special Issue, “A World on the Move, Migration, Mobilities and Social Work, British Journal of Social Work, 44, Supplement 1, i1-i17.

Graham, M. J. (2011) Changing paradigms and conditions of childhood: implications for the social work and the social professions, British Journal of Social Work, 41,8, 1532-1547.

Williams, C. and Graham, M. J. Guest Editors (2010) Editorial: Special Issue: ‘Race’/ethnic relations and social work: A Transnational Dialogue – European Journal of Social Work,13, 2, 155-161.

Graham, M. J. and Schiele, J. (2010) Anti-discriminatory and equality of oppressions models in social work: reflections from the UK and USA, European Journal of Social Work, 13, 2, 231-244.

Graham, M. J. (2009) Reframing black perspectives – new directions? Social Work Education – an international journal, 28, 3, 268-280.

Graham, M. J. (2007) Giving voice to black children: an analysis of social agency, British Journal of Social Work, 37, 8, pp. 1305-1317.

Graham, M. J. (2007) Ethics of care, black women and the social professions, Journal of Ethics and Social Welfare, 1, 2, pp. 194-206.

Graham, M. J. (2006) Knowledge representation in social work education: inclusion of marginalized perspectives, International Journal of the Humanities, 3,10, pp. 9-14.

Graham, M. J. and Bruce, E. (2006) ‘Seen and not heard’ – sociological approaches to childhood:  black children, agency and implications for child welfare, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 34, 4, pp. 51- 67.

Graham, M. J. (2010) Expanding the philosophical base of social work, in  Cree, V. (ed)  Social Work, a Reader, London, Routledge.