- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Jan Fritz
University of Cincinnati, DAAP, Faculty Member
- Jan Marie Fritz is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg.edit
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To more adequately meet the needs for the decade ahead, it is essential that sociology departments evaluate their existing curricula and plan new programs or concentrations that will interest and attract students. Using the example of... more
To more adequately meet the needs for the decade ahead, it is essential that sociology departments evaluate their existing curricula and plan new programs or concentrations that will interest and attract students. Using the example of clinical sociology, this article focuses on general guidelines for developing a variety of program models in sociological practice. The guidelines are divided into the three parts of assessment, planning, and implementation, and an inventory of ideas and suggestions are given for each phase. Relevant issues of the importance of labels, leadership and independence, and rationales for program development are discussed. There are over 90 graduate programs in sociological practice in this country (American Sociological Association, 1985) and a growing number of under- graduate ones. Over the last five years, we have served as consultants to many departments and conducted study visits to other colleges and universities to learn about their sociological prac...
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Este artigo apresenta a história da Resolução do Conselho de Segurança da ONU 1325 (Mulheres, Paz e Segurança) e destaca a importância das Organizações Não-Governamentais (ONGs) na adoção da presente resolução. Os planos nacionais de ação... more
Este artigo apresenta a história da Resolução do Conselho de Segurança da ONU 1325 (Mulheres, Paz e Segurança) e destaca a importância das Organizações Não-Governamentais (ONGs) na adoção da presente resolução. Os planos nacionais de ação da RCSNU 1325 são brevemente discutidos, assim como a importância potencial desses planos e atividades selecionadas da RCSNU 1325 na América Latina. Na conclusão, são apresentadas estratégias para incentivar o desenvolvimento de planos nacionais.
Research Interests: Sociology, Humanities, Political Science, Sociologia, Sociología, and 3 moreAmérica Latina, Mulheres, and Paz
Mediation refers to one or more individuals facilitating a negotiation among disputants to help them try to resolve, to their satisfaction, an issue or issues of concern. There is increasing interest in using mediation in a wide variety... more
Mediation refers to one or more individuals facilitating a negotiation among disputants to help them try to resolve, to their satisfaction, an issue or issues of concern. There is increasing interest in using mediation in a wide variety of circumstances (e.g., divorce, child custody, family disagreements, small claims issues, business matters, community problems, environmental issues and intrastate violent conflicts). Although professional women mediators in many countries are often involved in certain kinds of mediations as mediators or as members of mediation teams, this is not always the case. Examined here is the fact that few women mediators are involved as lead mediators or members of mediation teams in conflict zones - areas that are often large, involve complex issues and have been, or continue to be, violent. This article first discusses the concepts of inclusive peacebuilding and inclusive peacemaking. This is followed by a short discussion about mediation, and then furthe...
Research Interests: Conflict, Political Science, Women, Mediation, Negotiation, and 3 morePeacebuilding, Track, and Peacemaking
This article discusses the lives and impact of leading activists whose work is highlighted in the histories of clinical sociology in the United States and South Africa. The four scholar-practitioners from the United States discussed here... more
This article discusses the lives and impact of leading activists whose work is highlighted in the histories of clinical sociology in the United States and South Africa. The four scholar-practitioners from the United States discussed here are Jane Addams, W.E.B. Du Bois, Charles Gomillion and James Laue. The South African clinical sociologists whose lives are profiled are Harold Wolpe and H.W. van der Merwe. Based on the career experiences of these six individuals, concluding comments are made about five topics in relation to activism: employment, sufficient time for effective activism, handling criticism, reasons for becoming strong activists, and factors that may discourage activism.
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Twenty criteria are used to analyze sixteen national action plans that focus on women, peace, and security. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, a base for the national plans, highlights the terrible consequences of violent... more
Twenty criteria are used to analyze sixteen national action plans that focus on women, peace, and security. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, a base for the national plans, highlights the terrible consequences of violent conflict on women and girls as well as the important role of women in all peacebuilding processes. Suggestions are made for those developing or revising plans and include addressing the relevant points from four UN Security Council resolutions (1325, 1820, 1888, and 1889); specifying all processes and timelines; and including civil society participation in all phases of a plan's development; implementation, and assessment.
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This paper focuses on the emergence and promise of clinical sociology. Particular attention is paid to certified practitioners' contributions (theoretical analysis, social systems perspective, levels of analysis, methodological... more
This paper focuses on the emergence and promise of clinical sociology. Particular attention is paid to certified practitioners' contributions (theoretical analysis, social systems perspective, levels of analysis, methodological sophistication, intervention skills and specialized body of knowledge) in health care settings. This paper focuses on the emergence and promise of clinical sociology, one of the areas of sociological practice. Particular attention is paid here to the utility of clinical sociology in health care settings. Clinical sociology has been defined, over the years, in slightly different ways. In 1966 Alfred McClung Lee (1966:330), a past president of the American Sociological Association and a co-founder of the Sociological Practice Association, provided a fairly comprehensive definition when he identified three ways in which social scientists could be "clinical": This paper is a revision of "The Uses of Sociology in Clinical Settings" which ap...