Geismar, Ludwig Leo
GEISMAR, Ludwig Leo
GEISMAR, Ludwig Leo. American (born Germany), b. 1921. Genres: Sociology. Career: Professor of Social Work and Sociology, and Director, Social Work Research Center, Graduate School of Social Work and Dept. of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1963, now Emeritus (Associate Professor, 1959-62). Coordinator of Social Research, Ministry of Social Welfare, Israel, 1954-56; Research Director, Family Centered Project, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1956-59. Publications: (with M. A. LaSorte) Understanding the Multi-Problem Family: A Conceptual Analysis and Exploration in Identification, 1964; (with J. Krisberg) The Forgotten Neighborhood: Site of an Early Skirmish in the War on Poverty, 1967; Preventive Intervention in Social Work, 1969; Family and Community Functioning, 1971, 1980; (with Lagay, Wolock, Gerhart and Fink) Early Supports for Family Life, 1972; 555 Families: A Social Psychological Study of Young Families in Transition, 1973; (with S. Geismar) Families in an Urban Mold, 1979; (ed. with M. Dinerman) A Quarter Century of Social Work Education, 1984; (with K. Wood) Family and Delinquency: Resocializing the Young Offender, 1986; (with K. Wood) Families at Risk: Treating the Multi-problem Family, 1989; (with M. Camasso) The Family Functioning Scale, 1993. Address: 347 Valentine St, Highland Park, NJ 08904, U.S.A. Online address: geismar@rci.rutgers.edu