{"id":15469,"date":"2017-09-11T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T18:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=faculty-manager&#038;p=15469"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:34:04","slug":"dr-james-r-vanderwoerd","status":"publish","type":"faculty-manager","link":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/our-faculty\/dr-james-r-vanderwoerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. James R. Vanderwoerd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. James R. Vanderwoerd<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>has worked in social services and education for more than thirty-five years in both the USA and Canada. Prior to joining the faculty at Redeemer in 2006, he was the Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dordt.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/4-year-programs\/social-work\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.dordt.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/4-year-programs\/social-work&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1500135791222000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9Fv1bMu6KNyPdtEStYdzgmaUY6Q\">Social Work Program at Dordt University<\/a>, Iowa. He also worked as a community researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/shelldale.ca\/about-us\/\">Shelldale Family Gateway<\/a>, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with the launch of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guelphtoday.com\/around-ontario\/how-shelldale-wrote-the-book-on-building-a-strong-community-1967082\"><em>Realizing the Dream: The Story of Better Beginnings, Better Futures in Guelph.<\/em><\/a> He was also a research associate at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. &nbsp;His research interests and publications are in the areas of sexual violence; faith-based nonprofit organizations; the role of religion in social welfare; social work education; and the history of social welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vanderwoerd lives in Brantford with his wife Valerie, a teacher at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcsbrantford.ca\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.bcsbrantford.ca\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1500135791222000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCaqSCkqfDY13NEUItz7SRCc87XA\">Brantford Christian School<\/a>. They have four children, all of whom are graduates of Redeemer. Vanderwoerd enjoys camping, biking, hockey, disc golf, and photography, and has read <em>The Lord of the Rings&nbsp;<\/em>six times, including once aloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":{"res_faculty_titles":[{"res_title":"<p>Professor of Social Work<\/p>\n"},{"res_title":"<p>Associate Dean of Social Sciences<\/p>\n"}],"res_phone":[{"phone_number":"9056482139","extension(s)":"4434"}],"res_fac_email":"jwoerd@redeemer.ca","res_fac_office":"219D","res_faculty_education":[{"education":"<p>Ph.D. (2003), Social Welfare, Case Western Reserve University<br \/>\nDissertation:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vanderwoerd_Dissertation_Summary_a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Secular and Religious Tensions in Government-Funded Faith-Based Social Services Organizations<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"education":"<p>M.S.W. (1991), Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University<br \/>\nThesis:<em>\u00a0Having A Say: The Experiences of Five Participants in a Community Development Project<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"education":"<p>B.A. (1988), History and Psychology, Calvin College<\/p>\n"},{"education":"<p>Diploma of Arts. 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Zylstra Grant,\u00a0<a title=\"Centre for Christian Scholarship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/academics\/research\/centre-for-christian-scholarship\/\">Centre for Christian Scholarship<\/a>, 2015-2016.<\/p>\n<p>Evaluation of Safe Campus Project and Survey of Sexual Assault on Rural College Campuses, funded in part by U.S. Department of Justice,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ovw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office on Violence Against Women<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ovw\/grant-programs#grsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus<\/a>, 2004-2006.<\/p>\n<p>Comparative Case Study Exploring the Influence of Government Funding on Faith-Based Social Service Organizations, funded in part by the Mandel Center For Nonprofit Organizations, 2002-2004.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Selected Refereed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Foubert, J.D., Durham, A., Houston, M. &amp; Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15363759.2020.1806143\">Sexual Violence at Christian and secular universities: Does institutional type matter<\/a>? <em>Christian Higher Educatio<\/em>n<em>. 20<\/em>(4), 257-270.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., &amp; Lankfhof, K. (2020).<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15363759.2019.1566101\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Exploratory Study of Stalking on Christian Campuses: Does that Happen Here?<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Higher Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3), 177\u2013191<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. &amp; Cheng, A. (2017).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sfu.ca\/cjhe\/index.php\/cjhe\/article\/view\/187967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/journals.sfu.ca\/cjhe\/index.php\/cjhe\/article\/view\/187967&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504010732257000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGaZqtukfehMXwPNrAHYXOhRACacA\">Sexual Violence on Religious Campuses<\/a>.\u00a0<i>Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 47(<\/i>2), 1-21.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2016).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vanderwoerd-JR-AOP-Christian-SW-SWCJ-43-2-2016.pdf\">The Promise and Perils of Anti-Oppressive Practice For Christians in Social Work Education<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Social Work &amp; Christianity, 43(<\/em>2), 153-188.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2015).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vanderwoerd-JR-All-Things-New-SWC-V42-N2-Summer-2015.pdf\">All Things New: Neo-Calvinist Groundings for Social Work<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Social Work &amp; Christianity, 42(<\/em>2), 121 \u2013 148<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2011).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vanderwoerd-Reconsidering-Secularization-SWC-2011.pdf\">Reconsidering Secularization and Recovering Christianity in Social Work History<\/a><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Social Work &amp; Christianity,\u00a0<\/em>38(3), 244-266.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2010).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vanderwoerd-Canadian-Social-Work-Volume-12-2010.pdf\">The Challenge of Fundamentalism for Social Work Ethics: Can Anti-Oppressive Social Work Include Orthodox Religion?<\/a>\u00a0<em>Canadian Social Work, 12(<\/em>2), 68-87.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2009).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/rural-colleges-sexual-ethics-vanderwoerd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experiences of Sexual Coercion, Awareness of Services, and Acceptance of Rape Myths Among Students in Rural Colleges<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Rural Social Work &amp; Community Practice, 14(<\/em>1), 17-28.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2004).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.wiley.com\/assets\/251\/62\/jrnls_nml_JB_Vanderwoerd1403.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How faith-based social service organizations manage secular pressures associated with government funding<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Nonprofit Management &amp; Leadership, 14(<\/em>3), 239-262.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Selected Books and Book Chapters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R., &amp; van der Woerd, E.R. (2020).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacsw.org\/Publications\/CSW6\/CSW6Table_Contents.pdf\"> \u201cIs There More to This Story? Christianity in Social Work History and Implications for Social Justice\u201d<\/a> in L. Scales &amp; M. Kelly (Eds). <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacsw.org\/sw\/books\/christianity-and-social-work-readings-integration-christian-faith-and-social-work-practice-%E2%80%93-2\">Christianity &amp; Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christianity and Social Work Practice, 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Ed.<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 63-80.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2012). \u201cSocial welfare in a diverse society: Loving the Neighbor You Don\u2019t Know\u201d, in\u00a0<em>Christianity &amp; Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice<\/em>, 4th Ed. (Eds: T.L. Scales &amp; M.S. Kelly). Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 215-234.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2008). \u201cI Am Making Everything New! Biblical Themes for Macro Practice\u201d, in\u00a0<em>Christianity &amp; Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice<\/em>, 3rd Ed. (Eds: B. Hugen &amp; L. Scales). Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 119-138.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2008). \u201cWho cares? Social welfare in a diverse society\u201d, in\u00a0<em>Christianity &amp; Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice<\/em>, 3rd Ed. (Eds: B. Hugen &amp; L. Scales). Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 179-196.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Selected Book Reviews and Non-Peer Reviewed<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, James R. (2022). Review of <a href=\"https:\/\/christianscholars.com\/book-review-the-rise-and-triumph-of-the-modern-self-cultural-amnesia-expressive-individualism-and-the-road-to-sexual-revolution\/\">&#8220;The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution,&#8221;<\/a> <em>Christian Scholar\u2019s Review<\/em>, <em>51<\/em>(2 ), 256-259<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanderwoerd, James. R. (2021).<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/christianscholars.com\/book-review-heaven-on-earth-the-rise-fall-and-afterlife-of-socialism\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review of &#8220;Heaven on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Scholar&#8217;s Review, 50<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3),<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">327-331.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Vanderwoerd, J.R. (November\/December 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/digital.faithtoday.ca\/faithtoday\/20171112\/?pm=1&amp;pg=36#pg36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/digital.faithtoday.ca\/faithtoday\/20171112\/?pm%3D1%26pg%3D36%23pg36&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1511445748538000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcJVF3otqHgSxJH5Z1lE8gvH9gYA\">Is your daughter safer at a Christian college?\u00a0<\/a><i>Faith Today, <\/i>36-38.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Vanderwoerd, J.R.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(September 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redeemer.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e218a05776f2ae2c917ca9a47&amp;id=1b086b40cf&amp;e=637465bdde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/redeemer.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De218a05776f2ae2c917ca9a47%26id%3D1b086b40cf%26e%3D637465bdde&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1511445748538000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeCmozYCtgxW5DoKxjchYROhJ90Q\">Campus Violence And Moral\u00a0Community<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Convivium.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Vanderwoerd, J.R. (June\/July 2016).<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.convivium.ca\/articles\/the-culture-of-consent-on-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.convivium.ca\/articles\/the-culture-of-consent-on-campus&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1500141685197000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMxVtqfm6NArJoV3wtwiEWUU6N9g\">\u00a0The culture of consent on campus.<\/a><\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Convivium, <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">19-23.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2011). Book review of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-review-hundred-years-social-work-vanderwoerd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada, 1900-2000<\/em><\/a>, by T. Jennissen &amp; C. Lundy (2011).\u00a0<em>Social Work &amp; Christianity, 38(<\/em>3), 377-380.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, J.R. (Spring 2011).<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/welfare-child-poverty-cardus-vanderwoerd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Do we need a welfare net or floor? Debating child poverty in Canada<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardus.ca\/policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cardus Policy in Public<\/em><\/a>, 4(2), 64-72.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderwoerd, James R.. Book review of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-review-with-poor-always-vanderwoerd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Poor You Have With You Always<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Alan Keith-Lucas in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacsw.org\/cgi-bin\/publikio.cgi?Display=ArchiveSearch&amp;SubmitBy=Year&amp;publication=SWC&amp;string=2010&amp;start.record=1&amp;view.span=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Social Work &amp; Christianity<\/em><\/a>, Fall 2010, 37(3), 371-374.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Professional Memberships and Associations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caswe-acfts.ca\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Association for Social Work Education<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stu.ca\/~spirituality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Society of Spirituality and Social Work<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacsw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American Association of Christians in Social Work<\/a><\/p>\n","faculty_classification":"full-time","faculty_last_name":"Vanderwoerd","faculty_first_name":"James","related_programs":[{"ID":12209,"post_author":"4605","post_date":"2017-02-28 15:27:35","post_date_gmt":"2017-02-28 20:27:35","post_content":"","post_title":"Applied Social Sciences","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"applied-social-sciences","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-19 12:04:42","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-19 16:04:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=programs&#038;p=12209","menu_order":0,"post_type":"programs","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13378,"post_author":"4605","post_date":"2017-04-25 15:49:43","post_date_gmt":"2017-04-25 19:49:43","post_content":"","post_title":"Social Work","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"applied-social-sciences-social-work","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-19 11:10:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-19 15:10:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=programs&#038;p=13378","menu_order":0,"post_type":"programs","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"school_of":"","teaches_in_core":false,"search_keywords_and_synonyms":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. James R. 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