I retired in 2010 after 35 years as a professor of social work, first at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and then at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University where I am currently Professor Emeritus.
My teaching and research interests were in areas of practice evaluation, solution-focused brief therapy, family therapy, and ability-based learning. Prior to my academic career I worked as a psychiatric social worker at Kern View and Kings View Hospitals in California’s central valley.
EDUCATION
1987-1988 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1982-1983 Trainee, Brief Family Therapy Center, Milwaukee
1975 Ph.D. (Social Work), Washington University, St. Louis
1968 M.S.W., Washington University, St. Louis.
1966 B.A. (Sociology), Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-2014 Faculty Conciliation Counselor, Case Western Reserve University
1990-2010 Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
2010 – Professor Emeritus
1990-2010 Professor
1990-1992 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
1992-1994 Interim Dean
2001-2007 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
1995-2002 Contract Therapist, Laurelwood Counseling Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
1975-1990 School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1988-90 Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program
1979-90 Associate Professor
1979-80 Coordinator, Graduate Social Work Program
1976-79 Assistant Professor
1975-76 Instructor
1988-1990 Research Associate, Family Service of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1984-1990 Clinical staff and Director of Research, Brief Family Therapy Center, Milwaukee
1974-1975 Research Associate, Group Integration Project, Jewish Community Centers Association, St. Louis, Missouri.
1974-1975 Adjunct Assistant Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
1970-1971 Psychiatric Social Worker, Kings View Mental Health Center, Reedley, California.
1968-1970 Psychiatric Social Worker, Kern View Hospital, Bakersfield, California.
PUBLICATIONS
Gingerich, W. J., & Peterson, L. T. (2012). Effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy: A systematic qualitative review of controlled outcome studies. Research on Social Work Practice, 23, 266-283.
Gingerich, W. J., Kim, J. S., Stams, G. J. M., & Macdonald, A. J. (2012). Solution-focused therapy outcome research. In C. Franklin, T. S. Trepper, W. J. Gingerich & E. E. McCollum (Eds.), Solution focused brief therapy: A handbook of evidence-based practice (pp. 95-111). New York: Oxford University Press.
Trepper, T. S., McCollum, E. E., De Jong, P., Korman, H., Gingerich, W. J., & Franklin, C. (2012). Solution-focused brief therapy treatment manual. In C. Franklin, T. S. Trepper, W. J. Gingerich & E. E. McCollum (Eds.), Solution focused brief therapy: A handbook of evidence-based practice (pp. 20-36). New York: Oxford University Press.
Franklin, C., Trepper, T. S., Gingerich, W. J., & McCollum, E. E. (Eds.). (2012). Solution focused brief therapy: A handbook of evidence-based practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Briggs, H.E., Feyerherm, W., & Gingerich, W. (2004). Evaluating science-based practice with single-subject designs. In H. E. Briggs & T. L. Rzepnicki (Eds.), Using evidence in social work practice: Behvaioral perspectives. Chicago: Lyceum Books.
Gingerich, W. (2002). Computer applications for social work practice. In A. R. Roberts & G. J. Greene (Eds.), Social worker’s desk reference (pp. 23-28). New York: Oxford University Press.
Gingerich, W. (2002). Online social work: Ethical and practical considerations. In A. R. Roberts & G. J. Greene (Eds.), Social worker’s desk reference (pp. 81-85). New York: Oxfor dUniversity Press.
Pandya, V., & Gingerich, W. J. (2002). Group therapy intervention for male batterers: A microethnographic study. Health and Social Work, 27, 47-55.
Gingerich, W. J., & Wabeke, T. (2001). A solution-focused approach to mental health intervention in school settings. Children & Schools, 23, 33-47.
Corcoran, K., Gingerich, W. J., & Briggs, H. E. (2001). Practice evaluation: Setting goals and monitoring change. In H. E. Briggs & K. Corcoran (Eds.), Social work practice: Treating common client problems (pp. 66-84). Chicago: Lyceum Books
Gingerich, W. J., & Eisengart, S. (2000). Solution-focused brief therapy: A review of the outcome research. Family Process, 39, 477-498.
Gingerich, W. J. (2000). Rejoinder to Cody, Stalker, and Levene’s response to Gingerich” [Letter to the editor]. Families in Society, 81, 549-550.
Gingerich, W. J. (2000). Readers react to Stalker, Levene, and Cody’s “Solution-focused brief therapy” [Letter to the editor]. Families in Society, 81, 220-221
Gingerich, W. J., Abel, E. M., D’Aprix, A., Nordquist, G., & Riebschleger, J. (1999). Using a listserv to extend classroom learning: A content analysis. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 16, pp. 1-16
Gingerich, W. J., Kaye, K. M., & Bailey, D. (1999). Assessing quality in social work education: Focus on diversity. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 24, 119-129.
Gingerich, W. J. (1999). Evaluating social work practice. In C. Zastrow, The Practice of Social Work (6th ed.) (pp. 258-279). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Gingerich, W. J. (1998, Summer). Using computers in case management practice. Treatment Today, 10, 50.
Gingerich, W. J., & Kaye, K. M. (1997). Assessment as learning: A model for educational innovation. In Ability-based Social Work Education (pp. 17-31). Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
Gingerich, W. J., & Broskowski, A. (1996). Clinical decision support systems. In T. Trabin (Ed.), The computerization of behavioral healthcare (pp. 11-38). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gingerich, W. J., & Green, R. K. (1996). Information technology: How social work is going digital. In P. R. Raffoul & C. A. McNeece (Eds.), Future Issues for Social Work Practice (pp. 19-28). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Gingerich, W. J. (1995). Expert systems. In R. L. Edwards (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (19th ed.) (pp. 917-925). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Corcoran, K., & Gingerich, W. J. (1994). Practice evaluation in the context of managed care: Case-recording methods for quality assurance reviews. Research on Social Work Practice, 4, 326-337.
Strom, K., & Gingerich, W. J. (1993). Educating students for new market realities. Journal of Social Work Education, 29, 78-87.
Corcoran, K., & Gingerich, W. J. (1992). Practice evaluation: Setting goals, measuring and assessing change. In K. Corcoran (Ed.), Structuring change: Effective practice for common client problems (pp. 26-45). Chicago: Lyceum Books.
Gingerich, W. J. (1991). Response to Specht: Should training for private practice be a central component of graduate social work education [Letter to the editor]? Journal of Social Work Education, 27, 333-335.
Gingerich, W. J., & de Shazer, S. (1991). The BRIEFER project: Using expert systems as theory construction tools. Family Process, 30, 241-250.
Gingerich, W. J. (1990). Rethinking single-case evaluation. In L. Videka-Sherman & W. J. Reid (Eds.), Advances in Clinical Social Work Research (pp. 11-24). Silver Spring, MD: NASW Press.
Gingerich, W. J. (1990). Expert systems: New tools for professional decision-making. Computers in Human Services, 6, 219-230.
Gingerich, W. J. (1990). Developing expert systems. Computers in Human Services, 6, 251-263.
Gingerich, W. J. (1990). Expert systems and their potential uses in social work. Families in Society, 71, 220-228.
Goodman, H., Gingerich, W. J., & de Shazer, S. (1989). BRIEFER: An expert system for clinical practice. Computers in Human Services, 5(1/2), 53-68.
Gingerich, W. J., Gurney, R. J., & Wirtz, T. S. (1988, December). How helpful are helplines? A survey of callers. Social Casework, 69(10), 634-639.
Gingerich, W. J. (1988, September). Computer-assisted case management: State-of-the-art review, feasibility assessment, preliminary design. Unpublished manuscript, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor.
Gingerich, W. J., de Shazer, S., & Weiner-Davis, M. (1988). Constructing change: A research view of interviewing. In E. Lipchik (Ed.), Interviewing (pp. 21-32). Rockville, MD: Aspen.
Weiner-Davis, M., de Shazer, S., & Gingerich, W. J. (1987). Building on pretreatment change to construct the therapeutic solution: An exploratory study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 13, 359-363.
de Shazer, S., Berg, I. K., Lipchik, E., Nunnally, E., Molnar, A., Gingerich, W., & Weiner-Davis, M. (1986). Brief therapy: Focused solution development. Family Process, 25, 207-221.
Gingerich, W. J. (1984). Meta-analysis of applied time-series data. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 20, 71-79
Gingerich, W. J. (1984, Winter). Generalizing single-case evaluation from classroom to practice setting. Journal of Education for Social Work, 20, 4-82.
Gingerich, W. J. (1983). Significance testing in single-case research. In A. Rosenblatt & D. Waldfogel (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Social Work (pp. 694-720). San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
Gingerich, W. J., Kleczewski, M., & Kirk, S. A. (1982, September). Name-calling in social work. Social Service Review, 56, 366-374.
Gingerich, W. J., & Kirk, S. A. (1981, Spring). Sex bias in social work assessment: A case of premature exaggeration. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 17, 38-43.
Pecora, P. J., & Gingerich, W. J. (1981, April). Worker tasks and knowledge utilization in group child care: First findings. Child Welfare, 60, 221-231.
Gingerich, W. J. (1981). The Wisconsin system for determining supplemental payments in foster care: A reliability study. Children and Youth Services Review, 3, 69-75.
Lewis, R. G., & Gingerich, W. J. (1980, October). Leadership characteristics: Views of Indian and non-Indian students, Social Casework, 61, 494-497.
Gingerich, W. J., & Feyerherm, W. H. (1979, Fall). The celeration line technique for assessing client change. Journal of Social Service Research, 3, 99-113.
Gingerich, W. J. (1979, May). Procedure for evaluating clinical practice. Health and Social Work, 4, 104-130.
Gingerich, W. J. (1978). Measuring the process. Social Work, 23, 251-252.
Gingerich, W. J. (1978, Fall). Admissions roulette. Journal of Education for Social Work, 14, 7-9.
Gingerich, W. J. (1978). The labeler as an influence on labeling outcomes. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 5, 387-403.
Gingerich, W. J. (1977, Winter). The evaluation of clinical practice: A graduate level course. Journal of Social Welfare, 4, 109-118.
Gingerich, W. J., Feldman, R. A., & Wodarski, J. S. (1977). A behavioral approach toward the labeling of antisocial behavior. Sociology and Social Research, 61, 204-222.
Gingerich, W. J., Feldman, R. A., & Wodarski, J. S. (1976). Accuracy in assessment: Does training help? Social Work, 21, 40-48.
Feldman, R. A., Goodman, M., Wodarski, J. S., & Gingerich, W. J. (1975). Client costs and early discontinuance from a community-based treatment program. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 2, 469-487.
DISSERTATION ADVISEES
Miller, Brian. (2005). Characteristics of psychotherapists who are passionately committed to public mental health.
Nordquist, Gigi. (2002). Patient socioeconomic status and treatment of heart disease in the emergency room.
Mosavel, Maghboeba. (2002). Evaluating the impact of voicemail use and bulletin board participation on use of substance abuse treatment services.
Pandya, Varsha. (2001). Learning to be nonviolent: A qualitative study of change processes in domestically violent men in group therapy.
Graham, Mari Ann (1999). Design and development of “Grounded discussion.”
Vanderwaal, Curtis Jon. (1995). The design and development of a time management group intervention for collegiate single parents.
Dunlap, Katherine M. (1994). Family empowerment: One outcome of parental participation in cooperative preschool education.
Strom, Kimberley Jean. (1993). The effect of insurance reimbursement on services by social workers in private practice.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Case Western Reserve University
Faculty Senate (Chair)
Executive Committee (Faculty Senate)
Minority Affairs Committee (Faculty Senate)
Subcommittee on Graduate and Professional Student Development (Chair; NCA Self-Study)
Computing and Information Resources Committee (Faculty Senate)
Grievance Hearing Panel (Faculty Senate)
Outcome Assessment Executive Committee
President’s Advisory Committee for Tenure/Promotion
UCITE Advisory Committee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
Division of Professions Executive Committee
Graduate Faculty Council (Secretary)
Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects
Graduate School Fellowship Committee
Graduate School Research Committee
Graduate School Committee on Reviews
Ph.D. in Nursing Proposal Development Committee
Search and Screen Committee, Dean of School of Social Welfare
AWARDS
Herman D. Stein Distinguished Social Work Educator Award
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, May 2010.
Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, May, 1996.
National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Michigan, Fall 1987 – Summer 1988.
National Institute of Mental Health Trainee
Washington University (Ph.D. program), Fall 1971 – Spring 1974.
Final Honors
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, June, 1968.
National Institute of Mental Health Trainee
Washington University (Masters program), Fall 1966 – Spring 1968.