Mary E. Rogge

Mary E. Rogge

Faculty Associate
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
Associate Professor
College of Social Work
University of Tennessee
225 Henson Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-3333
Phone: 865-974-7500
Fax: 865-974-4803
mrogge@utk.edu

Selected Publications:

M.E. Rogge and T. Combs-Orme, "Protecting Our Future: Children, Environmental Policy, and Social Work," Social Work (in press).

Rogge, M.E. (in press). The future is now: Social work, disaster management, and traumatic stress in the 21st century. Journal of Social Services Research.

Soliman, H.H., & Rogge, M.E. (2002). Ethical considerations in disaster services: A social work perspective. Electronic Journal of Social Work, 1(1), Article10. Invited Review Article. Retrieved February 20, 2002, from: Http://www.ejsw.net/Issue/Vol1/Num1/Article10.pdf.

M.E. Rogge, "Social Development and the Ecological Tradition," Social Development Issues, Special Issue on Social Development and Theoretical Perspectives, 23(1), 2001.

M.E. Rogge, "Children, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation: Protecting Current and Future Generations," Social Development Issues, 22(2/3), 2000.

N. Humphreys and M.E. Rogge, "Environmental Policy," in Social Work Speaks: NASW Policy Statements, 5th Ed., National Social Work Policy Approved by 1999-2002 NASW National Delegate Assembly (Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers, in press).

Ph.D., Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis.
M.S.W., Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis.
B.A., Social Work and Psychology, Kansas State University.

Mary Rogge joined the EERC in 1998 as one of the EERC's first Sustainable Development Fellows. She is an associate professor in the University of Tennessee’s College of Social Work, where she teaches in the graduate Management and Community Practice Concentration. Her courses include social work practice within organizations and communities, social welfare policy, financial management and resource development, and an interdisciplinary seminar on international social welfare and sustainability.

Dr. Rogge's research examines local, national, and international relationships among social welfare, justice, and technological and natural hazards. Her work focuses on policy-based strategies to reduce the consequences of poverty and environmental degradation on children and societally disenfranchised populations (http://web.utk.edu/~merogge/). A primary method in her work involves use of participatory research processes to develop collaborations among citizens' groups, social-service agencies, environmental organizations, and university resources. Current projects include, with other members of the interdisciplinary UT Youth, Environment, and Health (UT YEAH!) Research Team (http://utyeah.utk.edu), reducing children's risks from pests, pesticides, other chemicals in Tennessee's schools, child care centers, and other facilities where children spend time away from home. With Kim Davis (EERC), Dr. Rogge works to develop community outreach opportunities in conjunction with the UT Center for Environmental Biotechnology's Research Center of Excellence.

As a doctoral student, Dr. Rogge’s research included studies funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Science Foundation on local, state, and national disaster-management programs and networks, with Dr. David Gillespie of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Rogge directed a Wellness Initiative program at the Grace Hill Neighborhood Settlement House in St. Louis and served as assistant administrator of the social service department of St. Mary Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas.

Dr. Rogge’s hobbies include frequenting folk and bluegrass events, photography, and re-establishing a regular exercise routine. Racquetball or volleyball, anyone?

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