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Biography

Dr. Copeland is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, the associate director of the Public Health Social Work Training Program, and faculty affiliate in the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health. She also co-directs the Center for Minority Health’s Cultural Competency, Health Literacy, and Participatory Research Core. She is Co-Director of the Faculty Diversity Seminar, Office of the Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor.

Dr. Copeland received her BSW (1977) from Livingstone College, her MSW (1978), MPH (1988), and PhD (1989) from the University of Pittsburgh.

Selected Publications

Tang, F., Jang, H., Carr Copeland, V. (2015). Challenges and Resilience in African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Review of the Literature with Practice Implications. GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy, 2 (2).

Copeland, V.C. &. Lee, HJ. (2013). Maternal and Child Health. Encyclopedia of Social Work, 21th Edition. Oxford Press:

Daley, DC, Kelly, TM, Copeland, VC, Wells, EA. Guest Editors, Special Issue (2013). The Role of Social Work in the Preventions and Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders. Social Work in Public Health. Volume, 28, Number 3-4.

Burlew, A.K, Copeland, VC, Ahuama-Jonas, C., Calsyn, DA. (2013). Does cultural adaption have a role in substance abuse treatment? Social Work in Public Health,  Volume 28, Number 3-4, 440-460.

Tang, F. & Copeland, VC, Wexler, S. (2012). Racial Differences in Late-life Volunteering: An Empowerment Perspective. Social Work Research, Volume 36, Number 2, 89-100.