Dr. Stanley W. Carlson-ThiesDirector, Social Policy Studies Work: (410) 571-6300 BiographyConducts research on state and local policies for implementing the charitable-choice provision of the 1996 federal welfare law (to expand government financing of faith-based organizations).Organizes workshops on constitutional and implementation issues concerning government support for religious providers. Academic BackgroundB.A.: University of California at Davis (Political Science).M.A.: University of Toronto (Political Science). Ph.D.: University of Toronto (Political Science). Select Publications or Presentations"Faith-Based Institutions Cooperating with Public Welfare: The Promise of the Charitable Choice Provision," in Derek H. Davis & Barry Hankins (eds.), Welfare Reform & Faith-Based Organizations (Waco, Tex.: J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, 1999)."Transforming American Welfare: An Evangelical Perspective on Welfare Reform," in D. Gushee (ed.), Empowering the Poor (forthcoming). Issue SpecialitiesCharitable choice, faith-based organizations, separation of church and state, parochial schools, welfare reform, school choice, vouchers, privatization.Calvert IndexCharitable Services/Income MaintenanceState & Municipal Services/Privatization Society/Family/Community/Religion Education/School Choice/Multiculturalism |
