La Rose Tara, Associate Professor
Tara La Rose
Associate Professor
Faculty
School of Social Work
Area(s) of Interest:
- Aging
- Arts-informed social work
- Art, Media, and Mediation
- Community Based Research
- Critical social work
- Digital Technology
- Digital Literacy
- Gender and Sexualities
- Inclusive leadership
- Labour Issues
- Multi-Modal Discourse Analysis
- Older Adults
- Public Policy
- Qualitative Methods
- Social Media
- Social Welfare
Biography
My research interests focus on professional identity and work-life, and social work’s use of digital medial as a space for critical reflexivity. My recent work includes projects considering the effects of neo-liberalism and austerity on social workers’ capacity to actualize social justice and social change goals; considerations of the intersection of professionalization, globalization, neoliberalism and social work professional identity and the power of multi-modality and digital-media-storytelling as resources for critical reflexivity and professional education. My work engages multi-modal analysis, narrative analysis and discourse analysis in the context of critical perspectives such as post-structuralism, post-colonialism, feminist and queer theories.
Education
- PhD University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Leadership, Higher Education and Adult Education
- Adult Education and Community Development Program Collaborative Programs in: Workplace Learning and Social Change, Women and Gender Studies (2013)
- MSW Maritime School of Social Work, Dalhousie University (2013)
- BSW School of Social Work, Ryerson University (1997)
Teaching
Supervisorships
MSW
2019
A life lost to intimate partner violence: A case study of the impacts of IPV on one family.
Social Work and Labour in the Non-Profit Sector.
2018
An Examination of the Impact of Workplace Culture on Child Welfare Workers Experiences of Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout.
2017
Medicine, Monitoring and Motherhood: An Exploration of the Interplay between Stigma and Paradox in the Child Welfare and Healthcare Systems.
Doctoral
In Progress
Healthcare Reform: Who Got Left Behind? School of Social Work, McMaster University.
Courses
Undergraduate
- SW1BB3: Reimagining Help: Introduction to Social Work II
Graduate
- SW742: Organizational and Social Change
- SW773: Doctoral Seminar
- SW701: Critical Frameworks in Social Policy
- SW741: Changing Communities: Focus on Leadership
Research
Refereed Journals
La Rose, T. and Detlor, B. (2021). Social Work Digital Storytelling Project: Digital Literacy, Digital Storytelling and the Makerspace. Research on Social Work Practice, 31(6), 599 – 609. doi.org/10.1177/1049731521992427
Julien, H.; Gerstle, D.; Detlor, B.; La Rose, T. and Serenko, A. (2021). Digital Literacy Training for Canadians. Part I: “It’s just core public works”. The Library Quarterly, 91(4), 437-456.
Barrie, H.; La Rose, T.; Detlor, B.; Julien, H. & Serenko, A.. (2021) “Because I’m Old”: The Role of Ageism in Older Adults’ Experiences of Digital Literacy Training in Public Libraries, Journal of Technology in Human Services. DOI: 10.1080/15228835.2021.1962477
Veltman, A. and La Rose, T. (2019). LGBTQ Mental Health: What every clinician should know. Psychiatric Times: Special Report on Sex and Sexuality. 36(12), pg. 21-23. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/sites/default/files/legacy/mm/digital/media/PSY1219-ezine.pdf
La Rose, T. (2019). Rediscovering Social Work Leaders Through YouTube as Archive: The CASW Oral History Project 1983/84. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 37(2), pg. 93-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2019.1609385
La Rose, T. (2019). Limiting Relationships through Sousveillance Video based Digital Advocacy: Multi-modal Analysis of The Nervous CPS Worker. Journal of Social Work Practice, 33(2) pg. 233-243. DOI: 10.1080/15228835.2019.1609385
La Rose, T. (2016). AFSCME’s ‘Social Worker Overload’: Digital Media Stories, Union Advocacy and Neo-liberalism. Special Issue: Underpaid, Unpaid, Unseen, Unheard and Unhappy? Care Work in the Context of Constraint. Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58(4). 1-16.
La Rose, T. (2016). Research Note: “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Social Worker” - Mediating Critical Reflectivity and Resistance Through Digital Storytelling. Labour/Le Travail 77(1), 181-202.
La Rose, T. (2010). Reading “World Social Work Day 2010” Through Multi-modal Analysis. Critical Social Work, 16(1), 22 – 38.
La Rose, T. (2012). Digital Stories through the Lens of Multimodal Analysis: A Case Study of Erahoneybee’s Song About a Child Welfare Agency. Journal of Human Services and Technology 30(3/4), 299 – 311.
La Rose, T. (2009). One small revolution: Community Practices, Unionization and Workload in Child Welfare. Journal of Community Practice 17(1), 223 – 246.
Refereed Book Chapters
Veltman, A. & La Rose, T. (2018). Chapter 30: Marginalized Elderly Populations. In, A. Hategan, J.A. Bourgeois, C. Hirsch, C. Giroux (eds.). Geriatric Psychiatry: A Case-Based Textbook. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Pg. 629-643.
La Rose, T. (2017). Reflection as Resistance: YouTube, Digital Stories and Critical Reflexivity. In, Donna Baines (Ed.) Doing Anti-oppressive Practice, 3rd Edition. Blackrock: Fernwood Publishing. Pg. 321-335.
Veltman, A. and La Rose, T. (2016). The Anti-Oppressive Approach to Assessment of the Geriatric Patient. In, A. Hategan, J.A. Bourgois, A.L. Seritan, C. Hirsch (eds.). On Call Geriatric Psychiatry: A Handbook of Principles and Practices. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
La Rose, T. (2014). Digital Stories through the Lens of Multi Modal Analysis: A Case Study of Erahoneybee’s Song About a Child Welfare Agency, p.p. 299-311. In, K. Bredl, J. Hunniger and J. Linaa Jensen (eds). Methods for Analyzing Social Media. New York: Routledge.
La Rose, T. (2009). One small revolution: Community practices, unionization and workload in Child Welfare, p.p. 23 – 246. In, L. Simmons, S. Harding (Eds.), Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice. New York: Routledge.