David Stoesz
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David Stoesz | |
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| Occupations | academic, policy analyst, social entrepreneur, author |
| Awards | Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards, UK (2014), Australia (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Master of Social Work (1976), Ph.D. (1980) |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland (1980) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social policy |
| Sub-discipline | Child welfare, national politics |
| Institutions | San Diego State University, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Main interests | Social policy, child welfare, international development, and national politics |
| Notable works | American Social Welfare Policy, 9th ed. (2022), Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic (2021) |
David Stoesz (/steɪs/) is an American academic, policy analyst, author, and social entrepreneur. Stoesz worked as a welfare caseworker and welfare department director and has published about social policy, child welfare, international development, and national politics. He earned his PhD at the University of Maryland-Baltimore in 1980, subsequently teaching at San Diego State University[1] and Virginia Commonwealth University where he served as Samuel Wurtzel Professor of Social Work.[2] He is a professor emeritus in the Virginia Commonwealth School of Social Work,[3] and a founder of Up$tart, a company whose products assist US college students in applying for federal benefits.[4]
Stoesz's book, Quixote’s Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy received the Prohumanitate Literary Award.[5]
In 2010 Stoesz was inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance.[6]
