Generations of University of Wisconsin-Madison social work students can remember beloved long-time professor and social work scholar Al Kadushin walking into the classroom lugging two large briefcases full of books and articles. He was always ready to back up his classroom teaching with the latest literature and research.
Though the briefcases are a bit lighter, over the past three years Kadushin, 97, could be found working in the School of Social Work Library (and in his personal home library) as he did the research for the 5th Edition of his classic work, "The Social Work Interview," recently published by Columbia University Press, and co-authored with his daughter, UW-Milwaukee School of Social Welfare Professor Goldie Kadushin.
The elder Kadushin is one of social work’s leading scholars, having published six major books addressing central concerns for the profession, including his seminal work, "Child Welfare Services."
If co-authoring a new edition of the 432-page "The Social Work Interview" isn't remarkable enough, consider this: While working on it, Kadushin was also doing research for the newest edition of "Supervision in Social Work," co-authored with Boise State University Professor Daniel Harkness, to be published by Columbia University Press later this year.