Robert K McAndrews

Professional Details

Title: Professor
Office: AB-208
Phone: 978-542-6815
Email: robert.mcandrews@salemstate.edu
Resume: Robert K McAndrews [DOC 39KB]

Spring Courses

Cat. # Term Course # Title
3190 S1 SWK880R International Travel and Seminar
3236 S1 SWK854 Policies and Services for Older Adults and End-of-Life Care
3239 S3 SWK856 Conducting Social Work Research
3244 S7 SWK856 Conducting Social Work Research
3912 D1 SWK875 Directed Study in Social Work
3961 01 SWK515 Directed Study in Social Work

Professional Biography

New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts

J.D., May 2002

Concentration: International Law

 

 

Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, New York

Ph.D., Social Science, August 1985

Concentration: Public Policy

 

 

Syracuse University, School of Social Work, Syracuse, New York

M.S.W., Social Work, May 1971

Concentration: Community Organization and Planning

 

 

Professional Interests

Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project, Boston, Massachusetts (2003-present)– an independent, non-profit corporation providing legal services to asylum seekers.

North Shore Community Mediation, Salem, Massachusetts (1995-present): Volunteer mediator in Salem District Court and Lynn Juvenile Court.

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ASAPROSAR Development Fund, Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts - an independent, non-profit corporation providing material and financial support to ASAPROSAR (the Spanish acronym for the Salvadoran Association for Rural Health) in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Founding member, Board member since 1995.

The Holocaust Center, Boston North Inc., Peabody, Massachusetts - an independent, non-profit corporation providing educational services concerning the Holocaust, genocide, human rights, and bigotry. President, Board of Directors since 1998.

Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, Massachusetts – Human rights investigations and advocacy; member of the International Forensics Program, Disappeared Persons.

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Pro-Búsqueda Association, San Salvador, El Salvador – Human rights investigations and advocacy for disappeared persons; liaison representative for Salvadoran-Americans residing in the United States.

 

 

Responsibilities

Salem State College, School of Social Work and the Interdisciplinary Studies Department, Salem, Massachusetts, Professor of Social Work, (1992-present).

 

Social Work Courses: Practice II (macro): Human and Cultural Diversity; Older Adult and End-of-Life Care Policies and Programs; Social Research; Social Work and Law; Conflict Resolution.

Interdisciplinary Studies Courses: Post-WWII Genocides; Human Rights and International Law; Genocide, War Crimes, and International Law.

 

Selected Publications

Asylum Law Reform, New England Journal of International & Comparative Law, 8 (2002):103-124.

Memorandum of Law: International Law and State Practice Concerning Exclusions From RefugeeProtection of Accused Persons, Rwandan War Crimes Prosecution Office,Arusha, Tanzania, April 2002.

Selected Presentations

Panelist: HarvardUniversity Committee onHuman RightsStudies,Conference: “Children Without a State: A HumanRightsChallenge,” June2008.

Paperand Panelist: 2007 Policy Conference, Washington D.C.: “The Detention and Deportation of AsylumSeekers,” May 2007.

Paper:TheCenter for New North Carolinians, University ofNorthCarolina,Greensboro: “Critical Issues of Immigration, RefugeeandAsylumReform,” October 2007.

Article: SalemStatement: “El Salvador’s Civil War and thePursuit of Justice,” Fall 2007.

Personal Interests

American and Massachusetts Bar Associations                                                             

American Society of International Law                                                                                  

American Immigration Lawyers Association

National Lawyers Guild