Suzanne L. Shatila is Research Coordinator for the study of racial disparities among children in custody being conducted by the Tennessee Department of Children's Services. She received her M.S.S.W. from the University of Tennessee. She has worked in both macro and micro settings as a case manager, grant writer, evaluation consultant, and researcher in Nashville, TN, Chicago, IL, and Cleveland, OH. Her expertise includes such diverse areas as attorney/social work partnerships, cultural diversity, and substance abuse policy. She is also an active advocate for and liaison with the Arab-American Community in Nashville. Her recent special projects have included a leadership role in an audit of the Nashville area school system directed at assuring equitable distribution of resources between schools and membership in the evaluation team for a community-empowerment project. She has made numerous presentations and in a variety of settings on topics related to these areas. Her most recent presentation was coauthored by Ms. Crane and Ms. Gould, Social Work and Law in the Practicuum: With Intervention and Justice for All" at the Council for Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in 2002."
