Mark McManus, Ph.D., MSSW

Mark McManus, Ph.D., MSSW

Title: MSW Online Student Engagement Coordinator
Dept/Program: School of Social Work and Family Sciences
Office: Wayne C134
Phone: 330-972-5213
Email: mcmanus@uakron.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format

Biography

I joined the faculty in the School of Social Work and Family Sciences as a Senior lecturer in 2010. In 2014, I became a Visiting Assistant Professor and in 2021 I became the MSW Coordinator at the Wayne College Campus and am currently the MSW Online Student Engagement Coordinator.  My research interests are on social inclusion and social relationships of individuals with intellectual disabilities. I was selected as the Chair of the Social Work Special Interest Group of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) in 2016 through 2020.  I am a Fellow in AAIDD and am active on various committees.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

  • Developmental disabilities
  • Social networks
  • Telemedicine
  • Quality of life
  • Qualitative research

    Publications

    • Bogenschutz, M., Amado, A., Smith, C. Carter, E., Copeland, M, Dattillo, J., Gaventa, B.,Hall, S., McManus, M., Quraishi, S., Romer, L., & Walker, P.  (2015). National research goals for social inclusion of people with IDD. Inclusion, 3(4), 211-218. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-3.4.211.
    • Langkamp, D. L., McManus, M. D., & Blakemore, S. D. (2015). Telemedicine for children with developmental disabilities: A more effective clinical process than office-based care. Telemedicine and e-Health, 21(2), Manuscript ID TMJ-2013-0379.
    • Wenger, O. K., McManus, M. D., Bower, J. R., & Langkamp, D. L. (2011). Barriers to Immunization in the Amish of Northeast Ohio: A Separatist Community Shares Concerns of Broader American Society. Pediatrics, 128, 79-85.
    • Owings, N. O., McManus, M. D, & Scherer, N. (1981). A deinstitutionalized retarded adult's use of communication functions in a natural setting. The British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 16(2), 119-128.
    • Owings, N. O., & McManus, M. D. (1980). An analysis of communication functions in the speech of a deinstitutionalized adult mentally retarded client. Mental Retardation, 18(6), 309-314.

    Education

    MSSW, Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1990, 2007

    Education

    • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • M.S.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • B.S. in Sociology/B.S.W. Montana State University

    Courses

    • Fundamentals of Research I
    • Fundamentals of Research II
    • Program Evaluation
    • Social Work Practice III
    • Social Work and Social Welfare: Issues in Developmental Disabilities