Iris Carlton-La Ney 
 Professor, School of Social Work 
 School of Social Work, CB#3550 
 (919) 962-6536 
 ibc9717@email.unc.edu
Appointed Year:	1994	
Tenured:	Yes	
Education:	BA (1972)
MA (1974)
Ph.D. (1981)	
Specialization:	Rural social work with the elderly 
African American social welfare history	
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:	1
	
Relevant Courses Taught:	Foundations of Social Work & Social Welfare
Confronting Oppression & Discrimination	
Recent Publications:	• 0 Carlton-LaNey, I. (2005). African Americans aging in the rural south: Stories of faith, family
and community. Sourwood Press, Inc.
Carlton-LaNey, I. (Ed.). (2001). African American leadership in social work history: An
 Empowerment tradition. Washington, DC: National Association of Social
 Workers Press. 
Carlton-LaNey, I. B., Edwards, R. L., & Reid, P. N.  (Eds.). (1999). Preserving and
 strengthening small towns and rural communities. Washington, DC: National
 Association of Social Workers Press.
Carlton-LaNey, I. B., & Burwell, N. Y. (Eds.). (1996). African American community practice 	models: Historical and contemporary responses. New York: Haworth Press, Inc.
Carlton-LaNey, I. (in press). African American Club Women’s Resistance to Oppressive Public Policy in the Early 20th Century. In J. Schiele Social Welfare Policy: Regulation and Resistance among people of color. Sage Publishers. 
Carlton-LaNey, I. (2008). African American social welfare history 1900 to 1950. In T. Mizrahi& L. Davis (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th ed.). Washington, DC & New
York: NASW Press & Oxford University Press.  
Ruiz, D., & Carlton-LaNey, I. (2008). The increase in intergenerational African American
 families headed by grandmothers. In. C. Waites (Ed.),Social work practice with African American families: An intergenerational perspective (pp. 89-104). New York:
Routledge. 
Carlton-LaNey, I. 2008). Diversity. In K. M. Sowers & C. N. Dulmus (Series Editors) & B.W. White (Vol. 1 Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social welfare:
Vol. 1. The Profession of Social Work (pp. 47-50). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

• 0 Carlton-LaNey, I. (2005). African Americans aging in the rural south: Stories of faith, family
and community. Sourwood Press, Inc.
Carlton-LaNey, I. (Ed.). (2001). African American leadership in social work history: An
 Empowerment tradition. Washington, DC: National Association of Social
 Workers Press. 
Carlton-LaNey, I. B., Edwards, R. L., & Reid, P. N.  (Eds.). (1999). Preserving and
 strengthening small towns and rural communities. Washington, DC: National
 Association of Social Workers Press.
Carlton-LaNey, I. B., & Burwell, N. Y. (Eds.). (1996). African American community practice 	models: Historical and contemporary responses. New York: Haworth Press, Inc.