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Lance Gibbs, Ph.D.

Social Justice Practicum Faculty Chair and Online Program Manager

Social Justice Practicum

Chicago, Online, Vancouver

lgibbs@adler.edu Curriculum Vitae

OVERVIEW

Dr. Gibbs is an assistant professor and the current Social Justice Practicum faculty chair and online program manager. Previously, he led the Race and Ethnic Studies program at the University of Southern Maine. He has also taught in the Sociology Department at the University of Dayton and at the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica).

His teaching and research focus on father involvement among immigrant fathers from the English-speaking Caribbean residing in the United States, Canada, and England. Dr. Gibbs has examined a range of related areas, including conceptualizations of fatherhood, the role of religion in fathering, and social work practice with immigrant fathers.

MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS

  • Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
  • Association of Black Sociologists.

Publications + Presentations

Publications

Social work practice with West Indian migrant fathers

2017 Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 1-15,
Author(s): Gentles-Gibbs, N., & Gibbs, L. L. O..

Social Capital in Jamaica in M. A. Seligson (Ed.) “The Political Culture of Democracy in Jamaica: Americas Barometer a Latin American Public Opinion Project”

2006 Vanderbilt University
Author(s): Bailey, A., Boxill, I., Gibbs, L., Lewis, B., Russell, R., Waller, L.

Presentations

“Home Is Where You Make It”. Social Justice Institute (University of Southern Maine), 2023.

“We Exist: Stories of African American Education and Employment in Maine.” “We Exist” Lecture Series (University of Southern Maine), 2023.

“Whiteness”, Hegemony and Assimilation: Possible Constructs for Shaping Research on Father Involvement on Immigrant Fathers from the English Speaking Caribbean. Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association, 2012.

“Assessing the Impact of Father Involvement on Adolescents’ Marital Expectations in Resident Father Family Structures”. Bowling Green State University & Ohio State University Graduate Student Conference on Population, 2010.

“Caribbean Alternative Family Forms as a Functional Response to the Poverty Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies: The Jamaican Experience”. Association of Black Sociologists, 2008.

“HIV, Human Rights and Discrimination at the Workplace”. Caribbean Studies Association, 2007.

“Hostages: An Analysis of Perceptions Surrounding Women’s Inability to Negotiate Safer Sex Practices in the Caribbean”. Association of Black Sociologists, 2006.

“HIV/AIDS, Socialization, Gender Stratification, and Identity in the Labor Force in Jamaica. Association of Black Sociologists, 2005.

LEADERSHIP + ENGAGEMENT

  • The Maine Department of Education (DOE) invited me to join a Steering Committee to evaluate the Maine State Content Standard Review, 2023.
  • Conducted two interactive workshops with a participatory art gallery walks of data portraits inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois data, 2023.
  • Portraits Visualizing Black America from the 1900 Paris Exposition.
  • Worked with Maine Opportunities for Online Sustained Education (MOOSE), Department of Education to review material related to teaching race and African American history at key stages for teachers K-12 across the state of Maine, 2022.
  • Representative related to LD 187: An Act To Require Education about African-American History and the History of Genocide and LD 1664: An Act To Integrate African American Studies into American History Education, 2021.
  • Created and conducted workshops on the Social Construction of Race for K-12 teachers in Maine, 2018 and 2020.
  • Volunteer English teacher in the inner-city community in Jamaica, 2004-05.