Richard K. Caputo

Richard K. Caputo (1948-Present) is Professor Emeritus of social policy and research, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. In addition to many peer-reviewed journal articles, he has authored seven books, including Connecting the Dots: A Social Work Academician’s Memoir of Intellectual and Career Development (Bloomington, IN: Archway Publishing, Inc., 2018), Policy Analysis for Social Workers (Thousand Oakes, CA: Sage, 2014), and U.S. Social Welfare Reform: Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present (New York: Springer, 2011). He has also edited two other books, including Basic Income Guarantee and Politics: International Experiences and Perspectives on the Viability of Income Guarantee (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). His most recent edited book (co-edited with Larry Liu) is Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee: International Experiences and Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, the Journal of Poverty, Marriage and Family Review, the Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Race, Gender, & Class, and Families in Society, which in December 2019 acknowledged his longstanding service on its editorial board and as a peer reviewer of submitted manuscripts by establishing the Richard K Caputo Reviewer Award. In 2016, he was named a Mentor Recognition Honoree by the Council on Social Work Education. He also held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Barry University. He received his PhD from the School of Social Services Administration, the University of Chicago in 1984; MSW from Arizona State University in 1978; MA in history from Iowa State University in 1972; and BA from Brooklyn College in 1970