# Amanda Barusch

Amanda Smith Barusch is an American–New Zealand academic, and is professor emerita at the University of Otago, specialising in social work and gerontology. She is also an author and has authored or co-authored six books.

## Academic career

Barusch is from California. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Reed College and a Master and Doctorate of Social Welfare both at the University of California, Berkeley. Her thesis was on the relationships between formal services and family caregivers for frail elderly people in different living arrangements. Barusch also has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, which she earned from the University of Utah in 2015. Barusch joined the faculty of the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, where she worked from 1985 to 2019. She was Director of the Social Research Institute and Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies.
Barusch was appointed to Otago as their first professor of social work in 2007, giving her inaugural professorial address in 2008. Barusch's research focuses on gerontology and social work, covering issues such as problems experienced by elderly caregivers, gender differences in caregiving, and experiences of ageism. She has published six books as author or co-author, with her most recent being Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage, published by Oxford University Press in 2023. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Poverty and Health and Social Work, and as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

## Selected works

Books
* Barusch, Amanda Smith (13 March 2008). Love Stories of Later Life: A Narrative Approach to Understanding Romance. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-19-531404-5. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
* Barusch, Amanda Smith (14 December 2023). Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-758464-0.
* Barusch, Amanda Smith (1 January 1994). Older Women in Poverty: Private Lives and Public Policies. Springer. ISBN 978-0826179609.
Journal articles
* A. Barusch; C. Gringeri; M. George (1 March 2011). "Rigor in Qualitative Social Work Research: A Review of Strategies Used in Published Articles". Social Work Research. 35 (1): 11–19. doi:10.1093/SWR/35.1.11. ISSN 1070-5309. Wikidata Q125164147.
* Barusch AS; Spaid WM (1 October 1989). "Gender differences in caregiving: why do wives report greater burden?". Gerontologist. 29 (5): 667–676. doi:10.1093/GERONT/29.5.667. ISSN 0016-9013. PMID 2513266. Wikidata Q38240831.
* A S Barusch (1 October 1988). "Problems and coping strategies of elderly spouse caregivers". Gerontologist. 28 (5): 677–685. doi:10.1093/GERONT/28.5.677. ISSN 0016-9013. PMID 3229654. Wikidata Q68038775.
* Mary Jane Taylor; Amanda Smith Barusch (1 April 2004). "Personal, family, and multiple barriers of long-term welfare recipients". Social Work. 49 (2): 175–183. doi:10.1093/SW/49.2.175. ISSN 0037-8046. PMID 15124958. Wikidata Q44134301.
* C. Gringeri; A. Barusch; C. Cambron (7 February 2013). "Epistemology in Qualitative Social Work Research: A Review of Published Articles, 2008-2010". Social Work Research. 37 (1): 55–63. doi:10.1093/SWR/SVS032. ISSN 1070-5309. Wikidata Q125164149.
* Christina Gringeri; Amanda Barusch; Christopher Cambron (6 March 2018). "Examining Foundations of Qualitative Research: A Review of Social Work Dissertations, 2008–2010". Journal of Social Work Education. 49 (4): 760–773. doi:10.1080/10437797.2013.812910. ISSN 1043-7797. Wikidata Q111188937.