It shaped me forever. The diversity of the student body made a profound impact on her. If I could send every American high school student overseas for a year, I would. Uehara at times is pessimistic, especially when she sees the impact of managed care on mental health services in ethnic minorities. But there is optimism as well.
Social work is an applied area.
And this optimism, this belief in humanity, is perhaps the key to Uehara's great success in the classroom and in research. Return to Best of 1996 Home Page .