Szabi Ishtai-Zee is a professor of human services and Faculty Coordinator of Lincoln
University's Master of Human Services Program. He has served as a
guest lecturer and a visiting professor at many universities,
including the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University,
Temple University, LaSalle University, Philadelphia University,
Howard Community College, West Chester State University, and the
University of Maryland. Dr. Ishtai-Zee is the Chairman of the
Advisory Board of Temple University's Multicultural Training and
Research Institute, with an appointment as associate faculty in the
Temple University School of Social Administration. He has
functioned as a member of many non-profit organization boards
including The Multicultural Resource Center, The Good Shepherd
Mediation Center, the Sunrise Community Development Corporation, the
Imani Charter School, and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the
National Conference. His professional affiliations include Pi Gamma
Mu, a social science honor society; the Association for Sociological
Practice; the Society for Applied Anthropology; the Association for
Adult Education; the National Institute for Dispute Resolution; the
American Psychological Association; the American Association for
Educational Research; and the Pennsylvania Council of Mediators. Dr.
Ishtai-Zee has been engaged as a consultant by many profit-making
corporations as well as non-profit organizations such as AMTRAK, the
School District of Philadelphia, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Philadelphia County Department of
Corrections, Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Philadelphia
Corporation on Aging, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
New Jersey Human Resources Development Institute, and the Delaware
State Department of Mental Health. Numerous research and theoretical
publications and paper presentations have been prepared and
delivered by Dr. Ishtai-Zee at professional conferences, seminars
and workshops. His areas of competence and expertise encompass
intercultural communication and diversity management, conflict
management, educational research, curriculum design, adult
education, program evaluation, organizational development and
strategic planning, participatory action research, and qualitative
approaches to research (depth interviewing, narrative inquiry, and
ethnography.
Violet Plantz, MSW, Ph.D.
Violet Plantz has over 40
years of Human Services background. She has been a Child Welfare
director, a program specialist in the Office of Aging, and Executive
Director of the Dauphin County Executive Commission on Drugs &
Alcohol , overseeing a multi- million dollar treatment program from
intake to impatient services to detox services to outpatient
programs. She directed a planning project in addiction treatment and
an 18-month research project on Special Issues of Women in Treatment
in Mental Health and Addiction Programs. Dr. Plantz has been a board
member of the National Drug Congress Coalition of National Minority
Groups and Native American Substance Abuse Workers, Black Substance
Abuse Workers, Pacific Asian Substance Abuse Workers, Chicano
Substance Abuse Workers, Puerto Rican Addiction Workers, and Women
and Gay/Lesbian Substance Abuse Groups. She was the program director
of the National Drug and Alcohol Conference in 1979 and again in
1980. She has acted as a clinical consultant, including facilitating
a death/dying/AIDS group, an eating disorder group, and a feelings
group with woman offenders in a pre-release halfway house. Dr.
Plantz was
involved in the initial planning of the Lincoln University Master of
Human Services Program, and began teaching field seminar classes in
Harrisburg in 1978. Since 1980, she has been teaching Ethics in the MHS Program. In 1988 she wrote one of the texts used in the Ethics
dimension, Sentient Psychology, an Afrocentric and feminist
view of physiology.
Vivian Price, Ph.D.
Vivian D. Price earned her
B.A. degree from Hope College, MI, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
School Psychology from Temple University, PA. Her educational
emphasis is diagnosing and developing interventions for students who
learn differently or have disabilities. Program development for
alternative educational learning environments designed to meet the
needs of troubled or troubling youth has been one of her most
rewarding professional achievements. In addition, her major
interagency systemic collaboration with the Department of Human
Services, Juvenile Justice facilities, the School District of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Family Court, the Public Defenders
Association, mental health agencies, and the Office of the District
Attorney has advanced a comprehensive and coordinated seamless
system for service delivery to alienated youth. She recently took
early retirement from the School District of Philadelphia to become
a full-time faculty member of Lincoln University, after serving 22
years as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Human Services
program. Dr. Price’s research interest targets ethnic minority youth
and relevant educational concerns; she has chaired a committee on
Ethnic Minority Concerns for the American Psychological Association.
Virginia J. Smith, Ph.D. ACSW, LSW
Virginia J. Smith is an
associate professor and chairperson of the Master of Human Services
Program at Lincoln University, where she teaches social science
research and planning. Her research interests are intergenerational
health issues, with particular focus on gerontology. She is also
interested in health disparities among minorities. Dr. Smith has
over 25 years of experience in the field of human services. Her work
has included direct social work services to individuals and
families; education and training; research; program planning and
evaluation; and administration. These experiences include over
10 years with the University of Pennsylvania in various positions
such as Director of Training in a center devoted to studying
disability and rehabilitation among older adults; Director of
Research at Mercy-Douglass Corporation, a community based health,
housing and human services organization providing an array of
services to older adults in the West Philadelphia area; and
Assistant Director of the Planning Department at the Philadelphia
Corporation for Aging. Dr. Smith has a Ph.D. in City and Regional
Planning from the University of Pennsylvania (1990). Her area of
concentration during her doctoral studies was social analysis and
planning for the older population. She also holds a Master of Social
Work Degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1972). She is a
member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers of the National
Association of Social Workers and a Licensed Social Worker in the
State of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith completed her undergraduate work at
Temple University, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree (1968).
Linda J. Stine, Ph.D.
Linda J. Stine is a professor
in the Master of Human Services Program at Lincoln University (PA),
where she has taught writing to adult students since 1979. Her main
interest is teaching with technology; she has presented frequently
at national conferences sponsored by the National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE) and Conference on College Composition and
Communication (CCCC), and has published several articles on
computer-mediated writing instruction, the most recent being "The
Best of Both Worlds: Teaching Basic Writers in Class and Online,"
which appeared in Journal of Basic Writing, fall 2004, and
"Just What Is ‘Basic’?: Computer-enhanced Basic Writing for a
Nontraditional Graduate Program," to be published by Hampton Press
in 2007 in Basic Writing in America, Eds. Nicole Greene and
Patricia McAllister. She has also authored the instructor’s manuals
for two basic writing textbooks published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, Writing First and Foundations First. Since 1987, Dr.
Stine has taught all her basic writing classes in a computer lab,
adding a semi-online Web-CT-based version of the course in 2002. Her
current research interest is developing an on-line academic support
services website and a system of e-tutors for use by Lincoln’s
graduate students.
Frank P. Worts, MSW
Frank P.
Worts has over 35 years experience in the aging, health, and
social service fields. As a consultant, Mr. Worts has provided
consultation and training on case management, aging related issues,
mental health, housing, quality assurance, management and technology
on the local regional and national levels. Mr. Worts presently is a
full time lecturer at Lincoln University in the Master of Human
Services Program. Mr. Worts has also taught at Temple University in
the School of Social Administration, the University of Pennsylvania
in the Masters of Social Gerontology Program, and Arcadia
University, Glenside PA. Mr. Worts was the Coordinator of
Continuing Education for the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging at
Lincoln University where, in conjunction with the Center on Aging at
the University of Pennsylvania, he participated in the development
and implementation of computer training for over 650 older persons
and professionals working in fields of health and human services.
Presently Mr. Worts is pursuing a Ph.D. in Education with a
specialty in technology from Walden University, and is scheduled to
graduate in 2008.
Szabi Ishtai-Zee is a professor of human services and Faculty Coordinator of Lincoln
University's Master of Human Services Program. He has served as a
guest lecturer and a visiting professor at many universities,
including the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University,
Temple University, LaSalle University, Philadelphia University,
Howard Community College, West Chester State University, and the
University of Maryland. Dr. Ishtai-Zee is the Chairman of the
Advisory Board of Temple University's Multicultural Training and
Research Institute, with an appointment as associate faculty in the
Temple University School of Social Administration. He has
functioned as a member of many non-profit organization boards
including The Multicultural Resource Center, The Good Shepherd
Mediation Center, the Sunrise Community Development Corporation, the
Imani Charter School, and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the
National Conference. His professional affiliations include Pi Gamma
Mu, a social science honor society; the Association for Sociological
Practice; the Society for Applied Anthropology; the Association for
Adult Education; the National Institute for Dispute Resolution; the
American Psychological Association; the American Association for
Educational Research; and the Pennsylvania Council of Mediators. Dr.
Ishtai-Zee has been engaged as a consultant by many profit-making
corporations as well as non-profit organizations such as AMTRAK, the
School District of Philadelphia, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Philadelphia County Department of
Corrections, Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Philadelphia
Corporation on Aging, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
New Jersey Human Resources Development Institute, and the Delaware
State Department of Mental Health. Numerous research and theoretical
publications and paper presentations have been prepared and
delivered by Dr. Ishtai-Zee at professional conferences, seminars
and workshops. His areas of competence and expertise encompass
intercultural communication and diversity management, conflict
management, educational research, curriculum design, adult
education, program evaluation, organizational development and
strategic planning, participatory action research, and qualitative
approaches to research (depth interviewing, narrative inquiry, and
ethnography. 
Vivian D. Price earned her
B.A. degree from Hope College, MI, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
School Psychology from Temple University, PA. Her educational
emphasis is diagnosing and developing interventions for students who
learn differently or have disabilities. Program development for
alternative educational learning environments designed to meet the
needs of troubled or troubling youth has been one of her most
rewarding professional achievements. In addition, her major
interagency systemic collaboration with the Department of Human
Services, Juvenile Justice facilities, the School District of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Family Court, the Public Defenders
Association, mental health agencies, and the Office of the District
Attorney has advanced a comprehensive and coordinated seamless
system for service delivery to alienated youth. She recently took
early retirement from the School District of Philadelphia to become
a full-time faculty member of Lincoln University, after serving 22
years as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Human Services
program. Dr. Price’s research interest targets ethnic minority youth
and relevant educational concerns; she has chaired a committee on
Ethnic Minority Concerns for the American Psychological Association. 
Virginia J. Smith is an
associate professor and chairperson of the Master of Human Services
Program at Lincoln University, where she teaches social science
research and planning. Her research interests are intergenerational
health issues, with particular focus on gerontology. She is also
interested in health disparities among minorities. Dr. Smith has
over 25 years of experience in the field of human services. Her work
has included direct social work services to individuals and
families; education and training; research; program planning and
evaluation; and administration. These experiences include over
10 years with the University of Pennsylvania in various positions
such as Director of Training in a center devoted to studying
disability and rehabilitation among older adults; Director of
Research at Mercy-Douglass Corporation, a community based health,
housing and human services organization providing an array of
services to older adults in the West Philadelphia area; and
Assistant Director of the Planning Department at the Philadelphia
Corporation for Aging. Dr. Smith has a Ph.D. in City and Regional
Planning from the University of Pennsylvania (1990). Her area of
concentration during her doctoral studies was social analysis and
planning for the older population. She also holds a Master of Social
Work Degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1972). She is a
member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers of the National
Association of Social Workers and a Licensed Social Worker in the
State of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith completed her undergraduate work at
Temple University, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree (1968).
Linda J. Stine is a professor
in the Master of Human Services Program at Lincoln University (PA),
where she has taught writing to adult students since 1979. Her main
interest is teaching with technology; she has presented frequently
at national conferences sponsored by the National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE) and Conference on College Composition and
Communication (CCCC), and has published several articles on
computer-mediated writing instruction, the most recent being "The
Best of Both Worlds: Teaching Basic Writers in Class and Online,"
which appeared in Journal of Basic Writing, fall 2004, and
"Just What Is ‘Basic’?: Computer-enhanced Basic Writing for a
Nontraditional Graduate Program," to be published by Hampton Press
in 2007 in Basic Writing in America, Eds. Nicole Greene and
Patricia McAllister. She has also authored the instructor’s manuals
for two basic writing textbooks published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, Writing First and Foundations First. Since 1987, Dr.
Stine has taught all her basic writing classes in a computer lab,
adding a semi-online Web-CT-based version of the course in 2002. Her
current research interest is developing an on-line academic support
services website and a system of e-tutors for use by Lincoln’s
graduate students.