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Anthony Mallon

Anthony Mallon

Assistant Professor
Phone: (804) 828-0405
E-mail: ajmallon@vcu.edu

Workforce development

“Workforce development is very personal to me. My father lost his job during the recession of 1981 and ’82, and that created a lot of turmoil for my family. I have that personal experience with unemployment and the impact it can have on individuals and families.

“There’s a quote that I use by Jane Addams, she’s a pioneer social worker and it says, ‘of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment....’ I’m not saying everyone has to agree with that sentiment, but it does highlight the reality that in our society, lacking a job presents a major challenge to participating fully in social and economic life.

“If anything, I’ve gotten much more focused on workforce development, job training program development and implementation. It’s very rewarding. I’m actually helping someone, who wouldn’t otherwise have a job, get a job.”

Education

  • Ph.D. – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • M.S.W. – Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York, New York, N.Y.
  • B.S. – University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, Conn.

Research interests

  • Workforce development
  • Social welfare policy and poverty

Courses taught

  • Policy, Community and Organizational Practice I
  • Social Work Practice: Fundamentals
  • Person in Society II

Selected publications

  • Mallon, A.J. (December, 2007). Employers and work first policies: Exploring workplace support practices. The Journal of Policy Practice.

  • Mallon, A.J. (February, 2007). Book review of Not just getting by: The era of flexible workforce development. Work and Occupations, 34(1-2).

  • Mallon, A.J. (June, 2005). Book review of Changing Welfare, edited by Rachel Gordon. Children and Youth Services Review, 27(6).

  • Mallon, A.J. (April, 2003). Public Service Employment for Hard-to-Employ Welfare Recipients in Detroit: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future. Report prepared for the City of Detroit Employment and Training Department, Detroit, MI.

  • Mallon, A.J. (April, 2001). Welfare to Work: What Have We Learned? Findings from Research on Welfare Reform in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Background report prepared for the Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL.

Professional affiliations

  • Council on Social Work Education
  • Advisory board member for the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce
  • Local advisory board member for National Student Partnerships – Richmond