Remembering Katy: A Reflection on Social Work with Groups’ Founding Coeditor Catherine P. Papell (1916–2013)

Abstract

This article reflects on the remarkable career of one of the founders and first coeditors of Social Work with Groups. Catherine (Katy) Papell made outstanding contributions to social work—especially to social work with groups for which she was a passionate advocate. In addition to editing this journal, she was a group worker, educator, activist, historian, writer/theorist, mentor, and role model. In the process she became a beloved friend to many and will be greatly missed.

KEYWORDS:

• social group work
• social work with groups
• social work theory
• social activism
• settlement houses
• mainstream model
• social work education
• learning styles
• aging
• Catherine P. Papell

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Notes on contributors

Ann M. Bergart

Dr. Bergart is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work.