Dr. Daniel Harkness
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Dr. Daniel Harkness, PhD, ACSW Professor Education Building, #711 Phone: 208-426-3148 dharkne@boisestate.edu |
AREAS OF RESEARCH
- Addictions and codependency
- Client outcomes
- Clinical social work practice
- Educating and credentialing social workers
- Evaluation and treatment of mental disorders
- Social work supervision
- Quantitative methods
COURSES TAUGHT
- Bridging Language, Culture, and Gender (International)
- Clinical Social Work Practice
- Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Disorders
- Evaluation and Treatment of Substance Abuse
- Evaluation of Social Work Practice and Programs
- Social Work Research and Statistics
- Social Work Supervision
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Books
- Kadushin, A., & Harkness, D. (2002). Supervision in Social Work (4th. ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
Book Chapters
- DiNitto, D., McNeece, A., & Harkness, D. (1997). Educating and credentialing social workers. In D. DiNitto & A. McNeece (Eds.), Social work: Issues and opportunities in a challenging profession (Rev. ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon
Journal Articles
- Harkness, D. (2003). To have and to hold: Codependency as a mediator or moderator of the relationship between substance abuse in the family of origin and adult-offspring medical problems. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35(2), 261-270.
- Harkness, D., Swenson, M., Madsen-Hampton, K., & Hale, R. (2001). The development, reliability, and validity of a clinical rating scale for co-dependency. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 33(2), 159-171.
- Harkness, D. (2001). Testing Cermak’s hypothesis: Is dissociation the mediating variable that links substance abuse in the family of origin with offspring co-dependency? Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 33(1), 75-82.
EDUCATION
- 1969: BA, The University of Kansas
- 1974: MSW, The University of Kansas
- 1987: PhD, The University of Kansas
CURRICULUM VITAE

