Wendy Whiting Blome, LICSW, PhD
The Catholic University of America
Associate Professor, Retired, School of Social Service
Washington, DC
Wendy Whiting Blome, LICSW, PhD, recently retired as an Associate Professor at the National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Dr. Blome has more than 35 years of experience in child welfare and social services as a direct service practitioner and administrator. Dr. Blome’s research interests include understanding the organizational contexts of social service systems; workforce recruitment and retention; inter and intra system coordination and collaboration; the application of administrative theories and perspectives to public and private service settings, and the translation of research findings to direct service organizations.