Amzie Moore II, Ph.D., MSW

Assistant Professor

Amzie Moore II, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. He studies various forms of resilience among disadvantaged urban youth from the perspectives of indigenous African Values. He utilizes mixed methods and participatory action research designs to evaluate and develop culturally relevant interventions focusing on the positive development of youth. Professor Moore teaches social welfare policy, diversity and empowerment, and research methods. He is a Co-Principal Investigator of the Empowering Counseling Program Participatory Science Initiative with a focus on culturally relevant interventions, policy and research.

Research Interests

• The impacts of school-based interventions with disadvantaged urban youth
• Formative and outcome evaluations
• Research methodologies, especially mixed and participatory approaches
• Theory development, especially via participatory methods
• Philosophy of science
• History of the U.S. civil rights movement and black social workers
• Indigenous African theories and research methodologies

Courses Taught

• SOWK 390 Research and Evaluation in Social Work Practice
• SOWK 509 Social Welfare Policy and Community Interventions
• SOWK 370 Power, Privilege, Oppression and Social Justice