@article{waites_macgowan_pennell_carlton-laney_weil_2004, title={Increasing the cultural responsiveness of family group conferencing}, volume={49}, ISSN={["0037-8046"]}, DOI={10.1093/sw/49.2.291}, abstractNote={Child welfare struggles to manage child abuse and neglect and to seek permanency for children, while being culturally responsive to the communities it serves. Family group conferencing, piloted in New Zealand and now used in the United States and other countries, is a strengths-based model that brings together families and their support systems to develop and carry out a plan that protects, nurtures, and safeguards children and other family members. This article describes the model and a culturally competent method for assessing and adapting the model for the African American, Cherokee, and Latino/Hispanic communities in North Carolina.}, number={2}, journal={SOCIAL WORK}, author={Waites, C and Macgowan, MJ and Pennell, J and Carlton-LaNey, I and Weil, M}, year={2004}, month={Apr}, pages={291–300} }
 @article{macgowan_pennell_2001, title={Building social responsibility through family group conferencing}, volume={24}, DOI={10.1300/j009v24n03_06}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a method of bringing together a family group with service providers to come up with a plan to resolve problems in individual and social functioning. This paper describes FGC from a group development perspective involving planning and convening the single-session meeting. The FGC moves along with the help of a group worker called a coordinator, but its success is based on people-citizens-banding together. The core of the convening stage is when families are left alone, equipped with resources at their disposal, to determine a plan for change. This paper describes FGC, its group work elements, and illustrates how the model helps to build partnerships and social responsibility.}, number={3/4}, journal={Social Work With Groups (Haworth Press)}, author={Macgowan, M. J. and Pennell, J.}, year={2001}, pages={67–87} }
 @inproceedings{waites_macgowan_pennell_weil_carlton-laney_2000, title={Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with African American, Latino/Hispa?os, and Native American families and communities}, booktitle={1999 Family Group Decision Making National Roundtable and International Evaluation Conference: Summary proceedings, Seattle, WA, May 12, 13 & 14, 1999}, publisher={Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division}, author={Waites, C. and Macgowan, M. J. and Pennell, J. and Weil, M. and Carlton-LaNey, I.}, year={2000}, pages={49–54} }
 @inproceedings{pennell_burford_macgowan_waites_weil_2000, title={Partnership-building evaluation in Newfoundland/Labrador and North Carolina}, booktitle={1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making: Summary of the Proceedings}, publisher={Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division}, author={Pennell, J. and Burford, G. and MacGowan, M. and Waites, C. and Weil, M.}, year={2000}, pages={129–132} }
 @article{macgowan_1997, title={A measure of engagement for social group work: The groupwork engagement measure (GEM)}, volume={23}, ISSN={["0148-8376"]}, DOI={10.1300/J079v23n02_02}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT This study develops and empirically tests a measure of engagement for group work. The items compiled for the measure were drawn from respected group work theory. The groupwork engagement measure (GEM) consists of 37 items in seven dimensions: attendance, contributing, relating (to worker and with members), contracting, and working (on own problems, with others∗ problems). Coefficient alpha for the measure was .97 with a low SEM of 4.52. Construct and criterion-related validity analyses indicated a generally valid measure. Applications to social work practice and research are discussed.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE RESEARCH}, author={Macgowan, MJ}, year={1997}, pages={17–37} }
 @article{macgowan_1997, title={An evaluation of a dating violence prevention program for middle school students}, volume={12}, number={3}, journal={Violence and Victims}, author={MacGowan, M.}, year={1997}, pages={223–235} }