School of Social Work Assistant Professor Carolyn Gentle-Genitty's research on truancy is now available in a book 
Dr. Gentle-Genitty's newly published dissertation |
Sept. 9, 2009 - Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty's dissertation on truancy has now been published as a book. The book, Tracking more than absences, impact on school's social bonding on chronic truancy," is now available at Amazon at
The study, based on a survey of nearly 100 middle and junior high public schools in Indiana. The study found that in Indiana, 16,000 middle school children or 13 percent of registered middle school students, had 10 or more unexcused absences in the 2005-06 school year and were considered chronic truants.
While hopes of reducing truancy in Indiana and the U.S. relies on public schools must be creative in developing opportunities for students to feel as if they are part of the school system, but Dr. Gentle-Genitty found a divide between school administrators and families over who bears the responsibility of fixing the problem.
Dr. Gentle-Genitty was recently added to the board of directors of the International Association of Truancy and Drop Out preventing for Indiana. She is also a reviewer for the Journal of African-American Studies.
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