Dr. T. Laine Scales is Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professional Development at Baylor University. She has published in the area of social welfare history as well as spirituality and religion in social work. She co-edited RURAL SOCIAL WORK: BUILDING AND SUSTAINING ASSETS, DECISION CASES FOR ADVANCED SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, and co-edited DECISION CASES FOR GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, both published by Thomson Brooks/Cole.