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  • Thomasina Borkman, PhD

  • Professor of Sociology, Emerita, George Mason University, Virginia

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    tborkman@arg.org
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    240-669-6646
  • Expertise

    Peer and lay citizen-based solutions to health, behavioral health and social issues including self-help/mutual aid groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Recovery, Inc., peer support, consumer-run mental health wellness centers, voluntary action, helping behaviors, spirituality, nonprofit organizational behavior.
  • Education

    Ph.D. Sociology, Columbia University, New York City
    M.A. Sociology, Columbia University, New York City
Completed Projects
  • What is Recovery?
Selected Publications
  • Kaskutas L.A., Borkman T., Laudet A., Ritter L.A., Witbrodt J., Subbaraman M., Stunz, A., Bond, J. (2014). Elements that define recovery: the experiential perspective. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75 (6) 999-1010 Abstract or Full Text
  • Borkman, T. (2008). Self-Help Groups challenge the health care systems in the US and UK. in Patients, Consumers and Civil Society: Advances in Medical Sociology, eds S. Chambre & M. Goldner, 10. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd., 10
  • Borkman, T. (2008). The Twelve-Step Recovery Model of AA: A voluntary mutual help association. Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and Spirituality in Addiction Recovery, 18 Sep-35 Abstract or Full Text
  • Borkman, T.J., Kaskutas, L. A., & Owen, P. (2007). Contrasting and converging philosophies of three models of alcohol/other drugs treatment: Minnesota Model, Social Model, and addiction Therapeutic Communities. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 25 (3) 21-38
  • Borkman, T. (2006). Sharing experience, conveying hope: Egalitarian relations as the essential method of alcoholics anonymous. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 17 (2) 145-161
  • Borkman, T., M. Karlsson, C. Munn-Giddings, and L. Smith. (2005). Self-Help and mental health: Case studies of mental health self-help organizations in US, UK, and Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden: Skondal Institute and University. ,
  • Kaskutas, L. A., Ammon, L. N., Witbrodt, J., Graves, K., Zemore, S. E., Borkman, T. J., & Weisner, S. (2005). Understanding results from randomized trials: use of program- and client-level data to study medical and nonmedical treatment programs. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66 682-87 Abstract or Full Text
  • Borkman, T. (1999). Understanding self-help/mutual aid: Experiential learning in the commons. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ,
  • Borkman, T. (1998). Is recovery planning any different from treatment planning?. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 15 (1) 37-42
  • Zohar, A. & Borkman, T. (1997). “Emergent order and self-organization: A case study of alcoholics anonymous”. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 26 (4) 527-552
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