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Tracy Schroepfer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Associate Director/Director of Undergraduate Program and Part-Time M.S.W. Program Director

Ph.D., Social Work and Sociology, University of Michigan, 2003
M.S.W., University of Michigan, 1996
M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1989
B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1988

E-mail: 
tschroepfer@wisc.edu
Office Address: 
302 School of Social Work
Telephone: 
(608) 263-3837
Interests: 

Aging, psychosocial needs of terminally ill elders and their families; cancer health disparaties; community-based participatory research (CBPR); care-giver networks.

Research: 

Tracy Schroepfer's research focuses on determining the best ways in which to meet the psychosocial and spiritual needs of terminally ill elders, as well as the reduction of cancer health disparities in medically underserved communities in Wisconsin. Her current projects include the 1) determination of the role that control plays in the dying process of terminally ill elders, 2) development of an instrument to assess the psychosocial and spiritual needs of terminally ill elders, and 3) assessment of the access to, and the quality of, cancer care in eight medically underserved Wisconsin communities with the goal of using the information to set priorities concerning cancer issues, and developing and implementing culturally specific interventions. Major funding for her work comes from the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Wisconsin Partnership Program.

Teaching: 
672 Special Topics in Social Work
Faculty Affiliations: 

Insititute on Aging and Adult Life
The Center for Patient Partnerships
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Population Health Sciences


Tracy Schroepfer's CV

Recent Publications: 
Schroepfer, T. A., Linder J. F., & Miller P. J. (2011).  Social work’s ethical challenge: supporting the terminally ill who consider a hastened death. (Altilio, Terry, Otis-Green, S, Ed.).Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work.
Schroepfer, T. A. (2011).  Oncology social work in palliative care.. Current problems in cancer. 35(6), 357-64.
Schroepfer, T. A., Dunkle R. E., Feld S., & Shen H. - W. (2010).  Does Gender Moderate Factors Associated With Whether Spouses Are the Sole Providers of IADL Care to Their Partners?. Research on Aging. 32(4), 499 - 526.
Walsh, M., Trentham-Dietz A., Schroepfer T. A., Reding D., Campbell B., Foote M., et al. (2010).  Cancer Information Sources Used by Patients to Inform and Influence Treatment Decisions. Journal of Health Communication. 15(4), 445 - 463.
Schroepfer, T. A., & Noh H. (2010).  Terminally ill elders' anticipation of support in dying and in death.. Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care. 6(1-2), 73-90. Abstract
Schroepfer, T. A., Waltz A., Noh H., Matloub J., & Kue V. (2010).  Seeking to bridge two cultures: the Wisconsin Hmong cancer experience.. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 25(4), 609-16. Abstract
Schroepfer, T. A., Sanchez G. V., Lee K. J., Matloub J., Waltz A., & Kavanaugh M. (2009).  Community Readiness Assessment: The Scoring Process Revisited. Journal of Community Practice. 17(3), 269 - 290.
Schroepfer, T. A., Matloub J., Creswell P., Strickland R., & Anderson D. (2009).  A Community-Specific Approach to Cancer Research in Indian Country. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 3(4), 317 - 325.
Schroepfer, T. A., Noh H., & Kavanaugh M. (2009).  The Myriad Strategies for Seeking Control in the Dying Process. The Gerontologist. 49(6), 755 - 766.
Schroepfer, T. A. (2008).  Social Relationships and Their Role in the Consideration to Hasten Death. The Gerontologist. 48(5), 612 - 621.
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