Mary Ellen Verdu

• Legal Rights of Children
• The Virginia Comprehensive Services Act, its Intent and Outcomes
• The Ethics of Whistleblowing and the False Claims Act
• Strategic Planning in Non-Profit Organizations
• Program Evaluation

• MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University
• BS, University of Pittsburgh

• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Human Development
• Coordinator of Undergraduate Field Studies, Department of Human Development
• Assistant Department Head, Department of Human Development, 2005-2008
• Associate Director, Virginia Tech Institute for Community Health, 2004-2005
• Past Chair, Virginia Tech Child Care Commission

• Virginia Tech, Award for Excellence in Career Advising, 2008
• Warren Lloyd Holtzman Seed Grant for faculty research excellence for “Whistle-blowing for Profit” with Thomas Carson & Richard E. Wokutch, 2008
• Virginia Tech, CLAHS, Excellence in Undergraduate Student Advising, 2008

Journal Articles

Richard Wokutch and Mary Ellen Verdu.  “Improving social service planning in a changing environment:  the need for an environmental information system.”  Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1983

Thomas Carson, Mary Ellen Verdu and Richard E. Wokutch.  “Whistleblowing for profit:  an ethical analysis of the federal False Claims Act.”  Journal of Business Ethics (2008), 77:361-376.