Bruce Friedman is a community-based participatory researcher. He has engaged with a number of community organizations to assist and improve the delivery of services to meet the needs of the community.

• Reviewer of the Year, Journal of Social Work Education - Council on Social Work Education (10/30/2021)
• Leavell Endowed Faculty Fellowship (11/01/2020)
• Orville Edward Egbert M.D. Endowed Professor in Health Sciences - UTEP (09/01/2020)

• Ph D in Social Welfare, Case Western Reserve University (1993)
• MSW in Family/Substance Abuse, Washington University (1978)
• BA in Religion and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University (1974)

• Management Overview Oxford University Press (2022), Bruce D. Friedman.
• A Multimodal Approach to Reduce Attrition, Recidivism, and Denial in Abuser Intervention Programs Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 61 8 (2022), Bruce D. Friedman, Nada J. Yorke, Katya M. Compian, Deana A. Lazaro.
• Outcome Measures Oxford University Press (2022), Bruce D. Friedman, Rosario E. Olivera.
• Health Status and Quality of Life of Women Seeking Infertility Treatments in Baluchistan, Pakistan British Journal of Social Work 50 5 (2020), Bruce D. Friedman.
• Community-Based Participatory Action Research Cognella Academic Press (2020), Bruce D. Friedman.

• Building a Child Protective Services & University Partnership (2023), Volume Atlanta, GA, Bruce D. Friedman, Virginia L. Martinez, Madeline Titlebaum.
• Building a Partnership Between Child Welfare and Mental Health Systems (2023), Volume New Orleans, LA, Bruce D. Friedman, Virginia L. Martinez, Bianca Castrejon, Aaron Rascon.
• Building a Child Protective Services & University Partnership (2022), Volume Anaheim, CA, Bruce D. Friedman, Virginia Martinez, Lori Maldonado, Bianca Castrejon, Aaron Rascon.
• Decolonizing Social Work by Fostering Critical Connections and Authenic Intimacy (2022), Volume Galveston, TX, Bruce D. Friedman, Melody Gomez.
• Viva Ls Salud: Health Disparities (2022), Volume El Paso, Bruce D. Friedman.

• Title IV Public Child Welfare Training (07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024) State of Texas