School of Social Work News

Professor William Elliott III was featured on the podcast, "Straight Talk with Frank Sweeny" to discuss his book, "The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream."

Director of Joint Doctoral Program and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins' Twitter account (@WatkinsResearch) was ranked the #4 must-follow social media account in Ann Arbor by Concentrate Ann Arbor. 

Associate Professors Shawna Lee and Andy Grogan-Kaylor had their article, “Spanking and adult mental health impairment: The case for the designation of spanking as an Adverse Childhood Experience” in a special issue of Child Abuse & Neglect on corporal punishment, which was published in September. Their research was featured in The Conversation article, “Why parents should never spank children.”

State Representative Stephanie Chang, '14 MSW/MPP received the NASW-Michigan Chapter Stabenow Political Leadership Award. This award is given to a social worker who has shown political and legislative leadership through advocacy, activism and passion. “It is an amazing honor to be recognized by the Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers,” said Representative Stephanie Chang. “My training as a social worker has allowed me to make sure that I am actively advancing policy that seeks to improve every aspect of a resident’s life. Being in this space today was a proud and hopeful experience to see so many people dedicating their life to positive change.”

Assistant Professor Cristina Bares gave her Feast of Ideas talk, "Genes and the Environment: How the Environment Gets Under the Skin" on Thursday evening, as part of the Umich Bicentennial Fall Festival. 

Jamie Thompson, a CASC undergraduate minor student and a co-founder and organizer with Students4Justice, discussed with Teen Vogue how U-M students are fighting racism on campus.

Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle, Associate Professor Matthew Smith, and Assistant Professor Addie Weaver's Treatment, Innovation and Dissemination Lab (TIDL) was featured in The Michigan Daily article, "TIDL launches new website, continues work on mental health research."

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's research was cited in the Slate article, "Democrats Have a Bill That Would Halve the Child Poverty Rate. It Likely Costs Less Than Trump's Tax Cut" and the Vox article, "Senate Democrats have a plan that would cut child poverty nearly in half."