May 9, 2017

Professor Robert Taylor (1), Professor Linda Chatters (2), Associate Professor Trina Shanks (17), and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins (18) are in the top 20 of most cited African American scholars in social work. The article, “African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: A Citation Analysis of Scholarship” was published in Research on Social Work.

U-M SSW is also the most cited school of social work with African American faculty. The article, “African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: The Impact of Their Scholarship” was published in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work.

In this story

  • Daphne C. Watkins
    Daphne C. Watkins
    Letha A. Chadiha Collegiate Professor of Social Work, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, and Director of the Master of Arts in Social Impact Leadership
  • Trina R. Shanks
    Trina R. Shanks
    Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
  • Linda M. Chatters
    Linda M. Chatters
    Paula Allen-Meares Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work and Professor Emerita of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
  • Robert Joseph Taylor
    Robert Joseph Taylor
    Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research