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Associate Professor Kristin Seefeldt spoke with Michigan Public Radio’s Stateside to give an update on the “Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor” program. Seefeldt is a co-principal investigator of this project.

Associate Professor Xiaoling Xiang has been named a 2025 GSA Fellow by the Gerontological Society of America. Fellow status is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology and represents the highest category of GSA membership. This distinction comes at varying points...

Professor Katie Edwards is the recipient of a 2025 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) for her article “Using Photovoice to Document Challenges and Strengths of Lakota Women with Histories of Incarceration.” The award is given in recognition of...

Professor Brad Zebrack has received a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to support a new education initiative. The project will provide advanced training and mentorship to oncology social workers across the United States, helping them lead palliative care education...

Assistant Professor Nari Yoo is a social work scholar with a focus on reducing disparities in access and outcomes for immigrant and ethnic minority communities. Her research examines (1) how macro- and mezzo-level factors, including structural and cultural racism, influence mental health disparities...

Assistant Professor Tara Maudrie is an enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Snapping Turtle Clan) and a health researcher specializing in Indigenous food systems, nutrition and health. She has worked with urban and tribal communities across the U.S., collaborating on...

Professor Linda Chatters has received this year’s James S. Jackson Outstanding Mentoring Award from the Gerontological Society of America. This award recognizes outstanding commitment and dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. “I'm very honored to receive this award...

Associate Professor Shanna Kattari is one of the recipients of the 2025 CSWE Disability Manuscript Award. The Council on Disability and Persons with Disabilities (CDPD) awards the Disability Manuscript Award yearly, recognizing scholarship that contributes to knowledge about disability; full...

Professor Katie Edwards discussed her lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the Science Friday podcast. Since January, the NIH has made sweeping cuts to research funding. “Initially, I was feeling so helpless and just like, this is the end of my career. This is the end of all...

Professor Rogério Pinto spoke with Concentrate Media as part of a story about Washtenaw County’s drag scene and using drag as activism. “Drag allows for creativity that is striking, provocative, and sometimes triggering, but allows for a level of humor that other things may not necessarily have,”...