News

Madel Leal (MSW‘17) was featured in the Michigan News video, “Research, education, service: How we spent our summer vacation.”

Janelle Goodwill (PhD student) interviewed with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work’s inSocialWork Podcast Series on her work with black men, media, and masculinity.

Professor Karla Goldman was cited in the Michigan Today article, “Hillel at 90.” She also contributed her piece, “Looking a Little More Deeply into C.C. Little” to the LearnSpeakAct blog.

Brittany Schuler (postdoctoral fellow) and Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their study which contributes to a Culture of Health by enhancing our understanding of healthy-eating habits and healthy weight among children...

Professor William Elliott III and Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt received a grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation via the Alfond Scholarship Foundation to provide a systematic and objective evaluation of its Children's Savings Account CSAs program, called the Harold Alfond College Challenge...

Sara Stein (PhD student) and Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor’s article, “Profiles of Children's Thinking About Violence in Families Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence” was published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Clinical Assistant Professor Deb Mattison received a 2017 Demonstration Model Award from the Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center, a multi-institution coalition dedicated to incorporating interprofessional health practice with education in the Midwest region. She...

LEO Lecturer Tony Alvarez was selected to give the Kurt Hahn Address at the 2017 Association for Experiential Education Conference this November in Montreal.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in the Vox article, "The latest Obamacare repeal bill is modeled after welfare reform. That was a failure."

Joyce Lee (PhD student) and Associate Professor Shawna Lee presented, "Child emotional insecurity mediates the longitudinal relations between intimate partner violence, destructive parental conflict, and children's behavior problems." at the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research National Conference.