Mary Ruffolo and Team Receive Grant from Health Resources and Services Administration for MSW Training with Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority
Associate Dean for Educational Programs and Professor Mary Ruffolo and her team: Assistant Professor David Córdova, Professor Jorge Delva, Assistant Dean of Field Education and Clinical Assistant Professor Dan Fischer, Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle, LEO Adjunct Lecturer Adrienn...
Beth Glover Reed Serving on Editorial Review Board for Technical Assistance Publication, “Addressing Domestic Violence in the Behavioral Health Services Setting"
Associate Professor Beth Glover Reed is serving on a 7 person Editorial Review Board for a Technical Assistance Publication, being prepared by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Its working title is “Addressing Domestic Violence in the Behavioral Health Services Setting.”
Matthew Smith and Rogério Pinto Receive Grant from National Institute of Mental Health
Associate Professors Matthew Smith and Rogério Pinto received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a virtual reality intervention to enhance job interviewing skills for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum.
After the intervention is developed, the project will...
Shawna Lee Receives Grant from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Associate Professor Shawna Lee’s study, “Transactional family processes supporting father involvement and child socio-emotional wellbeing” received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to examine transactional processes related to father...
Laura Lein Interviews with Spectrum News Austin on Natural Disaster Evacuees
Professor Laura Lein interviewed with Spectrum News’ In Focus to discuss how natural disasters are difficult emotionally as evacuees uproot their lives.
Jessica Wiederspan Successfully Defends Dissertation, "How Bad Does It Have to Get? How the Ideology of the American Dream Persists in an Era of Economic Insecurity”
Jessica Wiederspan successfully defended her dissertation, "How Bad Does It Have to Get? How the Ideology of the American Dream Persists in an Era of Economic Insecurity” and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Sociology. Her committee consisted of Professor Emerita Sandra Danziger and Associate...
Elise Hernandez Successfully Defends Dissertation, "Familia Matters? Social Support among Older Latina/os in the United States"
Elise Hernandez successfully defended her dissertation, "Familia Matters? Social Support among Older Latina/os in the United States" and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Psychology. Dr. Hernandez has accepted a position as a Research and Analytics Manager with Meals on Wheels America. Her...
Todd Herrenkohl Appointed Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families
Dear SSW Community:
I am delighted to announce that Todd Herrenkohl will be joining the U-M School of Social Work in January, 2018. He has been appointed as a Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families. Todd will officially join the School of Social Work at Michigan in January, 2018....
Linda Chatters, Robert Taylor, and Joe Himle Published in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Professors Linda Chatters, Robert Taylor, and Joe Himle's article, "Discrimination and Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among African Americans" was published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Shanna Kattari Published in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Postdoctoral Fellow & LEO Adjunct Lecturer Shanna Kattari's article, "Applying a social model of disability across the life span" was published in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.