News

Professor Robert Taylor and Assistant Professor Emily Nicklett’s article, “Biopsychosocial Predictors of Fall Events Among Older African Americans” was published in Research on Aging Special Issue: Advancing Minority Aging Research.

Avery Drongowski (MSW'17) wrote a piece for eJewish Philanthropy about her experiences with the Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the U-M SSW.

Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard’s research brief, “Can Post Offices Increase Access to Financial Services?" was cited in MarketWatch financial news.

Professors Robert Taylor, Linda Chatters, and Associate Professor Brian Perron’s article, “Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems” was published in Race and Social Problems.

Professor Brad Zebrack is co-author and lead investigator of a recent multicenter longitudinal study on adolescent and young adult cancer survivors’ social functioning after treatment.

Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor received a grant for his project, ''A Randomized Control Trial to Change Parental Attitudes and Behavior Regarding Physical Punishment of Children'' from the University of Michigan - Flint.

John Mathias successfully defended his dissertation, "Contentious Ethics: Creativity and Persuasion among Environmental Justice Organizers in South India" and obtained his PhD in Social Work and Anthropology.

Associate Professor Robert Ortega's article, "Promoting LatinX Generativity: Cultural Humility and Transformative Complicity Through Geriatric Teams" was published in Ethnogerontology.

Tina Jiwatram-Negrón (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) had two articles published:

Brian Perron, Andy Grogan-Kaylor, and Brian Victor’s article, “Disseminating High-Impact Social Work Scholarship: A Longitudinal Examination of 5-Year Citation Count Correlates” was published in the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.