David Córdova Receives Grant from National Institute on Drug Abuse for Mobile Health Intervention, "Storytelling 4 Empowerment"
Assistant Professor David Córdova received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a cross-platform and universal version of Storytelling 4 Empowerment (S4E)--a theory-driven, culturally congruent, interactive, tailored and targeted mobile health intervention--and to examine the...
Richard Tolman Creates Gaming App for Children and Teens to Teach Empathy
Teenagers and children can now become kinder and more empathic through their smartphones, thanks to an innovative new app. The "Random App of Kindness" was developed by a team of researchers including Professor Richard Tolman. Mini-games, created with input from teenagers, strengthen compassion...
Joe Ryan, Brian Perron & Child and Adolescent Data Lab Receive Grant from Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice
The Child and Adolescent Data Lab, with Associate Professors Joe Ryan and Brian Perron received a grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice to provide data analytic support and consultation to the State of Michigan related to juvenile...
Mathieu Despard Receives Grant from JP Morgan Chase Foundation for Study on Workplace Financial Wellness Programs
Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard received a grant from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation to generate new evidence concerning workplace financial wellness programs as a promising strategy for building financial security among low and moderate income workers through services such as financial coaching...
Richard Tolman Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality
Professor Richard Tolman’s article, “Getting men in the room: perceptions of effective strategies to initiate men’s involvement in gender-based violence prevention in a global sample” was published in Culture, Health & Sexuality.
Kristin Seefeldt Interviews with San Francisco Public Radio KALW on Abandoned and Socially Isolated Poor Women
Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt was on San Francisco public radio KALW’s "Your Call" where she discussed her new book, “Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century.”
Linda Chatters and Robert Taylor Published in Sociological Inquiry
Professors Linda Chatters and Robert Taylor’s article, “Microaggressions, Discrimination, and Phenotype among African Americans: A Latent Class Analysis of the Impact of Skin Tone and BMI” was published in Sociological Inquiry.
William Cabin, MSW ’04 has Paper Accepted for Presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting
Dr. William Cabin has had a second paper accepted for presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting in August 2017 in Montreal, Canada. The paper is entitled, "No One Really Cares”: The Lived Experience of Community-based Persons with Alzheimer’s disease (PWAD) and...
Joe Himle and Ebony Reddock Receive Grant from Skillman Foundation to Evaluate 482Forward
Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle and Curtis Center Manager Ebony Reddock received a grant from the Skillman Foundation to evaluate the skillset of the 482Forward membership, a citywide education organizing network in Detroit,by conducting a survey with a select group of members.
Sara Stein (PhD student) Receives Grant from U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Sara Stein (PhD student) received the Research Grant for Scholarship and Creative Activities Focusing on Women and Gender from the U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender.