Katie Lopez Receives M-Global Education Abroad Resource Grant for Undergrad Peace Corps Prep Program
Assistant Director of the Office of Global Activities Katie Lopez is a co-leader on a new M-Global Education Abroad Resource Grant, "Developing Core Competencies Critical to Intercultural Fieldwork: Peace Corps Prep Program".
Through a partnership of the International Center, School of Social Work...
Lorraine Gutierrez and Linda Chatters Ranked High Impact Female Social Work Scholars
Professors Lorraine Gutierrez and Linda Chatters were ranked high impact female social work scholars in the article, “Citation Impact of Women in Social Work: Exploring Gender and Research Culture” which was published in Research on Social Work Practice.
Elizabeth Rhodes (PhD '16) Formally Announced as Lead Researcher for basic income study at Y Combinator
Elizabeth Rhodes (PhD Social Work and Political Science ‘16) was formally announced as the lead researcher for the Basic Income study at Y Combinator Research in San Francisco. Her media coverage includes:
- cited in the Tech Insider article, "Silicon Valley's biggest startup accelerator just...
Charles Garvin Selected as Namesake of New Annual Lecture at International Association for Social Work with Groups Meeting
Professor Emeritus Charles Garvin was selected by the International Association for Social Work with Groups to be honored (via namesake) at its annual meeting each year. This year’s initial Charles Garvin Lecture,"Advancing the Relevance of Social Group Work Research in the Current Social Work...
Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy
Join Kelsey Tajer (MSW ‘16) in the Student Ambassador Program. You will be able to be directly involved in policy by communicating with members of Congress to advocate for change. You will also be given the opportunity to increase your understanding of advocacy through annual training and networking...
Rogerio Pinto Selected as Faculty Affiliate at Global REACH (U-M Medical School)
Associate Professor Rogerio Pinto was selected as a Faculty Affiliate at Global REACH, which helps facilitate and promote U-M Medical School international initiatives in research, education, and collaborations in health.
Brian Perron, Jorge Delva, and Michael Spencer Ranked High-Impact Social Work Scholars in Research on Social Work Practice
Associate Professor Brian Perron, Professor Jorge Delva, and Professor Michael Spencer were ranked high-impact scholars (SSWR fellows) in the article, “High-Impact Social Work Scholars: A Bibliometric Examination of Society for Social Work and Research and American Academy of Social Work and Social...
Maria Wathen Defends Dissertation, “Civic Culture Frameworks & Globalization; Implications for Social Services in Russia”
Maria Wathen successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Civic Culture Frameworks & Globalization; Implications for Social Services in Russia” and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Sociology. She has accepted an Assistant Professor of Social Work position at Loyola University.
Her committee...
Susan Crabb Selected as Recipient of 2016 School of Social Work Distinguished Lecturer
Susan K. Crabb, field educator/lecturer/field liaison, has made the world her classroom by embracing the teacher-learner paradigm and approaching interactions and exchanges through a lens of lifelong/wide learning. In the classroom she is a well regarded instructor earning consistently positive...
Lorraine Gutiérrez Selected as Recipient of 2016 School of Social Work Distinguished Faculty Award
Professor Lorraine M. Gutiérrez was recognized with the School of Social Work 2016 Distinguished Faculty Award. The Distinguished Faculty Award is intended to recognize a current governing faculty member in the School of Social Work who has achieved national recognition in scholarship, demonstrated...