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Associate Professor Daphne Watkins project Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) is featured in Concentrate.

The Office of Student Services Team was selected to receive the Seventh Annual Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award.

The Child and Adolescent Data Lab, directed by Associate Professors Joe Ryan and Brian Perron received an award from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to include educational data in their studies

Clinical Associate Professor Julie Ribaudo was interviewed for the HometownLife article, “Kindness Counts: Keeping the Peace at Family Gatherings Key”.

Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard was named a Faculty Associate at the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion, a division of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Assistant Professor Reuben Miller was invited to be a member of the Institute for Advanced Study. One of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry, the Institute exists to encourage and support curiosity-driven research in the sciences and humanities.

SSW's MSW programs were officially re-accredited by the Council on Social Work Education for the next eight years (until October, 2023).
 

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's book, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America" was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015.

Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt was cited in The Atlantic article, “How Poor Single Moms Survive”.

Family Assessment Clinic social worker and LEO Lecturer Gary Stauffer received the 2015 Karl Rohnke Creativity Award from the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) on October 23 at the AEE International Conference. AEE Awards Committee Chair