Michael Spencer Selected as Fellow of American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Professor Michael Spencer was selected to be inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. He is one of fourteen fellows chosen this year by the Academy.
Luke Shaefer to Testify on Welfare and Poverty in America at U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing
Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was invited to give testimony on welfare and poverty in America at the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance public hearing on October 29.
The Committee on Finance concerns itself with matters associated with taxation and other income standards, especially those related...
John Tropman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at CSWE Meeting
Professor John Tropman received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration at the 2015 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) meeting.
Daniel Saunders, Kathleen Faller, and Richard Tolman Published in Violence Against Women
Professor Daniel Saunders, Professor Emerita Kathleen Faller, and Professor Richard Tolman’s article, “Beliefs and Recommendations Regarding Child Custody and Visitation in Cases Involving Domestic Violence: A Comparison of Professionals in Different Roles” was published in Violence Against Women. ...
Karen Staller Receives Distinguished Faculty Governance Award
Associate Professor Karen Staller received the Distinguished Faculty Governance Award. The Distinguished Faculty Governance Award was established by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs in 1986 and is funded by the Alumni Association. The criterion for the award is distinguished...
Richard Tolman Receives Research Professor Appointment at Center for Human Growth and Development
Professor Richard Tolman received an appointment as a Research Professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development.
Reuben Miller to Give Invited Lecture on Prisoner Reentry at American Bar Foundation
Assistant Professor Reuben Jonathan Miller will give an invited lecture, "You're in a room full of addicts! Prisoner reentry as a social institution and the 'making up' of the ex-offender" at the American Bar Foundation.
Laura Sundstrom invited to speak at WMU's Evaluation Cafe series
Laura Sundstrom, MSW, Evaluation Associate with the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group, was invited to speak at the Western Michigan Univerity Evaluation Center's Evaluation Cafe speaker series on September 30, 2015 for doctoral students, faculty, and staff. The Evaluation Center administers...
Adrienne Lapidos and Mary Ruffolo Receive Grant to Pilot a Mental Illness Intervention
Clinical Psychologist Adrienne Lapidos and Professor Mary Ruffolo received a grant from the Curtis Center to develop and pilot a novel intervention delivered by peer support specialists in a community mental health setting, designed to help consumers with severe and persistent mental illness...
Reuben Miller Receives Grant to Examine Effects of Prisoner Reentry on Inner City Black Men
Assistant Professor Reuben Miller received a grant from the U-M Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies to examine how repeated arrest, confinement and reentry shapes the social and family life of inner city black men.