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August 31, 2018

William Elliott Guest Author for Prosperity Now

Professor William Elliott was featured as a guest author for an article in Prosperity Now, a Washington DC nonprofit organization advocating to ensure that all Americans have a clear path to financial stability, wealth and prosperity. 

August 15, 2018

Barb Hiltz Discusses The Brides Project and Social Enterprise with The University Record

Clinical Assistant Professor Barb Hiltz understands the healing power of a wedding dress. She co-founded The Brides Project that helps fund the Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor. Hiltz said The Brides Project has helped inform her teaching at the U-M School of Social Work.

August 12, 2018

Marc Mauer Questions if Americans Should Lose the Right to Vote because of a Criminal Conviction.

Marc Mauer, MSW '75 and executive director of The Sentencing Project is one of the country's leading experts on sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system. In his New York Times Letter to the Editor: When Ex-Felons Lose the Right to Vote, Mauer responds to an August 5, 2018 article...

August 7, 2018

Shanna Kattari Presented at the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Summer Institute

Postdoctoral Fellow Shanna Kattari presented “Sexy Spoonies and Crip Sex: Intersections of Sexuality and Disability" at the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Summer Institute. The theme of the institute this year was Decentering the Norm: Social Justice...

August 7, 2018

Lisa Fedina presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Conference

Research Fellow Lisa Fedina presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Conference on a Systematic Review of Criminal Justice System Responses to Stalking Victimization and on Understanding the Health Consequences of Sexual Violence.

August 7, 2018

William Elliott III Served as a Panelist for the New America event, Making Education Work: Is Attacking Wealth Inequality the Answer?

Professor William Elliott III and Melinda Lewis, co-authors of Making Education Work for the Poor: The Potential of Children's Savings Accounts, served as panelists for the New America event, Making Education Work: Is Attacking Wealth Inequality the Answer? The event focused on educational...

July 19, 2018

Edie Kieffer presents at the 2018 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting

Professor Edie Kieffer presented "The Impact of Michigan's Medicaid Expansion on Dental Care Utilization, Oral Health and Job-Related Outcomes" at the 2018 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting.

July 18, 2018

Shawna Lee Receives Research Grant From the Department of Health and Human Services

Assistant Professor Shawna Lee received a research grant from the Department of Health and Human Services - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Her project aims to reduce risk factors associated with infant mortality and other negative birth outcomes by significantly improving the provision...

July 18, 2018

Kathleen Faller Receives the Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Emerita Kathleen Faller received the Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Forensic Social Workers.