News

Professor Jorge Delva was selected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Lisa Larance’s (PhD student) article, “Strategically Stealthy: Women’s Agency in Navigating Spousal Violence” was published in the Journal of Women and Social Work.

Associate Professor Shawna Lee received a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund for a project entitled, "Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers." This project involves implementing and evaluating a fatherhood home

Angie Perone’s (PhD student) op-ed, “Navigating Nursing Home Violations, Dwindling Protections, and Potential Solutions for LGBT Older Adults” was published in PrideSource.

Associate Professor Shawna Lee presented, "Incorporating behavioral science into a smartphone app to reduce fathers’ barriers to participation in fatherhood programs" at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research

 William Cabin, '04 has been appointed by NASW to the panel to review the NASW Policy Statement on Hospice Care Policy. The policy review is part of the NASW review of policy statements.

Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor Ruth Dunkle is on the faculty team for the MCubed (part of Third Century Initiative) project, "LEAN thinking for Dementia care" which was featured at the 2017 MCubed Symposium, held

Associate Professors Shawna Lee and Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "Associations of neighborhood disorganization and maternal spanking with children's aggression: A fixed-effects regression analysis" was published in Child Abuse & Neglect.

Professor William Elliott III was featured on the podcast, "Straight Talk with Frank Sweeny" to discuss his book, "

Erica Solway (LEO lecturer) was cited in the Forbes article, "As Alzheimer's Numbers Soar, New Poll Focuses On Caregivers."