Class Notes

On October 10th 2022, Andi Blaylock (formerly Yakovitz) joined Emerson, a St. Louis-based company, in the newly created position of Director of Wellbeing. In this global role, Andi will be responsible for creating strategies and programs to support employee well-being across four pillars of health: physical, mental, financial, and social.

Dr. Richard A. Hoefer, PhD '89, will be named as an NASW Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASWF) on October 15th, 2022. He is being honored for his many achievements in the field of social work.

Dr. Maeda J. Galinsky (1934-2019), MSW '61, PhD '63, will be named as an NASW Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASWF) in October 2022. She is being honored for her many achievements in the field of social work during her lifetime.

Megan was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. In 2022, she began serving as the director of the PhD program in Social Work at the University of Iowa.

Lynne Walter, MSW '05, was named the 2022 NASW-NC Myrna Miller Wellons Advocate of the Year, and on June 28, Lynne was recognized at the North Carolina General Assembly for this honor and had the courtesies of the North Carolina House Gallery extended to her.

Diane Alexis Nafranowicz (MSW 1976) recently retired from the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor. Diane provided student services support to Michigan Law students, serving over four decades as Director of the Lawyers Club.

Karen D. Lincoln, PhD, MSW, MS, a graduate of the PhD Joint Program, has been awarded the 2022 James Jackson Memorial Award. Read more here:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2022/dr-karen-lincoln-wins-t…

On July 1, 2022, I was appointed Associate Teaching Professor for the University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA.

My name is Dr. Jennifer Floyd DHA, MPH, MSW. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, as well as my Masters in Social Work and my Masters in Public Health. I continued my education and obtained my Doctorate in Health Administration from Central Michigan University. I am currently the Deputy Health Director for Wayne County’s Public Health Department.

I have always had a passion for teaching. Earlier in my career, I taught health education and have always been an active mentor to the next wave of healthcare professionals. I look forward to continuing to teach and recruit professionals into the field of Human Service. We have a lot of work to do and need good people to do it. With the nationwide mass resignation, Human Service has certainly suffered a great loss of wisdom due to resignations and retirements.

After leaving Michigan, I moved to California and worked for the state mental health department. I also started adjunct teaching continuing education classes and serving as a fieldwork instructor at Cal State LA. I taught at the UCLA extension as well and functioned as a curriculum designer. After I returned to school and got an MBA, I taught organizational behavior and human resource management at several Cal State undergraduate schools of business. Around that time, I became aware of a glut of PhDs seeking academic jobs so I resisted that track. After a while, I moved to the east coast, now Maryland, where I worked in mental health and private practice. Currently, I am putting together a workshop in financial literacy and will be leading groups at the Washington School of Psychiatry. I have also tried my hand in a variety of volunteer roles, among which was a stint as a theater reviewer at DC Metro Theater Arts, where some of my reviews are still available on the internet.