Society for Social Work and Research 28th Annual Conference
Recentering & Democratizing Knowledge: The Next 30 Years of Social Work Science
January 10-14, 2024
Washington, DC
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Join us at the conference for a casual reception with Dean Beth Angell
Reception
January 12, 2024, 8:30 PM
Brief Remarks by Dean Angell at 8:45 p.m.
Light refreshments
Check Out Our PhD Students on the Job Market
Curricula vitae and research summaries for doctoral students from the U-M SSW Joint Doctoral Program.
Society for Social Work and Research Social Policy Senior Researcher Award

Trina R. Shanks
Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Trina Shanks has been named the recipient of the 2024 Society for Social Work and Research Social Policy Senior Researcher Award, which honors social work researchers who have made outstanding contributions to social policy at the local, national, or international levels. Trina will receive the award during the SSWR conference in Washington, DC, at the January 13 awards ceremony, and we will celebrate her at the School’s conference reception on Friday evening, January 12.
American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellows
2023
Rogério M. Pinto
2022
Trina Shanks
2020
Todd Herrenkohl
Joseph Himle
2019
Lynn Videka
2017
Linda Chatters
Robert Joseph Taylor
Richard Tolman
2016
Lorraine Gutiérrez
2014
John Tropman
2012
Ruth Dunkle
2010
Rosemary Sarri
2009
Paula Allen-Meares
SSWR Fellows
The 2024 SSWR Fellows will be announced at the conference.
2023
Lisa Fedina
M. Candace Christensen
2022
Shanna Kattari
2021
Trina Shanks
2020
Ruth Dunkle
Paula Allen-Meares
2019
Todd Herrenkohl
2018
Beth Angell
2017
Shawna Lee
Brad Zebrack
2016
Mary Ruffolo
Joseph Ryan
2015
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
Brian Perron
2014 *inaugural year
Rogério M. Pinto
U-M School of Social Work Presenters at SSWR
Thursday, January 11

Daphne M. Brydon
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
Lecturer II

Andrew (Andy) Grogan-Kaylor
- 1:30 - 3 PM
Sandra K. Danziger Collegiate Professor, Professor of Social Work

Joseph A. Himle
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
Howard V. Brabson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School
Josh Holzworth
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
Assistant in Research
Carol Lee
- 1:30 - 3 PM
Assistant in Research
Kristen Kae Salvatore
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM

Addie Weaver
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
- 3:15 - 4:45 PM
Associate Professor of Social Work, Associate Director of Doctoral Programs
Shichang Yang
- 1:30 - 3 PM
Assistant in Research
Friday, January 12

Jasmin Aramburu
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
Volunteer

Saria Bechara
- 2 - 3:30 PM
Program Assistant

Lindsay A. Bornheimer
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- 2 - 3:30 PM
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Ashley E. Cureton
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 2 - 3:30 PM
Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Marsal Family School of Education
Rebecca Emrick
- 3:45 - 5:15 PM
- 3:45 - 5:15 PM
Assistant in Research

Joseph A. Himle
- 2 - 3:30 PM
Howard V. Brabson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Sunghyun Hong
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- 3:45 - 5:15 PM
PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental Candidate
Nakea I Jeffers
- 2 - 3:30 PM
Research Clinical Coordinator

Leonardo Kattari
- 3:45 - 5:15 PM
Lecturer II

Shanna K. Kattari
- 2 - 3:30 PM
- 3:45 - 5:15 PM
Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Brian E. Perron
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, Populations Studies Center, Institute for Social Research

Trina R. Shanks
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Juliann Li Verdugo
- 2 - 3:30 PM
- 2 - 3:30 PM
SSW Research Project Coordinator

Anao Zhang
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
Associate Professor of Social Work
Saturday, January 13

Lindsay A. Bornheimer
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Daphne M. Brydon
- 4 - 5:30 PM
Lecturer II

Katrina R. Ellis
- 7 - 8 AM
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

Lorraine M. Gutiérrez
- 4 - 5:30 PM
Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology Emerita, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Joseph A. Himle
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Howard V. Brabson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Shawna J. Lee
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Rogério Meireles Pinto
- 4 - 5:30 PM
University Diversity Social Transformation Professor; Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Professor of Theatre and Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Beth Glover Reed
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work and Associate Professor Emerita of Women’s and Gender Studies

Trina R. Shanks
- 7 - 8 AM
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

Matthew J. Smith
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Daniela A. Wittmann
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
Sunday, January 14

Olivia D. Chang
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental
Yujeong (Julie) Chang
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Assistant in Research

Lorraine M. Gutiérrez
- 8 - 9:30 AM
Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor Emerita of Social Work, Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology Emerita, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Shanna K. Kattari
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
- 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Associate Professor of Social Work

Sara F. Stein
- 8 - 9:30 AM
- 9:45 - 11:15 AM
PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Clinical Graduate - 2021