Showing events starting from January 1, 2017 up to January 31, 2017

January 4, 2017 ET

January 5, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM ET

Candidate: Shiyou Wu, MSW, Doctoral Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Job Talk Title:TBD

Application materials, livestream & recording link, and feedback survey can be found at
https://ssw.umich.edu/about/faculty-openings/job-talks.

Lunch will be served. 

January 5, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Interested in learning more about the Community Action and Social Change minor? Come to this info session to learn more about the CASC community, what CASC is and what it can offer you in your undergraduate program, the types of courses you'll take, and the available opportunities for CASC students after graduation! 

January 10, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

First session of Foundation Field Seminar (SW531).

January 12, 2017 to January 15, 2017

Doctoral Student Presenters Thursday, January 12, 2017 Angela Perone, JD, MSW, MA, PhD Candidate

Paper Presentation
Intersectionality and Bias: How Perceptions of Black Gay Men Change with Age
1:30-3:00PM, Preservation Hall Studio 7, New Orleans Marriott

Garrett Pace, MSW, PhD Student

Poster Presentation
Exclusionary School Discipline and Children's Physically Aggressive Behaviors
1:30-3:00PM, Bissonet, New Orleans Marriott

Friday, January 13, 2017 John Doering-White, MSW, PhD Candidate

Paper Presentation
Stuck in Transit: Humanitarian Infrastructures and Unaccompanied Minors Migrating through Mexico  
9:45-11:15AM, Balconies L, New Orleans Marriott

Janelle Goodwill, MSW, PhD Student

Poster Presentation
How do young Black men cope with mental health challenges? Findings from the YBMen Project
3:30-5:00PM, Bissonet Room, New Orleans Marriott

John Mathias, MSW, PhD Candidate

Roundtable
Anthropological Research in Social Work: Contributions, Challenges, Future Directions
3:30-5:00PM, Regent, New Orleans Marriott

Saturday, January 14, 2017 Vincent Fusaro, MSW, PhD Candidate

Poster Presentation
Children in Immigrant Families & Economic Hardship: Patterns of Program Participation
9:45-11:15AM Bissonet, New Orleans Marriott

Janelle Goodwill, MSW, PhD Student

Paper Presentation
How Does Media Influence Young Black Men's Conceptualization of Masculinity? Findings from the YBMen Project  
9:45-11:15AM Preservation Hall Studio 8, New Orleans Marriott

Erin Lane, MSW, PhD Student

Paper Presentation
An Anatomy of Resistance in Lead-Contaminated Flint
9:45AM, Balconies L, New Orleans Marriott

John Mathias, MSW, PhD Candidate

Symposium: Raising changemakers: Parenting dilemmas among environmental organizers  
Transfer, Transition, and Passing on: Exploring the Development of Youth and Adults through Intergenerational Relationships  
8:00-9:30AM, La Galeries 5, New Orleans Marriott

Garrett Pace, MSW, PhD Student

Poster Presentation
Condom Use Among Unmarried Adolescents and Young Adults in Zambia
2:00-3:30PM, Bissonet, New Orleans Marriott

Angela Perone, JD, MSW, MA, PhD Candidate

Roundtable
Privilege, Oppression, Diversity, and Social Justice: Understanding and Enacting Critical Intersectionality in Re-search
9:45-11:15AM, Balconies N, New Orleans Marriott

Saturday, January 14, 2017 Rachel L. Burrage, MSW, PhD Candidate

Paper Presentation
A Social-Ecological Approach to Understanding Urban American Indian Youth Suicide Prevention
10:25AM, Preservation Hall Studio 1, New Orleans Marriott

John Doering-White, MSW, PhD Candidate

Paper Presentation
Mexico's "Humanitarian Visa" and Undocumented Central American Families
9:45-11:15AM, Balconies I, New Orleans Marriott

Peter Felsman, MSW, PhD Candidate

Poster Presentation
Improvisational Theater Reduces Social Anxiety in Adolescents
8:00-9:30AM, Bissonet,  New Orleans Marriott

January 12, 2017 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

This mini-course is designed to familiarize students with the current theories of couple therapy. Selected empirically supported models utilized in couple therapy will be examined The course also looks at some of the key issues and challenges faced by therapists who provide couple therapy. This mini-course will be skill based and focus on helping students to learn effective approaches to working with couples in therapy.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

January 13, 2017 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET

This minicourse teaches participants to use social media as a tool for community organizing. Participants will use the internet and social networks as easily integrated spaces designed to share information with peers and provide quick ways to organize communities and increase the reach of a group's voice. This minicourse covers the following topics: (1) Relationship building via Facebook & Twitter; (2) Facebook content for organizers; (3) Blogging hosts and content ideas; (4) Twitter content for organizers; (5) Use of video; (6) Mobile social networking; (7) Location-based social networks; (8) Online safety; (9) Discussions of: "safe" spaces online, online dialogue, and traditional organizing methods. Core competencies including critical thinking, social justice, and social equity are also examined and discussed in detail.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

January 13, 2017 - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM ET

The School of Social Work hosts its annual reception at the New Orleans Marriott in conjunction with the Society for Social Work & Research Annual Conference. U-M SSW faculty, doctoral students, and alumni are invited to attend this special reception.