Beth Angell

Dean and Phillip Fellin Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Dr. Beth Angell is dean and professor of social work at the U-M School of Social Work. She began her appointment on July 1, 2022.

Angell’s research focuses on behavioral health, particularly on serious mental illness and its intersection with substance abuse and criminal justice involvement. Some of the topics of her research studies have related to treatment seeking, treatment engagement and adherence; consumer-provider interactions and relationships; sources and consequences of stigma; and mandated or involuntary treatment. Her projects have been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the NARSAD Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment, the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the Chicago Community Trust.

Angell was inducted as a Fellow in the Society for Social Work and Research and has served on a consensus study for the National Academies of Engineering, Science, and Medicine, entitled the Committee on the Science of Changing Behavioral Health Norms. Angell’s work also has been published in a variety of journals in the fields of social work, psychiatry and the sociology of mental health.

Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Angell held faculty positions at the University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (2000-2008) and Rutgers University School of Social Work and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (2008-2018). From 2018-2022, Angell served as dean and professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work.

Angell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina. She earned a Master of Science degree in social work with a subconcentration in severe and persistent mental illness, followed by a doctorate in social welfare, both from the University of Wisconsin. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Policy and Practice from 1999-2000

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

  • [email protected]

  • 2840 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    1080 S. University
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 1999 PhD Social Welfare
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1993 MSSW MSSW w/ subconcentration in severe and persistent mental illness
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1989 BA Psychology
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

News

Activities

Publications

Victor, B. G., Kubiak, S., Angell, B., & Perron, B. E. (2023). Time to move beyond the ASWB Licensing Exams: Can generative artificial intelligence offer a way forward for social work? Research on Social Work Practice, 33(5), 511-517.
Rosenthal, M., Poling, J., Wec, A., Connolly, E., Angell, B., & Crystal, S. (2022). Medication is just one piece of the whole puzzle: How nursing homes change their use of antipsychotic medications. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
Crystal, S. Jarrin, O. F., Rosenthal, M., Hermida, R., & Angell, B. (2020). National partnership to improve dementia care in nursing homes campaign: State and facility strategies, impact, and antipsychotic reduction outcomes. Innovation in Aging, 4(3),
Bolden, G. B., Angell, B., & Hepburn, A. (2019). How clients solicit medication changes in psychiatry. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(2), 411-426.
Barrenger, S. L., Draine, J., Angell, B., & Herman, D. (2017). Reincarceration risk among men with mental illnesses leaving prison: A risk environment analysis. Community Mental Health Journal, 53(8), 883-892.
Mikesell, L., Bolden, G. B., Mandelbaum, J., Robinson, J. D., Romaniuk, T., Bolanos-Carpio, A.,
Searles, D., Wei, W., DiDomenico, S., & Angell, B. (2017). At the intersection of epistemics and action: Responding with I know. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 50(3), 268-285.
Bolden, G., & Angell, B. (2017). The organization of the treatment recommendation phase in routine psychiatric visits. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 50(2), 151-170.
Kelly, B. L., Barrenger, S. L., Watson A. C., & Angell, B. (2017). Forensic assertive community treatment: Recidivism, rehospitalization, and the role of housing and support. Social Work in Mental Health, 15(5), 567-587.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2022 Phillip Fellin Collegiate Professor of Social Work
2018 Fellow, Society for Social Work and Research
2016 Appointed Member, Standing Committee on Changing Behavioral Health
Social Norms, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine 2014-2016
2016 Council on Social Work Education Summer Leadership Scholarship
Program Award

Presentations

Year Description
2022 Bolden, G., Hepburn, A., & Angell, B. Discussing healthy lifestyle issues in psychiatry. International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy, Ghent, Belgium, September 2022.
2018 Crystal, S., Jarrin, O., Angell, B., Rosenthal, M., & Hermida, R. National and State-Level Reduction in Nursing home Antipsychotic Use: Mixed-Methods Perspective on the Drivers of Change. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
2017 Rosenthal, M., Angell, B., Crystal, S., Poling, J., & Wec, A. Improving patient safety in nursing
home dementia care: Qualitative study of nursing home staff and physicians. Presented at the 21st
IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, July 2017.
2017 Bolden, G., Angell, B., & Hepburn, A. Requesting medication changes in psychiatry. Presented
at the International Pragmatics Association Conference, Belfast, NIR, July 2017.
2017 Angell, B. Implementation of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Programs: A US Case Study.
Presented at the International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Prague, CZ, July 2017.