Professor William Elliott and the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion recently contributed a paper, “Making Education Work for the Poor: The Potential of Children’s Savings Accounts” to the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group compendium. They have also been asked to speak at a Child Poverty Action Group Congressional briefing, Our Kids, Our Future.
Assistant Clinical Professor Sue Ann Savas was selected as the 2017 Student Union Teacher of the Year. She was nominated by a member of the student body and was selected based on a submitted essay detailing some of the remarkable ways she influences the students in her classes.
Every year the SSW Student Union puts out a call for nominations to the students regarding the teacher of the year. This is an award asking students to submit the name of a teacher they feel has been particularly powerful in their learning and who they hold as the model for an educator in the SSW.
Assocaite Professors Brian Perron and Joe Ryan received an award from the Casey Family Programs for their Data Lab, which will use existing data sources provided by the state of Michigan to generate actionable insights and provide ongoing consultation for quality initiatives.
Daphne Watkins was appointed to the Editorial Board for the new International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health.
Associate Professor Joe Ryan is an author of a new Brookings Report, "How life outside of a school affects student performance in school."
The report was featured in Midland Daily News, Education Next, and U-M Public Engagement and Impact.
Associate Professor Joe Ryan was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice. He will represent public agencies concerned with delinquency prevention or treatment.
Associate Professor Joe Ryan received an award from the Criminal Justice Policy Committee for reviewing the methodology and draft reports studying the fiscal impact of directing minors in Michigan from the adult court and service systems to the family court and juvenile service systems.
Assistant Research Scientist Adrienne Lapidos is on a team that received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health for her project “Effectiveness and Implementation of a Peer Mentorship Intervention (PREVAIL) to Reduce Suicide Attempts Among High-Risk Adults” to determine the effectiveness of a peer mentorship intervention for reducing suicide attempts and suicidal ideation among recently hospitalized adult psychiatric patients at high risk for suicide.
Professor Edith C. Kieffer, MPH, Ph.D., is a co-investigator on an award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services for the evaluation of the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP), Michigan's Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable Care Act.
Postdoctoral Fellow Shanna Kattari conducted a talk at the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters called "Death by a Thousand Papercuts: Understanding and Engaging Microaggressions" as part of their International Curious Minds lecture series, and also spoke with their Chief Diversity Officer about DEI initiatives, inclusivity, and accessibility.
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