Faculty News

Assistant Research Scientist and LEO Adjunct Lecturer Adrienne Lapidos received a grant from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services for her project, ''Create Sustainable Model for Community Health Workers in Detroit." The project is designed to address the behavioral, medical, and social determinants of health among health plan enrollees living in the Cody Rouge neighborhood of Detroit.

Associate Professors Andy Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee's article, "Associations of neighborhood disorganization and maternal spanking with children's aggression: a fixed-effects regression analysis" was published in Child Abuse and Neglect.

The Child and Adolescent Data Lab's article, "Disparities at Adjudication in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Age" was published in Social Work Research. The lab includes PhD student Michael Evangelist, Associate Professors Joe Ryan and Brian Perron, research associate Bryan Victor, and data analyst Andrew Moore. 

Associate Professors Andy Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee’s spanking research was featured in U.S. News & World Report and the November 2017 issue of Michigan Research. 

Professor Brad Zebrack’s experience as a 2016 Fulbright Senior Scholar was featured in the November 2017 issue of Minds & Hearts, (page 22) published by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission.

Professors Linda Chatters, Jorge Delva, Robert Taylor and Richard Tolman were selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. They will be inducted into the Academy in January at the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

Associate Professor Trina Shanks was honored with the 2017 Carol Hollenshead Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change at the Center for the Education of Women's symposium, "The Spectrum of Advocacy & Activism: Finding Your Voice." Awardees are faculty whose sustained efforts have resulted in greater equity in regard to gender, race, class, age, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Associate Professors Andy Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee’s research was cited in The Irish News article, “Spanking children linked to depression and suicide in later life, study suggests.”