Faculty News

Professor Robert Taylor (1), Professor Linda Chatters (2), Associate Professor Trina Shanks (17), and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins (18) are in the top 20 of most cited African American scholars in social work. The article, “African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: A Citation Analysis of Scholarship” was published in Research on Social Work.

U-M SSW is also the most cited school of social work with African American faculty. The article, “African American Faculty in Social Work Schools: The Impact of Their Scholarship” was published in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work.

Associate Professor Robert Ortega was selected to receive the Distinguished Faculty Award. He has provided extensive service to our school, profession, and community, already having received significant national recognition for his scholarship and service.

Professor Brad Zebrack received a grant for his project, ''A Short Course for Creating Integrative Oncology Leaders'' from the National Cancer Institute. The study aims to improve the quality of life for oncology patients by educating a cohort of oncology professionals who have the knowledge and skills to act as leaders for the safe and evidence-based integration of complementary therapies into conventional oncology care, education, and research.

Assistant Professor Emily Nicklett’s article, “Assessing Diabetes and Factors Associated with Foregoing Medical Care among Persons with Diabetes: Disparities Facing American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, Low Income, and Southern Adults in the U.S. (2011–2015)” was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Associate Professor Lydia Li was cited in the Healio article, “Acupressure no different than sham counterpart, but still led to improvements for knee Osteoarthritis”. The article is based on Li’s recent research study.

Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "The Case Against Physical Punishment" was published in Current Opinion in Psychology.

Assistant Professor David Córdova’s article, “Development of the Brief Social Capital for Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Scale Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis” was published in Youth & Society.

Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, “Unpacking the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult mental health” was published in Child Abuse & Neglect.