Faculty News

Professor Lorraine Gutiérrez was a keynote speaker at the 2016 Latino Social Worker Network Conference, "Moving Towards the Future of Social Work Practice" on October 14 at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in The New York Times article, “Giving Every Child a Monthly Check for an Even Start”.  He also was on CNBC's "Nightly Business Report" (starting at minute marker 14).

Associate Professor Sandra Momper is supporting a new partnership with Indian Health Service (IHS) bringing American Indian and Alaska Native social work students and highly qualified graduates to IHS health facilities for internships and clinical residencies as well as supporting the areas of education, research and evaluation.

U-M President Mark Schlissel announced a new multidisciplinary program, Poverty Solutions headed by Associate Professor Luke Shaefer. Poverty Solutions aims to become a leader in informing, identifying and testing new strategies for the prevention and alleviation of poverty in Michigan, the nation and the world.

Schlissel stated, "One out of eight Americans live in poverty, and some Michigan cities are sometimes three times higher than that. The aim is to translate research into actionable interventions and rigorously assess their effectiveness."

View the video interview with Trina Shanks, Luke Shaefer, Kristin Seefeldt and Reuben Miller. Read the complete announcement in the URecord.

Ninive Sanchez (PhD '15), Associate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Professor Jorge Delva and Assistant Professor Cristina Bares' book chapter, "An Agenda for Longitudinal Research on Substance Use and Abuse with Hispanics in the U.S. And with Latin American Populations" was published in the book, Drug Use Trajectories among Minority Youth. 

Professor Dan Saunders and Professor Emerita Kathleen Faller recently published "The Need to Carefully Screen for Family Violence When Parental Alienation is Claimed" in the Family Law Journal. 

LEO Lecturer Adrienne Dessel, U-M alumni Amy Westmoreland, and Professor Lorraine Gutiérrez's article, "Reducing Heterosexism in African American Christian Students: Effects of Multicultural Education Courses", was published in Equity and Excellence in Education. The study examines the effectiveness of different approaches to teaching students about diversity, equity, and social justice. 

Assistant Professor David Cordova and Professor Jorge Delva's article, "The Usability and Acceptability of an Adolescent mHealth HIV/STI and Drug Abuse Preventive Intervention in Primary Care" was published in Behavioral Medicine.