Faculty News

Professor Barry Checkoway's blog, "How to Recruit Black Students at the University of Michigan" is posted in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Assistant Professor Daphne Watkins was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More”.  She discussed Men’s Studies with Michel Martin.

Assistant Professor Daphne Watkins, the first female leader of the men's studies association, is quoted in "4 Decades After Its Founding, Men’s Studies Struggles to Define Itself", The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Assistant Professor David Cordova and a team of SSW alumni and MSW students including Laura Alexander (MSW) and alumni Kate Guzman, Caitlin Martin and Craig VanKempen, received first place for their poster entitled, "Here for Youth: Developing and Mobilizing a Community Advisory Board to Assess and Improve Mental Health Services for Adolescents". Their research was presented at the 2014 Outreach, Partnerships & Implementation Science at the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research symposium.

Professor Larry Gant and Laura De Palma (MSW) wrote a column, "Work Practice in the 21st Century" in the Huffington Post to honor social work month.

Associate Professor Trina Shanks's new book "The Assets Perspective - The Rise of Asset Building and it's Impact on Social Policy" is available on Amazon.

Assistant Professor Daphne Watkins aritcle, "The Discipline’s Escalating Whisper: Social Work and Black Men’s Mental Health" was published in Research on Social Work Practice.

Assistant Professor Desmond Patton has a paper, "Social media as a vector for youth violence: A review of literature" published in Computers in Human Behavior.