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- Desmond Patton Publishes Paper in Computers in Human Behavior
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.
- March 27, 2014
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor Published in Strategic Entrepreneurship JournalAssociate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor's quantitative research on Base-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) enterprises is published in the "Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal".
- March 12, 2014
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee's Research on Spanking Featured on CBS Detroit and in the Washington PostAssociate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor and Assistant Professor Shawna Lee's research on spanking was featured in the Washington Post and CBS Detroit.
- March 11, 2014
Larry Gant Interviewed on NPR about Opportunities for Students in DetroitProfessor Lary Gant was interviewed on NPR about providing opportunities for college students to get out of their classrooms and to take what they're learning and put it into practice in Detroit.
- March 3, 2014
- Desmond Patton's op-ed on Internet banging published in the Detroit News
Assistant Professor Desmond Patton had an op-ed "Internet banging reaches Detroit's police chief" published in the Detroit News.
- February 27, 2014
- Reuben Miller Conducts Workshop on Prisoner Reentry
Assistant Professor Reuben Miller conducted a workshop on prisoner reentry for researchers and service providers in New York.
- February 21, 2014
- First Annual Program Evaluation Symposium Highlights Emerging Trends in Evaluation
The Curtis Research and Training Center at the School of Social Work hosted the first annual Program Evaluation Symposium on Friday, February 14, 2014. This day-long event was organized by the Program Evaluation Group and culminated with a keynote address by the President of the American Evaluation Symposium (AEA), Dr. Beverly Parsons.
Dr. Parson's keynote, "Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future," highlighted the need for systems thinking, buidling new relationships, and an emphasis on sustainable, equitable living in evaluation. After the keynote address, attendees were invited to participate in small group discussions based on the topic of the keynote. Dr. Parsons will use feedback from the event to inform the direction of the AEA Annual Conference.
- February 20, 2014
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Daphne Watkins Gives Presidential Address at the American Men's Studies Association ConferenceAssistant Professor Daphne Watkins will deliver the presidential address at the American Men's Studies Association annual meeting.
- February 12, 2014
Luke Shaefer Elected to the National Academy of Social InsuranceAssistant Professor Luke Shaefer is a new member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. New members are nominated by current Academy members in recognition of their significant and ongoing professional contributions to the field of social insurance. The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security.
- February 10, 2014
- Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group Announces First Place-Based Evaluation Fellowship
The Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group (CC-PEG) received a grant from the New York Community Trust to improve the macro social work profesion. The awarded Place-Based Evaluation (PBE) Fellowship project was developed to better understand the needs and challenges related to building internal evaluation capacity within non-profit organizations. The project will place three (3) PBE Fellows into community-based non-profit organizations in southeast Michigan for 20 hours per week for a period of eight (8) months.
The aims of the PBE Fellowship are to: (1) provide recent MSW graduates with the skills and experience necessary to work as professional evaluators in the field of social work; (2) provide communtiy-based non-profit organizations with quality evaluation services at a reduced cost; and (3) build and test the internal capacity for evaluation at each organization.
CC-PEG is happy to announce the selection of the PBE Fellows and non-profit organizations they will be placed in:
- Phylicia Allen, MSW, will be placed at Detroit Parent Network
- Ashley Eason, MSW, will be placed at Detroit Police Athletic League
- Lauren Emerson, MSW, will be placed at SOS Community Services in Ypsilanti
For more information on the PBE Fellowship project, contact [email protected].
- February 5, 2014