Faculty News

Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer's op-ed on food stamps is published in the Bangor Daily News.

Associate Professor Joseph Ryan has just received an award from the State of Illinois Department of Human Services to continue evaluation activities for the State of Illinois's Alcohol and Drug Abuse program.  

Associate Professor Mary Ruffolo received an award from the The National Council for Behavioral Health. She will work with the National Council to develop an instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of learning communities.

Assistant Clinical Professor Sue Ann Savas presented on a panel titled "Innovative Approaches to Child Support Enforcement: Evidence from Field Research" at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 35th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 9, 2013.  Sue Ann Savas and Jeremy Gaertner, MSW presented on the Re-tooling Michigan's Child Support Enforcement Program project in conjuction with representatives from Washington and Iowa who received the same grant from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (DHHS).

The APPAM Fall Research Conference was held in Washington, DC from November 7-9, 2013.

Clinical Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas conducted a training for 30 community members representing approximately 10 organizations on utilizing logic models for program development through the Washtenaw Alliance for Children and Youth on October 30, 2013.  Participants learned about the benefits of using logicl models in design, evaluation, and grant getting and how to develop a program logic model for a new or existing program.

Associate Dean Jorge Delva was a panelist for the screening of the documentary "The Harvest/La Cosecha" hosted by the U-M Hatcher Graduate Library. The panel discussed justice issues affecting migrant workers and child labor in the U.S.

Assistant Professor, Desmond Patton's research on the relationship between gangs' activity on social media outlets such as Twitter, to violence on the streets is cited in Boston Magazine and USA Today. Patton intends to collaborate with Henry Lieberman, Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab to map his findings on gang violence and social media to determine the rate at which gang/community violence is occurring.

Assistant Professor Sandra Momper's and Professor Jorge Delva's research "OxyContin Use on a Rural Midwest American Indian Reservation: Demographic Correlates and Reasons for Using" is published in the September issue of American Journal of Public Health.