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Larry Gant and Laura De Palma's (MSW) Column in the Huffington Post Honors Social Work MonthProfessor 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.
- March 28, 2014
Book published by Associate Professor Trina Shanks available on AmazonAssociate 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.
- March 27, 2014
Daphne Watkins Published in Research on Social Work PracticeAssistant 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.
- March 27, 2014
- 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 Detroit
Professor 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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