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Amanda Tillotson and John Tropman Published in Human Service Organizations Management Leadership and Governance JournalPhD student Amanda Tillotson and Professor John Tropman published "Early Responders, Late Responders, and Non-responders: The Principal-Agent Problem in Board Oversight of Nonprofit CEOs" in the current issue of Human Service Organizations Management Leadership and Governance Journal.
- September 19, 2014
Claudette Grinnell-Davis Defends Dissertation and Obtains PhD in Social Work and PsychologyClaudette Grinnell-Davis successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Toward an Etiology of Child Maltreatment: An Ecological Study of Primary Caregivers At Risk of Child Welfare System Involvement" and thus obtained her PhD in Social Work and Psychology.
Dr. Grinnell-Davis has accepted an Assistant Professor of Child Welfare and Social Work position at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
Her committee included Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Robert Ortega, Lorraine Gutierrez and Andrew Grogan-Kaylor.
- July 3, 2014
- David Pollio (PhD '94) Named Chair of Social Work at UAB
David Pollio, PhD '94, has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Social Work.
- May 27, 2014
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- Amanda Tillotson, PhD selected as Ford Fellowship Scholar
Amanda Tillotson, PhD was selected as a Ford Fellowship Scholar for the 2014-2015 academic year.
- May 5, 2014
- Barbara Ngwenya (PhD '00) Promoted to Full Professor at University of Botswana
Barbara Ngwenya (PhD 2000) of Okavango Research Institute became the first Motswana woman to become professor in the field of Applied Anthropology at the University of Botswana.
- March 21, 2014
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Viktor Burlaka, Lauren Reed and Katharine Rendle, PhD students, were awarded the Kellogg Family FellowshipThis award was established by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation along with matching funds provided by the Ann and Robert Lurie Family Foundation. It is awarded to students in the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science with a research interest in advancing the understanding of issues relevant to improving the well-being of children, youth and their families.
- December 3, 2013
Abigail Williams Awarded Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Endowed ScholarshipAbigail Williams, PhD student, was awarded the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship supports doctoral students whose research focuses on minority populations with low income and education, with a preference for research on issues faced by African American males.
- November 20, 2013
- PhD Student Guillermo Sanhueza Organized First Conference on Prisoners' Rights in Latin America
PhD student, Guillermo Sanhueza organized the first conference on prisoners' human rights in Latin America in Santiago, Chile, on October 16-17. The conference brought prison experts from around the world together to promote good practices in penitentiary contexts. Guillermo Sanhueza also presented his evaluation work Results of the First Survey on Inmates’ Perception of Quality of Prison Life.
- October 21, 2013
- Doctoral student Guillermo Sanhueza has received a Rackham International Research Award to support his dissertation research on human rights violations in prison facilities in Chile.
This award is sponsored by Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the University of Michigan International Institute
- April 12, 2013
- Ann Nguyen, PhD student, along with mentor Professor Robert Joseph Taylor, receive award from the U-M Rackham Graduate School
Ann Nguyen, PhD student, along with mentor Professor Robert Joseph Taylor, received an award from the U-M Rackham Graduate School. Their project will investigate whether religious participation fully explains the race differences in psychiatric disorders.
- April 8, 2013