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  1. Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
     
    Aysha Ghazi Edwin on Asian American/Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay in Detroit News

    Lecturer Ayesha Ghazi Edwin’s letter to the editor “Race and ethnicity shouldn’t determine women’s pay” was published in the Detroit News. Edwin discusses Asian American/Pacific Islander women’s Equal Pay Day writing “If we are to close the pay gap, we need to strengthen equal pay laws to allow women to discover and fight against pay discrimination.”

  2. Kaitlin P. Ward
     
    Kaitlin Paxton Ward Hired as a Google People Analytics Research Summer Intern

    Kaitlin Paxton Ward, Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Developmental Psychology student, will intern at Google this summer as a People Analytics Researcher in the People Innovations Lab. Ward will research how parents who are Google employees adjusted during COVID-19, and will explore how to improve work conditions/policies for parents.

    • March 11, 2021
  3. Rogério Meireles Pinto
     
    Rogério M. Pinto Named Educator of the Month by CSWE’s Diversity Center

    Professor Rogério M. Pinto is the Council on Social Work Education Diversity Center’s Educator of the Month. The accompanying article discusses his scholarly approach to incorporating arts into his research as well as his work advancing intersectionality and championing diversity. The profile also covers  the online COVID and Racial Inequalities Forum series Pinto hosted last summer, and links to his presentation “Diversity Matters: What About Equity & Inclusion?”

  4. Joseph P. Ryan
     
    Joe Ryan to Lead Data Subcommittee of New Task Force to Address Racism in the Michigan’s Child Protection System

    Joe Ryan is a member of a new task force created by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) charged with preventing and eliminating systemic racism in the state's child protection system. He will chair the data subcommittee.

  5. Debra K. Mattison
     
    Debra Mattison Named a 2021 Association of Oncology Social Work Fellow

    Clinical Associate Professor Debra Mattison has been named an Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) 2021 Fellow. The fellowship honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the science and practice of psychosocial oncology.

  6. Karen M. StallerBriana N. Starks
     
    Karen Staller, Briana Starks and Håvard Aaslund Co-edit Recent Special Double Issue of Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice

    Associate Professor Karen Staller, Joint PhD Social Work and Sociology Student Briana Starks and Visiting Scholar Håvard Aaslund co-edited the recent special double issue of Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice, “Reflections on a Pandemic: Disruptions, Distractions, and Discoveries.” The double issue contains 86 reflexive essays submitted by authors from 35 different countries (and every continent except Antarctica).  Taken together, the essays paint a portrait of the breadth and depth of social work during the earliest months of the historic pandemic from every corner of the globe. Other U-M contributors to the issue include Assistant Professor Odessa Gonzalez Benson, and current doctoral students in Joint PhD Social Work and Sociology Finn Bell and Angela Perone.

  7. Matthew J. Smith
     
    Matt Smith’s Virtual Training Research Helping Young People with Autism

    Associate Professor Matt Smith’s research on how virtual training can help young people with autism is featured in Disability Scoop. “Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth appears to be effective at teaching job interview skills that are associated with accessing competitive jobs,” he says.

  8. Daicia R. Price
     
    Daicia Price Discusses Mental Health in Mental Minute with Michigan Medicine

    Clinical Assistant Professor Daicia Price discusses mental health in the community in the latest Mental Minute with Michigan Medicine. The Mental Minute discusses a variety of prescient mental health topics and features expert interviews from within and outside the U-M community.

  9. H. Luke  Shaefer
     
    Luke Shaefer Spoke with the New York Times on the Child Tax Credit in Biden’s Plan

    Luke Shaefer spoke with the New York Times about the expansion of the child tax credit in Biden’s plan against child poverty. “To me, it’s the most transformational thing that’s under discussion, and nobody’s talking about it,” says Shaefer.

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    Terri Friedline and So’Phelia Morrow call on President Biden to stop the Predatory Burden of Student Loan Debt in Ms. Magazine

    Associate Professor Terri Friedline and PhD student So’Phelia Morrow call on President Biden to stop the predatory burden of student loan debt in an article in Ms.“To advance his promises of racial and gender justice and to better ensure an inclusive economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden should cancel all student loan debt—not just a meager portion of it.” Their article also cites research conducted by a team at Michigan Social Work, which focuses on the physical and mental health tolls women face due to their debts and outstanding obligations.

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