School of Social Work News

John Mathias successfully defended his dissertation, "Contentious Ethics: Creativity and Persuasion among Environmental Justice Organizers in South India" and obtained his PhD in Social Work and Anthropology. He has accepted an Assistant Professor of Social Work position with Florida State University.

Associate Professor Robert Ortega's article, "Promoting LatinX Generativity: Cultural Humility and Transformative Complicity Through Geriatric Teams" was published in Ethnogerontology.

Brian Perron, Andy Grogan-Kaylor, and Brian Victor’s article, “Disseminating High-Impact Social Work Scholarship: A Longitudinal Examination of 5-Year Citation Count Correlates” was published in the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Professors Robert Joseph Taylor and Linda Chatters’ article, “Kinship Support in Jamaican Families in the USA and Jamaica” was published in the Journal of African American Studies.

Tina Jiwatram-Negrón (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) had two articles published:

• "Life at the River is a Living Hell: a qualitative study of trauma, mental health, substance use and HIV risk behavior among female fish traders from the Kafue Flatlands in Zambia" in BMC Women's Health
• "Feasibility and preliminary effects of a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment model to address gender-based violence among women who use drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Project WINGS (Women Initiating New Goals of Safety)" in Drug and Alcohol Review

Assistant Professor Cristina Bares’ article, “Familial and Special Twin Influences on Cigarette Use Initiation” was published in Twin Research and Human Genetics.

Assistant Professor David Cordova was selected to be part of the NIDA Diversity Scholars Network (NDSN). Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The NDSN aims to improve the funding of outstanding underrepresented early stage investigators in substance abuse research and build a sustainable independent research career.

Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle and Professors Robert Taylor and Linda Chatters’ article, “Family and Friendship Networks and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Among African Americans and Black Caribbeans” was published in the Behavior Therapist.