School of Social Work News

Professors Edie Kieffer and Michael Spencer and research associate Brandy Sinco’s article, "Correlates of Interpersonal Ethnoracial Discrimination Among Latino Adults with Diabetes: Findings from the REACH Detroit Study" was published in the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

Professor Emerita Kathleen Faller and Associate Professor Karen Staller co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence entitled, “The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Revisiting Child Sexual Abuse in Daycare”. In this issue, Faller wrote, “The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Introduction & Overview” and Staller wrote, “The Methodology of The Witch-Hunt Narrative”.

Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard was featured in WalletHub's recent piece about credit scores. 

Associate Professor Shawna Lee received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the Healthy Start Engaged Father program to effectively reduce infant mortality by providing men with knowledge and resources to support the health and wellbeing of their partners during pregnancy and the perinatal period.

Professor John Tropman and Assistant Professor Emily Nicklett’s piece, “Talcott Parsons: A Voice from the Past, an Opportunity Missed, and a Road Not Taken” was published in the Winter 2016 issue of Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.

Assistant Professor David Córdova received a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a cross-platform and universal version of Storytelling 4 Empowerment (S4E)--a theory-driven, culturally congruent, interactive, tailored and targeted mobile health intervention--and to examine the preliminary efficacy of S4E, relative to control condition, in preventing and reducing drug use and condomless sex, and improving HIV and STI testing in a clinic sample of at-risk adolescents.

The Child and Adolescent Data Lab, with Associate Professors Joe Ryan and Brian Perron had their article, "Timing matters: A randomized control trial of recovery coaches in foster care" published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 

Teenagers and children can now become kinder and more empathic through their smartphones, thanks to an innovative new app. The "Random App of Kindness" was developed by a team of researchers including Professor Richard Tolman. Mini-games, created with input from teenagers, strengthen compassion, empathy, and helping behavior. RAKi is available free of charge in the iTunes App Store and Google Play Android Market.