School of Social Work News

Edmund Lewis awared the General Motors African Ancestry Network Community Enrichment Award during the 11th annual Black History Month Celebration for General Motors. It is a prestigious honor that serves to recognize the best of the best within the non-profit, philanthropic and community engagement sector. 

Gernal Motors African Ancestry Network: GMAAN's mission is to be a resource leveraged by GM to provide a competitive advantage by attracting, developing and retaining African Ancestry employees while connecting to our communities to enable our vision to design, build and sell the world’s best vehicles.

Professor Robert Taylor’s article, “Race and Religious Participation: Introduction to Special Issue” was published in Race and Social Problems.

Associate Professor Shawna Lee's article "Promising intervention strategies to reduce parents’ use of spanking and physical punishment" was published in Child Abuse & Neglect.

Clinical Assistant Professor Barbara Hiltz was appointed as the U-M School of Social Work director of the MSW Program. This is a new position designed to deepen the School's commitment to providing the highest level of professional social work education. The MSW director will work collaboratively with the Associate Dean of Educational Programs. Responsibilities include:

• support for student academic performance
• faculty training and development
• curricular development
• accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education

She will also work closely with the Social Work Student Union, and focus on issues that arise with MSW students. Hiltz has been at SSW since 2013, most recently as a clinical assistant professor. In 2016, she received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Student Union.

Professor Daniel Saunders' article, "Evaluating the evaluators: Research-based guidance for attorneys regarding custody evaluations in cases involving domestic abuse" was published in Michigan Family Law Journal.

Assistant Professor David Córdova's project, "Preventing HIV/STI in Urban Adolescents via an mHealth Primary Care Intervention" was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The purpose of this research is to develop a cross-platform and universal version of Storytelling 4 Empowerment, an interactive, tailored and targeted mobile health intervention. The project will examine its preliminary efficacy in preventing and reducing drug use and condomless sex, and improving HIV and STI testing in at-risk adolescents.

Professor Karla Goldman's op-ed, "Remembrance" was published in The Michigan Daily.

Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt's op-ed, "We need to fix the social safety net, not shame those who need it" was published in PBS Newshour.