School of Social Work News

Associate Professors Shawna Lee and Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "Spanking and Adult Mental Health Impairment: The Case for the Designation of Spanking as an Adverse Childhood Experience" was published in Child Abuse & Neglect.

Professor Brad Zebrack's article, "Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer: A Longitudinal Study" was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Professors Linda Chatters and Robert Taylor's article, "African American Extended Family and Church-Based Social Network Typologies" was published in Family Relations.

Their article, "Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans" was published in Race and Social Problems. 

Andy Horning, MSW '97 launches podcast called Elephant Talk that discusses love and relationships.

Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle's article, "ACT-enhanced behavior therapy in group format for Trichotillomania: An effectiveness study" was published in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 

Lorraine Gutiérrez, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will receive the 2017 Teaching and Mentoring in Qualitative Inquiry Award from the American Psychological Association. This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring within the field of qualitative inquiry. She is the Director of the School of Social Work Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program and is a fellow at the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.  

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was interviewed for the Detroit Metro Times article, "Politics & Prejudices: Screwing the poor, and ourselves". He was also cited in the Toledo Blade article, "Michigan's actions snapshot of society's attitude toward poor". 

Assistant Professors Mathieu Despard and Addie Weaver received a grant from Poverty Solutions for their project, “Poor, Invisible, and Left Behind: Understanding Financial Instability, Material Hardship, and the Availability and Use of Community Resources among Low-Income Rural Households.” This project aims to understand rural poverty and identify community-level strategies, as well as public private funding policies to promote economic mobility in rural America.