Professor Lorraine Gutiérrez was a keynote speaker at the 2016 Latino Social Worker Network Conference, "Moving Towards the Future of Social Work Practice" on October 14 at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in The New York Times article, “Giving Every Child a Monthly Check for an Even Start”. He also was on CNBC's "Nightly Business Report" (starting at minute marker 14).
Associate Professor Sandra Momper is supporting a new partnership with Indian Health Service (IHS) bringing American Indian and Alaska Native social work students and highly qualified graduates to IHS health facilities for internships and clinical residencies as well as supporting the areas of education, research and evaluation.
Sara Stein, Abigail Williams-Butler, Analidis Ochoa-Bendana, Oto Alves da Silva, Ronke Olawale, and Joyce Lee (PhD students) received grants, the Bobbe and Jon Bridge Award for Research/Travel to support research expenses and conference travel. The Bobbe and Jon Bridge Award for Engaged Scholarship supports Rackham graduate students who are conducting original research focused on child welfare.
The Gerontology Learning Community at the School of Social Work is holding the Geriatric Joy Video Contest to showcase positive experience in relating to older adults.
Angie Perone (PhD student) and Associate Professor Beth Glover Reed received a grant to create the "Critical Intersectionality Interdisciplinary Workshop" from Rackham Graduate School. This workshop will provide space for graduate students to discuss, share readings, and present research regarding complex theoretical and methodological issues related to intersectionality.
Assistant Professor David Cordova received a grant for his project, ''Greater Than'' from Teen Hype. This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration-funded project is a community-university partnership between Teen Hype (Detroit) and the SSW. The five-year initiative aims to build capacity for substance abuse and HIV prevention services for at-risk racial/ethnic minority youth residing in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.
Janelle Goodwill (PhD student) and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins' article, "Strengths and Weaknesses of the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Facebook Project" was published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Katherine Oglesby (MSW '14) and Professor Daniel Saunders' article, "No way to turn: The traps encountered by many battered women with negative child custody experiences" was published in the Journal of Child Custody.
Sara Stein (PhD student) and Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Latina women: Examining the efficacy of the Moms' Empowerment Program" was published in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
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