School of Social Work News

Matthew Chin successfully defended his dissertation, "Enacting Politics through Art: Encounters between Queer and Trans of Color Organizers and the Canadian State" and obtained his PhD in Social Work and Anthropology. Dr. Chin has accepted a position with Columbia University as an Ethnographic Researcher.

Professor Sandra Danziger interviewed with 89.1 WEMU regarding Michigan’s anti-poverty programs.

Associate Professor Daphne Watkins new book "Mixed Methods Research a Pocket Guide to Social Work Research and Methods" was published by Oxford University Press. Watkins reviews the fundamentals of mixed methods research designs and the general suppositions of mixed methods procedures, look critically at mixed method studies and models that have already been employed in social work, and reflect on the contributions of this work to the field

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in The Atlantic article, “America’s Poorest Are Getting Virtually No Assistance” and Raw Story’s article, “The number of Americans living on less than $2 a day is skyrocketing”. His book, "2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America" was also reviewed by The New York Times.     

Edie Kieffer, Katherine Mitchell and SSW alum Nicholas Yankey are among the authors of "The Role of Evaluation in Developing and Sustaining Community Health Worker Coalitions - The Example of the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance", published this month in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. The article describes the development, processes and initiatives of the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (MiCHWA), through the lens of evaluation, illustrating how CHW coalitions can use participatory evaluation to "develop and reinforce coalition strengths and accomplish mutual goals".
 

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in the CBS News article, "The Surging Ranks of America's Ultrapoor" which is based off of his brand new book, "2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America".

Assistant Professor Rueben Miller received a grant from the Center for Public Policy in Diverse SocietiesAward to help fund "the Detroit Re-entry Project," a study that documents the lives of recently released prisoners returning to their home communities in Detroit. 

Athena Kolbe successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Reintegrating members of armed groups into Haitian society: An evaluation of three approaches” and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Political Science. Dr. Kolbe has accepted a tenure track position in the Department of Social Work at SUNY Brockport.