School of Social Work News

Associate Professor Shawna Lee’s study, "Hugs, Not Hits: Warmth and Spanking as Predictors of Child Social Competence" was published in the Journal of Marriage & Family. Her study was also featured in a news article, “Spanking Children Does Not Make Them ‘Nicer’, But Hugging Does” which was posted on the Child and Family Blog.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer and Professor Kathryn J. Edin of Johns Hopkins University new book "$2 a Day Living on Almost Nothing in America" was awarded the 2016 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism.  The Hillman Prize honors journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. 

Two CASC (Community Action and Social Change Underagraduate Minor) students were recognized for major awards at the University:

Brittney Williams was recognized as one of The Michigan Daily's Students of the Year.

Meredith Starkman is the winner of the 2016 Wallenberg Fellowship. 

Associate Professor Daphne Watkins, Assistant Professor Reuben Miller, and Desmond Patton (formerly U-M SSW and now Columbia) are the Guest Editors of a Special Issue titled, "The intersections of race, gender, and class in the wake of a national crisis: The state of Black boys and men post-Ferguson" in The Journal of Men's Studies.

Associate Professor Leslie Hollingsworth was presented the Distinguished Individual Service Award at the 48th Annual Conference of the National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW), held in New Orleans March 23-26th. 

The School of Social Work’s environmental justice conference was featured in The Michigan Daily article, “Environmental justice conference highlights Flint water crisis”. Diana Copeland (lecturer) and Emily Friedman (CASC student) were both cited in the article.

Associate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor’s article, “PTSD Symptoms in Young Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence from Four Ethno-racial Groups” was published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma.

Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard’s dissertation, “Challenges in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Programs in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations" was published in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work. 

His article, "Strengthening Evaluation in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations: Results of a Capacity-Building Experiment" was also published in Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance.