School of Social Work News

Congratulations to the recent SSW faculty who were promoted at the last Regents meeting.

From left to right:

• Dr. Joseph A. Himle promoted to Full Professor
• Dr. Daphne C. Watkins promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
• Dr. Shawna J. Lee promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
• Dr. Bradley J. Zebrack promoted to Full Professor 

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research Joseph Himle's study, “A Systems Level Intervention for Unemployed Persons With Social Anxiety Disorder” was featured in Michigan Research.

Khari Brown (research associate) and Professors Robert Taylor and Linda Chatters’ paper, “Race/Ethnic and Social-Demographic Correlates of Religious Non-Involvement in America Findings From Three National Surveys”, was featured in the American Politics and Policy Blog from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Assistant Professor Reuben Miller received the Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Award 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. The Antipode Foundation promotes social scientific research for the public good in the fields of radical and critical geography. The grant will fund collaborative research activities with Professor Miller's community partners, Rev. Joe Summers of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Ann Arbor, MI, Hazelette Crosby Robinson, SSW Alumna and former Director of Community Organization for the Washtenaw Community Health Organization, and Ronald Simpson Bey of the Good Neighbors Project, American Friends Service Committee and Just Leadership U.S.A.

Viktor Burlaka successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Problem Alcohol Use in Ukrainian Children: Association with Family Factors, Peer Drinking and Child Externalizing Behavior Problems” and obtained his PhD in Social Work and Psychology. He has accepted an Assistant Professor of Social Work position at the University of Mississippi in the School of Applied Sciences.

Associate Professor Sandra Momper was elected as the Graduate Faculty Representative on the Council on Social Work Education Board of Directors.

Lauren Reed successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Digital Dating Abuse: A gendered, contextual approach to dating violence in the digital world" and obtained her PhD in Social Work and Psychology.

Assistant Professor Desmond Patton was cited in the Michigan Radio article, “‘Internet banging:’ How social media is fueling gang violence”.