School of Social Work News

Associate Professor Trina Shanks co-authored an op-ed piece, “In Response to Black Poverty: Researchers challenge us to look at poverty from the inside out” which was published in Jet magazine.

Led by Barry Checkoway, U-M's Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity program recently held a Summer Youth Dialogue residency week on campus, bringing together about 75 high school students from the Metro Detroit Area for social justice education.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's new book, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America" received a star review from Publishers Weekly.

Charity Hoffman (PhD student) along with mentor Professor Mary Ruffolo received a grant from Rackham Graduate School to interview first-time mothers for her dissertation which focuses on the transition to motherhood. She is especially interested in how the U.S.'s lack of maternity leave policy impacts women and their families, and how the absence of formal policy may reproduce race and class inequalities.

Professor Larry Gant was cited in the Huffington Post article, “Let’s Talk About Prison Reform”.

Professor Lorraine Gutierrez was appointed by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Board as a member of the Commission on Research.

Clinical Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas received a grant  from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to evaluate the Michigan State University, Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS) which supports a quality food system in Michigan where vulnerable children and families have access to good food, where and farm and food system households can thrive.

She also received a grant from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office to implement a  project-level program evaluation for their Office of Community Engagement.

Associate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor was profiled on the NLS at 50 website which commemorates 50 years of that National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS).