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Julie Ribaudo Selected as 2015 SSW Student Union Teacher of the YearClinical Associate Professor Julie Ribaudo was selected as the 2015 SSW Student Union Teacher of the Year. She will be recognized at the Student Awards Ceremony in March. Below are several student statements about Professor Ribaudo:
"Julie has such wisdom and compassion from her experiences and an amazing ability of teaching this wisdom in a way that is both clear and sensitive to the identities and unique needs of each student. She teaches her course content with a strong PODS lens and is mindful of the diverse experiences and identity intersectionalities of her students. I've learned so much in her courses thus far and want to take every mini course offered with her! Julie is truly the epitome of empathy and compassion!"
"She has so much passion for what she teaches that it rubs off on her students. She also has a huge depth of knowledge that anyone wanting to pursue social work would be lucky to be exposed to."
"Julie has been an amazing teacher. I have learned more from her in my classes than I have in any of my others. She creates an open, safe class environment where people feel comfortable speaking their minds and are able to build meaningful relationships with one another. She also was very helpful with the transition back into a school setting first semester, and was conscious and understanding of the fact that many people were having a difficult time transitioning."- February 16, 2015
Daphne Watkins and Jaclynn Hawkins (PhD Student) Published in Research on Social Work Practice JournalAssistant Professor Daphne Watkins and Jaclynn Hawkins' (PhD student) article, "The Discipline’s Escalating Whisper: Social Work and Black Men’s Mental Health" was published in the March issue of Research on Social Work Practice journal.
- February 15, 2015
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David Cordova Selected for Visiting Professor Program at UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention StudiesAssistant Professor David Cordova was selected for the National Institutes of Health-funded Visiting Professor Program at the University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies.
- February 15, 2015
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- Desmond Patton and Reuben Miller Co-author Research Review for Academy of Violence and Abuse
Assistant Professors Desmond Patton and Reuben Miller co-authored the Academy of Violence and Abuse’s Research Review - “Examining the Relationship Between Adolescent Violence Exposure and Adulthood Violence Perpetration Among Urban Black and African American Men”.
- February 14, 2015
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Brad Zebrack Contributes to Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with CancerAssociate Professor Brad Zebrack was a section editor and author of the inaugural Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer, which was published by Oxford University Press. The book provides a repository of the scope of oncology social workers’ clinical practice, education, research, policy and program leadership in the psychosocial care of people with cancer and their families.
- February 9, 2015
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- Jorge Delva Selected as a 2015 Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Policy Fellow
Associate Dean Jorge Delva was selected as a 2015 Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Policy Fellow.The 2015 class brings six researchers from U-M and six Lansing policymakers together to learn from a broad range of health policy leaders and subject matter experts, and to learn from each other.
- February 6, 2015
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Trina Shanks Cited in The Huffington Post on Historical Inequality and Income DisparitiesAssociate Professor and Institute for Social Research Faculty Associate Trina Shanks was cited in The Huffington Post’s article, “Blank Account: The American Struggle to Save and Share”.
- February 6, 2015
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Mieko Yoshihama and Richard Tolman Published in American Journal of Community PsychologyProfessors Mieko Yoshihama and Richard Tolman co-authored an article, “Using Interactive Theater to Create Socioculturally Relevant Community-Based Intimate Partner Violence Prevention” which was published in the American Journal of Community Psychology.
- February 4, 2015
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Andrew Grogan-Kaylor Cited in The Christian Science Monitor on Potential Harm of School Dress CodesAssociate Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor was cited in The Christian Science Monitor’s article, “Why school dress codes may be harmful to girls”.
- January 30, 2015
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- David Cordova Published in Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor David Cordova’s paper, "Toward a Typology of Acculturative Stress: Results among Hispanic Immigrants in the United States" has been accepted for publication in the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.
- January 29, 2015