School of Social Work News

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was cited in a USA Today article, “States See More Poor Among Children and the Unemployed”.

Professor Larry Gant’s article, “A Census Tract–Level Examination of Social Determinants of Health among Black/African American Men with Diagnosed HIV Infection, 2005–2009—17 US Areas” was published in the Public Library of Science One journal.

Associate Professor Sandra Momper, the principal investigator in collaboration with American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeast Michigan Inc., received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to continue work on youth suicide prevention among American Indians aged 10 to 24. This project, entitled “Manidookewigashkibjigan”: Sacred Bundle R.E.S.P.E.C.T., will provide suicide prevention skills training and community-based screenings for suicide risk in Southeast Michigan and on American Indian reservations across Michigan for the next 5 years.

The SSW Office of Field Instruction team had their proposal, "Student Peer/Field Faculty Facilitated Field Seminar" accepted by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Field Instruction Betsy Voshel, along with field educators Su Crabb, Oliva Kuester, Stacy Peterson and Leigh Robertson will present at the CSWE Annual Program Meeting 2014 Field Education Innovators Showcase. The Innovators Showcase will seed ideas for solutions to challenges faced by field education stakeholders and generate discussion among programs, participants, agencies, and others during the scheduled Field Summit.

Desmond Patton’s co-authored manuscript, “Are Community Violence-Exposed Youth at Risk of Engaging in Delinquent Behavior? A Review and Implications for Residential Treatment Research and Practice” was accepted for publication in Residential Treatment for Children & Youth journal.

Professor Edie Kieffer received support from the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) to work with the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (MiCHWA) to develop, disseminate, and analyze a statewide survey focused on understanding community health worker programs.

Assistant Professor Reuben Miller along with Clincial Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas and Professor and Associate Dean Jorge Delva received support from the Michigan Department of Corrections to develop an evaluation design for inclusion within a U.S Department of Justice federal grant application.

Randy Goon (MSW'68) has retired. Following graduation, he embarked upon a career in hospital psychiatric social work in Ontario and B.C.  He organized a patient self-government program on a psychiatric ward, a cognitive-behavioral and supportive outpatient treatment program, headed an outpatient clinic, taught social welfare policy, and was the social worker on an interdisciplinary team in a special short stay psychiatric assessment program.