School of Social Work News

Julie (Crouch) Baptiste (MSW'03) is working in California as an LCSW in the emergency department of a local hospital.

Linda Favitta (MSW'05) recently established a private practice. She serves youths, parents, co-parents and couples with special-needs children who are experiencing issues of grief and loss, family dynamics, and self-esteem issues. She also provides clinical supervision to licensed social workers.

Norma Marie Keil Shaw (MSW'78) is a social worker in a subacute rehabilitation facility. She is also President of The Tuesday Musicale of Detroit, an organization that dates back to 1885. Norma plays clarinet in two orchestras as well as performs chamber music in Detroit.

Data analyst Brandy Sinco and Assistant Professor Michael Woodford’s article "Contemporary heterosexism on campus and psychological distress among LGBQ students: The mediating role of self-acceptance" was published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Sandra Danziger’s paper "Bundling Public and Charitable Supports to Cope with the Effects of the Great Recession" was accepted for publishing in the Social Science Quarterly.

The School of Social Work’s Technical Assistance Center was featured on the U-M Detroit Center website.

This weekend Anthony M. Provenzano (MSW'15) received a first place overall award for his poster presentation, "Transforming Learning Through Performing Arts and Community Engagement", at the Sujal M. Parikh Memorial Symposium for Health & Social Justice.

Associate Professor Sherrie A. Kossoudji’s article, “Viewpoint: Tackling Sexual Assault on Campus” was published in the Michigan Daily.