School of Social Work News

Assistant Professor Reuben Miller presented his paper, “Mass Supervision and the Transformation of Americas Urban Poor,” at the UCLA Innovations on Prison Research Workshop.

Assistant Professor Daphne Watkins, the first female leader of the men's studies association, is quoted in "4 Decades After Its Founding, Men’s Studies Struggles to Define Itself", The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Assistant Professor David Cordova's paper,  "An Application of the Complier Average Causal Effect Analysis to Examine the Effects of a Family Intervention in Reducing Illicit Drug Use among High-Risk Hispanic Adolescents" is published in the March volume of Family Process Journal.

Shaka Senghor, an author, motivational speaker and social activist, discussed the perpetuated cycle of inner-city violence and how his experience in prison led him to speak and write at the School of Social Work.  The Michigan Daily featured the talk, "Former prisoner talks inner-city violence, his experiences".

Assistant Professor David Neal along with Associate Professor Mary Ruffolo have received an award from the Michigan Department of Community Health for their project that explores more cost effective ways to deliver services to individuals living with schizophrenia and their families by using the evidence-based practice.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Elizabeth Thomason and Associate Professor Joseph Himle received an award from the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center for their mixed-methods pilot study that will explore the feasibility and acceptability of designing, developing, and delivering cognitive behavioral therapy for postpartum depression in a support group setting using existing agency personnel.

Professor John Tropman is the keynote speaker at the Advancing Safe and Healthy Homes Initiative (ASHHI) annual meeting.  ASHHI is a national program sponsored by the Kresge Foundation to address health issues that derive - all or in part - from in-home environmental hazards. The program engages organizations at the federal, state and local levels to improve the health of vulnerable populations across the nation.

SSW Dean Laura Lein, along with Clinical Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas received an award from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation via the Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency for their work with various Northeast Michigan Children's Behavioral Health Initiative sponsored programs