School of Social Work News

Luke Shaefer's report on unemployment was cited in "Fewer Michiganders received unemployment benefits under scaled-back program, report says " from MLive.

Nkemka Anyiwo, PhD was awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.  The national fellowship is awarded over three years and will begin in the fall.

David Cordova’s paper, "Family Functioning Trajectories and Substance Use and Misuse among Minority Urban Adolescents: A Growth Mixture Model" has been accepted for publication in Substance Use and Misuse.

Research Investigator Addie Weaver received an award from the U-M Institute for Clinical and Health Research for her research aimed at increasing the understanding of community residents and stakeholders perceptions of unmet mental health needs and treatment.

Clinical Associate Professor Betsy Voshel was interviewed for the online Field Educator Journal. This issue’s topic is interprofessional education and the implications of this framework for social work education.

Assistant Professor Daphne Watkins was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More”. She discussed Men’s Studies with Michel Martin.

Professor David Cordova, along with colleagues Christopher Salas-Wright, Trennette Clark, and Michael Vaughn, had their paper entitled, "Profiles of Acculturation among Hispanics in the United States: Links with Discrimination and Substance Use," has been accepted in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Elizabeth Thomason has received a pilot grant award from the Curtis Center for her mixed-methods study entitled, "Incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Postpartum Depression with African-American Women through a Support Group Format: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study."