School of Social Work News

Assistant Professor Shawna Lee received an award from the U-M Center for Human Growth & Development.

The objective of this proposal is to conduct a process study of Mobile Dad, a smartphone app that delivers parenting information to fathers of new babies. This study will collect pilot data from users and service providers to establish implementation feasibility in community settings in Southeast Michigan.

Associate Professor Brad Zebrack was quoted in a Reuters story, "Making Music Videos Helps Young Cancer Patients Connect".

Assistant Professor Michael Woodford has been appointed for a three-year term as a consulting editor with the NASW journal, Social Work Research. 
 

Desmond Patton was awarded a grant, from the Office of Research through it's Faculty Grants and Awards Program, to conduct research on the causality between gang violence and social media. His project is entitled "Internet Banging: Exploring Social Media Behaviors and Gang Violence among Black and Latino Males in Chicago". 

Assistant Professor Desmond Patton was awarded a grant from the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research to conduct research for his project, "Violence Prevention Evaluation".

Grace Adofoli  (MSW student) wrote an article about reproductive health, rights, and justice after her internship with the National Women's Health Network and Black Women's Health Imperative in Washington, DC. After attending the United nations 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 57), she felt that the conversation on issues regarding reproductive equity needed to be explored further because there was no consensus, on the matter, among women around the world. The article is available through the U-M Library online publication Women's Health Activist through this link from Mirlyn: http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/005271524/Holdings#0 or on Amazon. 

Assistant Professor Michael Woodford was awarded a grant from the Institute for Research on Women and Gender to support his project, "Centering Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Race in Research, Policy, and Programs to Support LGBTQ College Students through Intersectional Research".

Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt will work with Abt Associates to conduct longitudinal, qualitative interviews with participants from Abt Associates "Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency (ISIS)” program. The ISIS project is a rigorous evaluation of promising strategies which promote employment and self-sufficiency among economically disadvantaged families.  The focus of the ISIS study, funded by the Administration for Children and Families, is on career pathways as the main intervention framework.