School of Social Work News

Assistant Professor David Cordova's manuscript, "“They Don’t Look at What All Affects Us”: The Role of Ecodevelopmental Factors on Alcohol and Drug Use among Latinos with Physical Disabilities" is published in Ethnicity and Health.

Professor Daniel  Saunders is cited in “Grand Accomplishments in Social Work,” published by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, for his experimental comparison of interventions for men who batter.

Julie Nagel, MSW '82, PhD '87, author of Melodies of the Mind, had a book signing on October 4, 2013 at The Juilliard School. She also presented at the William Alanson White Conference in New York in October.

Linda Bowman, MSW '75, has returned to serving as a renal social worker. She is working at DaVita, the second largest provider of dialysis in the U.S.

Sekai K.Ward, MSW '07, is a case manager at SOS Community Services in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she helps homeless families become self-sufficient. She received the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence 2011 Promise Award for outstanding advocacy on behalf of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Sekai also provides supervision to LLMSWs who are pursuing their clinical licenses.

Jennifer M. Acree, MSW '05, joined the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as an associate program officer for the Flint area grantmaking team. She will be responsible for a variety of grantmaking strategies within the Flint program, with particular focus on the local nonprofit community.

John F. Butler, MSW '74, edited "The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project", by Jason Aronson. This book was published in April 2013.

Kristin Meekhof, MSW '98, is a writer for The Huffington Post. She is also co-writing a book entitled "Just Widowed."