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- Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group Presents at American Evaluation Association Conference
The Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group presented twice at the American Evaluation Association national conference in Washington, DC on October 16-19.
Staff member Laura Sundstrom and MSW/MPH student Nick Yankey presented on a panel titled "Creating Infrastructure for Experiential Learning and Practical Skill Development for Novice Evaluators" on the implementation of and experience with the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group.
Staff members Jeremy Gaertner and Desiree Liwosz presented a poster titled "Re-tooling Michigan's Child Support Enforcement: Using Predictive Modeling and Supportive Methods in Michigan's Child Support System to Increase the Financial Well-being of Children and Self-Sufficiency of Families" on the progress and preliminary results from the Re-tooling Michigan's Child Support Enforcement Program project through the Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group.
- October 23, 2013
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- PhD Student Guillermo Sanhueza Organized First Conference on Prisoners' Rights in Latin America
PhD student, Guillermo Sanhueza organized the first conference on prisoners' human rights in Latin America in Santiago, Chile, on October 16-17. The conference brought prison experts from around the world together to promote good practices in penitentiary contexts. Guillermo Sanhueza also presented his evaluation work Results of the First Survey on Inmates’ Perception of Quality of Prison Life.
- October 21, 2013
- Assistant Professor Reuben Miller Lectures in Glasgow, Scotland and Bratislava, Slovakia
Reuben Miller will lecture at the University of Glasgow on Devolving the Carceral State: Race, Reentry and the Micro-politics of Urban Poverty Management. Later in the month he is in Bratislava, Slovakia presenting at a Desistance Research Work Group.
- October 18, 2013
- Brandy Sinco receives "best paper" award at the Midwest SAS Users Conference
Brandy Sinco was awarded "best paper" for her advanced analytics entry, Adventures in Path Analysis and Preparatory Analysis from the Midwest SAS Users Conference.
- October 14, 2013
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Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer Discusses Deep Poverty and the Job MarketAssistant Professor Luke Shaefer discusses poverty and the job market with the Wall Street Journal.
- October 11, 2013
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- Research by Assistant Professor Desmond Patton Published in Boston Magazine and USA Today
Assistant Professor, Desmond Patton's research on the relationship between gangs' activity on social media outlets such as Twitter, to violence on the streets is cited in Boston Magazine and USA Today. Patton intends to collaborate with Henry Lieberman, Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab to map his findings on gang violence and social media to determine the rate at which gang/community violence is occurring.
- September 27, 2013
- MSW Student Jerrica Delaney Awarded Scholarship
Jerrica Delaney, is the recipient of a celebrated scholarship given annually by the Buffalo Association of Black Social Workers. The association will host its annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner on Saturday, September 28, in Buffalo, New York. She is one of six to be honored for her contributions to the community.
- September 26, 2013
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- CASC minor student Munmun Khan featured in Huffington Post
Munmun Khan, a CASC minor student, is featured in the Huffington Post for her blog on racism, Islamophobia and the Miss America pageant.
- September 20, 2013
- Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer's Poverty Research Cited in Several Major Media Outlets
Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer's research on poverty was cited in several major media outlets this week including:
- Chicago Tribune (Sister Simone's column)
- New York Times
- New Republic
- Wall Street Journal
- September 20, 2013
- Assistant Professor Michael Woodford study finds college students support LGBT civil rights
Assistant Professor Michael Woodford's article, "Endorsement for Civil Rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People Among Heterosexual College Students: Informing Socially Just Policy Advocacy" was published in the Journal of Community Practice.
- September 19, 2013
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