School of Social Work News

Professor Barry Checkoway was a featured panelist at "Faculty Forum on Outreach and Engagement: Faculty Outreach in Detroit" which is part of the series theme, "Educational Outreach to Inform, Engage & Inspire: Fulfilling U-M's social contract with the public."

The Child and Adolescent Data Lab's juvenile justice Youth Advisory Board received a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. The Board serves as a voice for young adults (age 16-24) in the public sphere around juvenile justice policy and reform in the Southeast Michigan area. With 2017 as its inaugural year, the focus is on building a youth-driven and interactive space where the young adults decide on the top priorities of concern to then inform local- and state-level decision-makers. Simultaneously, the group engages in training in research, critical thinking, leadership development and professional skills.

Erica Solway (LEO lecturer) was cited in the Forbes article, "As Alzheimer's Numbers Soar, New Poll Focuses On Caregivers."

Peter Felsman (PhD student) and Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle received a grant from The Detroit Creativity Project for "The Improv Project" which is a Detroit school-based program that teaches life skills to adolescents through improvisational theater. The program has been found to predict increases in social skills and reductions in social phobia, through survey outcome data.

Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor Ruth Dunkle is on the faculty team for the MCubed (part of Third Century Initiative) project, "LEAN thinking for Dementia care" which was featured at the 2017 MCubed Symposium, held on November 1, 2017.

Associate Professors Shawna Lee and Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "Associations of neighborhood disorganization and maternal spanking with children's aggression: A fixed-effects regression analysis" was published in Child Abuse & Neglect.

Professor William Elliott III was featured on the podcast, "Straight Talk with Frank Sweeny" to discuss his book, "The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream."

Director of Joint Doctoral Program and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins' Twitter account (@WatkinsResearch) was ranked the #4 must-follow social media account in Ann Arbor by Concentrate Ann Arbor.