School of Social Work News

Associate Professor Trina Shanks was honored with the 2017 Carol Hollenshead Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change at the Center for the Education of Women's symposium, "The Spectrum of Advocacy & Activism: Finding Your Voice." Awardees are faculty whose sustained efforts have resulted in greater equity in regard to gender, race, class, age, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Associate Professors Andy Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee’s research was cited in The Irish News article, “Spanking children linked to depression and suicide in later life, study suggests.”

Associate Professor Emily Nicklett’s article, “Social Work and Aging in Place: A Scoping Review of the Literature” was published in Social Work Research.

Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle and Assistant Professor Addie Weaver’s article, “Awareness enhancing and monitoring device plus habit reversal in the treatment of trichotillomania: An open feasibility trial” was published in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.

Professor Jorge Delva was selected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. He joins the following U-M SSW faculty members who are current Fellows of the Academy: Ruth Dunkle, Lorraine Gutierrez, Rosemary Sarri, Michael Spencer, and John Tropman. 

Lisa Larance’s (PhD student) article, “Strategically Stealthy: Women’s Agency in Navigating Spousal Violence” was published in the Journal of Women and Social Work.

Associate Professor Shawna Lee received a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund for a project entitled, "Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers." This project involves implementing and evaluating a fatherhood home visitation and parent education intervention with low-income fathers in collaboration with 6 Healthy Start home visitation sites in Michigan.

Angie Perone’s (PhD student) op-ed, “Navigating Nursing Home Violations, Dwindling Protections, and Potential Solutions for LGBT Older Adults” was published in PrideSource.