School of Social Work News

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

The Child and Adolescent Data Lab's article, "Disparities at Adjudication in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Age" was published in Social Work Research. The lab includes PhD student Michael Evangelist, Associate Professors Joe Ryan and Brian Perron, research associate Bryan Victor, and data analyst Andrew Moore. 

Three School of Social Work alumni were presented Distinguished Alumni Awards at the SSW All-Class Reunion Lunch on Friday, October 27, 2017.

The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes School of Social Work alumni whose achievements exemplify the values of the School of Social Work and who have made an exceptional impact on the profession, the community and/or Social Work education.

Associate Professors Andy Grogan-Kaylor and Shawna Lee’s spanking research was featured in U.S. News & World Report and the November 2017 issue of Michigan Research. 

Professor Brad Zebrack’s experience as a 2016 Fulbright Senior Scholar was featured in the November 2017 issue of Minds & Hearts, (page 22) published by the Australian-American Fulbright Commission.

Professors Linda Chatters, Jorge Delva, Robert Taylor and Richard Tolman were selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. They will be inducted into the Academy in January at the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

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.”