School of Social Work News

Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle’s article, “Self-Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the long-term after therapy-a focus group interview” was published in the European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare.

Professor Jorge Delva is the Director of the Community Engagement Core for the new $58 million National Institutes of Health grant to the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer was selected to be a torch recipient at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He joins nine other experts to become part of a new generation of social insurance leaders. 

Associate Professor Matthew Smith received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a virtual reality intervention to enhance job interviewing skills for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum. After the intervention is developed, the project will evaluate the intervention as an addition to school-based transitional services.

Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor’s article, “Profiles of Children’s Thinking About Violence in Families Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence” was published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies.

The following faculty members contributed to the Handbook of Social Work with Groups, 2nd ed. which was edited by Professor Emeritus Charles Garvin and Professor Lorraine Gutierrez:

• Professor Daniel Saunders wrote the chapter, "Group Interventions for Partner Abuse"
• Professor Jorge Delva and Assistant Professor Reuben Miller's wrote the chapter, "Group Work in the Shadow of Mass Incarceration"
• Assistant Professor David Cordova and Professor Brian Perron wrote the chapter, "Group-Based Approaches to Preventing Adolescent Substance Abuse: The State of Social Work Science"

CASC Undergraduate Minor Program Manager Amber Williams was appointed by President Schlissel to the Voices of the Staff Program’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion network team for a two-year term.

Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor's article, "Researchers Deserve a Better Critique: Response to Larzelere, Gunnoe, Roberts, and Ferguson (2017)" was published in Marriage & Family Review.