School of Social Work News
Linda Chatters Coeditor of Book on Aging Black AmericansLinda Chatters co-edited Volume 41 of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Black Older Adults in the Era of Black Lives Matter. Katrina Ellis, James Ellis, and Robert Joseph Taylor contributed book chapters. The book represents an important moment in the development and maturation of research and scholarship on Black older adults that builds on the many contributions of prior generations of eminent African American gerontologists.
- February 1, 2022
- Linda Chatters Op-Ed Urges the State of Michigan to Respond to Poverty and Racism During Pandemic
Paula Allen-Meares Collegiate Professor of Social Work Linda Chatters and colleagues from the U-M School of Public Health recently wrote an op-ed for Bridge. "We urge the State of Michigan to recognize the role economic disinvestment and institutional racism have played in heightening the risk of COVID-19 infection."
- April 13, 2020
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- Linda Chatters Selected as Recipient of 2015 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
Linda Chatters was selected as a recipient of the 2015 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award. This award was established in 1996 in honor of the former Dean of the School of Social Work, Harold R. Johnson. It recognizes U-M faculty members on the Ann Arbor campus who have exhibited outstanding leadership in the area of cultural diversity.
- April 6, 2015
- Professor Linda Chatters Shares Why Faith Matters in Findings Magazine
Professor Linda Chatters discusses how religion and spirituality affect both physical and mental health in the School of Public Health's Findings magazine (page 28).
- November 26, 2014