The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2025 Conference

Nicholas M. Brdar

• Risk Factors and Attempt Characteristics Among Transition-Aged Youth and Young Adults Who Attempted Suicide
  3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Research Project Coordinator

Brittany Ribeiro Brown

• "My Identity Is up for Inspection": A Qualitative Exploration of Intersectional Stigma As a Barrier to Non-HIV STI Care Access Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults
  1:30 PM-3:00 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Personality & Social Contexts Candidate

Linda M. Chatters

• Religious Engagement and Life Satisfaction Among African American and Black Caribbeans: A Nationally Representative Examination
  3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Paula Allen-Meares Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR

M. Candace Christensen

• Anti-Carceral Approaches in Social Work Education: Exploring a Research Agenda to Support Transformation
  1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Sonia M. Harb

• Detroit Workers and Job Seekers Speak: A Qualitative Exploration of Detroit's Workforce and Employment Systems
  1:30 PM-3:00 PM

SSW Engagement Strategist

Todd I. Herrenkohl

• Invited Journal Editors Workshop I: Publishing Research in Peer-Reviewed Journals: Talk with the Editors
  3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families

Rory O'Brien

• Factors That Shape High School Student LGBTQA Advocacy: A Qualitative Study
  1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Research Fellow

Sunggeun (Ethan) Park

• Does Transition Planning Increase Service Use Among Older Adolescents in Foster Care?
  3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Camille R. Quinn

• Meet the Scientist Luncheon
  12:15 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Robert Joseph Taylor

• Religious Engagement and Life Satisfaction Among African American and Black Caribbeans: A Nationally Representative Examination
  3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

Lindsay A. Bornheimer

• Suicide Research, Prevention, and Intervention
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Nicholas M. Brdar

• Innovative Dissemination Strategies: Amplifying Suicide Prevention Research through Academic-Community Partnerships
  3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Research Project Coordinator

Brittany Ribeiro Brown

• Epistemic Justice and Abolition: Examining Race in Digital Spaces
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Personality & Social Contexts Candidate

Olivia D. Chang

• Investigating the Lasting Influence of Pregnancy Intendedness on Mothers' and Fathers' Experiences of Destructive Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence
  3:45 PM-5:15 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental

M. Candace Christensen

• Healing Journeys: Survivor Perspectives on Recovery from Sex Trafficking
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Ashley E. Cureton

• "Living in America Is Not Easy": Exploring Afghan Evacuees Resettlement Experiences in the United States
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM
• Displaced populations, migrants and refugees
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Marsal Family School of Education

David Córdova

• Website Accessibility in Top U.S. Schools of Social Work
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Professor of Social Work

• Examining Context in Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention Services
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Research Fellow

Katrina R. Ellis

• Dyadic Health Research: Promise, Pitfalls, and Emerging Directions
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

• Website Accessibility in Top U.S. Schools of Social Work
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Assistant in Research

Greer Hamilton

• Doing Person in Environment: Using Embodied Geographic Methods (EGMs) in Social Work Research
  3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Todd I. Herrenkohl

• JSSWR
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families

Nicolas I. Juarez

• When We Fight, We Win!: Strategic Antagonism in Academic Labor Unionism
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology

Jay R. Kayser

• Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis of Persistence and Bidirectional Influence
  3:45 PM-5:15 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental Candidate

Shawna J. Lee

• Parenting Support for Mothers with High Exposure to Violence: Socio-Ecological Contexts Can Promote or Hinder Nurturing, Non-Violent Parenting
  3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack

• Increasing Economic Security through Home Visiting Services to Prevent ACEs
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Rogério Meireles Pinto

• Mixed Methods Research
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

University Diversity Social Transformation Professor; Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Professor of Theatre and Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Camille R. Quinn

• Mixed Methods Research
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Julie M. Ribaudo

• The Ecological Context of Families and Implications for Home Visiting: Findings from the Michigan Infant Mental Health - Home Visiting Model
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Clinical Professor of Social Work

Katie E. Richards-Schuster

• Implementing a Youth-Centered Ethics Training for Youth Participatory Action Research
  2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Social Work

Daphne C. Watkins

• Mixed Methods Research
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Letha A. Chadiha Collegiate Professor of Social Work, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Lauren White

• Harnessing Community Strengths: Social Support Dynamics and Suicide Prevention Among Alaska Native Youth
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Social Candidate

Anao Zhang

• An Open Pilot Testing Solution-Focused Brief Therapy As a Strength-Based Approach for Depression in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
  5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Finn McLafferty Bell

• Environmental Arts and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Foster Environmental Connection, Understanding, and Action
  4:00 PM-5:30 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Sociology Graduate - 2022

Lindsay A. Bornheimer

• Social Work Contributions to Psychosis & Schizophrenia
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM
• Suicide Risk Profiles and Barriers to Help-Seeking Among College Students at Elevated Risk for Suicide and Not Engaged in Mental Health Services
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Olivia D. Chang

• The Protective Impact of Childcare Subsidies on the Emotional Neglect of Children
  4:00 PM-5:30 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental

M. Candace Christensen

• Arts-Based Research and Praxis
  7:00 AM-8:00 AM
• Latinx Respects: Soliciting Youth Input on a Theatre-Based Dating Violence Intervention
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM
• Advancing Anti-Carceral and Community-Led Responses in Social Work
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Ashley E. Cureton

• Global Perspectives on Refugees and Immigrants
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Marsal Family School of Education

Katrina R. Ellis

• Health Equity & Families
  7:00 AM-8:00 AM
• Improving Health & Health Equity Among Middle Aged-and Older Adults By Targeting Modifiable Socio-Contextual Factors
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

Greer Hamilton

• Arts-Based Research and Praxis
  7:00 AM-8:00 AM
• Storytelling for Social Impact: Using Art and Critical Dialogue to Address Environmental Inequities
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM
• Environmental Arts and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Foster Environmental Connection, Understanding, and Action
  4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Sunghyun Hong

• Living in Silos: Social Work Research As a Bridge between Science and Social Change
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental Candidate

Nicolas I. Juarez

• Grassroots Governance for Sustainable Development: Examining the Barangay As an Exception Case for Participatory Policy Implementation
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology

Shanna K. Kattari

• if You're Asking for My Diversity, You're Asking for All of Me': Neurodivergent Higher Education Faculty Experiences in the U.S
  4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

• A Scale to Center and Measure Trans Women/Transfeminine Persons' Satisfaction with Feminizing Hormone Therapy: Results of the Feminizing Hormone Satisfaction Scale (FEM-SQ)
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Shawna J. Lee

• Associate and Deputy Deans of Faculty Affairs, Faculty Development, and Academic Affairs
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack

• A Spatial Analysis Comparing Urban and Rural Neighborhood Characteristics and Maltreatment
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

• State Policy Variations in Childcare Subsidies and Physical Intimate Partner Violence
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental

Rogério Meireles Pinto

• Arts-Based Research and Praxis
  7:00 AM-8:00 AM
• Storytelling for Social Impact: Using Art and Critical Dialogue to Address Environmental Inequities
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

University Diversity Social Transformation Professor; Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Professor of Theatre and Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Camille R. Quinn

• Black Administrators, Researchers, & Scholars (BARS)
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Irene E. Routte

• Living in Silos: Social Work Research As a Bridge between Science and Social Change
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology Candidate

Trina R. Shanks

• Black Administrators, Researchers, & Scholars (BARS)
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM
• Reducing Extreme Economic Inequality
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

Matthew J. Smith

• Social Work Contributions to Psychosis & Schizophrenia
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work

Sara F. Stein

• Social Determinants of Health Screening in a Pediatric Medical Home: Social Workers' Roles and Perspectives
  4:00 PM-5:30 PM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Clinical Graduate - 2021

Addie Weaver

• Rural Behavioral Health
  12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Associate Professor of Social Work, Associate Director of Doctoral Programs

Lauren White

• Living in Silos: Social Work Research As a Bridge between Science and Social Change
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Social Candidate

Odessa Gonzalez Benson

• Examining Participatory Research As Methodology: Insights on Neutrality, Compliance, Critical Consciousness, Power, Sustainability and Expertise (in Climate Action Research with Sao Paolo's Informal Settlements)
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Kathryn Berringer

• Strategic Epistemic Activism to Advance LGBTQ+ Affirming Care: Between Cold Hard Facts & Situated Knowledges
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology Graduate - 2024

Yun Chen

• Situated Knowledge-Making in Dynamic Collaboration: A Reflexive Case Study of Social Work Practice Research in Mainland China
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

PhD Student. Social Work/Anthropology Candidate

Fernanda L. Cross

• Leveraging a Community-Based Partnership to Support the Mental Health of Latinx Immigrant-Origin Youth
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Shanna K. Kattari

• Trans-Affirming Care: The Role of Social Work Research and Practice
  9:45 AM-11:15 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

• The Power of Youth Participation: Lessons Learned and Trends across 10 Years of SSWR
  11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Assistant in Research

Camille R. Quinn

• Suicidal and Delinquent Behavior Among African American Youth: Exploring the Role of ACEs and PTSD
  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Associate Professor of Social Work

Katie E. Richards-Schuster

• The Power of Youth Participation: Lessons Learned and Trends across 10 Years of SSWR
  11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Social Work