Presentations

Yoshihama, M. (2015, April). PhotoVoice: Effective and innovative applications to social work community practice. Presentation at 5th European Conference on Social Work Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Saunders, S., Sherman, B., Nathan, M., & Weaver, A. (2015, October). Serving youth who have experienced trauma: Social work and education interns collaborate. Interactive workshop at Council on Social Work Education’s 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

Gutierrez, L., Woodford, M., & Weaver, A. (2015, October). Strategies for addressing intergroup conflicts in communities: Implications for educating community organizers. Presentation at Council on Social Work Education’s 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

Weaver, A. (2015, October). Rural development policy and the feminization of rural poverty. Presentation at Council on Social Work Education’s 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.

Watkins, D. C.. (2015, January). Symposium Discussant. The doors of the church are open: Contextualizing black churches as a place and space for mental health and longevity among African Americans. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Akinyemi, E, Watkins, D. C., Kavanagh, J., Johnson-Lawrence, V., Lynn, S., & Kales, H. C. (2015, January). Interpreting language used by older African Americans to describe depression in light of DSM criteria. At the symposium entitled: The doors of the church are open: Contextualizing black churches as a place and space for mental health and longevity among African Americans. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

Mitchell, J. A., Wharton T., Watkins, D. C.. , & Kales, H. C. (2015, January). ’There's no depression in the walk’: A qualitative analysis of how older black women define and discuss depression in the context of their spirituality. At the symposium entitled: The doors of the church are open: Contextualizing black churches as a place and space for mental health and longevity among African Americans. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA,

Watkins, D. C., Wharton T., Mitchell, J. A., Matusko, N. & Kales, H. C. (2015, January). A mixed methods study of family support and mental health outcomes among older, church-going African American men. At the symposium entitled: The doors of the church are open: Contextualizing black churches as a place and space for mental health and longevity among African Americans. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Wharton T., Watkins, D. C.. Mitchell, J. A., & Kales, H. C. (2015, January). “’Oh I'm not going to discuss this with him’: Older African-American church community members' expectations of formal mental health care providers.” At the symposium entitled: The doors of the church are open: Contextualizing black churches as a place and space for mental health and longevity among African Americans. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA,

Mitchell, J. A., & Watkins, D. C.. (2015, January). Self-reported depression and emotional distress for older African American men across intersecting contexts. Society for Social Work Research 19th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.