Presentations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) GCWS Graduate Student Conference “Liberating Spatiality and Temporality” Presentation: Therapeutic Wayfinding and Complex Trauma in Forced Migration: Advocating for Spatial-Based Practices with Refugee and Migrant Youth.”

International Migration Research Network, Critical Reflections on Migration, Racism and Discrimination

Pinto, R. M. & Park, S. (January 2023). COVID-19 pandemic disrupts HIV Continuum of Care and Prevention: Implications for research and practice. Accepted to present the paper at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Harty, J., Park, S., Okpych, N. J., & Courtney, M. E. (January 2023). Emerging into Parenthood While in Foster Care: Correlates of Active Parenting Behaviors at Ages 21 and 23. Accepted to present the paper at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Okpych, N. J., Park, S., Powers, J., Harty, J., & Courtney, M. E. (January 2023). The Role of Enduring Relationships in Early-Adult Outcomes Among Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care. Accepted to present the paper at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Nadon, M., Park, S., Okpych, N. J., Harty, J., & Courtney, M. E. (January 2023). Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age foster youth. Accepted to present the paper at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Courtney, M. E., Park, S., Okpych, N. J., & Harty, J. (January 2023). The Relationship between Legal Permanency Among Older Foster Youth and Their Outcomes. Accepted to present the paper at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Bechtel, T. (2023, December) “The Loving Deployment of Technology” presentation to the Faithful Deployment of Technology Series, Minister Dr. Malaney L. Brown Institute for Ministry Initiatives, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Historic St. James Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI

Henwood, B. & Shanks, T. (2023). Grand Challenges Framework for Social Work Roundtable: Going Grander! Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Roundtable. Phoenix, AR January 14, 2023.

Implementing a Classroom Drama Therapy Intervention among Refugee Students to Promote Adolescents' Mental Health and Social Well-Being (2023, November) Oral presentation at the Global Mental Health Masterclass, Harvard Program on Refugee Trauma