Michelle Mattison, LICSW, LMSW, has been named MSW Program Director for the on-campus program at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Mattison steps into this role after serving as Practicum Education Coordinator for the MSW program.
In December 2024, two SSW faculty members presented their research at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Arlington, Virginia.
Associate Professor Ginny Ramseyer Winter was quoted in the news article “In Some Doctors’ Offices, the Weigh-In Is No Longer Required,” published Thursday, December 26 in The New York Times.
We are proud to honor our two McNair Scholarship winners: Nyalaan Jok and Leslie Luces Saavedra. In addition to their achievements, we would like to showcase both of them here.
Assistant Professor Hannah MacDougall was accepted into the 2025 cohort for Mothers Leading Science, a leadership program for research intensive faculty in the health sciences who are also mothers to young children.
Assistant Professor Ceema Samimi has earned a Spencer Vision Grant to investigate community-specific alternatives to punitive public school discipline in the Twin Cities.
Amy Dorman, Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Social Work, has accepted the position of Research and Training Director, Office of Justice Programs at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
