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School of Social Work faculty member, Dr. Amy Krentzman, recently shared a three-part learning module — on the role journaling can have in support of addiction recovery — with members of the Alamance County Department of Social Services in North Carolina. The modules,1.25 hours of online content, are available for viewing here, via the School’s […]

The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, UMN Clinical and Translational Science Institute welcomes its most recent cohort of researcher-moms into: “Mothers Leading Science, a yearlong career development program for research-intensive faculty in the health sciences who are raising young children.” Congratulations to all, especially faculty member, Dr. Mimi Choy-Brown (pictured below: top row, second from […]

School of Social Work professor, Amy Krentzman, has been awarded a Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry & Scholarship (GIA), effective, January 1, 2023, for her work on Positive Recovery Journaling (PRJ) as a tool for addiction-recovery. The grant, in excess of $15,000, is administered by the U of MN Office of the Vice President for Research. […]

School of Social Work faculty member Dr. Jeff Waid, and team, recently published two papers. The pieces relate to a family navigation preventive intervention Dr. Waid developed to promote health equity/prevent adverse childhood experiences. Preliminary data are reported in the journal: “BMC Public Health,” now available (in full & online); and also here (via the journal of […]

This week, the Council on Social Work Education is holding its Annual Program Meeting (APM). SSW Program Director (for our Master of Social Work program), Dr. Suzanne Shatila is slated to present twice at the conference. The first is the poster presentation “Feminist Peer Mentoring in Doctoral Programs: Supporting the Next Generation of Students,” on […]

Six members of the research project, Impacts of Neoliberalism on Social Work Practice in Minnesota, have received acceptances from the Society for Social Work Research. All are students or alums of the UMN School of Social Work PhD program.  Dr. Jessica Toft (chair, pictured above), Dr. Molly Calhoun (alum), Dr. Mingyang Zheng (alum), and Ruti Soffer-Elnekave (candidate), […]

Channel Lowery, a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work, was part of the Hennepin-University Partnership Collaborative Research Assistantship (HCRA), Summer 2022 cohort. After conducting research, Lowery recently presented her findings and recommendations to the leadership of Hennepin County. Her research centered on the Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot program for the county. Lowery […]

Andy Le has been named the new Graduate Program Coordinator for the School of Social Work. Andy Le has been at the University of Minnesota since 2004 — when he joined the Graduate School admissions team. He’s since served as Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC) for the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences unit, and for the UMN School of […]

The Council on Social Work Education, the Society for Social Work and Research, and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) have announced the recipient of their inaugural Social Work Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship as Johara Suleiman. A PhD candidate in the School of Social Work, Johara will work to […]

Faculty and staff joined friends and family in officially welcoming Dr. Joan Blakey as head of the School of Social Work. The event, held on Wednesday, October 12, in downtown St. Paul, featured a live performance by the LoveWorks Academy of Performing and Visual Arts-majorettes. The evening was catered by Soul Bowl Minnesota. Ashley Aguy, […]