Land Acknowledgement

The School of Social Welfare acknowledges that the University of Kansas resides on the ancestral territory of several tribal nations, including the Kaw, Osage, and Shawnee Peoples. Specifically, the University occupies land taken from these Native Peoples in 1825 with the Kaw Treaty and with the Shawnee Treaty enforced in 1854.

This land acknowledgement recognizes that Indigenous people are traditional guardians of the land and that there is an enduring relationship between Indigenous peoples and these traditional territories. Our School recognizes, advocates, and supports the sovereignty of the four-federally recognized tribes of Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.

This acknowledgement reminds us to continue advocating for and supporting Native students, staff, and faculty while working towards decolonizing the systems of power and oppression.

School of Social Welfare News

Research Impact Talks

Hosting a series of Research Impact Talks highlighting current School research and community practice in areas related to social work. These events will be held virtually to facilitate access for KU alumni and community stakeholders across the state.

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Grand Challenges for Social Work Events

The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Center for Community Engagement and Collaboration (CCEC) will host a series of interactive panels highlighting current School research and community practice in areas related to the Grand Challenges for Social Work.

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Latest News

The KU School of Social Welfare expresses our support for members of marginalized communities facing oppression, trauma, and violence. Guiding Principles & Values: We embrace the inherent worth of all people. By taking the position of cultural humility and applying the lens of intersectionality, we seek to develop and promote modes of anti-oppressive social work and dismantle structures of exclusion.

Sun, 09/12/21

Condemning the Destruction of the University of Kansas Common Work of Art, “Native Hosts”

The School of Social Welfare stands

Tue, 09/07/21

KU School of Social Welfare hosts Grand Challenges for Social Work Event Series

Tue, 09/14/21

KU School of Social Welfare hosts Research Impact Talk Event Series

The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Research Office will host a series of Research Impact Talks highlighting current School research and community practice in areas related to social work. These events will be held virtually to facilitate access for KU alumni and community stakeholders across the state. Participants will be able to receive 1.0 hour CEU for attending each event in full. These events are free and open to the public.

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In the Media

Kansas bill on transgender girls in holding pattern

Important role Dr. Megan Paceley's research is playing in Kansas legislative discussions.

Read the Topeka Capital-Journal Article

The Free Hotline That’s Saving Women’s Lives by Disarming Dangerous Men

Dr. Juliana Carlson, an expert on male engagement strategies, quote in the Medium article.

Read the Medium Article

From our newsletters

Researcher Wins Groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ Research Pride Award

Dr. Megan Paceley won this award at the KU Lavender Graduation in April 2021.

Kansas Strong Poster Wins Award

The Kansas Strong project (PI: Dr. Becci Akin) had a poster selected at ResilienceCon as the ‘2021 ResCon Best Poster Award’. The poster is: Amplified: A Poetic Inquiry of Voices in Child Welfare. The authors are: Shelby Clark, Sarah McCall, Becci Akin, Kaela Byers & Mariana Gomez.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Drs. Megan Paceley, Nancy Kepple, and Amy Mendenhall were accepted to participate in the Rockwood Leadership Institute’s week-long Virtual Art of Leadership course this summer. Dr. Megan Paceley will also participate in their Art of Navigating Change course.

Researcher Receives Funding to Continue International Work

Dr. Koenig, faculty affiliate, Kansas African Studies Center (KASC), awarded funding through KASC's Title VI National Resource Center. Funding supports a research student working with an Italian & American faculty team in developing African refugee text & visual narratives of their journeys from Africa to Italy.