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New tenure-track faculty to start at School of Social Welfare for the 2023-2024 academic year
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is excited to announce two new tenure-track faculty. The new faculty bring with them innovative research knowledge and expertise to the School. Please take a moment to read more about our new scholars. ...
Celebrating Dr. Mahasweta Banerjee’s career at KU
2023 Dean's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching and Mignot Award Granted to Heather Bradley
The 2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching and the Mignot Award was awarded to Heather Bradley-Geary, M.S.W. for the 2022-2023 academic year. Heather is an adjunct professor and a field liaison for the KU School of Social Welfare. As an adjunct professor, Heather Bradley-Geary teaches undergraduate courses in...
Dr. Pegah Naemi Jimenez awarded 2023 Suzanne & Harry Statland Research Staff Award
For the first time ever this year, the School is proud to present a new annual award recognizing the outstanding research and scholarship work of research staff. The inaugural recipient of this award is Dr. Pegah Naemi Jimenez. ...
Dr. Juliana Carlson awarded 2023 Suzanne and Harry Statland Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship
To acknowledge outstanding contributions in our School to the advancement of science and knowledge through scholarship and research, we are proud to announce that this year’s Suzanne and Harry Statland Award recipient is Dr. Juliana Carlson. ...
Dr. Nancy Kepple awarded 2023 Gene A. and Gretchen Budig Award for Excellence in Teaching
The KU School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Gene A. and Gretchen Budig Award for Excellence in Teaching. In recognition of contributions to students and the teaching mission in the KU School of Social Welfare, Dr. Nancy Kepple is honored with the Budig Award for Excellence...
2022-2023 Margo Award Winners Announced
The Margo Awards are named for Margaret Schutz Gordon, Professor Emeritus who served with distinction as Professor and Director of Field Education at KU SSW from 1970 to 1983. ...
KU Announces New 2023-2024 Self Memorial Scholars
LAWRENCE – Nineteen students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. ...
Scholars Outline Responsibilities of Schools of Social Welfare in Era of Anti-Trans Legislation
LAWRENCE — Through workshops and scholarly writing, experts from the University of Kansas are guiding conversations about the roles and responsibilities that schools of social work have to educate the next generation of social workers serving LGBTQ+ individuals in an environment of expanding anti-trans legislation across the country. Adding weight...
School of Social Welfare Center will Host 2023 LGBTQ Research Symposium
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Center for LGBTQ+ Research and Advocacy will host its annual LGBTQ Research Symposium next month. This virtual event will take place June 1-2, offering live sessions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...
New faculty member gleans insight for preventing domestic violence from work in Nepal
Racial Equity Collaborative will present community forum
LAWRENCE — The Racial Equity Collaborative will host a community forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Forum guests will discuss the confusion of neglect and poverty, the progress of kinship care in the state of Kansas and how to make meaningful...
Study shows link between wealth, health differs across race, ethnicity in young adulthood
Study shows pandemic put duties of employers on those directing own in-home care without added resources
LAWRENCE — As the U.S. population ages, the number of people receiving long-term services and supports in their own home has grown, including the use of self-directed care. Self-directed care enables long-term care recipients to hire and manage their own workers, rather than using a home care agency. The COVID-19...
Grand Challenges for Social Work Events Spotlight Progress on Complex Social Issues
Study shows SMART Recovery holds potential to help LGBTQ population with alcohol, substance use
LAWRENCE — People looking for help in reducing their alcohol and other substance use often turn to 12-step programs. But while research shows that LGBTQ individuals are more likely to struggle with substance use issues than their peers, they also often face barriers to engaging in traditional treatment programs. A...
Pandemic-forced shift to online education can be boon for future social workers; researcher offers framework
LAWRENCE — The COVID-19 pandemic forced education, services, health care and many other aspects of everyday life online. For social work, that transition started as a challenge, but it can actually be an opportunity for educators, social workers and the people they serve. A University of Kansas professor has published...
School of Social Welfare launches Master of Social Work partnership with K-State Salina
Financial capability predicts more positive health outcomes, study shows
LAWRENCE — We hear often about things that can be detrimental to our health, but the lists seldom contain anything financial. New research from the University of Kansas has found that financial capability can in fact be a social determinant of health and those who have it are more likely...
Alumna focuses social work career on giving voice to the voiceless
KU launches online Master of Social Work through Jayhawk Global education innovation center
School of Social Welfare Launches New Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family, Community and Social Justice
KU School of Social Welfare announces 2022-23 cohort of MSW Research Scholars
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Research Office is excited to announce the 2022-23 cohort of MSW Research Scholars. These students work closely with an academic researcher on their research for 22 weeks (11 weeks each semester) for an average of eight hours per week. They are exposed...
Three social work doctoral students seek employment
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare currently has three doctoral candidates seeking employment. The candidates showcase a broad variety of social work teaching and research interests. This year the candidates are scholars studying youth activism and marginalization youth, mental health treatment and the intersection of physical and mental...
2022-2023 Sigler Aging Scholars Announced
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the Sigler Aging Scholars Program has selected three students as the 2022-2023 Sigler Aging Scholars. ...