SOCIAL WELFARE RESEARCH & SERVICE

Providing support to researchers so they may successfully carry out transformative social work scholarship

Social Welfare Research Centers

CCEC

Center for Community Engagement and Collaboration

CCEC

CRADO

Center for Research on Aging & Disability Options

CRADO

LGBTQ+

Center for LGBTQ+ Research & Advocacy

LGBTQ+

CRTS

Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family Community & Social Justice

CRTS

CAHE

Center for the Advancement of Health Equity

CAHE

Toni Johnson Center

Toni Johnson Center for Racial and Social Justice

Toni Johnson Center

Laura Ramirez, Ojibway, speaks during a panel on Social Work at Indigenous Educators during the 2024 CSWE Annual Program Meeting

Researcher Kiley Liming presents findings from a telehealth study during the 2024 CSWE Annual Program Meeting

Melinda Lewis, Amittia Parker and Christina Boyd at the Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas Annual Conference for Behavioral Health

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KU Social Welfare faculty, researchers to present at SSWR 2025 conference

KU School of Social Welfare attendees will share their research in over 30 presentations, symposia, roundtable discussions and poster presentations. Their work covers a broad range of research areas, with topics including social movements, child welfare, LGBTQ+ activism, environmental justice, generational divides and more.

Supporting Survivors of Partner Violence

Meredith Bagwell-Gray has seen the magic happen. When women who have experienced sexual abuse and intimate partner violence have a safe place to address their sexual trauma, they often begin to feel more empowered and in control of their sexuality. As a result, they are more likely to embrace positive...

Social Welfare assistant professor Tadeo Weiner Davis said both short and long term change require engagement in the policy and electoral realm.

Social Welfare assistant professor wants research to inform future community organizing, social movements

For Tadeo Weiner Davis, urban politics and policy issues continue to be a focus for him as an assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. He dedicates his research to learning more about community organizing and social movements, urban politics, and the dynamics of race and class in urban settings.

Social Welfare assistant professor Whitney Grube is focuses on helping the most vulnerable.

Social Welfare Assistant Professor wants research to help children with mental illness

Whitney Grube focuses her research on community mental health, and children and teens experiencing serious emotional disturbances.

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