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3rd Annual Dorothy Pearson Lecture on Equity and Social Justice

March 6, 2014 | 4:30 pm

Varsity Hall, Union South

Aisht Ahalaia- Loving Responsibility: Creating Innovative Methods and Sustainable Health Promotion Approaches to Address Historical Trauma in Indian Country

Karina L. Walters, MSW, Ph.D.

Associate Dean and Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute

Researcher Karina Walters will speak about the concept of historical trauma: how effects from a traumatic event experienced by a community can persist across generations. American Indian community...

Obama to appoint Professor Cancian as Assistant Secretary for Children and Families

On February 13, 2014, US President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate School of Social Work Professor Maria Cancian as the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families (Administration for Children and Families) in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Cancian has been a professor in the School of Social Work and the La Follette School of Public Affairs since 1993, and is currently serving as the Associate Dean for Fiscal Initiatives and the Associate Dean for Social Sciences at the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science.

In response to the most recent US government administration nominations, President Obama said, “I am grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals have agreed to take on these important roles and devote their talents to serving the American people. I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.”...

In Memoriam: Professor Alfred Kadushin

Professor Alfred Kadushin
(September 19, 1916 – February 5, 2014)

It is with great sadness that the School of Social Work notes the passing of our esteemed colleague Alfred Kadushin, the Julia C. Lathrop Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Professor Kadushin was one of the nation's leading scholars in child welfare services and social work. He was the author of sixty-six journal articles and six books: "Child Welfare Services," "The Social Work Interview," "Supervision in Social Work," "Social Work Consultation," "Adopting Older Children," and "Child Abuse." He continued to stay productive and engaged in the field long after retirement, and new editions of "The Social Work Interview," co-authored with his daughter Goldie Kadushin, and "Supervision in Social Work," co-authored with Daniel Harkness, were released within the past year.

Professor Kadushin was a much beloved teacher and...

Brower named interim UW Colleges and UW-Extension chancellor

Reposted from UW System News

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System Interim President Richard J. Telfer announced on Friday, January 17, 2014 that Aaron Brower has agreed to serve as interim chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension, effective February 15, subject to approval by the UW System Board of Regents next month.

On Jan. 9, the Board of Regents announced that Raymond W. (Ray) Cross, the current chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension, has been named the next president of the UW System.

Brower is currently the interim provost and vice chancellor of UW-Extension, a position he has held since August 2012. He was previously the vice provost for teaching and learning at UW-Madison, where...

UW-Madison at SSWR

The annual Society on Social Work Research meeting will have many faculty and Ph.D. students representing the great work originating from the School of Social Work. The 2014 meeting will be held in San Antonio from January 15-19. Please see the schedule below, listing this year's presentations of work by UW-Madison authors.

Italics indicate a presenting author.

2014 SCHEDULE

January 16, 2014

How Public Program Participants Become Disconnected: The Role of Aging Out
Eunhee Han, MSW, Ph.D. Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Maria Cancian, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Jennifer L. Noyes, M.A., Associate Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI...

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March 12

IRP Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: "Mixed-Status Families and Stress: The Effects of Risk of Deportation on Substance Use," with Edward Vargas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert W. Johnson Health Policy Center, University of New Mexico
- Start time: 12:15pm
- End time: 01:30pm
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Executive Committee Meeting (Closed Session Included)
- Start time: 01:00pm
- End time: 03:00pm
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March 13

RIDGE Food Assistance Research Seminar Series: "Food Security among People with Disabilities," with Debra Brucker, Researcher, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire
- Start time: 12:15pm
- End time: 01:30pm
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March 24