Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work Maria Cancian was recently quoted in the Washington Post and The New Yorker about family separation. Dr. Cancian was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy for the Administration of Children and Families in the Obama …
Month: June 2018
NADD – Statement Against Family Seperation
The UW-Madison School of Social Work stands against the separation of children from their asylum-seeking families. Please read the joint statement that Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work across the country have come together to compose. …
In the News: Military families can teach us about the cost of family separations
Assistant Professor Tova Walsh co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill on the costs associated with family separation and lessons learned from military families. Read the full article.
Call For Proposals: Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference
The UW-Madison School of Social Work invites workshop proposals for the 2019 Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference: The Power of Disruption, which will take place on Friday, January 25, 2019. Each year, more than 500 social …
Alumna Janet Schirtzinger Supervises Three Generations of UW-Madison Grads
Mel Morgenbesser When School of Social Work alumna Debra Gonzales Zauner, MSSW ’82, saw a note in the Alumni Magazine Connections asking for help in identifying alums who are examples of outstanding social work practitioners, she thought …