UW-Madison relies on 2,100 TAs who teach across a variety of disciplines on campus. In recognition, the Graduate School recently announced winners of awards for excellence in teaching, and new this year, instructional continuity during …
Month: March 2021
Social Work Month Highlight: Meet Julie Bock MSSW, LCSW (She/Her)
What led you to become a social worker? Stereotypically, I wanted to “help people” and didn’t really know what that could look like. I attended UW (I’m a Madison Alum) and frankly couldn’t take one …
Carol Hand, MSSW ’83, PhD ‘03: Teacher, Advocate, Author
Preparing to write a story about school alumnae Dr. Carol Hand, an enrolled member of the Sokaogon Ojibwe Community, who I have been fortunate to have known from her time at the School of Social …
Social Work Month Highlight: Meet Annette Copa, MSW, LCSW, IMH-E(r) (IV) (She/Her)
What class(s) do you currently teach at UW Madison? I currently teach SW 742: Assessing and Treating Children and Adolescents. This is my final semester with the Eau Claire site Part-Time MSW Program. What inspired …
Kiley McLean Selected for Leadership Academy
PhD student Kiley McLean was recently accepted into the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Leadership Academy. As one of 24 participants throughout the country, Kiley will engage in a year-long program intended to …
Assistant Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz Awarded Pipeline Grant
The Russell Sage Foundation, in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded a Pipeline Grant to Assistant Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz and Laura Cuesta, Rutgers University–New …
Study: Witnessing arrest of father causes stress in children
Measuring stress hormones in hair, says study first author Luke Muentner, a PhD candidate in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, “moves us beyond outwardly observable and parent-reported metrics for understanding how potentially traumatic experiences of witnessing a parent’s arrest ‘get under the skin’ of young children with incarcerated parents.”
Part-Time Program Student Spotlight: Suzanne Sawyer
Year in the program: I am in my 3rd year in the PTP Focus area: Aging & Health Future job interest: Ideally, to work as a patient advocate in a hospital or long-term care …
Statement from Dr. Kristen Slack, Interim Director, on Atlanta Shootings and Anti-Asian Racism
Documented cases of anti-Asian racism, bigotry, xenophobia, and violence have been on a steady incline since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The horrific murders of eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta this …
Alumna’s New Book Draws On 30 Years of Experience Working With Intimate Partner Violence
Congratulations to Jennifer Parker, MSSW ’86, a private practice practitioner in Madison, WI, on her new book, Coercive Relationships: Find the Answers You Seek. In addition to Jennifer’s decades long therapy experience, she has offered …