In spring of 2021, and in the online environment required by COVID19, Advanced Macropractice (SW840) students advocated for change in the world by creating advocacy websites. These Action for Justice projects show the vision, …
Year: 2021
Graduating Part-Time MSW Program Student Spotlight: Samantha Tyler
Focus area: School Social Work Future job interest: Schools/School Social Work Why did you choose to the Part-Time Program? I chose the Part-Time Program so that I could work while going to school and have …
Professor Emeritus Tom Corbett Publishes New Edition on Evidence-Based Policymaking
Professor Emeritus Tom Corbett and Karen Bogenshneider have reworked their well received 2011 volume on Evidence Based Policymaking: Envisioning a New Era of Theory, Research, Teaching and Practice. Based on new state-level data from legislators, …
New Madison center focusing on ‘collective wellbeing’
Social work PhD alum Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu’s work as a co-founder of the Institute for Collective Wellbeing was featured this week in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Next Year’s Community Read Selected
The Social Work Community Read for 2021-2022 will be: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Complimentary books will be available and distributed in September when …
Statement on Conviction in Murder of George Floyd
Nearly one year ago, George Floyd was murdered in plain sight. This was by no means the first time a Black person was murdered at the hands of the police. Perhaps because this tragedy occurred …
Dr. Walsh to Collaborate on “Black Fathers, Equal Partners in Advancing Maternal and Infant Health”
Assistant Professor Tova Walsh recently received funding for a project to engage Black fathers in efforts to address persistent disparities in maternal and infant health. The project, “Black Fathers, Equal Partners in Advancing Maternal and …
Meet Some of the Students Who Received Full-tuition Admission Scholarships
The following is just a sample of the 32 students who received full-ride tuition scholarships from the school in 2020-2021. In total, the school awarded 70 scholarships in 2020-2021. An additional 29 students received tuition …
School Dramatically Increases Admission Scholarships
Meet some of the students who received full-ride tuition scholarships The UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work trains some of the best social workers in the nation for the changing contexts of the world …
PhD Student Evelyn Joy Coker Awarded Grant for Emerging Scholars
Evelyn Joy Coker, a first-year PhD student was awarded a 4W Initiative Engagement Grant for Emerging Scholars for her project “Get L.I.T. (Learning Intentional Tools) Juvenile Justice Project: Development of a Gender-Responsive Curriculum and Training …