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 enhance the skills of current and emerging leaders in the disability academic network to build coalitions to improve systems of …
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 Brunswick for their work, “Child Support Regularity and Custodial Mothers’ Employment and Economic Well-Being.” The pipeline grants go to emerging …
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.”
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 facility. I have also considered working in community health, in programs administered by an agency such as the ADRC. Why …
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 week highlight and underscore our long overdue need to address, acknowledge, and fight anti-Asian racism in our country. Stop AAPI …
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 workshops, developed curriculum, provided expert testimony and has a blog devoted to issues surrounding interpersonal violence (IRP). Commenting on her …
Hello, my name is Jodie Glaspie. I teach Social Work 801: Field and Integrative Seminar Social Work Practice in Child and Family Welfare. I grew up and currently reside in the Twin Cities. I graduated with my undergrad in social work from St. Catherine’s University and immediately thereafter completed the Advanced Standing MSW Program at the …
The Board of Visitors of the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work chose Celena Roldán as the school’s 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Celena is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of Illinois. This is the second largest Red Cross region in the country, annually serving 12 million people and responding to …
Joyce Tucker grew up in Wisconsin. When she returned to the School of Social Work’s MSW program in 1994, she was a 50-year-old single mother of a teenage daughter. Always an athlete, 10 years earlier a horseback riding accident resulted in her needing to use a wheelchair. Prior to her accident, Joyce worked as a …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is proud to announce Beth Allen as its 2021 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Newman Civic Fellows are nominated by university presidents and chancellors for their leadership to address public issues and commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.