Congratulation to our BSW students selected into the Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work this past year. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites students who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.
Mary Ann Test (UW-Madison School of Social Work) helped create ACT. This is the first comprehensive national study of ACT fidelity and implementation. When Mary Ann Test, PhD, a long-time professor at the UW-Madison School of Social Work, and colleagues from the Mendota Mental Health Institute gathered sometime in the late 1970s for a regular …
Assistant Professor Pajarita Chalres was recently named a co-lead on a national initiative to address the need for smart decarceration policies. The Promote Smart Decarceration Grand Challenge focuses on reducing the number of people in jails and prisions; remedying racial and behavioral health disparieties among people incarcerated; and maximizing community well-being. The American Academy of …
This spotlight features one of our students, Jane Benzschawel, who is a volunteer member of the Board of Directors at the YWCA in La Crosse. Job title and organization: Board of Directors, YWCA of La Crosse (volunteer) Year in the program: Three Focus area: CFYW: School Social Work How would you describe your experience in …
Fifteen graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been honored with 2019 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, including Melody Waring, a PhD student in the Social Welfare program at the School of Social Work. Waring’s dissertation looks at the intersection of caregiving and employment, and the public policy implications that arise. She has taught courses on …
A new study of 3,000 people in Wisconsin aged 21 and older with Down syndrome, published in JAMA Neurology by Assistant Professor of Social Work Lauren Bishop and colleagues, shows that by age 55, three in five will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a similar neurodegenerative condition. The prevalence of dementia among people with …
PhD student Molly Costanzo has received the 2020 Student Research Award from the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work. In addition to a cash award, she will be recognized at the GADE Reception in Washington, D.C. in January. Molly’s paper, co-authored with Katherine Magnuson, entitled, “How does disability influence child care arrangements for young …
Congratulations to BSW student Layne Wetherbee who received the 2019 Bascom Hill Society Scholarship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin Foundation. In her time here she’s worked with Dr. Paja Charles on the Pathways for Parents after Prison Lab, helped refine a parenting curriculum, volunteered with a student group working with families experiencing homelessness, and …
Congratulations to two school alumni who have made significant contributions to the field of social work. Michael Daley, PhD ’83, was named a “Social Work Pioneer” by the National Association of Social Workers. This prestigious award honors social workers who have contributed to the evolution and enrichment of the profession. Daley is Chair and Professor …
Congratulations to PhD student Meghan Jenkins Morales who received the UW Institute on Aging’s 2019 New Investigator Award in the Social Sciences category for her poster, “The Association Between Housing Cost Burden, Unmet Care Needs and Nursing Home Entry Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.” The award will be presented at the Annual Institute on Aging Colloquium …