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 …
PhD student Melody Waring was recently selected as one of three recipients of the 2019 Dissertation Fellowship Award from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Through her project, “Caring for Aging Parents: Stratified Effects on Labor Force Participation,” Waring studies the relationship between caregiving and participation in the labor force by socioeconomic status. …
UW-Madison School of Social Work Assistant Professor Pajarita Charles and Partners Emphasize Family Support By Jason Lee Raising children is the most important and rewarding work parents often experience. It can also be overwhelming. As any parent can attest, the joys also come with times of frustration and anxiety about one’s ability to ensure their …
The UW-Madison School of Social Work invites workshop proposals for the 2020 Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference: Are You Ready to Answer the Call? to be held on Friday, January 24, 2020. Each year, more than 500 social workers, students, and faculty come together for this one-day event held on the campus of UW-Madison. …