Assistant Professor Lara Gerassi received a Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award from the UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee in recognition of her outstanding teaching, mentorship, and strong attention to inclusive practices. The Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award …
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Professor Aaron Brower Co-Edits New Book that offers Insights Into the Future of Higher Education
Note: The book, New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY is open access and can be read or downloaded thanks to support from the Lumina Foundation and Walmart. In a new book, …
Dr. Lonnie Berger Listed as Leading Social Work Scholar
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research in the Social Sciences Lawrence (Lonnie) Berger was listed as one of the top 100 global contributors to social work journal scholarship — 15th in fact. …
Dr. Lara Gerassi Receives “Influential Scholar Award”
During an online ceremony last week, Assistant Professor Lara Gerassi was recognized with the Influential Scholar Award at the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference. The conference convenes “researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived …
Investigator and Associate Professor Lauren Bishop and Colleagues Received $10 million Grant to Study Aging and Austism
Investigator and Associate Professor Lauren Bishop and colleagues to begin new Autism Center of Excellence Network project and critical new research focused on aging for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders funded by the National Institute …
Assistant Professor Tawandra Rowell-Cunsolo Awarded NIH Grant to Study Substance Use Among Formerly Incarcerated
Approximately sixty-five percent of individuals released from incarceration in the United States confront challenges of substance use disorders (SUDs) and the risk of drug overdose is much higher for formerly incarcerated individuals than the general …
Dr. Lara Gerassi to Serve on Executive Board of International Association on Human Trafficking
Assistant Professor Lara Gerassi was appointed to the executive board of the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars (GAHTS), an international organization focused on responding to human trafficking through research-based approaches to informing policy, advocacy, and …
Dr. Lara Gerassi Selected as BIRCWH Scholar
Assistant Professor Lara Gerassi has been selected as a scholar with the UW-Madison Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program, an initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to connect junior faculty …
Dr. Tova Walsh Elected to GADE Board
Assistant Professor Dr. Tova Walsh was recently elected to the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) Board of Directors as an at-large member. GADE, an organization of 90 doctoral social work program directors, works …