The Part-Time MSW Program allows students who are not able to pursue full-time study to work towards a master’s degree on a structured, time-extended basis with classes delivered in a hybrid manner. Some courses are designed as blended courses with a mix of online learning and in-person sessions, while others are taught as online courses. …
Today, we are profiling one of our alumni, Caroline Gómez-Tom, BSW ‘10, MSW ‘11. Caroline Gómez-Tom (she/her) graduated with a MSW with an emphasis in social policy, and now is the Enrollment Network and Accessibility Manager for Covering Wisconsin. She is tasked to prepare community partners who will assist the 1.6 million people who have …
The Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work Board of Visitors selected Tanya Atkinson, MSW ‘97 as the 2025 recipient of our Distinguished Alumni Award at their meeting in October. Tanya Atkinson is the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI), Wisconsin’s largest nonprofit reproductive health care provider. PPWI was established in 1935, and …
Associate Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz gave a talk recently as part of the “Big Ideas” series for the Work and Family Research Network. In the talk, “Work-Family Balance Begins Before Childbirth — Work-Family Policies Should, Too” Dr. Pilarz argues that we need more robust policy supports during pregnancy to protect women’s economic wellbeing and health …
Today we are profiling one of our alumni, Luke Muetner, MSW ‘20, PhD ‘21. Luke Muetner is a Justice Researcher in RTI’s Corrections and Reentry Research Program. His research focuses on correctional programming, reentry support, and interventions, with a particular emphasis on parental incarceration and family well-being. Skilled in both quantitative and qualitative methods, he …
Today we are profiling one of our alumni, Marissa Abbott, PhD ‘21. Marissa Abbott is a Social Science Analyst at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) for the US Department of Health and Human Services. She supports the child welfare and family well-being portfolios. Her dissertation for her PhD was …
Today we are profiling one of our alumni, Elizabeth Wahl, MSW ‘05. Elizabeth Wahl, MSSW LSW IMH-E® is the Pregnancy Promise Program Manager at Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. Since Elizabeth founded the Indiana Pregnancy Promise Program in 2021, nearly 1,000 women have enrolled. The program aids expectant and new mothers with opioid …
Today we are profiling one of our distinguished alumni award recipients, Ben Schumaker, MSW ‘06. Ben received the distinguished alumni award in 2018 after he founded The Memory Project, an incredibly successful non-profit dedicated to promoting intercultural understanding and kindness among children around the world through school-based art and writing programs. Since 2004, 320,000 youth …
Laila Edwards is a junior BSW major in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. She is from Cleveland Heights, Ohio and is a forward on the Badger Women’s Hockey Team. She has won various awards over her time as a player and played for the U.S. team at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in …
Professor Lonnie Berger, a prolific scholar, educator, campus leader, and one of the nation’s most recognized researchers in social work and social policy, has become the Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn Professor of Social Policy at the UW–Madison, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. Dr. Berger assumes the new title this fall. Dr. …