Jason Lee PhD student seeks to understand more nuanced family planning and pregnancy decision-making of queer women and non-binary individuals assigned female at birth Emma Carpenter’s work is defined by her passion for family planning, reproductive health, policy – especially health policy – and justice. The fourth-year PhD student is in the midst of a unique study into …
This profile of Part-Time Program Student Lisa Madell is one in a series of Instructor Spotlights. What is your focus area? Children, Youth and Families is the focus area of my studies, however, I have a great interest in the hospice field as my experience with a hospice social worker had such an impact on me when …
Jason Lee SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS TAKE PART IN SIMULATION TO UNDERSTAND DIFFICULTY OF REENTRY The United States is the most prison-dependent country in the world. There are over two million prisoners in the U.S., with several million more on probation or parole. Wisconsin state prisons house 22,000 people alone, with 68,000 more on probation and …
We Care For Dane Kids, a partnership to transform early childhood and after school care sectors in Dane County, was selected as one of five finalists for the Alliance for the American Dream Competition. Katherine Magnuson and the School of Social Work are academic partners for this project. “We Care” is one of two teams from Wisconsin …
Congratulations to Prof. Tracy Schroepfer who was selected as the 2019 Career Achievement Award recipient with the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network. Dr. Schroepfer will be recognized at the network’s conference in March. Dr. Schroepfer’s research focuses on determining the best strategies for meeting the psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs of terminally ill elders, as well …
Last year, Emily Erwin-Frank graduated from our MSW program. This year, she’s been named a 2019 Women to Watch by Brava Magazine for her work on UpStage Stigma. She started UpStage Stigma in 2017 as part of a field placement with the Program of Assertive Community Treatment and is now planning for the third event later this year.
Dr. Charles Zastrow, PhD ’71, was recently named a “Social Work Pioneer” by the NASW Foundation for his decades of contributions to the field. The author of three social work textbooks and co-author of two more, his work has “influenced generations of students about choosing social work as a profession,” as the NASW Foundation points out. Dr. …
Jane Benzschawel, an MSW student in our Part-Time Program, was selected as a delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. She will attend commission review meetings in New York in March 2019. The School is supporting her travel thanks to the Maureen Pelton Hartwell Fund for Women’s Rights.
Congratulations to Dr. June Paul who was recognized with the Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Society for Social Work and Research! Dr. Paul, who received a PhD from UW–Madison in 2018, is an assistant professor at Skidmore College. The title of the dissertation is, “Under the Radar: Exploring Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, …
Registration for the School of Social Work’s annual Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference on January 25, 2019 is now open! A schedule and list of workshops are available on the conference site. The conference is free for a limited number of students, faculty, and staff in the School and $25 for community members. Lunch is provided and participants can earn 6 …