Faculty and Staff News

Latest News

• Peter Pecora to be appointed to the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
• Taryn Lindhorst, Marcia Meyers, and Erin Casey receive 2010 SSWR Excellence in Research Award
• Mark Courtney, the UW and the Midwest Study are mentioned in the commentary in the Huffington Post
• Announcement of 3rd Revised and Expanded Edition of The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice and Research
• Affiliate Assistant Professor and alumnus Perry Wien, MSW ’79 quoted in Seattle Times article "Drama-therapy program helps mental patients work toward healing"
• Jennifer Stuber is building a statewide coalition to improve mental health reporting
• Jennifer Romich, who analyzed data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, determined that poverty is increasing more in West than elsewhere
• Top Federal Experts Use Virtual Town Hall Event to Announce Success of Major Community Based Drug Prevention Effort. New Nationwide Study Shows Reduced Risk of Substance Abuse in Children
• New U.S. Census report shows poverty increasing more in West than elsewhere
• Diana Pearce Authors Self-Sufficiency Standard Report for Washington
• Mark Courtney mentioned in WGN News/Chicago Tribune
• A Study Led by Amelia Gavin Finds Pre-Pregnancy Depressed Mood May Heighten Risk for Premature Birth
• Mark Courtney was quoted in an article about Bryan Samuels, who just got tapped by Obama to head the Administration on Children, Youth and Families
• Findings by The Young Women’s Health Study on Teenage Childbearing Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
• A Program for Older Foster Children Helps Them Learn Financial Responsibility
• Karina Walters Is the Recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues for 2009
• KPLU Paula Wissel Talks with Jennifer Stuber on Mental Illness
• Jennifer Romich Recently Presented at a Federal Reserve Community Affairs Conference on "Innovative Financial Services for the Underserved"
• Roberto G. Gonzales makes case for the DREAM Act legislation, which will provide 360,000 undocumented high school graduates with legal means to work and attend college in the United States

Honors/Awards/Grants

• Roberto Gonzales Receives 2009 National Poverty Center's Small Grants Competition: Immigration and Poverty
• Nancy Hooyman Awarded the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Significant Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009
• J. David Hawkins Wins 2009 Flynn Prize for Research
• Gino Aisenberg Receives 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award
• Janice Laakso Receives 2009 UW Tacoma Distinguished Teaching Award
• Ratnesh Nagda Chosen to Deliver Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, April 23 at the Henry Art Gallery
• Karl G. Hill Receives Two Grants for Studies on Alcohol Abuse and Intergenerational Substance Use
• Paula Nurius Receives Extended NIMH Funding, Is SSWR VP-Elect
• David Takeuchi Wins Health Disparities Innovation Award
• Kelly Cue Davis Received Grant Funding From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Rico Catalano Selected for Bartley Dobb Professorship
• Diana Pearce is Awarded Her Third Fulbright
• Nancy Farwell Receives Fulbright Award
• Taryn Lindhorst Honored by American Journal of Public Health
• Nancy Amidei Honored with UW Outstanding Public Service Award
• Leon Preston Chosen as Judge for 2008 Olympics
• Gunnar Almgren Receives American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Award for His Recent Book
• Jennifer Romich Receives Excellence in Research Award
• Rona Levy Receives Four-Year NIH Grant
• Dean Edwina Uehara Honored by the University of Chicago
• Dean Uehara Honored at Women of Color Empowered Luncheon
• Karen Johnson Receives Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award
• School of Social Work Receives National Academic Excellence Award

Studies/Findings

• Housing First Study Endorses Putting Homeless People in Permanent Homes
• Mark Courtney Publishes Report on Foster Youth in Social Policy Report
• Findings from SDRG's Seattle Social Development Project Show That Intervention and Prevention Pay
• Major Study Led by Peter Pecora Documents Benefits of Enhanced Services for Youth in Foster Care
• Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine, edited by Jennifer Stuber, Makes Major Contribution to Scholarship on Stigma, Discrimination, and Health
• Erin Casey Cites Findings About Risks for Sexually Coercive Behavior
• Casey Family Programs Cited as Good Prevention Model
• Prevention Science Program Developed by J. David Hawkins and Richard Catalano Showing Positive Outcomes for Youth
• Jami Bodonyi's Key Role in Sound Families Initiative Recognized
• Study by SDRG Researchers Jennifer Bailey and Karl G. Hill Reveal Parents' Habits After Birth of a Child
• Study by Three Social Work Faculty Shows Lack of Screening for Domestic Violence
• Study by Taryn Lindhorst Examines the Effects of Domestic Violence on Employment
• Study by Lead Author Todd Herrenkohl Finds Youth and Adult Domestic Violence Connected

Presentations/Commentaries/Media Mentions

• Mark Courtney's Research Cited in Several Newspapers
• Roger Roffman Comments on Marijuana Use in LA Times Articles
• Jennifer Stuber Advocates for Changing Perceptions Toward People with Mental Illness
• Center Directed by Ratnesh Nagda Cited in University of Michigan Story about Intergroup Dialogue
• Anna Haley-Lock Comments in Seattle PI Article about Growing Unemployment
• Dee Wilson's Expertise Cited in Story About Extreme Form of Child Neglect
• Marcia Meyers Quoted in Story About the Working Poor
• Mark Courtney Quoted in New York Times Article about Older Child Abandonment
• Kevin Haggerty's Expertise in Parent Coaching Quoted
• David Hawkins Addresses Educational Leaders in England on Research Related to Student Behavior
• Diana Pearce Makes Presentations on Poverty and Economic Justice
• Diana Pierce and Jennifer Romich Comment on Poverty Rate in Snohomish County
• UWT Social Work Professor Quoted in Front-Page New York Times Article
• Mark Courtney’s Expertise Provides Context in Article about Kinship Care
• Peter Pecora's Commentary on the Need to Support Young Adults Placed in Foster Care Cited in Reuters/MSNBC Story
• Cheryl Richey: From Professor to Painter

Other News

• Other Recent Faculty Awards, Research, and Publications