Dr. Meredith Powers and co-authors, Michaela Rinkel and Praveen Kumar, are pleased to share their new, open access article: Co-Creating a “Sustainable New Normal” for Social Work and Beyond: Embracing an Ecosocial Worldview (This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecosocial Work and Sustainability)
Dr. Mathieu Despard co-authored a report titled “Employment, financial and well-being effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit: Wave 1 executive summary”, published through the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. The report includes findings about the many ways U.S. families have benefitted from additional Child Tax… Continue reading…
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson has been invited to serve on a panel for the “Where She Leads, We Will Follow Her“: National Women’s Summit on HIV and Health on September 29, 2021 3PM CST/4PM EST.
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson is the invited opening Speaker for the Critical Race Theory & The 1619 Project: Fall 2021 Webinar Series – Sponsored by the Social Work Program in partnership with the History Program at Elizabeth City State University Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 (3:30pm-5:00pmEST) Title of Presentation: The… Continue reading…
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson, Department Chair of Social Work and Gerontology Program at UNC Greensboro, will be presented the Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award. CSWE proudly presents the Professional Awards during the Annual Program Meeting (APM) every year and recognizes outstanding educators for significant contributions to… Continue reading…
Dr. Meredith Powers has been invited as a guest speaker, along with Dr. Shanondora Billiot, at The Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health Seminar Series on October 26. 2021. Their presentation is entitled, “Embracing an Ecosocial Worldview: Examples of Community Engaged Teaching, Practice, and Research for Environmental Health Equity”. Please see… Continue reading…
Dr. Sandra Powers, who taught in the UNCG School of Education for more than 30 years, passed away on August 13, 2021. In 1986, as a member of the Interdepartmental Studies Gerontology Program Committee, Sandy coordinated UNCG’s first Gerontology Conference on the topic of Mental Health and Aging. She was… Continue reading…
Dr. Meredith Powers is co-presenting, virtually, with community partner, Ms. Alicia “LeeCee” Jones at the upcoming 8th Annual International Degrowth Conference (August 2021, The Hague, NL). Their presentations include, “Growing Networks for Degrowth: The Global Reciprocity Network & Partners” and “Learning to Unlearn: Poetry and Reflections for Embracing Holistic Freedom and Healing”. These… Continue reading…
Mathieu Despard published an article titled Material hardship among lower-income households: The role of liquid assets and place in the Journal of Poverty. In this study of over 65,000 low-income households, Dr. Despard and his colleagues found that material hardship is greater in rural areas than in non-rural areas (such as cities and suburbs),… Continue reading…
Tyler Yates, CPSS, CADC-I, Syringe Exchange Program Coordinator for the Guilford County Solution To The Opioid Problem (GCSTOP) Program has a recently published paper as a co-author with collaborators titled, “Treatment Experiences for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Participants of Syringe Service Programs in North Carolina”. The authors of this paper are:… Continue reading…
