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Dr. Judith Leitch Was Accepted as a Fellow in the HHS 2021 Summer Grant Writing Fellows Program
We are delighted to share the news that Dr. Judith Leitch was accepted as a Fellow in the HHS 2021 Summer Grant Writing Fellows Program. The project Dr. Leitch will be working on is titled, “A Review and Exploration of the Effectiveness of Psychotherapist Educational and Training Methods for Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People.”…
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Dr. Yarneccia Dyson Was Accepted into the Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality Training Program (MIWI)
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Yarneccia Dyson was accepted into the Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality Training Program (MIWI) at the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health at the University of Michigan and will attend this year’s workshops and trainings. Briefly, this is a training program that will help me expand my methodological…
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Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson Added to Diversity Scholars Network through the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan!
We are delighted to share the news that Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson has been added as a Diversity Scholar through the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan!
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Dr. Tyreasa Washington Is an Expert Panelist for an Invited Symposium Hosted by the SSWR Board
Dr. Tyreasa Washington is an expert panelist for an Invited Symposium hosted by the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Board. The panel is “Driving Social Change: Developing, Navigating, and Promoting a Public Impact Agenda,” and is scheduled for Friday– January 22, 2021, 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Presenters: Tyreasa Washington, UNC Greensboro; Nathalie P. Jones,…
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Dr. Judith Leitch Added to Diversity Scholars Network through the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan!
We are delighted to share the news that Dr. Judith Leitch has been added as a Diversity Scholar through the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan! The Diversity Scholars Network (DSN) is an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional community of scholars committed to advancing understandings of historical and contemporary social issues related to identity, difference, culture, representation, power,…
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Dr. Yarneccia Dyson Has Been Awarded the CSWE Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award
The CSWE Board of Directors voted unanimously to award Dr. Yarneccia Dyson the prestigious CSWE Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award. The award recognizes a social work educator with fewer than 10 years of service who has advanced and promoted social work education and provided significant contributions to extend its…
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Dr. Rebecca Adams Has Been Selected to Receive the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award
Dr. Rebecca Adams has been selected as the faculty recipient of the 2021 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award. The Bullard Award is given annually to a faculty member who has shown commendable initiative and perseverance in their leadership and/or service role at the University. See more details on the announcement here. Plans for a formal award presentation…
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Dr. Meredith Powers Authored the Most Downloaded Article in 2020
Dr. Meredith Powers’ article “Degrowth for Transformational Alternatives as Radical Social Work Practice” was one of the most downloaded articles published in Critical and Radical Social Work in 2020. It has been included in their ‘most read collection’. You can find the full list of most read articles here.
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Dr. Yarneccia Dyson Presents Key Recommendations from the Task Force to Advance Anti-Racism
Dr. Yarneccia Dyson was invited by our (Council on Social Work Education/CSWE) accrediting body to join the newly formed Task Force to Advance Anti-Racism in Social Work Education, and was asked to Co-Lead the Curriculum Development Work Group. Watch below as she presents key recommendations from the Work Group during the Membership Meeting at the Virtual Conference. Educators Advancing Racism
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Dr. Meredith Powers Receives HNAC MIni-Grant for SBC Garden Project
The “Service and Bravery Commemorative Garden” (SBC Garden) will be established in Greensboro to honor military service members and veterans who are transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary. We expect that establishing the SBC Garden will foster opportunities for individual and collective contemplation, reflection, healing, care, and growth as community members are invited to enjoy the garden,…
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Dr. Tyreasa Washington Is an Expert Panelist for an Invited Symposium Hosted by the SSWR Board
Dr. Tyreasa Washington is an expert panelist for an Invited Symposium hosted by the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Board. The panel is “Driving Social Change: Developing, Navigating, and Promoting a Public Impact Agenda,” and is scheduled for Friday– January 22, 2021, 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Presenters: Tyreasa Washington, UNC Greensboro; Nathalie P. Jones,…
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Professor Mathieu Despard Featured on WalletHub
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT PEOPLE MAKE WHEN DONATING TO CHARITY? Not doing enough background research about the organization. It is important that donors understand and believe in the organization’s mission, vision, and values, and believe that the organization’s current work – its programs, services, and activities – will make an important difference in…