Graduate School of Social Work News
Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) faculty, staff, students, programs and community partners are making waves. Learn more about their research, accomplishments, outcomes and impact on social justice and social change.
Whitney Romine uses the knowledge and skills she gained in the Animals and Human Health (AHH) certificate as the volunteer office coordinator and Doggie Brigade advisor at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio.
María Belén Ibáñez Justiniano completed the Animals and Human Health [link to 1.2] (AHH) certificate program in 2014 from her home country of Bolivia. She went on to establish EQOVOLARE, Bolivia's first officially registered animal-assisted therapy center, where she leads a team of professionals and provides training for her local community in Spanish while focusing on practice techniques inclusive of ethics, empathy, compassion and respect for the human-animal bond.
As part of a larger initiative to model equity and advance social justice, GSSW’s professional development training for field agencies is emphasizing culturally responsive practice, diversity and inclusion.
GSSW faculty edited and authored articles in a special section on public impact scholarship in social work published by the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
GSSW Professor Jeff Jenson shares progress made on the Grand Challenge to Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth by “unleashing the power of prevention.”
Housed in GSSW’s new Cross-National Behavioral Health Laboratory, an international research collaboration is using education and technology to improve substance use assessment and treatment across Sweden.
A new Graduate School of Social Work and Graduate School of Professional Psychology study is exploring the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and homelessness.
