2025: Q1 Recent Publications

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Our distinguished faculty are at the forefront of social work scholarship, producing impactful research that shapes the field and addresses pressing social issues. This page highlights their recent publications, offering a glimpse into the diverse range of topics our faculty explore—from community mental health and social justice to policy analysis and clinical practice. Explore their latest contributions and see how our faculty are advancing knowledge and practice in social work through their cutting-edge research.

 

Recent Publications, Presentations and Creative Work

Professor Eugene Walls and PhD Student Brendon Holloway
Holloway, B. T., & Walls, N. E. (2025). Decentering cisnormativity and transnormativity in transition interruption and detransitioning research. International Journal of Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2025.2447963

PhD Student Alex Ochs and Associate Professor Anamika Barman Adhikari
Ochs, A., Barman-Adhikari, A., Hsu, H. T., Petering, R., Shelton, J., Narendorf, S., Santa Maria, D., Bender, K., & Ferguson, K. (2025). Correlates and rates of HIV and STI testing service utilization among homeless youth across seven U.S. cities. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research. Seattle, WA. 

PhD Student Alex Ochs
Ochs, A. (2025). Social network members and types of social support among young adults with HIV: A systematic search of the literature. [Poster Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research. Seattle, WA.

Gerke, D., Ochs, A., Mammadli, T., Downey, D., & Sabuncu, B. C. (2025). HIV testing    frequency & predictors in a statewide sample of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex adults. [Paper Presentation]. Society for Social Work and Research. Seattle, WA. 

PhD Student Erin Flynn, Associate Professor Miriam Valdovinos and Research Professor Kevin Morris
Flynn, E., Valdovinos, M., Mueller, M. K., & Morris, K. N. (2025). A relational developmental theory for human-animal interaction: A meta-synthesis and grounded theory. Developmental Review, 75(101181), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2024.101181 

Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler
Washington, T. R., & Hamler, T. C. (2025). Recommendations to Advance Social Connectedness in End Stage Kidney Disease Care in a Post COVID-19 Era. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.10.012

Hamler, T. C., Cutforth, A., O'Donnell, K., & Miller, E. K. (2025). "I Won't Put Myself or My Family Through That": Decision Preferences, Family Experiences, and Kidney Disease Decision-Making. The Gerontologist, gnaf019. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf019

Cho, S., & Hamler, T. C. (2025). Neighborhood racial/ethnic composition and depressive symptoms of later life: The moderation effects of individual race/ethnicity. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 2(1), 100114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100114

Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler presented at CSU School of Social Work for the 5th biennial Brad Sheafor Lecture. He presented "All Aboard the Train of Thought : A First-Generation College Student’s Journey from Practitioner to Scholar." 

Graduate Service Assistant Keiko Yoneyama-Sims and Professor Johnny Kim
Whitney, G. A., Yoneyama-Sims, K., & Kim, J. S. (2025). Strengths Perspective. In C. Franklin & C. Jordan (Eds.), Turner’s Social Work Treatment: Interlocking theoretical approaches (7th ed., pp.109-118). Oxford University Press. 

Professor Heather Taussig
Havlicek, J., Holland, S. & Taussig, H.N. (2025). Navigating relationships with birth family after aging out of foster care: Experiences of young people. Families in Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894241303193

Assistant Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott
Wu, V. C. S., Russell, A., & Scott, M. L. (2025). What can nonprofits learn from mutual aid organizing? Investigating mutual aid approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21644

Associate Professor Ramona Beltrán and PhD Student Tina Hulama
Malin, S.A., Beltrán, R., Luxton, I., Hulama, K., Nuñez-Solis, M. and Ravetta, E. (2025), "The Kids Ask 'Are We Safe?'" Oil Refining's Unjust Environmental Health Impacts on Children. Sociol Inq. https://doi-org.du.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/soin.70008