2025: Q4 Recent Publications

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December 19, 2025

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 Kimberly Ann Bender
Santa Maria, D., Cuccaro, P., Sibinga, E., Bender, K., Jacko, E., Manesha Liyanage, W., Torres Jones, J.D., and Cron, S. (2025). Feasibility of conducting a pilot randomized trial of a mindfulness-based intervention among sheltered Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness. Frontiers in Psychology, mindfulness section. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1649664

Littman, D.M., Wagaman, M.A., Milligan, T., Vox, V., Bender, K. (2025) Tensions in young adult housing programs: Exploring two case examples and implications for youth housing. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70014

Professor Lisa Reyes Mason
Mason, L. R. (2025). Climate change and the urgency of hope, action, and joy. Invited talk, MillerComm Lecture Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Research Associate Graham Zulu
Zulu, G. (2025, November). Latent Profile Analysis and Predictive Modeling of Psychosocial Risk and Drug Use Among Substance Use Treatment Clients. APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 25.

Zulu, G. (2025, November). Advancing Predictive Modeling in Behavioral Health: A Comparative Evaluation of Gradient-Boosted Bootstrap Modeling, Random Forest, and Logistic Regression Approaches to Treatment Completion. APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 25.

Zulu, G., Azasu, E.K., & Lateef, A. (2025, November). Pathways from Internet Addiction to Suicidal Behaviors: A Mediation Analysis of Online Bullying. APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 25.

PhD Student Tina Hulama
Riley, L., Suʻesuʻe A., & Hulama, K. (2025, September). Ke ala I ka Mauliola: Native Hawaiian Youth Experiences with Historical Trauma. [Oral presentation]. Reclaiming Lilo: Re- Indigenizing Family Support in Hawai'i Summit, Honolulu, HI.

Hulama, K. (Accepted) Intersectional Discrimination, Epistemic Injustice, and Medical Gaslighting: A Scoping Review. [Oral presentation]. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo, Washington, D.C. November 2025.

Assistant Professor Erin Harrop and PhD Student Sarah Sullivan
Ramseyer Winter, V., Ramos-Green, M., Trout, K., O'Neill, B., Harrop, E. N., Ellis-Ordway, N., Sullivan, S. A., & Moe, E. (in press). Exploring potential solutions to weight stigma in Healthcare: A mixed methods study. Medical Research Archives.

Associate Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott and PhD Students Jax Heil and Taylor Coats
Scott, M. L., Heil, J., & Coats, T. (2025). Creation Care: Clergy Engagement With Environmental Justice and Climate Change. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00916471251382155

Professor Heather N. Taussig
Katz, C.C., Jackson, S., Dworsky, A. Okpych, N., Cheatham, L., Harty, J, Powers, J.,Salazar, A., Shpiegel, S., Munson, M., Blakeslee, J, Geiger, J., Havlicek, J., Johnson, R., Taussig, H. & Courtney, M. (2025). The Transition-Age Youth Special Interest Group (TAY-SIG): The Establishment and Activities of a US-Based Network of Child Welfare Researchers. Families in Society.

Assistant Professor Erin Harrop

Cosgrove, D., Kinney, M. K., Harrop, E. N., Miller, H. K., Pearson, B., Quick, C., Davis, E. L., Friedenson, R., Clickenger, C., & Scanlon, M. (In press). A place to belong‚Äî30-second communities, unexpected space, and beyond: A photovoice exploration of the role of community and wellbeing among nonbinary young adults. International Journal of Transgender Health.

Paceley, M. S., McGeough, B., Ananda, J., Pearson, J., Harrop, E. N., Gleason, T., Hamor, L., & Riquino, M. (in press) Eating disorders among LGBTQ+ youth in Kansas: Relationships with mental and physical health concerns and family, school, and community climates. Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services. doi: 10.1080/29933021.2025.2580648

PhD Student Anna Wasim
LaBrenz, C. A., Wasim, A., Mendoza, C., Lauriston, K., Johnson, R., Marra, L., & Faulkner, M. (2025). Increasing Recognition of Racial Bias in Child Welfare: Findings from a Pilot Study. Child Welfare, 103(2), 93-118. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48839238

Director of Equine Programs Nina Ekholm Fry
Ekholm Fry, N. (2025, October). The state of horses in psychotherapy in the United States: Research and practice insights. [Keynote]. Polish Association of Horses in Human Services. Popielno, Poland.

Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler
Hamler, T. C., & English, S. J. (2025). The Future is Not Set, Aging and Social Work in a Growing Plutocracy. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2588157

Assistant Professor Erin Harrop
Laboe, A. A., Pictor, L. E., Gavuji, M., Temucin, S., Kreynin, A., Sheil, E., Jordan, B., Schaumberg, K., Davis, H., & Harrop, E. N. (2025). Assessing preclinical eating disorder education in U.S. medical schools: A directed qualitative content analysis of lecture presentations. Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/d4c2g_v1

Cosgrove, D., Kinney, M. K., Harrop, E. N., Miller, H. K., *Pearson, B., Quick, C., Davis, E. L., Friedenson, R., Clickenger, C., & Scanlon, M. (2025). A place to belong — 30-second communities, unexpected space, and beyond: A photovoice exploration of the role of community and wellbeing among nonbinary young adults. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2584700

PhD Students Erin Flynn and Student Laura Coddington
Flynn, E., Ray, A., Hawes, S. M., & Coddington, L. (2025, November). Enhancing access to health, housing, and thriving for Denver’s unhoused young people and their pets – a participatory research study. Roundtable, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.