Assistant Professor Kaipeng Wang works to understand how social determinants such as discrimination contribute to health and mental health disparities among ethnic minorities and immigrants, particularly older adults.
GSSW Research Professor Kevin Morris discusses how the Institute for Human–Animal Connection advances social justice and human health and well-being through research into human–animal–environment interactions.
GSSW Professor Emeritus John Kayser discusses the role of historical consciousness and imagination in reckoning with our past, repairing harms, and improving how we teach and practice social work.
Associate Prof. Shannon Sliva shares her ideas on restorative justice and how we can create conditions for justice and healing, creating a world that focuses on collective care as an alternative to the criminal legal system.
Professor Deb Ortega discusses key concepts of critical race theory, how it can improve understanding of social problems and development of interventions, and how it can be used to cultivate compassion.
Professor Daniel Brisson discusses recent innovations in housing and homelessness, including trauma-informed design and the Denver Basic Income Project.
Social workers can address climate change and environmental justice by driving development of regenerative futures in the communities where they live and work.
How social workers can transform moral distress into moral courage to advocate for and affect systems change.
