GSSW’s 2019 PhD graduates have accepted social work faculty and research appointments at schools nationwide, where they’ll advance equity through their work in areas such as youth health and well-being, public policy and suicide prevention.
The Western Colorado MSW Program is developing a social work workforce for the state’s underserved Western Slope and mountain communities.
Associate Professor Stacey Freedenthal helps educate young minds from a Denver elementary school about mental health and suicide.
The Graduate School of Social Work’s Center on Housing and Homelessness brought campus and community together to learn about promising new responses to housing insecurity and homelessness.
Developed by GSSW Professors Ramona Beltrán and Debora Ortega, a community-based archive centers Indigenous and Latinx culture and knowledge to reduce health impacts of historical trauma.
As a juvenile and criminal defense attorney, Adjunct Professor Ashley Ratliff uses storytelling to fight for justice for those who need it most. At the same time, she’s working to change unjust systems.
GSSW faculty are applying artificial intelligence to their own research and helping to guide the University’s efforts to harness AI for the public good.
GSSW’s Butler Institute has been selected as a key partner in an expanded role with the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute, which aims to strengthen child welfare programs through workforce development.
