Although their research interests are diverse, Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) faculty members, students and research partners share something in common: a focus on advancing social justice. We live this mission every day through research and scholarship that spans social work practice, policy and system reform.
GSSW Assistant Professor Jennifer Greenfield and other University of Denver collaborators released a report on the economic impacts of a paid family leave program in Colorado
GSSW Research Associate Professor Suzanne Kerns is helping to develop a national clearinghouse of evidence-based programs and services to prevent foster care placement.
GSSW Professor N. Eugene Walls helps design National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study of men who have sex with men. Findings shape local prevention and treatment.
Graduate School of Social Work alumnus and Professor William Cloud discusses his concept of recovery capital, which has reframed the addiction treatment field.
A research team at the GSSW Institute for Human–Animal Connection is studying whether the Pets for Life animal-welfare program also has community, human and environmental health impacts.
Understanding and Effectively Utilizing Experiential Therapy
New book by Professor Nicole Nicotera and Associate Professor Julie Anne Laser that offers a trauma-sensitive, mindfulness-based approach to Experiential Therapy with 10 practical steps and 32 ready-to-use activities.
New book edited by ProfessorJohnny Kim. This step-by-step training manual guides readers through the clinical practice of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for use with families.
Community needs and assets shape our research and scholarship agenda. For example, we host 16 intervention research studies and collaborate with 128 research partners. With support from 10 public and private partners statewide. Community partners also invest in our work, as do local, state and national foundations and agencies, funding $8.4 million in research expenditures in 2024-25.
