Dr. M. Sebrena Jackson, MSW program director and assistant professor of social work, has been selected for the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) 2019-2020 Program Director Academy cohort. Dr. Jackson was selected to the academy by CSWE and its Council on Leadership Development. The academy is a leadership certificate program for current baccalaureate and master’s program…
Dr. Tania Alameda-Lawson, associate professor of social work, has received a premier award from the The University of Alabama’s Council on Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP) for her work in in the area of community engagement. Dr. Lawson’s project Alabama TOPS will be recognized as an Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort for 2019. This award includes recognition by the Council and…
Three faculty members in UA’s School of Social Work’s have been named a 2019 Innovation Scholar Team. The team members are: Dr. Tania Alameda-Lawson, associate professor of social work Dr. Karen Johnson, assistant professor of social work Sherron Wilkes, MSW Instructor For their team project, the group is collaborating with the College of Continuing Studies, Instructional Technology…
March 3, 2020 Nominations are now being accepted for the School of Social Work’s 2020 Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award. **Due to postponements and cancelations brought about by COVID-19, the deadline for UA students, faculty and staff to nominate a UA faculty member for the award has been extended through May 1. Previously nominated candidates also…
The Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame posthumously honored a former University of Alabama faculty member during a ceremony Friday, Nov. 2. Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) Bolland, who worked at UA in various capacities from 1985 until her death in 2015, is the lone 2018 inductee into the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame. Bolland began her…
Dr. Lewis H. Lee, assistant professor of social work, has been selected to participate as a scholar in the 2018-19 Health Disparities Research Education Award Certificate Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Lee will explore health disparities through a series of courses provided by the program. Courses begin Oct. 30, 2018, and run through…
David L. Albright, Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health and professor, has been appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to the Committee on the Well-being of Military Families. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened the committee to study the challenges and opportunities facing military families and…
Nicole Ruggiano, associate professor of social work, has been selected a 2018-2019 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow Program Health and Aging Policy Fellow. As a Congressional Fellow, Dr. Ruggiano will conduct a year-long health policy project with policymakers in Washington, D.C. with a focus on improving health and supportive services for older adults with…
MSW student Catherine Stewart was recently appointed to the Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV/AIDS’ (PASWHA) Board of Directors. Read her Q&A to learn how she became involved with the nonprofit and is working to help shape policy and advocacy for those living with HIV/AIDS. Q. Where did you complete your MSW field experience and…
Hee Yun Lee, professor and Endowed Chair in Social Work, and Hyunjin “Gina” Noh, assistant professor of social work, were each awarded a 2018 Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship by the Faculty Teaching and Research Support Committee of the Council on Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP) at UA. They are two of three UA faculty recipients of the highly competitive award.…
