WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite the threat of the ongoing global pandemic, representatives from the University of Alabama School of Social Work found ways to stay safe and make the trip to the nation’s capital for the 26th Annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference held at Marriott Marquis Washington DC. In all, UASSW…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Kemba Smith Pradia, BSW is set to deliver the keynote address Feb. 16 as part of the 2022 Ethel H. Hall African American Heritage Month Celebration Colloquium from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This year’s event, as well as Pradia’s presentation, “Reimagining Criminal Justice: Changing the Narrative,” will be completely virtual due…
The UA School of Social Work’s Diversity Committee is partnering with MLK Jr. Elementary School to support ongoing literacy initiatives. Help provide books for students’ personal libraries by purchasing a book! You can purchase wherever is most convenient for you, including our Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/296TZVXITDLC1?ref_=wl_share (titles purchased through this Wishlist can be shipped directly to…
Carina Villarreal received the Horizon Award at the 13th Legacy Awards Banquet in the Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Villarreal received her BA in Public Relations and Communication Studies in 2020, and was selected to be a MSW Washington, DC student, currently placed in Representative Karen Bass’s office…
The interdisciplinary research team brings together expertise from social work, economics and anthropology. Funded through a $250,000, two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Policies for Action program, the team will examine the state’s pilot program to reduce infant mortality, specifically asking how an innovative pilot program by the Alabama Department of Public Health…
TUSCALOOSA – Carmen Foster, 2nd-Year Doctor of Social Work student, competed in the finals of the University of Alabama 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition where she won first prize on November 15. Her efforts have allowed Foster to advance to the regional 3MT in Raleigh, North Carolina in February. “It is an honor to represent the…
David L. Albright, Distinguished Research Professor and the Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health Research, has been appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to the Committee on Progress towards Human Health and Community Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region, which includes Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Specifically,…
SSW Program Assistant Reflects on Relationships in School, Earning Two Degrees By David Miller July 30, 2021 Gwen Montgomery’s path to a graduate degree at The University of Alabama is 13 years in the making. Nearly that entire span has run concurrently with her time as a program assistant for the UA School of Social…
By David Miller June 24, 2021 As an openly gay man in the Deep South, Chandler Caldwell has met many of the same barriers and struggles as others in the LGBTQ+ community. But for all the empathy one can share, he’s learned that the hardships experienced by his community today are both similar and different…
In-patient, out-patient clinical work motivates third-year DSW student By David Miller June 23, 2021 When DSW student Miranda Goodwin announced her capstone project, she was surprised by the reaction of some colleagues. While there was support and even excitement from her cohort, her topic of how to assess religious trauma in the LGBTQ+ community digs…
