Social Work, Criminal Justice Faculty Currently Engaged in Police Education, Research By David Miller June 25, 2020 Before Dr. Hee Yun Lee’s full-time career in academia, she routinely worked alongside police officers. It was the early 2000s, when Lee was a children’s social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.…
The University of Alabama School of Social Work has launched a search for its next dean. The UA School of Social Work is keen to hire an innovative, future-oriented, and facilitative leader with a high scholarly profile who will lead the School on community-engaged research initiatives and social justice solutions for Alabama and beyond. The…
As our community along with the nation grapples with all that we have seen and experienced, there yet is another call for us to 1) courageously stand up to some difficult truths about our country; 2) understand the history of these difficult truths as context is everything; and 3) most importantly, be willing to act…
Dear UA School of Social Work Students, The University of Alabama School of Social Work is saddened by the renewed wave of violence against African Americans. George Floyd has joined Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and a far too long list of souls taken from this world by a racist and unjust system. We know the impact…
Gilead Sciences VP keen to ‘nurture’ critical alumni support system for students May 29, 2020 By David Miller Coy Stout was working through his undergraduate degree at a feverish pace, hoping to graduate early from the University of Alabama and minimize his student debt. He’d planned to attend medical school and focused on the hard…
May 26, 2020 By David Miller After three years as a member of the Society for Social Work Research’s excellence in research committee, Dr. M. Daniel Bennett, Jr. will chair the 2021 committee. Bennett, assistant professor in the University of Alabama School of Social Work since 2015, will take on more administrative duties as chair,…
Lee, UA colleagues will also develop web-based app for real-time use April 12, 2020 By David Miller Law enforcement officers throughout Tuscaloosa County will soon be better equipped to interact with citizens who have serious mental illness and substance abuse. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded University of Alabama School…
MSW alumna began as intern in program May 16, 2020 By David Miller Brianna Jones had identified her “dream job” just one week into her MSW field placement. In the spring of 2017, Jones was one of a handful of interns with Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue, which had formed a partnership with the University of…
Motivated by Child’s Victimization, MSW Grad Thankful for GRA Role on DOJ Grant By David Miller May 1, 2020 Two years would pass before Melody Higgins knew her daughter had been a victim of human sex trafficking. The abuse was familial prior to Higgins and her husband, David Higgins, fostering and later adopting the girl,…
Former Engineering Major ‘Challenged Like Never Before’ in Social Work By David Miller April 29, 2020 Allie Neyman was ready to pack her bags and move back home. The Gulf Breeze, Florida native was “lost” during her freshman year at the University of Alabama. Her major, civil engineering, was a passion-driven decision, but she was…
