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2018 UA Social Work SSWR faculty/doctoral presentations

SSWR 22nd Annual Conference Faculty/Doctoral Presentations The UA School of Social Work is pleased to announce the following faculty and student research presentations for the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Washington, D.C. We encourage you to visit our presentations, discussions or workshops and to learn about the innovative research of our…


Taylor Ellis Wins People’s Choice Award, Second Place in 3MT Competition

  November 14, 2017 PhD student Taylor Ellis had three minutes to explain his research thesis in UA’s 2017 3MT®, or Three Minute Thesis, competition. UA students competed for the top prize in the competition Monday, Nov. 13. The competition’s judges awarded Ellis second place and the People’s Choice Award for his talk titled “Healing…


UA Social Work awarded $1.35 million Department of Justice Grant to fight human trafficking

The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work has been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the United States Department of Justice to improve outcomes of Alabama youths who are victims of human sex trafficking. The Juvenile Victims of Human Trafficking in Alabama Project will help strengthen the state’s working relationships between treatment services, law…


SSW partners with U.S. Attorney’s Office and Cumberland Law School to help veterans

June 19, 2017 The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, and the University of Alabama’s School of Social Work will present a conference aimed at helping veterans in the court system June 23. The conference will address “issues of military veterans who either have been incarcerated or faced diversionary courts,” Acting U.S.…