Recent and Upcoming Presentations
Council on Social Work Education talks by SSW faculty and students (San Antonio, November 6-9, 2009)
Laliberte, T., Edleson, J. E., & Shin, N. Educating Child Welfare Professionals on Assessment of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence.
Lightfoot, E., LaLiberte, T. & Hill, K. A Legislative Change Project Addressing State Laws That Impact Parents with Disabilities.
Sharma, A.. Race and Gender in Public Health: A Historical Case Study Analysis
Bogenschutz, M. The role of labor in the resettlement of Cuban refugees: 1960-1961.
Vang, P. & Bogenschutz, M. Teenage marriage and the socioeconomic status of Hmong women.
Society for Social Work Research talks by SSW faculty and students (San Francisco, Jan 14-17, 2010)
Fisher, C.M. Exploring the complexities of sexual identity development: Use of the Life History Calendar with sexual minority youth.
Lee, H.Y. and Yang, P.K. Cancer Literacy in Elderly Refugees: How much do the First Hmong Generation know about Cancer?
Lee, H.Y. and Shin, N. Korean Elderly Immigrants' View of and Response to Elder Mistreatment: A Type-Specific Approach
Lee will also take part in a Roundtable entitled Lost in Translation? Conducting Qualitative Research in Diverse Cultural Contexts
Lightfoot, E., Hill, K. & LaLiberte, T. The Prevalence Of Children With Disabilities In The Child Welfare System: An Analysis Of State Administrative Data.
Lightfoot, E., Maree, M. & Ananias, J. The Intersection of Substance Use and HIV in a Namibian Mining Town.
Shin, N., Park, E., & Edleson, J. L. The Influence of Informal Support on Domestic Violence Victims’ Use of Formal Services.
Larson, A.M., and Zuel, T. Are attendance gains sustained? A follow-up on the educational and child welfare outcomes of students receiving child welfare intervention for educational neglect.
Gerontological Society of America (Atlanta, Nov 18-22, 2009)
Associate Professor Terry Lum will give two presentations at the upcoming Gerontological Society of America’s 62nd annual scientific meeting in Atlanta, November 18-22. Paper presentation Terry Lum, Yuebin Xu, and Xiulan Zhang, Economic Development and Household Economic Well-being of Older People in Urban China. Professors Xu and Zhang are faculty members at the Beijing Normal University in China. Professor Xu is a full professor and Professor Zhang is the Dean and a full professor in the College of Social Development and Public Policy. Poster presentation: Terry Lum & Kofi Danso. Racial and Ethnic Difference in Health and Mental Trajectories of Older People. Kofi Danso is a 2nd year doctoral student at the SSW.
Lee, H. Y., & Shin, N. Korean Elderly Immigrants? View of and Response to Elder Mistreatment: A Type-Specific Approach.
Kivnick, HQ, & Kilaberia, R. Three Dimensions of Promoting Vital Involvement (Poster)
Kivnick, H.Q. Carry It On: Activist? Musician? (Paper in symposium on The Curious Phenomenon of Creativity and Multiple Mastery, Chair: Debra Sheets, Ph.D. University of British Columbia)
Other recent or upcoming talks
Kivnick, HQ, Perlstein, S, & Hanna, G. Civic Engagement through Intergenerational Arts and Creativity. Foundation and Future of Reminiscence and Life Review: Atlanta, Nov 17, 2009.
Larson, Anita. Using Data: A Population- Level Description of the Cross-System Status of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students. Paper presented at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth 21st Annual Conference, Denver, CO. 15 November 2009.
Walker, P. & Bogenschutz, M. (2009, June). Implementation of Consumer-Directed Services: A National Study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: New Orleans, LA.
Bogenschutz, M. (2009, February). ‘We find a way’: A qualitative investigation of health and social service access for immigrants with disabilities. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Minority Health in the Midwest Conference: Chicago, IL.
Umbreit to received national award
Professor Mark Umbreit received the John W. Byrd Pioneer Award for Restorative and Community Justice (Research, Education, Training, Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis) at the National Conference on Restorative Justice in Austin, Texas in May 2009.
Larson and Zuel presented at 2009 Child Abuse and Neglect Conference
Anita Larson, Minn-Link coordinator, and Tim Zuel, a doctoral student, presented at the National Child Abuse & Neglect annual conference in Atlanta, GA, in April 2009. The title of their presentation will be School Attendance and Child Welfare: The Prevention Potential of Addressing Educational Neglect. View their PowerPoint presentation.
Recent 2009 SSWR presentations:
Assistant Professor Hee Lee and Ph.D. student Eunsu Ju will present a poster session titled The effects of incident-specific substance use on the outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Assistant Professor Hee Lee, Assistant Professor Xianghua Luo (Public Health) and PhD. student Melissa Lundquist will present a paper titled Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities in Asian Americans: Exploring Subgroup Differences and Associated Determinants.
Assistant Professor Coleen Fisher will present a paper entitled Predicting HIV Risk among Sexual Minority Youth: The Impact of Sexual Identity Development
Doctoral student Eunsu Ju has two additional abstracts accepted for the 2009 SSWR conference. An oral presentation is titled Long- term effects of Head Start participation on educational attainment. A poster presentation (co-authored with Taeyoung Um) is titled A study on the determinants of savings among low income Korean families.
Lum in China on Disaster Responses
Associate Professor Terry Lum was in Sichuan, China, speaking on social work's response to disasters in November 2008. His talks include:
(1) A training workshop for local government in the earthquake affected area on the Roles of Government and NGOs in Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: Lessons from Katrina and other Disasters in the US; and
(2) A presentation in an international conference on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction titled The Sichuan Earthquake in China: A Reflection on Role of Social Work Professions in Post-Disaster Intervention
Recent 2008 Gerontological Society of America poster sessions by Assistant Professor Hee Lee and Ph.D. student Eunsu Ju:
(1) Elderly Minority Immigrants’ Help-Seeking Intention in a Situation of Intimate Partner Violence in Later Life
(2) With Ph.D. student Eunsu Ju:
* Older Asian American Women’s Breast Cancer Screening Disparities:Exploring for Most Vulnerable Subgroups
* Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors in Older Asian Americans: The Influence of Immigration Status
Lum and Danso also at 2008 GSA conference:
Assoc. Prof. Terry Lum and doctoral student Kwofie Danso presented a paper titled Trajectory of health between immigrant and non-immigrant elders at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in Maryland on November 23, 2008.
Recent APHA October 2008 presentation by Dr. Coleen Fisher
Capturing the complexities of sexual identity development and HIV risk: Use of the Life History Calendar with sexual minority youth"
Recent CSWE 2008 Presentations by Faculty and Students
Assoc. Prof. Priscilla Gibson along with Dean Darlyne Bailey and Katrina Uhly will present From Minnesota to Mississippi: A collaboration is Born, Friday, 10/31 at 3:00pm in room 306, level 3.
Assoc. Prof. Priscilla Gibson and Ph.D. student Michaela Rinkel will present Kinship Searches: Increasing the Knowledge Base of Social Workers, on November 2nd at 10:30am on level 3.
Professor C. David Hollister and Ph.D. student Tasha Walvig will present Immigrants' Difficulties with TANF Requirements: An Exploratory Study of Service Providers' Perceptions on Friday, October 31st in the session that runs from 10:30 - 12:00 in Room 415, Level 4.
Prof. Ron Rooney and Ph.D. student Nancy Zupfer will be presenting Integrating Micro and Macro Practice in Child Welfare: Exploring the Interdependence of Direct and Community Practice through Extended Role-Play on Saturday, November 1st.
SSW Director Jim Reinardy and Ph.D. students Michaela Rinkel and Charissa Eaton will present More Than Senior Moments: A Primer for Social Work Educators on Sunday, November 2nd at 3:15 PM-4:45 PM on Level 4, Room 413.
Ph.D. student Valandra will present Tapping African American Grapevines: Adoptions Prior to Federal Mandates 1945 - 1960s. The presentation will be Friday, October 31, 2008, at 3:15pm in Grand Ballroom B.
Ph.D. Student Charissa Eaton will present The Origins of Gerontological Social Work: An Examination of 1930 to 1945 on Saturday, November 1, at 10:30 AM-12:00 PM on Level 3, Independence BR 3.
Larson and Meehan present on homeless and mobile youth in
Minnesota
Research Fellow Anita Larson and Graduate Research Assistant Danielle
Meehan presented preliminary findings from their study "Education and
Child Welfare Outcomes of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students in
Minnesota" October 28 at the inaugural conference The Visible Child
sponsored by the Family Housing Fund and the Supportive Housing Provider
Group in Minneapolis. The study is intended to broadly describe the
child welfare and educational experiences of Minnesota students who are
experiencing homelessness but also attempt to use statewide data to
estimate the total number of Minnesota children who might be affected.
The release of these findings are expected Winter 08-09.
Edleson in Hong Kong
Prof. Jeffrey Edleson made a series of presentations and a keynote speech at events the week of October 20, 2008, organized by the University of Hong Kong School of Public Health to help launch a Hong Kong-wide family violence prevention effort sponsored by the Jockey Club of Hong Kong.
Gilgun, Valandra and Sharma present on qualitative research
Professor Gilgun presented a symposium of four papers with PhD. students Valandra and Alankaar Sharma at the 4th International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry held in Urbana, IL, in May 2008. The papers were:
--The NEATS: Assessment and Practice Guidelines for Work with Children and Families
--Developmental Trajectories of Children at Risk for Chronic, Serious Delinquency
--Critical Race Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis as Tools to Examine Race and Racism in Social Work Practice and Research.
--Humor in Social Work