2017 Research Highlights by KU Social Welfare

2017 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS socwel.ku.edu

MESSAGE FROM THE

This Research Highlight provides a glimpse into the transformative, communitybased research conducted by the Schoolâ€™s faculty, research staff, and students in the past year as evidenced by dissemination through publications and presentations. The connections between the researcherâ€™s expertise and the Grand Challenges for Social Work are also highlighted. Also in this Highlight, you can read about the impactful work being conducted by our three long standing research groups within the School: Center for Aging and Disability Options, Center for Children and Families, and the Spiritual Diversity and Social Work Initiative. The connection between research and academics is critical to the future of our field, and so you will read about how we engage students at all levels in scholarship. When working on research projects, these students gain the opportunity to connect classroom knowledge with applied research but they also provide novel insight and ideas to the projects. Our work would not be possible without our many funders and community partners, and so we thank them for engaging in this important work with us. We hope that our work teaches you something new or inspires you to make your own impact on the field and the world. We would love to hear from you or collaborate with you in the future!

Sincerely, Michelle Mohr Carney, Ph.D. Dean and Professor, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 6 8 10 12 14 48 50 67 68 70 University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Vision and Mission Transformative Social Work: Community-based Research Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options Center for Children & Families

Spiritual Diversity & Social Work Initiative

Featured Faculty and Research Staff Publications and Presentations Transformative Social Work: Connecting Research and Academics

2017 PhD Graduates, Candidates and Student Publication and Presentations Funders

Community Partners Index

OUR VISION & MISS All individuals, families, & communities utilize their power to achieve justice, equity, & well-being. The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, rooted in the Strengths Perspective, aims to transform lives and social contexts and promote social, economic, and environmental justice in Kansas, the nation and the world. We do so by educating students to practice with integrity and competence; advancing the science and knowledge base of social work through scholarship and research; and participating in community-engaged service.

Guiding Principles & Values Relationship Building: We engage in relationship building that fosters creativity, collaboration, and mutual learning. Relationship building is essential across practice, scholarship, education and service. We take a strengths approach as we serve our local, state, national, and global communities. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We embrace the inherent worth of all people. By taking the position of cultural humility and applying the lens of intersectionality, we seek to develop and promote modes of anti-oppressive social work and dismantle structures of exclusion. Practice with Integrity: We demonstrate our integrity and trustworthiness as scholars, educators, practitioners, and community members by promoting social work values, ethical practice, and the process of critical reflection. Multisystem Competency: We recognize that social, economic, and environmental injustices are the root causes of inequities and multiple strategies are necessary to address these. Our work integrates micro/macro social work and builds collaboration across systems and disciplines to create multi-level change. Critical Perspective: We engage in deliberate and continuing examination of social conditions and solutions. We use critical inquiry to analyze and challenge existing structures and systems in order to advance the field and promote social, economic, and environmental justice. Empirically Informed Social Work: We rigorously advance empirical research that impacts the social work knowledge base. By translating and applying evidence, we continually transform practice and policy across multiple systems.

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In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, there were 19 different project PIs involved in funded research.

Diverse funding portfolio of federal, state, and foundation funding.

In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the School had 34 research awards/contracts with total costs of approximately $4.2 million.

In 2016, there were 102 publications from faculty, staff, and doctoral students.

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TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY

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E SOCIAL WORK: Y-BASED RESEARCH RESEARCH GOAL Our goal is to conduct, disseminate and translate theoretically and empirically informed scholarship and research that impacts the social work knowledgebase and transforms practice and policy. Our faculty, research staff and students work towards this goal by collaborating with community stakeholders and other scholars to address the many social issues that face individuals and communities at the local, national and international levels. This community-based work takes many forms including training, evaluation, research and policy analysis.

CENTERS & INITIATIVES Our long-standing centers and initiatives focus research on social work practice and social policy and are recognized for their expertise in their given areas. • • •

Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options Center for Children & Families Spiritual Diversity & Social Work Initiative

CENTER FOR RESEA AND DISABI

CONTACT Rosemary Chapin Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options Director rchapin@ku.edu 785-864-8941

The Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options (CRADO) is one of the longest continuously funded gerontological research centers in a school of social work in the United States. CRADO is currently directed by its founder, Dr. Rosemary Chapin and co-directed by Dr. Carrie Wendel-Hummell. CRADO works to maximize the health and well-being of older adults and people with disabilities and increase the options they have for aging well and living independently in their communities. CRADO has pioneered the strengths-based approach in work with older adults. We are leaders in applied research to improve social service practice and policy with older adults. Collaboration with older adults, community, and state partners ensures that research findings result in policy change and the implementation of empirically-based interventions.

ARCH ON AGING ILITY OPTIONS Prepares Scholars The Center prepares tomorrow’s scholars and practitioners in gerontological social work. It provides strengths-based gerontological resources, training and unique educational opportunities that help develop faculty and students’ knowledge and skills in working with older adults and people with disabilities. Faculty and staff work with state agencies, such as the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and federal agencies as well as with a variety of other public and private service organizations and foundations, to provide research, training and technical support. Collaboration with older adults, people with disabilities, community and state partners ensures that research findings result in policy change and the implementation of empirically-based interventions.

Partners CRADO staff are currently partnering with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disabilities Services, the KU Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC-IL), and the KU Medical Center (KUMC) to develop a universal uniform assessment instrument for people receiving long-term supports and services through the Medicaid Waivers Program (Physical Disabilities (PD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Frail Elderly (FE), Intellectual/Developmentally Disabled (I/DD)) of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), TBI Rehabilitation Facilities (TBIRFs), Nursing Facilities (NFs)), and Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF-IID). It is also currently developing collaborative research with the Veteran’s Administration focusing on reintegration of veterans discharging from the domiciliary program and crafting initiatives to increase volunteer opportunities for people aging with disabilities. It is also working to develop a partnership with Jewish Family Services focused on its programs for older adults.

Awards & Honors As a result of CRADO’s leadership activities, Dr. Chapin has received many awards, including the Kansas Advocates for Better Care “Caring Award for State Policy Reform.” Dr. Chapin, was also named a 2016 Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation in recognition of her scholarship and policy advocacy work, particularly for her work on state Medicaid reform and on integrating the strengths perspective into work with older adults. CRADO’s research in the mental health arena has also been nationally and internationally recognized. Its research staff have identified troubling gaps in mental health services for older adults and developed projects that demonstrated the effectiveness of strengths-based peer support in reducing depression for this population. They have also demonstrated that older adults with comorbid physical and mental health conditions can successfully discharge from nursing home placements and thrive in the community. The CRADO research team has published articles in The Gerontologist, Social Work in Health Care, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Journal of Health Care Finance, and several other influential peer-reviewed journals. The award winning faculty and staff of CRADO regularly provide opportunities for doctoral students to be integrally involved in cutting-edge research. 9

CENTER FOR CHILDREN

FEATURED PROJECTS The Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare is a five year multi-site evaluation of the impact and implementation of a survivor-centered approach to serving child welfare-involved families experiencing domestic violence. Unlike traditional child welfare practice approaches – which can hold domestic violence survivors responsible for the consequences of their own victimization, while failing to constructively engage fathers – a survivor-centered approach to child welfare practice is informed by a deep understanding of domestic violence and concerted engagement of survivor parents. The evaluation, which is funded through a U.S. Children’s Bureau grant to Futures Without Violence, is led by a team of four KU School of Social Welfare researchers, Andrew Zinn, Becci Akin, Juliana Carlson and Cheryl Holmes. For a full description of the project, including a list of project partners, see socwel.ku.edu/ccf/domesticviolence. Rates of child neglect, the most prevalent form of maltreatment, have remained relatively stagnant at the national level, yet have varied considerably from state to state. In a three year study funded by the Centers for Disease Control, Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, PhD, MSW, associate professor (Social Welfare), and Donna Ginther, PhD, professor (Economics) and director of the KU Center for Science Technology & Economic Policy are evaluating whether state variation may be partly explained by state level economic and social safety net policy changes over time. If policy changes are causally related to child neglect, existing policies can be used for prevention by addressing known economic risk factors. 10

The Center for Children & Families is a research and training center in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. The Center is comprised of 20 faculty and staff members who are actively involved in research, evaluation, policy analysis, program planning and training in areas relevant to child welfare, children’s mental health, children’s health, schools, family well-being and community outreach. Current and past funding sources include U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Children, Youth & Families, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kansas Department of Aging & Disability Services, and The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.

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CONTACT Jody Brook Center for Children & Families Director jbrook@ku.edu 785-864-8554

In collective efforts funded by the U.S. Children’s Bureau and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, School of Social Welfare researchers Jody Brook, Becci Akin, Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, Susana Mariscal, and Tom McDonald have worked in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa to implement and evaluate interventions aimed at reducing the impact of parental substance abuse on child welfare system involved families and children. Their work has resulted in systems reform and advancement of evidence surrounding the use of parenting interventions, family drug courts, cost benefit analysis, parent engagement, universal screening for substance abuse in child welfare and family skills development. The Strengths Model for Youth Project, led by Dr. Amy Mendenhall, is a community-University partnership between Johnson County Mental Health Center and the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. The project, funded by the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City, involves adapting, implementing and evaluating an adult promising case management practice for work with adolescents 12 and older diagnosed with a mental illness. The Strengths Model is grounded in the Strengths Perspective, which was originally developed at the University of Kanas. The model’s premise is youth have the capacity of becoming the director of their mental health care. Additionally, the model is devoted to exploring and identifying youth’s strengths in order to achieve personal and meaningful goals which in turn can assist in improving their overall mental health functioning. The Kansas Assessment Permanency Project (KAPP) is a 5-year demonstration project that is implemented through a public-private-university partnership between the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, the Kansas Department for Children and Families, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, and the state’s network of private foster care contractors. The project aims to improve outcomes for children in foster care with trauma and behavioral health needs by implementing data-driven and family engagement oriented assessment and case planning. At the systems level KAPP aims to develop a flexible, data-driven, collaborative and accountable system that will be informed of children’s and families’ needs and better able to align the service array to respond to those needs with evidence-based services. The project, which is funded by a U.S. Children’s Bureau cooperative agreement, is led by Becci Akin, Jody Brook and Alice Lieberman. 11

SPIRITUAL DIVERS SOCIAL WORK INI

The Spiritual Diversity &Social Work Initiative is directed by Dr. Edward R. Canda and connects the work of faculty members, research staff, doctoral students and visiting scholars from various countries. It was established in 2000, building on pioneering work begun at the School in 1989. It is dedicated to the promotion of respect, wisdom, and skill among professional social workers and allied advocates around the world regarding diverse religious and nonreligious spiritual perspectives.

SITY & ITIATIVE

The Spiritual Diversity Initiative sponsors and supports classroom teaching, workshops, research, publications and a website of resources on spirituality and social work. The website includes free articles, PowerPoint presentations, videos, bibliographies, international contacts and links to many other resources. Some of the fields of practice addressed are aging, education, health, mental health and general social work practice. A few examples of recent accomplishments are research articles on Mennonite social work studentsâ€™ faith backgrounds; spiritually oriented practice in response to terrorism and natural disaster in six countries; insights from deep ecology for an international perspective on environmental justice; Korean social welfareâ€™s approach to spiritual diversity; and conference presentations in the United States, Croatia, South Korea and the Czech Republic.

CONTACT Edward R. Canda Coordinator of Spiritual Diversity & Social Work Initiative edc@ku.edu 785-864-8939 13

FEATURED FACULTY PUBLICATIONS & PR

Y & RESEARCH STAFF RESENTATIONS DEBORAH ADAMS Associate Professor, MSW Program Director Scholarship Focus

Poverty and policy studies; asset building and asset effects; well-being of women and children; social and economic development; theory for research; mixed methods research.

Grand Challenges

Reduce extreme economic inequality. Stop family violence. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publication Sherraden, M., Johnson, L., Clancy, M., Beverly, S., Sherraden, M., Schreiner, M., Elliott, W., III, Shanks, T. W., Adams, D., Curley, J., Jin, H., Grinstein-Weiss, M., Yunju, N., Min, Z., & Chang-Keun, H. (2016, October 24). Asset Building: Toward Inclusive Policy. Center for Social Development (CSD Working Papers No. 16-49, Vol. 16, No. 49, pp. 14). Saint Louis, MO: Washington University.

Presentation Adams, D., & Shibikom, A. (2016, January 15). Financial Knowledge, Financial Inclusion, and Economic Strain among Low-Income Parents of Young Children. SSWR 2016 Conference, Washington DC.

BECCI AKIN Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Understanding the keys to successful implementation and effective and equitable interventions for families involved in child welfare.

Grand Challenges

Ensure healthy development for all youth. Stop family violence.

Publications Akin, B. A., Lang, K., McDonald, T., Yan, Y., & Little, T. (in press). Randomized trial of PMTO in foster care: Six month child well-being outcomes. Research on Social Work Practice. doi:10.1177/1049731516669822 Kim, J., Brook, J., & Akin, B. A. (in press). Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Substance Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Research on Social Work Practice, 14(4), 243-265. doi:10.1177/1049731516650517 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., & McDonald, T. (2017). Effect of a parenting intervention on foster care re-entry after reunification among substance-affected families: A quasi-experimental study. Child Maltreatment, 22(3), 194-204. doi:10.1177/1077559517702743 Akin, B. A., Domenech Rodriguez, M. M., Yan, Y., DeGarmo, D. S., McDonald, T., & Forgatch, M. S. (2017). Clinicianâ€™s observations of family interactions in the reunification process: The Parent Child Checklist. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(1), 137-147. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0556-9 Akin, B. A., & Gomi, S. (2017). Non-completion of evidence-based parent training: An empirical examination among families of children in foster care. Journal of Social Service Research, 43(1), 52-68. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2016.1226229 Lloyd, M. H., Akin, B. A., & Brook, J. (2017). Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption. Children and Youth Services Review, 77, 177-187. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j. childyouth.2017.04.016 McDonald, T., Bhattarai, J., & Akin, B. A. (2017). Predictors of consent to a randomized study of an evidence-based parenting intervention in foster care. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 14(4), 243-265. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2017.1319 774 Akin, B. A. (2016). Practitioner views on the core functions of coaching in the implementation of an evidence-based intervention in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 68, 159-168. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.07.010 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Byers, K., & Lloyd, M. H. (2016). Worker perspectives from the front line: Implementation of an evidence-based intervention in child welfare. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(3), 870-882. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0283-7 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., Bhattarai, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Moses, M. (2016). A study in contrasts: Supports and barriers to successful implementation of two evidence-based parenting interventions in child welfare. Child Abuse & Neglect, 57, 30-40. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.06.002 16

Brook, J., Akin, B. A., Lloyd, M. H., Bhattarai, J., & McDonald, T. (2016). The use of prospective versus retrospective pretests with childwelfare involved families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(9), 2740-2752. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0446-1 Brook, J., Akin, B. A., Lloyd, M., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Yan, Y. (2016). Family drug courts as comprehensive service models: Cost considerations. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 67(3), 23-43. doi:10.1111/jfcj.12060

Presentations Akin, B. A. (2017, June 21). Put Me in Coach: How to Build Positive Coaching Practices in Child Welfare. Global Implementation Conference, Expanding Implementation Perspectives: Engaging Systems, Toronto, Canada. Akin, B. A., & Brook, J. (2017, June 20). Community Engagement and Collaboration in the Implementation of a Statewide Child Welfare Initiative. Global Implementation Conference, Expanding Implementation Perspectives: Engaging Systems, Toronto, Canada. Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 15). Effect of a Parenting Intervention on Foster Care Re-Entry Among Substance-Affected Families. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Kim, J., Brook, J., & Akin, B. A. (2017, January 15). Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Substance Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Brook, J., Akin, B. A., Lloyd, M. H., Bhattarai, J., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 14). Examining Response Shift in the Evaluation of Self-Reported Program Impact within Child Welfare Settings. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Akin, B. A., Collins-Camargo, C., & Strolin, J. (2017, January 13). Symposium on Implementing with Science: Integrating Research and Practice to Develop Trauma-Informed, Data-Driven Child Welfare Systems. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Akin, B. A., Romero, A., Bhattarai, J., & Lieberman, A. (2017, January 13). Using a Cross-System, Multi-Informant Approach to Develop a Trauma-Informed, Data-Driven Child Welfare System. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Lloyd, M. H., Akin, B. A., Brook, J., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 13). The Hidden Influence of Social Desirability Bias: Assessing the Validity of a Parenting and Family Skills Assessment to Measure Change over Time in Child Welfare. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Romero, A., & Akin, B. A. (2017, January 13). Cross-System Views on the Supports and Challenges of Adoption from Foster Care. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Akin, B. A., Lang, K., McDonald, T., Yan, Y., & Little, T. (2017, January 12). A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Evidence-Based Parent Training for Children with Serious Mental Health Problems: Six Month Child Well-Being Outcomes. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. Chasnoff, I. J., Brook, J., Barber, G., Akin, B. A., & Lloyd, M. H. (2016, September 1). Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Substance Exposed Infant: A Failure to Launch. 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: Building Community, Building Hope, Washington, DC.

Bess, R., Gabel, G., & Akin, B. A. (2016, August 31). Lessons from the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII): Using Data to Inform, Adjust, and Strengthen Practice. 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: Building Community, Building Hope, Washington, DC. Romero, A., & Akin, B. A. (2016, August 31). Cross-System Views on the Supports and Challenges of Adoption from Foster Care. 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: Building Community, Building Hope, Washington, DC. Carlson, J., & Akin, B. A. (2016, August 18). Do You Like CATs? Using Classroom Assessment Techniques to Improve Classroom Climate and Student Learning. University of Kansas, Center for Teaching Excellence, Teaching Summit, Lawrence, KS. Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., Akin, B. A., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, August 1). Implementing EBPs Across Systems and Settings to Enhance Services for Substance-Abuse affected Families:Process, Outcomes, and Cost Savings. Child Welfare League of America 2016 National Conference: Advancing excellence in practice and policy: What works for families affected by substance use, Anaheim, CA. Akin, B. A., Alexander, T., Bass, L., Bertram, R., Gilles, M., Keyes, T., McArthur, V., & Phillips, T. (2016, July 27). Selection and Installation of New Child Welfare Practice Models: How Implementation Affects You. Fostering Strategies for Change 2016 Conference: Children, Families and Their Communities, Kansas City, MO. Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., & Byers, K. (2016, January 16). Front Line Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in Child Welfare Settings. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC. McDonald, T. P., Bhattarai, J., & Akin, B. A. (2016, January 16). Predictors of Consent in a Randomized Field Study in Child Welfare. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC. Akin, B. A. (2016, January 15). Coaching as a Key Implementation Strategy for Evidence-Based Interventions: Core Functions and Critical Features. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC.

MAHASWETA BANERJEE Professor, BSW Program Director Scholarship Focus

Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; micro-enterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research.

Grand Challenges

Reduce extreme economic inequality. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications West, S., Banerjee, M., Phipps, B., & Friedline, T. (in press). Coming up short: Family composition, income, and household savings. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. doi:10.1093/sw/sww057 Banerjee, M., Friedline, T., & Phipps, B. (2017). Financial Capability of Parents of Kindergarteners. Children and Youth Services Review. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.08.009 West, S., Banerjee, M. M., & Friedline, T. (2017). Coming up short: Family composition, income, and household savings. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. Banerjee, M. M. (2016). Processes and dilemmas of doing international research in India. In In Alice K. Butterfield and Carol Cohen (Eds.) in Practicing as a Social Work Educator in International Collaboration. CSWE Press.. Arlington, VI: CSWE Press. Banerjee, M. (2016). “We Routinely Borrow to Survive” - Exploring the Financial Capability of Income-Poor People in India. Social Work, 61(4), 349-358. doi:10.1093/sw/sww045 Banerjee, M., & Damman, J. L. (2016). The capabilities approach: A framework to understand and enhance TANF recipients’ employability. Journal of Poverty.

Presentations Mahasweta, B. (2017, July 9). Kindergarten Children Parents’ Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Capability. International Consortium for Social Development, 20th Biennial International Symposium, Zagreb, Croatia. Banerjee, M. M. (2016, November 4). “My children are actually a barrier”: Financial Capability of Parents of Kindergartners. CSWE, Atlanta, GA.

JODY BROOK

Associate Professor, Center for Children & Families Director Scholarship Focus

Substance abuse across the lifespan; child welfare; family drug courts; substance abuse prevention; community substance abuse strategies; mixed research methods.

Grand Challenges

Close the health gap. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Akin, B., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., & McDonald, T. P. (2017). Effect of a parenting intervention on foster care reentry after reunification among substance-affected families: A quasi-experimental study. Child Maltreatment, 22(3), 194-204. doi:10.1177/1077559517702743 Lloyd, M., Akin, B., & Brook, J. (2017). Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship and adoption. Children and Youth Services Review, 77, 177-187. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.04.016 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Byers, K., & Lloyd, M. H. (2016). Worker perspectives from the front line: Implementation of an evidence-based intervention in child welfare. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(3), 870-882. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0283-7 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., Bhattarai, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Moses, M. (2016). A study in contrasts: Supports and barriers to successful implementation of two evidence-based parenting interventions in child welfare. Child Abuse & Neglect, 57, 30-40. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.06.002 Brook, J., Akin, B., Lloyd, M., Bhattarai, J., & McDonald, T. P. (2016). The use of prospective versus retrospective pretests with childwelfare involved families. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Brook, J., Akin, B., Lloyd, M., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Yan, Y. (2016). Family drug courts as comprehensive service models: Cost considerations. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 67(3), 23-43. doi:10.1111/jfcj.12060 Kim, J., Brook, J., & Akin, B. (2016). Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with substance using individuals: A randomized controlled trial study. Research on Social Work Practice. doi:10.1177/1049731516650517

Presentations Brook, J., LaVoy, C., Lyles, W., & Yulle, L. (2017, August 17). Integrating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion into Course Design and Delivery: Insight from Four 2016-2017 CTE Diversity Scholars. University of Kansas, 2017 Teaching Summit, Lawrence, KS. Akin, B., & Brook, J. (2017, June 20). Community Engagement and Collaboration in the Implementation of a Statewide Child Welfare Initiative: Key Supports and Challenges. Global Implementation Conference, Expanding Implementation Perspectives: Engaging Systems, Toronto, Canada. Brook, J., Akin, B., Lloyd, M., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 15). Effect of a Parenting Intervention on Foster Care Re-Entry Among Substance-Affected Families. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference., New Orleans, LA. 20

Kim, J., Brook, J., & Akin, B. (2017, January 15). Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Substance Using Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Brook, J., Akin, B., Lloyd, M., Bhattarai, J., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 14). Examining Response Shift in the Evaluation of SelfReported Program Impact within Child Welfare Settings. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Lloyd, M., Akin, B., Brook, J., & McDonald, T. (2017, January 13). The Hidden Influence of Social Desirability Bias: Assessing the Validity of a Parenting and Family Skills Assessment to Measure Change over Time in Child Welfare. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Lloyd, M. H., Brook, J., & Scanlon, E. (2016, November 6). Educating Social Workers on Substance Abuse: Are Standard Addictions Counseling Competencies Sufficient? Council on Social Work Education, 62nd Annual Program Meeting, Advancing Collaborative Practice Through Social Work Education, Atlanta. Chasnoff, I., Brook, J., Barber, G., Akin, B., & Lloyd, M. (2016, September 1). The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Substance Exposed Infant: A Failure to Launch. 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: Building Community, Building Hope, Washington, DC. Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., Akin, B. A., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, August 1). Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Across Systems and Settings to Enhance Services for Substance-Abuse Affected Families: Process, Outcomes and Cost Savings. Child Welfare League of America, Special Conference on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, Anaheim, CA. Akin, B., Brook, J., Lloyd, M., & Byers, K. (2016, January 17). Front Line Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in Child Welfare Settings. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC.

EDWARD R. CANDA

Professor, Coordinator of Spiritual Diversity & Social Work Initiative Scholarship Focus

Connections between cultural diversity, spirituality and resilience in relation to health, mental health and disabilities.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Create social responses to a changing environment. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Canda, E. R. (2017) [Edited and revised the English edition, pp. 361-420] On houhnmin juhng-um and juhng-yaug by Yi Juhng-Ho (Korean and English); Yi, Dong-Jun (Ed). Seoul, Republic of Korea: Asian Culture Press. English title translation: On Right Sounds to Educate the People (the Korean alphabet as created by King Sejong) and the Right Changes (by Kim Il-Bu). Canda, E. R., Moon, J., & Kim, K. M. (2017). Korean social welfareâ€™s approach to spiritual diversity. In Crisp, B. R. (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of religion, spirituality and social work (pp. 26-34). London: Routledge. 21

Yi, Juhng-Ho (2017) (Edited by Yi, Dong-Jun). The Korean alphabet: Right sounds to educate the people; Explanation and translation, third edition. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Asian Culture Press. [You, Mahn-Gunn & Canda, E. R. revised the English translation from 1986 edition.] Chappell Deckert, J. and Canda, E. R. (2016). The influence of faith background on Mennonite studentsâ€™ choice of social work as a profession: An exploratory study. Social Work and Christianity, 43(2), 213-232. Furman, L. D., Benson, P. W., Moss, B., Danbolt, T., & Canda, E. R. (2016). Reflections on collective trauma, faith, and service delivery to victims of terrorism and natural disaster: Insights from six national studies. Social Work and Christianity, 43(1), 74-94.

Presentations Canda, E. R. (September 23, 2016). Keynote Address: Promoting Human Well-Being and Environmental Justice through Social Work: A Deep Ecological Perspective. Hradec Days of Social Work Practice Conference, University of Hradec Kralove and Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Hradec Kalove, Czech Republic. Canda, E. R. (September 23, 2016). A Holistic Model for Social Work with People Who Have Disabilities.. Hradec Days of Social Work Practice Conference, University of Hradec Kralove and Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Hradec Kalove, Czech Republic. Canda, E. R. & Canda, H. (September 20, 2016). Introduction to Spiritually Sensitive Social Work Practice. Department of Social Work, Theological Faculty, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Canda, E. R. (2016, June 11). Insights from Zen for teaching about spiritual development and cultural diversity. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2016, Seoul, Korea. Canda, E. R., Kim, K. M., & Joung Joon, H. (2016, June 10). Spiritually sensitive social work practice in USA and Korea: International collaboration and innovation. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2016, Seoul, Korea.

JULIANA CARLSON Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

International organizational practices to engage men in gender-based violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families.

Grand Challenge Stop family violence.

Publications Casey, E. A., Leek, C., Tolman, R., Allen, C., & Carlson, J. (2017). Getting men in the room: Perceptions of effective strategies to initiate menâ€™s involvement in gender-based violence prevention in a global sample. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-17. doi:10.1080/13691058.201 7.1281438

Carlson, J. (2016). Child welfare workers’ constructions and causal explanations of poverty. Journal of Children and Poverty. doi:10.108 0/10796126.2015.1130124 Carlson, J., Kendall, A., & Edleson, J. L. (2016). Becoming a father: The developmental “engine” of first-time fatherhood. Fathering, 13(3), 182-202. Carlson, J., Nguyen, H., & Reinardy, J. (2016). Social justice and the capabilities approach: Seeking a global blueprint for EPAS. Journal of Social Work Education. doi:10.1080/10437797.2016.1174635 Casey, E., Carlson, J., Two-Bulls, S., & Yager, A. (2016). Gender transformative approaches to engaging men in gender-based violence prevention: A review and conceptual model. Trauma, Violence & Abuse. doi:10.1177/1524838016650191 Casey, E., Tolman, R., Carlson, J., Allen, C., & Storer, H. (2016). What motivates men’s involvement in gender-based violence prevention?: Latent class profiles and correlates in an international sample of men. Men & Masculinities. doi:10.1177/1097184X1663480 Tolman, R. M., Casey, E., Allen, C. L., Carlson, J., Leek, C., Storer, H., et al. (2016). A global profile of men participating in gender-based violence prevention. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/0886260516670181

Presentations Doan, A., Carlson, J., & Mabachi, N. (2017, February 7). Heartland Sexual Assault Policies & Prevention on Campuses Project. Partners In Progress: 2nd Biennial Conference for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Topeka, KS. Tolman, R., Casey, E. A., Carlson, J., Allen, C. T., & Leek, C. (2017, January 15). Predicting Violence Preventative Behavior Among an International Sample of Men Attending Gender-Based Violence Prevention Programming. Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, 2017, New Orleans, LA. Carlson, J., & Akin, B. (2016, August 18). Do you like CATS? Using Classroom Assessment Techniques to Improve Classroom Climate and Student Learning. Teaching Summit, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Casey, E., Tolman, R., Carlson, J., Allen, C., Storer, H., & Leek, C. (2016, April 3). What Motivates Mens’ Involvement in Gender-based Violence Prevention: Latent Class Profiles from an International Study. 24th Interdisciplinary American Men’s Studies Association, Ann Arbor, MI. Allen, C. T., Carlson, J., Leek, C., Casy, E. A., & Tolman, R. M. (2016, April 1). A global analysis of events aimed at engaging men to end gender-based violence. 24th Interdisciplinary American Men’s Studies Association, Ann Arbor, MI. Carlson, J., Leek, C., Storer, H., Tolman, R., Allen, C., & Casey, E. (2016, April 1). What is in a Name? A Dialogue on the Terminology of Male-identified Individuals’ Participation in Preventing Gender-based Violence. 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the American Men’s Studies, Ann Arbor, MI. Casey, E. A., Tolman, R., Carlson, J., Storer, H., Allen, C. T., & Leek, C. (2016, January 15). Pathways to Gender Justice: A Latent Class Analysis of Precipitates of Men’s Anti-Gender Based Violence Allyship. Society for Social Work Research, Washington, DC, USA. Carlson, J., Allen, C. T., Leek, C., Tolman, R., Casey, E. A., & Storer, H. (2016, January 14). Engaging Men Globally: The Nature and Impact of Events Aimed at Engaging Men in Efforts to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, USA.

ROSEMARY CHAPIN

Professor, Center for Research on Aging and Disability Options Director Scholarship Focus

Strengths based interdisciplinary, applied research to improve social service practice and policy with older adults and people with disabilities; public policy in long term care financing and in the promotion of autonomy and community alternatives for elders and people with disabilities, aging of the baby boom and elder friendly communities.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Chapin, R. K., PhD. (2017). Social policy for effective practice: A strengths approach (4th ed.). 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 715. ISBN: 978-1-138-21091-2 Sellon, A. M., Chapin, R. K., Ph.D., & Leedahl, S. N., Ph.D. (2016). Engaging Nursing Home Residents in Formal Volunteer Activities: A Focus on Strengths. Aging International, 22(1), 93-114. ISSN: 0163-5158

Presentations Wendel-Hummell, C., Chapin, R., Sellon, A., Kang, H., Lassmann, H., Swartzendruber, L., Holmes, C., Nary, D., LaPierre, T.A. (2017, July). Implementing Kansasâ€™s Universal Assessment in a Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Environments. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA. Chapin, R. K., Wendel-Hummell, C., Sellon, A. M., Kang, H., Lassman, H., Holmes, C., & Swartzendruber, L. (2016, November 20). Charting a Research Agenda to Expand Options for People Aging With Early Onset Disabilities. Annual Conference of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chapin, R. K., Wendel-Hummell, C. (2016, April). Adopting and Implementing the interRAI-Home Care Tool in Kansas: Lessons Learned. World interRAI Conference, Toronto, Canada. 24

TERRI FRIEDLINE Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Improving young people’s wellbeing through saving; asset-building; economic and educational disparities; public policy.

Grand Challenges

Reduce extreme economic inequality. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications West, S., Banerjee, M., Phipps, B., & Friedline, T. (in press). Coming up short: Family composition, income, and household savings. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. doi:10.1093/sw/sww057 Despard, M., Perantie, D., Taylor, S., Grinstein-Weiss, M., Friedline, T., & Raghavan, R. (2016). Student debt and hardship: Evidence from a large sample of low- and moderate-income households. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 8-18. doi:10.1016/j. childyouth.2016.09.001 Friedline, T., Despard, M., & Chowa, G. (2016). Preventive policy strategy for banking the unbanked: Savings accounts for teenagers? Journal of Poverty, 20(1), 2-33. doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1015068 Friedline, T., & Freeman, A. (2016). The potential for savings accounts to protect young adults from unsecured debt in periods of macroeconomic stability and decline. Social Service Review, 90(1), 83-129. Friedline, T., & Kepple, N. (2016). Does community access to alternative financial services relate to individuals’ use of these services? Beyond individual explanations. Journal of Consumer Policy. doi:doi:10.1007/s10603-016-9331-y Friedline, T., & West, S. (2016). Young adults’ race, wealth, and entrepreneurship. Race and Social Problems, 8(1), 42-63. doi:10.1007/ s12552-016-9163-z West, S., & Friedline, T. (2016). Coming of age on a shoestring budget: Associations between financial capability and financial behaviors of lower-income Millennials. Social Work, 61(4), 305-312. doi:10.1093/sw/sww057

Presentations Friedline, T., & Despard, M. (2016, September). Does community financial opportunity relate to households’ financial inclusion and health? Washington, DC. Friedline, T., West, S., Rosell, N., Serido, J., & Shim, S. (2016, January 14). “It takes a village”: Community-level explanations of young adults’ credit card debt. Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC.

CHERYL HOLMES Associate Researcher Scholarship Focus

Frontier and rural; integrated care; behavioral health.

Grand Challenges

Closing the health gap. Eradicating social isolation.

Publications Levy, M., Holmes, C., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (2017). Engaging rural residents in patient-centered health care research. Patient Experience Journal, 4(1), 46-53. Moore, W., Klem, A., Holmes, C., Holley, J., & Houchen, C. (2016). Community innovation network framework: A model for reshaping community identity. The Foundation Review, 8(3). http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/tfr/vol8/iss3/5 doi:10.9707/1944-5660.1311

Presentations Levy, M., Holmes, C., & Boyd, C. (2017, March 14). Preparing Masterâ€™s Level Social Work Graduates for Integrated Behavioral Health. Sunflower Foundation Integrated Care Learning Collaborative, Topeka, KS. Grube, W., Mendenhall, A., Holmes, C., & Levy, M. (January 2017). Exploring patient centered care in a rural context: The relationship between rural residentsâ€™ age and components of the Patient Centered Medical Home model. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research 21st Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Levy, M. & Holmes, C. (2016, December). Preparing social work students for interprofessional practice in integrated health care. Academic Day Interprofessional Poster Session, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

MICHELLE JOHNSONMOTOYAMA Associate Professor Scholarship Focus

Community based approaches to child maltreatment prevention; immigration and child welfare; evidence informed practice in organizational settings.

Grand Challenges

Reduce extreme economic inequality. Stop family violence.

Publications Frazer, A. L., Rubens, S., Johnson-Motoyama, M., DiPierro, M., & Fite, P. J. (2017). Acculturation Dissonance, Acculturation Strategy, Depressive Symptoms, and Delinquency in Latina/o Adolescents. Child & Youth Care Forum, 46(1), 19-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/ s10566-016-9367-9 doi:10.1007/s10566-016-9367-9 ISSN: 1053-1890 Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moore, T. D., Damman, J. L., & Rudlang-Perman, K. (2017). Using Administrative Data to Monitor Racial/ Ethnic Disparities and Disproportionality Within Child Welfare Agencies: Process and Preliminary Outcomes. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2017.1301842 doi:10.1080/15548732.2017.1301842 ISSN: 1554-8732 Akin, B. A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M. H., Bhattarai, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Moses, M. (2016). A study in contrasts: Supports and barriers to successful implementation of two evidence-based parenting interventions in child welfare. Child abuse & neglect, 57, 30-40. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.06.002 ISSN: 0145-2134 Brook, J., Akin, B. A., Lloyd, M. H., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Yan, Y. (2016). Family Drug Treatment Courts As Comprehensive Service Models: Cost Considerations. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 67(3), 23-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfcj.12060 doi:10.1111/ jfcj.12060 ISSN: 0161-7109 Dettlaff, A. J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Mariscal, S. (2016). Chapter 5. Latino Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families. In A. J. Dettlaff & R. Fong (Eds.), Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families. Columbia University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.7312/ dett17284-007 doi:10.7312/dett17284-007 ISBN: http://id.crossref.org/isbn/9780231541794 Graham, L. M., Lanier, P., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016). National profile of Latino/Latina children reported to the child welfare system for sexual abuse. Children and Youth Services Review, 66, 18-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.008 doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.008 ISSN: 0190-7409 Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Conrad-Hiebner, A., & Mariscal, E. S. (2016). Development, CAPTA Part C referral and services among young children in the U.S. child welfare system. Child Maltreatment, 21(3), 186-197. Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Koloroutis Kann, T., Mariscal, E. S., Levy, M., Navarro, C., & Fite, P. (2016). Parent, teacher, and school stakeholder perspectives on adolescent pregnancy prevention programming for Latino youth. Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(6), 513-525. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0447-2 27

Kim, H.-J., Kang, H., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016). The psychological well-being of grandparents who provide supplementary grandchild care: a systematic review. Journal of Family Studies, 1-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2016.1194306 doi:10.1080/1 3229400.2016.1194306 ISSN: 1322-9400

Presentations Brook, J., Lloyd, M., Akin, B., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, August). Implementing EBPs across systems and settings to enhance services for substance-abuse affected families: Process, outcomes, and cost savings. Child Welfare League of America Conference, Anaheim, CA. Graham, L. M., Lanier, P., Finno-Velasquez, M., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2017, January 16). Substantiated reports of sexual abuse among Latino/Latina children: A multilevel model of national data with implications for social work practice. Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 21st Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Graham, L., Lanier, P., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, June). Latino/a children reported to the child welfare system for sexual abuse: Implications for prevention. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Graham, L., Lanier, P., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, June). Sexual abuse case substantiation among Latino/a children: A multilevel model with implications for prevention. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Deckert, J. C. (2016, May). Social network mapping as a tool for exploring linkages between the neighborhood environment and health among pregnant Mexican-origin women in Los Angeles. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL. Michel, J., Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, May). Protective factors in the relation between acculturation dissonance and externalizing and internalizing problems among Latino adolescents. 28th APS Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. Moon, J., Unell, B., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2017, June 2). A feasibility study of Behavior Checker: Enhancing the capacity of pediatric staff to provide parenting support in primary care. The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 25th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Rubens, S., GudiĂąo, R., Michel, J., Fite, P., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, September 24). Neighborhood and cultural stressors associated with delinquency in Latino adolescents. National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS. Tampke, E. C., Fite, P., Cooley, J., Diaz, K., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016, October). Peer victimization and adjustment outcomes among Latino adolescents. ABCT 50th Annual Convention, New York, NY.

STEVEN KAPP Professor

Scholarship Focus

Juvenile justice; agency-based program evaluation including outcome-oriented program management and consumer-based input.

Grand Challenge

Ensure healthy development for all youth.

Publication Byers, K., Kapp, S.A., Damman, J.L. &. (2017, January). Youth functioning as a predictor for positive outcomes: How item-based latent class membership predicts youth outcome at discharge from psychiatric residential treatment, 21st Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA.

NANCY KEPPLE Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Social consequences of the availability, distribution and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting populations; the role of parent substance use in child welfare decision-making; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system.

Grand Challenges

Stop family violence. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Eradicate social isolation.

Publications Dennis, M.K., Kepple, N.J., & Brewer, J.P. (2017). Grandparents of the community: Lakota eldersâ€™ view of intergenerational care. Grandfamilies, 4(1), 115-142. http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/grandfamilies/vol4/iss1/9 Kepple, N. J. (2017). The complex nature of parental substance use: Examining past year and prior use patterns as correlates of child maltreatment frequency. Substance Use & Misuse, 52(6), 811-821. doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1253747 Kepple, N.J. & Freisthler, B. (2017). Place over traits? Purchasing edibles from medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, CA. Addictive Behaviors. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.007 Kobulsky, J., Kepple, N.J., Holmes, M., & Hussey, D. (2017). Concordance of parent and child reported physical abuse among children investigated by the child welfare system. Child Maltreatment, 22(1), 24-33. doi:10.1177/1077559516673156 29

Lloyd, M. & Kepple, N.J. (2017). Unpacking the Parallel Effects of Parental Alcohol Misuse and Low Income on Risk of Supervisory Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 69, 72-84. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.007 Wolf, J.P., Freisthler, B., Kepple, N. J., & Chavez, R. (2017). The Places Parents Go: Understanding the Breadth, Scope, and Experiences of Activity Spaces for Parents. Geojournal, 82, 355-369. doi:10.1007/s10708-015-9690-y Friedline, T. & Kepple, N.J. (2016). Does community access to alternative financial services relate to individual use of these services? Beyond individual explanations. Journal of Consumer Policy,40(1), 51-79. doi:10.1007/s10603-016-9331-y Kepple, N. J., Mulholland, E., Freisthler, B., & Schaper, E. (2016). Correlates of amount spent on medical marijuana during a discrete purchase: Results from a pilot study. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 48(1), 50-55. doi:10.1080/02791072.2015.1116719 Wolf, J.P. & Kepple, N.J. (2016). Individual and county-level religious participation, corporal punishment, and physical abuse of children: An exploratory study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/0886260516674197 Wolf, J.P., Ponicki, B., Kepple, N. J., & Gaidus, A. (2016). Are community level prescription drug overdoses associated with child harm? A spatial analysis of California zip codes, 2001-2011. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 166, 202-208. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.07.014

Presentations Kepple, N.J. & Freisthler, B. (2017, June). Place over Traits: Edible Purchasing Behaviors from Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles, CA. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C. Freisthler, B., Wolf, J.P., Kepple, N.J., Curry, S.R. (2017, January). Does Legal vs. Illegal Drug Use Affect the Decision to Substantiate Child Abuse or Neglect among Social Work Professionals? 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. Subica, A.M., Douglas, J.A., Kepple, N.J., Grills, C.T., & Villanueva, S. (2017, January). Do Legal Drug Outlets Specializing in Selling Tobacco, Medical Marijuana, and Alcohol Endanger the Public Health of Residents in a Low-income Community of Color? 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA Kobulsky, J., Kepple, N.J., Holmes, M., & Hussey, D. (2016, July). Concordance of Child and Parent Reported Physical Maltreatment in a Child Welfare Sample. International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH. Kepple, N. J. (2016, January). Does Parental Substance Use Always Engender Risk for Children? Decomposing Substance Use by Behavior Patterns. 20th Annual Conference Anniversary Celebration of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C. Kepple, N. J. (2016, January). The Complex Reality of Social Connections: Examining the Moderating Role of Social Companionship on Parent Substance Use and Neglect Frequencies. 20th Annual Conference Anniversary Celebration of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C. Lloyd, M., & Kepple, N. J. (2016, January). Pathways from Parental Alcohol Use to Supervisory Neglect: Understanding the Roles of Poverty, Depression and Low Social Support. 20th Annual Conference Anniversary Celebration of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C. Price Wolf, J., & Kepple, N. J. (2016, January). A Space-Time Bayesian Analysis of Non-Medical Prescription Drug Overdoses and Child Harm in California: 2001-2011. 20th Annual Conference Anniversary Celebration of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

TERRY KOENIG Associate Professor Scholarship Focus

Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; international social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods.

Grand Challenge

Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Besthorn, F. H., Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Warren, S. L. (2017). A critical analysis of social and environmental justice: Reorienting social work to an ethic of ecological justice. In R. Hugman & J. Carter (Eds.), Rethinking values and ethics in social work (146-163). London: Palgrave-Macmillan. Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., Kaufman, D., Leiste, M. R., Tynyshbayeva, A. A., Madyarbekov, G., & Makhadeyeva K. A. (2017). A Freirean analysis of Kazakhstani social work education. International Social Work, 60(1) 156-169. Zimmerman, S., Munn, J., & Koenig, T. (2016). Assisted living settings. In D. B. Kaplan & B. Berkman (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (2nd ed.) (pp. 247-256). New York: Oxford University Press.

Presentation Koenig, T. L. & Spano, R. (2016). Transformative social work. Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work International Conference, Burlington, VT.

MICHELLE LEVY Research Associate Scholarship Focus

Recruitment, retention and workforce issues; health and behavioral health; interprofessional education, integrated care; prevention; rural perspectives; engagement; organizational intervention; cross-systems collaboration.

Grand Challenges

Ensure healthy development for all youth. Close the health gap. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Levy, M., Holmes, C., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (2017). Engaging rural residents in patient-centered health care research. Patient Experience Journal, 4(1), 46-53. Johnson Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Koloroutis Kann, T., Mariscal, E.S., Levy, M., Navarro, C., & Fite, P. (2016). Parent, teacher, and school stakeholder perspectives on adolescent pregnancy prevention programming for Latino youth. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37, 513-525.

MELINDA LEWIS Associate Professor of Practice Scholarship Focus

Poverty and economic inequality; asset-based financial aid; social change; strategies for effective policy advocacy by nonprofit organizations; advocacy evaluation; advocacy capacity-building for individuals and social service organizations.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Reduce extreme economic inequality. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications Elliott, W. and Lewis, M. (2016). Student Debt: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Elliott, W. and Lewis, M. (2016). Student Debt Effects on Financial Well-Being: Research and Policy Implications. For Claus, E. and Claus, I. (Editors). A Collection of Surveys on Savings and Wealth Accumulation. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.

Presentations Lewis, M. (May 18, 2016). Making Tax Time, Saving Time, for Economic Mobility and the American Dream. Keynote Presentation for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, United Way of Greater Kansas City. Lewis, M. (April 22, 2016). Saving for Postsecondary Education: Why? How? Presentation to Kansas City GradForce Task Force, MidAmerica Regional Council (MARC).

ALICE LIEBERMAN Professor

Scholarship Focus

Social work education in child welfare; workforce issues in child welfare; generalist social work education pedagogy.

Grand Challenge

Ensure health development for all youth.

Presentation Akin, B. A., Romero, A., Bhattarai, J., & Lieberman, A. (2017, January 13). Using a Cross-System, Multi-Informant Approach to Develop a Trauma-Informed, Data-Driven Child Welfare System. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Ensure Healthy Development for all Youth, New Orleans, LA. 33

ALLY MABRY

Strengths Based Case Management & Shared Decision-Making Consultant/ Trainer Scholarship Focus

Evidence-based best practices implementation support for organizations providing services to adults and transition age youth who experience serious mental illness; the Strengths Model of Case Management; Development of fidelity scales to measure adherence to emerging best practices in mental health; Client-centered social administrative practices for mental health organizations and state mental health authorities.

Grand Challenges

Eradicate social isolation. End homelessness. Reduce extreme economic inequality. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publication Fukui, S., Salyers, M., Rapp, C., Goscha, R., Young, L., & Mabry, A. (2016). Supporting shared decision-making beyond consumerprescriber interactions: Initial development of the CommonGround fidelity scale. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 19(3), 252-267.

SUSANA MARISCAL Senior Research Assistant Scholarship Focus

Resilience among children exposed to intimate partner violence; foster care and trauma; parental substance abuse; youth aging out of foster care; Strengths Perspective and strengths-based practice; social work practice with Latinxs; implementation science; and mixed-methods research (with an emphasis on longitudinal analysis).

Grand Challenges

Stop family violence. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Dettlaff, A. J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Mariscal, E. Susana. (2016). Chapter 5. Latino Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families. In A. J. Dettlaff & R. Fong (Eds.), Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families. Columbia University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.7312/ dett17284-007 doi:10.7312/dett17284-007 ISBN: http://id.crossref.org/isbn/9780231541794 Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Conrad-Hiebner, A., & Mariscal, E. Susana. (2016). Development, CAPTA Part C Referral and Services Among Young Children in the U.S. Child Welfare System: Implications for Latino Children. Child Maltreatment, 21(3), 186197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559516630831 doi:10.1177/1077559516630831 ISSN: 1077-5595

Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Kann, T. K., Mariscal, E. S., Levy, M., Navarro, C., & Fite, P. J. (2016). Parent, Teacher, and School Stakeholder Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programming for Latino Youth. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(6), 513-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0447-2 doi:10.1007/s10935-016-0447-2 ISSN: 0278-095X

Presentations Byers, K., & Mariscal, E. Susana. (2016, August). Early childhood intervention: Implementation strategies and challenges. Regional Partnership Grants 2016 Annual Grantee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Mariscal, E. Susana, & Liming, K. (2016, August). Ready, set, go! Planning strategies to adopt and install a parenting program for substance-affected families. Child Welfare League of America 2016 National Conference, Anaheim, CA. Byers, K., Yan, Y., McDonald, T., & Mariscal, E. Susana. (2016, January). Barriers to reunification and over-representation of young children affected by parental substance abuse: Selecting a data-informed child welfare population. Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.

JASON MATEJKOWSKI Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless.

Grand Challenges

Promote smart decarceration. End homelessness.

Publications Lee, S., Matejkowski, J., & Han, W. (2017). Racial-ethnic variation in mental health service utilization among people with a major affective disorder and a criminal history. Community Mental Health Journal, 53(1), 8-14. doi:10.1007/s10597-015-9899-8 Matejkowski, J. (2017). The moderating effects of antisocial personality disorder on the relationship between serious mental illness and types of prison infractions. The Prison Journal, 97(2), 202-223. doi:10.1177/0032885517692804 Matejkowski, J., Conrad, A., & Ostermann, M. (2017). Does early onset of criminal behavior differentiate for whom serious mental illness has a direct or indirect effect on recidivism? Law and Human Behavior, 41(1), 68-79. doi:10.1037/lhb0000231 Nam, E., Matejkowski, J., & Lee, S. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in contemporaneous use of mental health and substance use treatment among individuals experiencing both mental illness and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Quarterly, 88, 185-198. doi:10.1007/s11126-016-9444-0 Matejkowski, J. (2016). Towards effective policymaking aimed at reducing gun violence. [Review of the book Gun violence and mental illness, Edited by Liza H. Gold and Robert I. Simon]. PsycCRITIQUES, 91(19), Article 2. doi:10.1037/a0040301

Nam, E., Matejkowski, J., & Lee, S. (2016). Criminal justice contact and treatment utilization among people with mental illness and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Services, 67(10), 1149-1151. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500381

Presentations Conrad, A., & Matejkowski, J. (2016, November). Does juvenile criminal onset distinguish among offenders whose criminal behavior is directly or indirectly related to the presence of a serious mental illness? American Society for Criminology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Matejkowski, J., Nam, E., & Lee, S. (2016, November). National findings on contemporaneous use of mental health and substance use treatment services among justice-involved adults experiencing mental illness and substance use disorders. American Society for Criminology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Matejkowski, J. (2016, August). For whom does SMI directly or indirectly relate to criminal behavior? The Twenty-third NIMH Conference on Mental Health Services Research, Bethesda, MD.

AMY MENDENHALL Associate Professor Scholarship Focus

Children’s mental health including serious mental illness, service utilization, parent and child education and the impact of mental illness on children and their families.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Ensure health development for all youth.

Publications Frauenholtz, S., Mendenhall, A.N., & Moon, J. (2017). The Role of School Employees’ Mental Health Knowledge in Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Support the Academic Success of Students Experiencing Mental Health Distress. Children & Schools, 39(2), 71-79. Levy, M., Holmes, C., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (2017). Engaging Rural Residents in Patient-Centered Health Care Research. Patient Experience Journal, 4(1), 46-53. Moon, J., Williford, A., & Mendenhall, A.N. (2017). Educators’ Perceptions of Youth Mental Health: Implications for Training and the Promotion of Mental Health Services in Schools. Children and Youth Services Review. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.01.006 Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A.N. (2016). Adolescent Mental Health Case Management: Consumer Perspectives. Families in Society, 97(2), 86-94. Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A.N. (2016). Adolescent Mental Health Case Management: Provider Perspectives. Social Work in Mental Health, 14, 583-605. Mendenhall, A.N. & Grube, W. (2016). Developing a New Approach to Case Management in Youth Mental Health: Strengths Model for Youth Case Management. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 34(4), 369-379. DOI: 10.1007/s10560-016-0467-z 36

Presentations Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A., Holmes, C., & Levy, M. (2017). Exploring Patient Centered Care in a Rural Context: The Relationship between Rural Residentsâ€™ Age and Components of the Patient Centered Medical Home Model. Poster Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in New Orleans, LA in January 2017. Moon, J., Williford, A., & Mendenhall, A. (2017). Assessing Self-Efficacy to Address Student Mental Health Needs Among Public School Educators: Implications for School Social Work. Poster Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in New Orleans, LA in January 2017. Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A. (2016). The strengths model for youth: an innovative approach to case management. Presentation at the 29h Annual Childrenâ€™s Mental Health Research & Policy Conference in Tampa, FL in March 2016.

TERRY MOORE Project Director

Scholarship Focus

Child welfare management; management reporting; use of data in program improvement planning and management decision making; outcomes research; program evaluation; risk assessment; and abuse/ neglect prevention with public assistance populations.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equality opportunity and justice. Harness technology for social good.

Publications

Johnson-Motoyama, M.J., Moore, T.D., Damman, J.L. & Rudlang-Perman, K. (2017). Harnessing administrative data to monitor racial/ethnic disparities and disproportionality within child welfare agencies. Journal of Public Child Welfare, DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2017.1301842. Moore, T., McDonald, T.P.; Cronbaugh-Auld, Kari (2016). Assessing Risk of Placement Instability to Aid Foster Care Placement Decision Making, Journal of Public Child Welfare, 26 January 2016, DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2016.1140697.

MEGAN O’BRIEN Research Associate Scholarship Focus

Social and contextual influences on health; wealth and financial capability; program evaluation.

Grand Challenge

Build financial capability for all.

Publications Lewis, M., O’Brien, M. S., & Elliott, W. (2017). Immigrant Latino Families Saving Against Great Odds: The Case of CSAs and the Prosperity Kids Program. Race and Social Problems. doi:10.1007/s12552-017-9203-3 Lewis, M., O’Brien, M. S., Jones-Layman, A., O’Neill, E., & Elliott, W. (2017). Saving and Educational Asset-Building within a Community-Driven CSA Program: The Case of Promise Indiana. Poverty and Public Policy, 9(2), 188-208. Rauscher, E., Elliott, W., O’Brien, M. S., Callahan, J., Steensma, J., et al. (2017). Examining the Relationship between Parental Educational Expectations and a Community-Based Children’s Savings Account Program. Children and Youth Services Review, 74, 96107.

Presentation O’Brien, M. S. (2016, November 11). Constructing the Evidence Base: Interim Measures, Data Management. The Role of Children’s Savings Accounts in the Education, Economic, Social, and Political Contexts, Lawrence, KS.

MEGAN PACELEY Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Understanding the impact of non-urban communities on the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority (GSM) youth; development, sustainability, and evaluation of gender and sexual minority community organizations.

Grand Challenges

Eradicate social isolation. Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Close the health gap. Create social responses to a changing environment. Ensure healthy development for all youth. Stop family violence. Advance long and productive lives.

Publications Holman, E. G., & Paceley, M. S. (2016). Fostering research and diversity competencies for students, scholars, and practitioners: The case of an interdisciplinary research seminar. Perspectives on Social Work, 12(1), 15-24. Matthew, L. E., & Paceley, M. S. (2016). Fellowships, scholarships, and grants: Ten tips to help social work students get that award. The New Social Worker, 23(4), 22-24. http://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/education--credentials/fellowships-scholarshipsand-grants-10-tips-to-help-social-work-students-get-that-award/ Paceley, M. S. (2016). Gender and sexual minority youth in nonmetropolitan communities: Individual and community-level needs for support. Families in Society, 97(2), 77-85. doi:10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.11 Paceley, M. S., Keene, L. C., & Lough, B. J. (2016). Barriers to involvement in nonmetropolitan GLBTQ organizations. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 28(2), 117-139. doi:10.1080/10538720.2016.1155518

Presentations Paceley, M. S., Fish, J. N., & Schuetz, N. (2017, May). Coping strategies, substance use, and mental health among sexual and gender minority youth. LGBTQ Research Symposium, Champaign, IL. Fish, J. N., Paceley, M. S., & Schuetz, N. (2017, April). Coping strategies among sexual and gender minority youth: A preliminary investigation. Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX. Paceley, M. S., Goffnett, J., & Gandy-Guedes, M. (2016, November). Community Climate as a Moderator Between Victimization and Depression Among SGM Youth. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Fish, J., Toomey, R., Kuvalanka, K., Paceley, M. S., Oswald, R. F., & Steelman, S. (2016, May). Becoming a Sexual and Gender Minority Scholar: Advice for Students and Young Professionals. 4th Annual LGBT Research Symposium, Champaign, IL. Paceley, M. S. (2016, April). Uncovering Hidden Queer Youthâ€™s stories. Archives Interrupted: Gender and the Future of Constructing the Past, Lawrence, KS.

Reilly, A., Oswald, R. F., Routon, J., McGuire, J., Grafsky, E., Zvonkovic, A., Toomey, R., Cuthbertson, C., Paceley, M. S., Walsh, M., & Curran, M. (2016, March). Development of a theoretical model to study LGBT people living in rural areas in the United States of America. Rural Development Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. Paceley, M. S., & Thomas, M. M. (2016, January). Barriers and Facilitators to Utilization of LGBT Community Organizations Among Nonmetropolitan LGBT Youth. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

EDWARD SCANLON

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Scholarship Focus

Anti-poverty programs and policies; social justice; policy and social change strategies.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Reduce extreme economic inequality. Create social responses to a changing environment. Build financial capability and assets for all.

Publications Dennis, M. K., Scanlon, E., & Sellon, A. (2017). “It’s a generosity loop”: Religious and spiritual motivations of volunteers who glean produce to reduce food insecurity. Journal of Spirituality and Social Work: Social Thought. Emejulo, A., & Scanlon, E. (2016). Community development and the politics for social welfare: Rethinking redistribution and recognition struggles in the United States. Community Development Journal, 51, 42-59. Kemp, S. P., Vesneski, W., & Scanlon, E. (2016). Practice with communities. In M. Mattaini, C. Lowery, & C. Meyer, Foundations of Social Work Practice: A Graduate Text (5th ed.) (pp. 177-210). Washington, D.C.: National Association of Social Workers Press.

Presentation Lloyd, M., Brook, J., Scanlon, E., et al. (2016, November 6). Educating social work students: Are standard addictions competencies sufficient? Council on Social Work Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

MARGARET SEVERSON Professor, PhD Program Director Scholarship Focus

Research and practice in social justice venues, including mental health and suicide prevention programming in detention centers, divorce and child custody mediation, restorative justice and social work ethics.

Grand Challenges

Promote smart decarceration. Achieve equal opportunity and justice.

Publications Severson, M. (2017). Imagining the Future of Justice: Advancing Decarceration Through Multisector Social Innovations. In, M. Epperson, M., and C. Pettus-Davis, Smart Decarceration: Achieving Criminal Justice Transformation in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. Rowe, D., Severson, M. E., & Huskey, B. L. (2016, January). Mental illness and the county jail: A new prescription. Corrections Today,(January/February 2016).

PAUL SMOKOWSKI Professor

Scholarship Focus

Children and families, Latino immigrant families, rural youth, school, health, psychodrama techniques.

Grand Challenge

Ensure healthy development for all youth.

Publications Smokowski, P.R. & Bacallao, M. (2017). Acculturation: Theoretical perspectives and cultural adaptation styles. In R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence: Second Edition. Springer: New York, NY. Smokowski, P.R. & Bacallao, M. (2017). Assimilation: Adaptation and adjustment to the pressures of a host society. In R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence: Second Edition. Springer: New York, NY. Cotter, K. L., Rose, R. A., Bacallao, M., & Smokowski, P. R. (In Press). Parenting Wisely six months later: How delivery format impacts program effects at follow-up. Journal of Primary Prevention. Bacallao, M. & Smokowski, P.R. (In Press). Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds session I: Using the Acculturation Spectrogram to capture family cultural changes after immigration. Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. 41

Bacallao, M. & Smokowski, P.R. (In Press). Navigating the web of worries: Using psychodrama techniques to help Latino immigrant families manage acculturation stress. Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. Evans, C. B. R., Cotter, K. L., & Smokowski, P. R. (In Press). Giving victims of bullying a voice: A qualitative study of post bullying coping strategies in rural youth. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Smokowski, P. R., Evans, C. B. R., & Cotter, K. L. (in press). Differential effects of past, current, and chronic bullying: How victimization affects school experiences. Violence and Victims. Smokowski, P. R., Rose, R. A., Bacallao, M., Cotter, K. L., & Evans, C. B. R. (In Press). Family dynamics and aggressive behavior in Latino adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Online first. Evans, C. B. R. & Smokwoski, P. R. (2016). Understanding Weaknesses in Bullying Research: How School Personnel can Help Strengthen Bullying Research and Practice. Children and Youth Services Review, 69, 143-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. childyouth.2016.08.002 Evans, C. B. R., & Smokowski, P. R. (2016). Negative bystander behavior in bullying dynamics: Assessing the impact of social capital deprivation and anti-social capital. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Online First. Kingston, B., Bacallao, M., Smokowski, P.R., Sullivan, T. & Sutherland, K. (2016). Constructing “Packages” of Evidence-based Programs to Prevent Youth Violence: Processes and Illustrative Examples from the CDC’s Youth Violence Prevention Centers. Journal of Primary Prevention, 37, 141-163. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0423-x. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4824829/ Evans, C. B. R., Smokowski, P. R., Barbee, J., Bower, M., & Barefoot, S. (2016). Restorative justice programming in teen court: A path to improved interpersonal relationships and psychological functioning for high risk youth. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 40(1), 15-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000042 Smokowski, P. R., Guo, S., Wu, Q., Evans, C. B. R., Cotter, K. L., & Bacallao, M. (2016). Evaluating dosage effects for the positive action program: How implementation impacts internalizing symptoms, aggression, school hassles, and self-esteem. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(3), 310-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000167 Smokowski, P. R., Guo, S., Evans, C. B. R., Wu, Q., Rose, R. A., Bacallao, M., & Cotter, K. L. (2016). Risk and protective factors across multiple microsystems associated with internalizing symptoms and aggressive behavior in rural adolescents: Modeling longitudinal trajectories from the Rural Adaptation Project. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Online first: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ ort0000163 Evans, C. B. R., Cotter, K. L., Rose, R. A., & Smokowski, P. R. (2016). Substance use in rural adolescents: The impact of social capital, anti-social capital, and social capital deprivation. Journal of Addictive Diseases. Online First: 10.1080/10550887.2016.1171671 Cotter, K. L., & Smokowski, P. R. (2016). Perceived peer delinquency and externalizing behavior among rural youth: The role of descriptive norms and internalizing symptoms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 520-531. doi:10.1007/s10964-015-0382-1 Evans, C. B. R. & Smokowski, P. R. (2016). Theoretical explanations for bullying in school: How ecological processes propagate perpetration and victimization. Children and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(4), 365-375. Online first doi: 10.1007/s10560-0150432-2

Presentations Smokowski, P. R., Evans, C. B. R., Rose, R. A., Howard, M. O., & Cotter, K. L. (2017, January). Latent classes of polysubstance use among middle and high school adolescents in a diverse rural setting. In R. A. Rose (Organizer), Substance use among adolescents in low income rural communities. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. 42

Rose, R. A., Smokowki, P. R., Howard, M. O., Evans, C. B. R., & Cotter, K. L. (2017, January). Latent classes of polysubstance use: Patterns by grade level in a sample of disadvantaged, racially diverse, rural youth. In R. A. Rose (Organizer), Substance use among adolescents in low income rural communities. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. Cotter, K. L., Smokowski, P. R., Rose, R. A., Howard, M. O., & Evans, C. B. R. (2017, January). Predictive validity of latent classes for middle and high school polysubstance use. In R. A. Rose (Organizer), Substance use among adolescents in low income rural communities. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. Evans, C. B. R., Smokowski, P. R., Rose, R. A., & Cotter, K. L. (2017, January). Substance Use Among Rural Adolescents. In R. A. Rose (Organizer), Substance use among adolescents in low income rural communities. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA. Smokowski, P. Bacallao, M., Guo, S., Barbee, J., Bower, M., Evans, C. Cotter, K., & Rose, R. (2016, December). Scaling Up to Reduce Youth Violence in Robeson County. North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center Advisory Board, Lumberton, NC. Smokowski, P. (2016, December). Scaling Up: Pushing the Limits of Prevention Science in an Impoverished, Ethnically Diverse, Rural County. Nationwide Childrenâ€™s Hospital, Columbus, OH. Smokowski, P.R., Evans, C.B.R., Bacallao, M. & Cotter, K. (2016, June). Acceptance, rejection, and bullying victimization in rural schools. International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, Madrid Spain. Smokowski, P.R., Evans, C.B.R., Bacallao, M. & Cotter, K. (2016, June). How Bullying Victimization Chronicity and Severity Impacts Social Acceptance, Rejection, and Adolescent Adjustment. International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, Madrid Spain. Smokowski, P.R., Guo, S., Wu, Q., Bacallao, M. L., Evans, C. B. R., Cotter, K. L., & Rose, R. A. (2016, January). Positive Action: The Results of a Three-Year Longitudinal Program Evaluation in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Rural School System. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Rose, R. A., Evans, C. B. R., Smokowski, P. R., & Cotter, K. (2016, January). Teen Court: Effects on Social Relationships, Behavior, and Mental Health in Rural Adolescents. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). Scaling up!: How Evidence-Based Programs Can be Combined into a Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention Initiative for Impoverished Youth in an Ethnically Diverse Rural County. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Smokowski, P. R., Guo, S., & Cotter, K. L. (2016, January). Evaluating the Rural Adaptation Project: Using an Interrupted Time-Series Design to Examine the Effects of Comprehensive Youth-Violence Prevention Programming in an Impoverished Rural County. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Webber, K. C. & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). School Engagement of Rural Early Adolescents: Examining the Role of Academic Relevance and Optimism Across Racial/Ethnic Groups. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Webber, K. C. & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). Measuring School Engagement of Early Adolescents: Invariance Testing of the SSP School Satisfaction Scale. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Cotter, K. L., Rose, R. A., & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). Parenting Wisely Program Effects Six Months Later: The Longitudinal Maintenance of Family, Parenting, and Adolescent Program Effects. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

Evans, C. B. R., Cotter, K. L., & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). Giving Victims of Bullying a Voice: A Qualitative Study of Post Bullying Coping Strategies in Rural Youth. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Evans, C. B. R. & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). Positive and Negative Bystander Behavior in Bullying Dynamics: Assessing the Impact of Social Capital Deprivation, Anti-Social Capital, and Positive Social Capital Development in Rural Youth. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Cotter, K. L. & Smokowski, P. R. (2016, January). An Investigation of Relational Risk and Promotive Factors Associated with Adolescent Female Aggression. Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

RICHARD SPANO Associate Professor Scholarship Focus

Child welfare, particularly foster care, sexual abuse; the history of social work and social welfare, ethics and values as they impact practice.

Grand Challenges

Achieve equal opportunity and justice. Ensure healthy development for all youth.

Presentation Koenig, T. L. & Spano, R. (2016). Transformative social work. Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work International Conference, Burlington, VT.

CARRIE WENDELHUMMELL Project Manager

Scholarship Focus

Healthcare and long term services and supports policy, mental health over the life-course, aging with disabilities, mixed methods research, community based research.

Grand Challenges

Eradicate social isolation. Close the health gap. Advance long and productive lives.

Publication Chapin, R. & Wendel, C. (2016). Medicaid.â€? In S.K. Whitbourne (Ed), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

ANDREW ZINN Assistant Professor Scholarship Focus

Child maltreatment and child protective services; foster family care and adoption; juvenile court outcomes; service needs and outcomes of adolescents and young-adults; research methods and statistical analysis.

Grand Challenges

Ensure healthy development for all youth. Stop family violence.

Publications Zinn, A., & Orlebeke, B. (2017). Juvenile Court Judicial Quality and Children’s Permanency Outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 77, 46-54. Zinn, A., & Orlebeke, B. (2017). The nature and determinants of child representation practice in child welfare cases. Family Court review, 55(2), 273-291. doi:10.1111/fcre.12239 Zinn, A., Palmer, A., & Nam, E. (2017). Developmental Heterogeneity of Social Support Among Former Foster Youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 76, 51-58. Orlebeke, B., & Zinn, A. (2016). Profile Of Lawyers Representing Children. In Children’s Justice: How To Improve Legal Representation Of Children In The Child Welfare System. Orlebeke, B., Zhou, X., Skyles, A., & Zinn, A. (2016). Findings Of The Evaluation Of The QIC-ChildRep Best Practices Model Training For Attorneys. In Children’s Justice: How To Improve Legal Representation Of Children In The Child Welfare System. Zinn, A. (2016). Kinship Family Relatedness, Nuclear Family Contact, and Social Support Among Foster Youth. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 11(1), 1-26.

Zinn, A., & Orlebeke, B. (2016). Lawyer Activities and Their Impact. In Children’s Justice: How To Improve Legal Representation Of Children In The Child Welfare System. Zinn, A., Orlebeke, B., Duquette, D., & Zhou, X. (2016). The Organization of Child Representation Services in Child Welfare Cases: A Study of Washington State. Family Court Review, 54(3), 364-381. doi:10.1111/fcre.12239

Presentations Orlebeke, B., Zinn, A., Duquette, D., & Robbin, P. (2016, August 11). The Bird’s Eye View: Let’s Talk Measurement and Evaluation in the Age of “Metrics” and “Outcomes”. The 39th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, Philadelphia. Zinn, A., Orlebeke, B., Duquette, D., & Robbin, P. (2016, August 11). The Nature and Determinants of Child Representation Practice. The 39th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, Philadelphia. Zinn, A. E. (2016, January). An Examination of the Ontogeny, Etiology, and Impact of Social Support among Current and Former Foster Youth. 20th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. Zinn, A. E. (2016, January). Kinship Family Relatedness, Family Contact, and Social Support among Foster Youth. 20th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. Zinn, A. E., Nam, E., & P. A. (2016, January). Foster Youths’ Social Support across The Transition to Adulthood. 20th Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC.

TRANSFORMATIVE S CONNECTING RESE

SOCIAL WORK: EARCH & ACADEMICS Students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, play a critical role in the research done in the School of Social Welfare. Students may be involved in research through student research assistant positions, graduate research assistantships, independent studies, or their own research projects. Participation in research provides students with the opportunity to critically apply classroom knowledge to real world community-based examination of social conditions and solutions. Students learn how to conduct, disseminate and translate research in order to transform social work practice and policy. In return, students offer a fresh perspective to research teams and provide valuable work such as project coordination, data collection and entry, and analysis and dissemination of results.

HRSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCHOLARS GRANT has provided scholarships to 81 MSW students in the past three years

15 doctoral level GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 10 BSW or MSW student RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS

5 EMERGING SCHOLARS 1st and 2nd year students who are part of a program that supports studentsâ€™ transitions to college and facilitates their participation in research and creative work 49

PHD GRADUATES, CAN

PUBLICATIONS &

2016-17 PHD GRADUATES Margaret Lloyd

Dissertation: Intersectional Health Determinants and Addication in Child Welfare: Testing the Effect of Cumulative Socioeconomic Risk on Trajectories toward Reunification among Mothers with Substance Use Disorder

Susan Frauenholtz

Dissertation: Associates between Material hardship, Mental Health, and Childrenâ€™s Educational Achievement among Families Experiencing Maternal Unemployment during the Great Recession

Alegnta Shibikom

Dissertation: Financial Capability, Money Management, and Developmental Resources for Young Children in Low-Income Families

2017-18 DOCTORAL CANDIDATES Jennifer Chappell Deckert Jeri Damman Jungrim Moon Eunji Nam Beth Oâ€™Neill Ashley Palmer Alicia Sellon Sherry Warren For more information about our 2017-18 doctoral candidates visit

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NDIDATES & STUDENTS

& PRESENTATIONS

JARED BARTON Publication Barton, J. L. (2016), Federal Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Home Visiting: A Multiple Streams Analysis. Poverty & Public Policy, 8: 248–262. doi:10.1002/pop4.142

Presentation Barton, J. (2016, June). The problems, politics, and people of federal investments in evidence-based home visiting. Conference presentation at Influencing Social Policy’s Policy Conference 2.0, St. Louis, MO.

JENNIFER CHAPPELL DECKERT Publications Chappell Deckert, J., & Koenig, T. L. (2017). Social work perplexity: Dissonance, uncertainty, and growth in Kazakhstan. Qualitative Social Work, doi. 1473325017710086. Chappell Deckert, J. (2016). Social Work, Human Rights, and the Migration of Central American Children. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 25(1), 20-35. **Award for best paper of 2016 in this journal Chappell Deckert, J., & Canda, E. (2016). The Influence of Faith Background on Mennonite Students’ Choice of Social Work As a Profession: An Exploratory Study. Social Work & Christianity, 43(2). Chappell Deckert, J., & Statz-Hill, M. (2016). Job satisfaction of peer providers employed in mental health centers: A systematic review. Social Work in Mental Health, 1-19.

Presentations Chappell Deckert, J. (May, 2017). “Migrant Identity, Inclusion, and Representation in Qualitative Social Work Research: Museums, Social Work, and the “Immigrant Trunk, Presented at the International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, IL. Chappell Deckert, J., Gilgun, J. Gockel, A., Kelly, A., Price, S. Sheehan, C., Staller, K. and Warren, S. (January, 2017). “A Mindful Dialogue on Mindfulness-based Practice.” Presented at the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA. Chappell Deckert, J. (October, 2016). “Midwestern Service Provider Narratives of Migrant Experiences: Legibility, Vulnerability, and Exploitation in Human Trafficking” Presentation at the Migration With(out) Boundaries Conference, Lansing, MI. Bomhoff, J. & Chappell Deckert, J. (2016, May). Using Strengths-based Collaborative Pathway Maps to Understand Community Inclusion of People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. Oral Presentation at the International Congress of Qualitative Research, Champaign, IL. Johnson-Motoyama, M. & Chappell Deckert, J. (2016, May). Social Network Mapping as a Tool for Exploring Linkages between the Neighborhood Environment and Health among Pregnant Mexican-Origin Women in Los Angeles. Oral Presentation at the International Congress of Qualitative Research, Champaign, IL. 52

Warren, S. & Chappell Deckert, J. (2016, March). Using Photovoice as Contemplative Practice to Integrate Personal and Professional Values: Hands-on, Minds-on Learning. Oral presentation at the Contemplative Practices for the 21st Century University, Blacksburg, VA.

STACY DUNKERLEY Publication Dunkerley, S. (2017). Mothers matter: A feminist perspective on child welfare-involved women. Journal of Family Social Work, 20(3), 251-265.

Presentations McArthur, V., Dunkerley, S., & Akin, B. (2017, June 8). Practitioners Measurement of Parent and Child Progress with the Parent-Child Checklist: Implementation and Results. International PMTO Conference in Europe, PMTO In Diversity, Aarhus, Denmark. McArthur, V., Dunkerley, S., & Akin, B. (2017, June 7). PMTO Model for Kansas Youth in Foster Care with Emotional and Behavioral Problems. International PMTO Conference in Europe, PMTO In Diversity, Aarhus, Denmark. Dunkerley, S. (2017, April 6). Mothers matter: A feminist perspective on child welfare-involved women. Poster presentation at the Graduate Research Competition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

AARON CONRAD Presentation Conrad, A. & Matejkowski, J. (2016, November). Does juvenile criminal onset distinguish among offenders whose criminal behavior is directly or indirectly related to the presence of a serious mental illness? American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

JERI DAMMAN Presentations Damman, J.L., & Levine, M. (2016, August). Present and involved? Reviewing the evidence base for meaningful birth parent involvement in family teaming approaches. Submitted to the 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and neglect; Washington, DC. Damman, J.L., Byers, K.D., & Kapp, S.A. (2016, March). Capturing resilience among youth in psychiatric residential treatment: Using big data to inform innovative uses of the Ohio Youth Problem, Functioning, and Satisfaction Scales. Submitted to the 29th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference; Tampa, Florida. Kapp, S.A., Damman, J.L., & Byers, K.D. (2016, January). Problem Severity and Youth Functioning: How Initial Item Response Predicts Youth Outcomes at Discharge from Psychiatric Residential Treatment. Submitted to the 20th Annual Conference, The Society for Social Work and Research Conference (SSWR), Washington, DC.

SUSAN FRAUENHOLTZ Publication Frauenholtz, S., Mendenhall, A.N., & Moon, J. (2017). The Role of School Employees’ Mental Health Knowledge in Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Support the Academic Success of Students Experiencing Mental Health Distress. Children & Schools, 39(2), 71-79.

WHITNEY GRUBE Publications Levy, M., Holmes, C., Mendenhall, A., & Grube, W. (2017). Engaging Rural Residents in Patient-Centered Health Care Research. Patient Experience Journal, 4(1), 46-53. Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A.N. (2016). Adolescent Mental Health Case Management: Consumer Perspectives. Families in Society, 97(2), 86-94. Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A.N. (2016). Adolescent Mental Health Case Management: Provider Perspectives. Social Work in Mental Health, 14, 583-605. Mendenhall, A.N. & Grube, W. (2016). Developing a New Approach to Case Management in Youth Mental Health: Strengths Model for Youth Case Management. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 34(4), 369-379. DOI: 10.1007/s10560-016-0467-z

Presentations Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A., Holmes, C., & Levy, M. (2017). Exploring Patient Centered Care in a Rural Context: The Relationship between Rural Residents’ Age and Components of the Patient Centered Medical Home Model. Poster Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in New Orleans, LA in January 2017. Grube, W. & Mendenhall, A. (2016). The strengths model for youth: an innovative approach to case management. Presentation at the 29h Annual Children’s Mental Health Research & Policy Conference in Tampa, FL in March 2016. 54

EUIJIN JUNG Presentations Jung, E (2017, July) “Trajectory of Child Tax Credit: from Incrementalism perspective” at National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics. Pittsburgh, PA, USA Jung, E (2016, June) Structure analysis of multidimensional poverty of older adults in Korea. Conference Presentation at Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education, and Social Development. Seoul, Korea, Jun. 27-30

HYUN KANG Publication Kim, H.J., Kang, H., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2016). The psychological well-being of grandparents who provide supplementary grandchild care: a systematic review. Journal of Family Studies, 1-24. doi:10.1080/13229400.2016.1194306

Presentations Kang, H. (2017, July). Evaluating basic pension scheme in South Korea: focusing on its intergenerational equity. Poster presented at the 21st IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA. Kang, H. Chapin, R., & Kim, H. (2017, July). Social support, stress and life satisfaction among retired older adults in South Korea. Poster presented at the 21st IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA. Chapin, R., Wendel-Hummell, C., Sellon, A., Kang, H., Lassmann, H., Swartzendruber, L., Holmes, C., Nary, Dot., & LaPierre, T. (2017, July). Expanding use of universal assessments for long term supports and services: challenges and benefits. Symposium presentation at the 21st IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA. Chapin, R., Wendel-Hummell, C., Sellon, A., Kang, H., Lassmann, H., Holmes, C., & Swartzendruber, L. (2016, November). Charting a research agenda to expand options for people aging with early onset disabilities. Poster presented at the 2016 Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Kang, H. & Kim, H. S. (2016, November). The influence of ageism on the psychological well-being of older adults: a systematic review. Poster presented at the 2016 Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Kang, H. (2016, June). Self-efficacy as a mediator and moderator of the relationship between depression and life satisfaction among Korean baby boomers. Oral Presentation at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) 2016, Seoul, South Korea.

HEATHER LASSMANN Publication

Romero, A. & Lassmann, H. (2016). Benefits of mentoring programs for child welfare workers: A systematic review. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. doi: 10.1080/23303131.2016.1267055

MARGARET LLOYD Publications Akin, B.A, Brook, J., Lloyd, M.H., & McDonald, T. (2017). Effect of a parenting intervention on foster care re-entry after reunification among substance-affected families: A quasi-experimental study. Child Maltreatment. doi/10.1177/1077559517702743 Lloyd, M.H., Akin, B.A., Brook, J. (2017). Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption. Children & Youth Services Review, 77(June 2017), 177-187. doi.org/10.1016/j. childyouth.2017.04.016 Lloyd, M.H. & Kepple, N. (2017). Unpacking the parallel effects of parental alcohol misuse and low income on risk of supervisory neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 69(July 2017), 72-84. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.03.007 Akin, B.A., Brook, J., Byers, K., & Lloyd, M.H. (2016). Worker perspectives from the front line: Implementation of evidence-based interventions in child welfare settings. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 870-882. Akin, B.A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M.H., Bhattarai, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Moses, M. (2016). A study in contrasts: Supports and barriers to successful implementation of two evidence-based parenting interventions in child welfare. Child Abuse & Neglect, 57, 3040. Brook, J., Akin, B.A., Lloyd, M.H., & McDonald, T. (2016). The use of prospective versus retrospective pretest with child welfare involved families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(9), 2740-2752. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0446-1. Brook, J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., Akin, B., & Lloyd, M.H. (2016). Family drug treatment courts as comprehensive service models: Cost considerations. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 67(3), 23-43. doi: 10.1111/jfcj.12060

Presentations Akin, B.A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M.H. & McDonald, T. (January 15, 2017). Effect of a Parenting Intervention on Foster Care Re-Entry among Substance-Affected Families. Paper presentation at the 21st meeting of the Society for Social Work & Research, New Orleans, LA. Brook, J., Akin, B.A., Lloyd, M.H., Bhattarai, J., & McDonald, T. (January 14, 2017). Examining Response Shift in the Evaluation of a Self-Reported Program Impact within Child Welfare Settings. Paper presentation at the 21st meeting of the Society for Social Work & Research, New Orleans, LA. Lloyd, M.H., Akin, B.A., McDonald, T., & Brook, J. (January 13, 2017). The Hidden Influence of Social Desirability Bias: Assessing the Validity of a Parenting and Family Skills Assessment to Measure Change over Time in Child Welfare.Poster presentation at the 21st meeting of the Society for Social Work & Research, New Orleans, LA.

Lloyd, M.H., Brook, J., & Scanlon, E. (November 6, 2016). Educating Social Workers on Substance Abuse: Are Standard Addictions Counseling Competencies Sufficient? Oral presentation at the Annual Public Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Atlanta, GA Chasnoff, I.J., Brook, J., Barber, G., Akin, B.A., Lloyd, M.H. (September 1, 2016). Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Substance Exposed Infant: A Failure to Launch. Oral presentation at the 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, D.C.

Brook, J., Lloyd, M.H., Akin, B.A., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (August 1, 2016). Implementing Evidence-Based Practices across Systems and Settings to Enhance Services for Substance-Abuse Effected Families: Process, Outcomes, and Cost Savings. Oral presentation at the Child Welfare League of America 2016 National Conference, Anaheim, CA. Akin, B.A., Brook, J., Lloyd, M.H. & Byers, K. (January 18, 2016). Front Line Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions in Child Welfare Settings Poster presentation at the 20th meeting of the Society for Social Work & Research, Washington, DC. Lloyd, M.H. & Kepple, N. (January 15, 2016). Pathways from Parental Alcohol Use to Supervisory Neglect: Understanding the Roles of Poverty, Depression and Low Social Support Paper presentation at the 20th meeting of the Society for Social Work & Research, Washington, D.C.

KRIS MATTHEWS Presentation Matthews, K. & Moon, J. (2016). Emerging trends in wraparound training: What can we achieve online? The 29th Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescents and Young Adult Behavioral Health. Tampa. FL. Mar. 13-16.

JUNGRIM MOON Publications Canda, E. R., Moon, J., & Kim, K. M. (2017). Korean social welfare’s approach to spiritual diversity. In Crisp, Beth R. (Ed.), Routledge handbook of religion, spirituality and social work. (pp. 26-34). London: Routledge. Frauenholtz, S. I., Mendenhall, A., & Moon, J. (2017). The role of school employees’ mental health knowledge in interdisciplinary collaborations to support the academic success of students experiencing mental health distress. Children & Schools. 39(2). 71-79. Moon, J., Williford, A., & Mendenhall, A.N. (2017). Educators’ Perceptions of Youth Mental Health: Implications for Training and the Promotion of Mental Health Services in Schools. Children and Youth Services Review. 73. 384-391. DOI: 10.1016/j. childyouth.2017.01.006 Moon, J. (2016). “Developing Integrative Perspectives of Social Work Identity through Dialectics”. British Journal of Social Work. bcw138.

Presentations Moon, J., Unell, B., & Johnson-Motoyama, M., (2017). A feasibility study of Behavior Checker: Enhancing the capacity of pediatric staff to deliver evidence-based strategies to manage children’s common behavioral issues for parents. Society of Prevention Research. 25th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. May 30-Jun. 2. Moon, J. & Mariscal, S. (2017). The effects of afterschool interventions on the socio-emotional development of racial and ethnic minority youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Society for Social Work and Research 21st Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Jan. 11-15. Moon, J., Williford, A., & Mendenhall, A. (2017). Assessing Self-Efficacy to Address Student Mental Health Needs Among Public School Educators: Implications for School Social Work. Poster Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in New Orleans, LA in January 2017. Matthews, K. & Moon, J. (2016). Emerging trends in wraparound training: What can we achieve online? The 29th Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescents and Young Adult Behavioral Health. Tampa. FL. Mar. 13-16. Moon, J. (2016). Educators’ survey: School-Based Mental Health in Kansas. 21st Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. San Diego, CA. Sep. 29 - Oct. 1. Moon, J. (2016). Public schools’ influence on flourishing of Korean children in the US: An exploration of the perspectives of Korean mothers. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education, and Social Development. Seoul, South Korea, Jun. 27-30. Moon, J. (2016). Equitable labor participation for migrant women in the US: An analysis based on the theory of social construction of target populations. Policy Conference 2.0, Race and Inequality: Policy & Advocacy for Structural Change. St. Louis, MO. Jun. 2-4.

EUNJI NAM Publications Nam, E., Matejkowski, J., & Lee, S. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in contemporaneous use of mental health and substance use treatment among individuals experiencing both mental illness and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Quarterly, 88, 185-198. doi:10.1007/s11126-016-9444-0 Nam, E., Matejkowski, J., & Lee, S. (2016). Criminal justice contact and treatment utilization among people with mental illness and substance use disorders. Psychiatric Services, 67(10), 1149-1151. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500381

Presentations Matejkowski, J., Nam, E., and Lee, S. (2016, November). National findings on contemporaneous use of mental health and substance use treatment services among justice-involved adults experiencing mental illness and substance use disorders. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Nam, E. (2016). Social support of emerging adults with mood and anxiety disorders: in comparison with mature adults. American Psychological Association Convention. Denver, USA. Nam, E., & Palmer, A. (2016, January). Exploring the influence of parent and non-parent relationships on the mental health counseling utilization of young adults with depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C. Palmer, A., Narendorf, S., & Nam, E. (2016, January). Housing outcomes for vulnerable youth utilizing transition interventions: A systematic review. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C. Zinn, A., Nam, E., & Palmer, A. (2016, January). Foster youthsâ€™ social support across the transition to adulthood. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C.

ELIZABETH O’NEILL Publications Lewis, M., O’Brien, M., Jones-Layman, A., O’Neill, E., & Elliott, W. (2017). Saving and educational asset-building within a communitydriven CSA program: The case of Promise Indiana. Poverty and Public Policy, 9(2), 188-208. doi: 10.1002/pop4.176 Ramseyer Winter, V., O’Neill, E., Omary, A. (2017). Exploring relationships between body appreciation and self-reported physical health among young women. Health and Social Work, 42(2), e62-367. O’Neill, E. and Black, D. (2017). Collaborative care for individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and co-occurring physical health conditions: A systematic review. Social Work in Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/15332985.2017.1306823 Ramseyer Winter, V., Kennedy, A., O’Neill, E. (2017). Adolescent tobacco and alcohol use: The influence of body image. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Use, 26(3), 219-228. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2017.1279992 Begun, S., Kattari, S., McKay, K., Ramseyer Winter, V., & O’Neill, E. (2016). Exploring U.S. social work students’ sexual attitudes and abortion viewpoints. Journal of Sex Research, 54(6), 752-763. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1186586 O’Neill, E. (2016). Guardians of chastity and morality: A century of silence in social work. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 43(2), 67-88. O’Neill, E. (2016). The role of diabetes in predicting employment status for individuals with bipolar disorder. Social Work in Public Health, 31(7), 646-655. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2016.1160351 O’Neill, E., Ramseyer Winter, V., Pevehouse, D. (2016). Exploring body appreciation and women’s health-related quality of life: The moderating role of age. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105316675212 Ramseyer Winter, V., O’Neill, E., Begun, S., Kattari, S., & McKay, K. (2016). MSW student perceptions of sexual health as relevant to the profession: Do social work educational experiences matter?. Social Work in Health Care, 55(8), 614-634. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2016.1189476

Presentations O’Neill, E. & Black, D. (2017, January). Collaborative care for individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia and co-occurring physical health conditions: A systematic review. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 21st Annual Conference; New Orleans, LA. O’Neilll, E., Ramseyer Winter, V., Satinsky, S. (2017, January). The role of body appreciation in women’s perceived physical and mental health statuses. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 21st Annual Conference; New Orleans, LA. O’Neill, E. (2016, October). Diabetes education and utilization of diabetes-related office visits among individuals with comorbid depression: Disparities across racial categories. Poster presented at American Public Health Association 2016 Annual Meeting; Denver, CO. Ramseyer Winter, V., O’Neill, E., & Satinsky, S. (2016, June). Body image and perceived physical health: Results from two studies. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 7; London. Ramseyer Winter, V. & O’Neill, E. (2016, June). Investigating relationships between objectification, body image, and mental health outcomes in young women: An SEM test of objectification theory. Paper presented at Appearance Matters 7; London, UK. 60

O’Neill, E. (2016, January). The role of diabetes in predicting employment status for individuals with bipolar disorder. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 20th Annual Conference; Washington, DC. O’Neill, E., Kondrat, D., Sullivan, P. Promoting engagement and reducing disparities for adults with serious mental illness. (2016, November). Hot topic invited presentation, presented at Council on Social Work Education 62nd Annual Program Meeting; Atlanta, Georgia.

ASHLEY PALMER Publications Narendorf, S., & Palmer, A. (2016). Perception of need and receipt of treatment: A three group comparison of young adults with psychological distress. Psychiatric Services. 67(8), 924-927. doi: http://dx.doi.org.www2.lib.ku.edu/10.1176/appi.ps.201500230 Palmer, A. (2016). Health reform and the ACA triple gap: Failing low-income young adults with mental health needs. Social Work in Mental Health, 14(4), 327-341. doi: http://dx.doi.org.www2.lib.ku.edu/10.1080/15332985.2015.1027029 Palmer, A., Elliott, W., & Cheatham, G. (2016). Effects of extracurricular activities on postsecondary completion for students with disabilities. The Journal of Educational Research. Advance online publication. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2015.1058221

Presentations Nam, E., & Palmer, A. (2016, January). Exploring the influence of parent and non-parent relationships on the mental health counseling utilization of young adults with depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C. Palmer, A., Narendorf, S., & Nam, E. (2016, January). Housing outcomes for vulnerable youth utilizing transition interventions: A systematic review. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C. Zinn, A., Nam, E., & Palmer, A. (2016, January). Foster youths’ social support across the transition to adulthood. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Social for Social Work and Research, Washington, D. C.

ALY ROMERO Publication Romero, A. & Lassmann, H. (2016). Benefits of mentoring programs for child welfare workers: A systematic review. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. doi: 10.1080/23303131.2016.1267055

Presentations Romero, A. (2016, November). Preserving the Profession: Calling for a Self-Care Culture Shift in Social Work. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education 62nd Annual Program Meeting; Atlanta, Georgia. Romero, A. & Akin, B. (2016, September). Cross-System Views on the Supports and Challenges of Adoption from Foster Care. Poster presented at the 20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect; Washington, DC.

PATRICIA SATTLER Presentations Sattler, P.L. and Jensen, T. (September, 2017). “Social workers in the criminal justice system: A call to action.” Presentation at the National Association of Social Work, Nebraska Chapter, Annual Conference, Omaha, NE. Sattler, P.L. (July, 2017). “Justice for All: The role of social work in elevating the victim’s voice.” Poster presentation at the 2017 National Organization of Forensic Social Work Conference, Boston, MA. Sattler, P.L. (June, 2017). “Elevating the victim’s voice in the criminal justice system.” Presentation at the 33rd Annual World Society of Victimology Post-Graduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance, and Criminal Justice, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

NIK SCHUETZ Presentations Fish, J., Pacely, M., & Schuetz, N. (2017, April). Coping strategies among sexual and gender minority youth: A preliminary investigation, Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development. Schuetz, N. (2017, January). Exploring the Insights of People with Synesthesia: Findings from a Qualitative Pilot Study. Poster Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.

ALICIA SELLON Publications Dennis, M.K., Scanlon, E.T, Sellon, A.M. (2017). “It’s a generosity loop”: Religious and spiritual motivations of volunteers who glean produce to reduce food insecurity. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2017.1284633. Leedahl, S.N., Sellon, A.M., & Gallopyn, N. (2017). Factors predicting civic engagement among older adult nursing home residents. Activities, Adaptations, & Aging Sellon, A. M., Chapin, R. K., & Leedahl, S. N. (2016). Engaging nursing home residents in formal volunteer activities: a Focus on strengths. Ageing International, 1-22.

Presentations Sellon, A.M. & Lassman, H. (2017). Aging with a Disability: Increasing Social Work Knowledge. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Dallas, Texas. Wendel-Hummell, C., Sellon, A.M., Kang, H., Lassman, H., Swartzendruber, L., Holmes, C., Nary, D., LaPierre, T. (2017). Implementing Kansas’s Universal Assessment in a Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Environment. Paper presented at the 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, California. Chapin, R., Wendel-Hummell, C., Sellon, A.M., Kang, H, Lassman, H., Holmes, C., Swartzendruber, L. (2016). Charting a Research Agenda to Expand Options for People Aging With Early Onset Disabilities. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana.

ALEGNTA SHIBIKOM Presentation Adams, D. & Shibikom, A. F. (2016). Financial knowledge, financial inclusion and economic strain among low-income parents of young children. Paper presented (oral presentation) at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Grand Challenges for Social Work: Setting a Research Agenda for the Future, Washington, DC. 63

MELISANDE STATZ-HILL Publication Chappell Deckert, J., & Statz-Hill, M. (2016). Job satisfaction of peer providers employed in mental health centers: A systematic review. Social Work in Mental Health, 1-19.

SHERRY WARREN Publications Besthorn, F. H., Koenig, T. L., Spano, R., & Warren, S. (2016). A critical analysis of social and environmental justice: Reorienting social work to an ethic of ecological justice. In R. Hugman & J. Carter (Eds.), Rethinking values and ethics in social work, (pp 146-163). London: Palgrave-Macmillan. Warren, S. (2016). The U visa for immigrant victims of violent crime: What social workers need to know. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. 1-5. DOI:10.1080/15313204.2016.1187102

Presentations Chappell Deckert, J., Gilgun, J. F., Gockel, A., Kelly, A. R., Price, S. K., Sheehan, C., Staller, K. M., Warren, S. (2017, January). A mindful dialogue on mindfulness-based practice. Panel presentation at the Annual Conference of Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA. Warren, S. (2017, May). A TED-like talk: Stories others can connect to: The spiritual nature of teaching. Invited presentation at the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Warren, S. (2017, May). Mental health and the Strengths Assessment: The search for spirituality. Paper presentation at the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Warren, S. & Chappell Deckert, J. (2016, March). Using Photovoice as Contemplative Practice to Integrate Personal and Professional Values: Hands-on, Minds-on Learning. Oral presentation at the Contemplative Practices for the 21st Century University, Blacksburg, VA. Warren, S., Koenig, T., & Spano, R. (2016). Croatian Responses to the Refugee Crisis. Peer-reviewed paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

MANY THANKS

We would like to thank the many funders and community partners who have made our work in 2016 and 2017 possible. Together with these partners we have engaged in transformative social work research which has positively impacted individuals, organizations, and communities in Kansas and beyond.

FUNDERS California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Children’s Bureau, Administration of Children and Families CITI Foundation Douglas County Board of County Commissioners First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention & Treatment Friedman Family Foundation Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Kauffman Foundation Lilly Endowment, Inc Lumina Foundation The University of Kansas, The Commons The University of Kansas, Office of Research New Faculty General Research Fund TinyK Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) REACH Healthcare Foundation State of Colorado State of Connecticut State of Maine State of Montana State of New Mexico State of New Hampshire State of Oregon United Methodist Health Ministry Fund U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Women’s Health U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration W.K. Kellogg Foundation Washington University 67

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Area Agencies on Aging Aging and Disability Resource Centers Ahearn Greene Associates Bert Nash Mental Health Center Bert Nash Health Connections California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Center for Education Policy and Research at the University of New Mexico Center for Health and Safety Culture (MT) Center for Study of Social Policy (DC) Center for Therapeutic Interventions (OK) Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Children’s Mercy Children’s Research Triangle (IL) City of Lawrence Municipal Court Community Developmental Disability Organizations Community Mental Health Centers DCCCA Douglas County Board of County Commissioners Douglas County Correctional Facility Douglas County District Attorney’s Office Douglas County District Court Douglas County Sheriff’s Department El Centro, Inc. First Call (KS and MO) Futures Without Violence (MA) Heartland Community Health Center Heartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center of Kansas Horizons Mental Health Center Hunter College, New York Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas Iowa Children’s Justice Iowa Department of Human Services Iowa Department of Public Health Jewish Family Services Johnson County Mental Health Center Judicial Branch, State of Iowa KanCare MCOs: Amerigroup, United HealthCare, Sunflower Kansas City Opioid Treatment Work Group Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Kansas Council of Development Disabilities Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Kansas Department for Children and Families Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Kansas Family Advisory Network Kansas Foster and Adoptive Parent Association Kansas Head Start Association Kansas Healthcare Association Kansas State Adult Protective Services 68

Kansas Youth Advisory Council Kindergarten-to-College (K2C) Children’s Savings Account Program (San Francisco, California) KVC Kansas Leading Age Kansas Leavenworth VA LifeWorks, Austin, TX Mattie Rhodes Center Mental Health Association, Wichita, KS Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund Minds Matter National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (CA) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NV) Northeast Kansas Infant Toddler Services Northwest Kansas Council on Substance Abuse, Inc Oklahoma Department of Human Services Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Oregon Social Learning Center (OR) Project Eagle Prosperity Works and the Prosperity Kids Children’s Saving Account Program (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Rainbows United, Inc Red Rock Behavioral Health (OK) Resource Center for Independent Living Russell Child Development Center Saint Francis Community Services San Francisco Unified School District School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, University of Kansas Sunflower Foundation The Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, NYU Silver School of Social Work The Eastern Sierra Strengths Model Learning Collaborative, California The Latino Community Development Agency (OK) The University of Kansas Medical Center University of Denver School of Social Work (CO) University of Kansas Life Span Institute University of Kansas Medical Center University of Kansas School of Education University of Kansas Sociology Department University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work (KY) University of Michigan School of Law University of Vermont Department of Social Work (VT) Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Topeka, KS Van Go, Inc. Wabash City Schools Wabash County YMCA and the Promise Indiana Children’s Savings Account Program Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral Health Services Kansas City, KS

INDEX Complete list of faculty Deborah Adams (pg. 15) Scholarship focus: Poverty and policy studies; asset building and asset effects; well-being of women and children; social and economic development; theory for research; mixed methods research. Becci Akin (pg. 16) Scholarship focus: understanding the keys to successful implementation and effective and equitable interventions for families involved in child welfare. Mahasweta Banerjee (pg. 19) Scholarship focus: Theories and practices associated with enhancing social and economic justice; community development; microenterprise as an anti-poverty strategy; international social development; qualitative and quantitative research. Jody Brook (pg. 20) Scholarship focus: Substance abuse across the lifespan, child welfare, family drug courts, substance abuse prevention, community substance abuse strategies, mixed research methods. Edward Canda (pg. 21) Scholarship focus: connections between cultural diversity, spirituality, and resilience in relation to health, mental health, and disabilities Juliana Carlson (pg. 22) Scholarship focus: International organizational practices to engage men in gender-based violence prevention; formal support of new and expectant fathers to reduce child exposure to domestic violence; economic and social justice for families. Michelle Mohr Carney (pg. 2) Scholarship focus: Intimate partner violence, at-risk youth, community practice, nonprofit development and management, program development and evaluation, leadership development, collaboration building and conflict resolution, grant writing, strategic planning. Kortney Carr Scholarship focus: Intergenerational trauma, clinical practice in social work, leadership development, trauma and its impact on behaviors, relationships, and violence in communities, mental health Rosemary Chapin (pg. 24) Scholarship focus: Strengths based interdisciplinary, applied research to improve social service practice and policy with older adults and people with disabilities; public policy in long term care financing and in the promotion of autonomy and community alternatives for elders and people with disabilities, aging of the baby boom and elder friendly communities. Terri Friedline (pg. 25) Scholarship focus: Improving young peopleâ€™s wellbeing through saving; asset-building; economic and educational disparities; public policy. Michelle Johnson-Motoyama (pg. 27) Scholarship focus: Community based approaches to child maltreatment prevention; immigration and child welfare; evidence informed practice in organizational settings.

Steve Kapp (pg. 29) Scholarship focus: Juvenile justice, agency-based program evaluation including outcome-oriented program management and consumerbased input. Nancy Kepple (pg. 29) Scholarship focus: Social consequences of the availability, distribution, and use of psychoactive substances; substance use behaviors among parenting populations; the role of parent substance use in child welfare decision-making; and racial/ethnic disparities within the child welfare system. Terry Koenig (pg. 31) Scholarship focus: Ethical decision making in social work practice; social welfare philosophy; International social work development and cross-cultural practices; Central Asian and post-Soviet issues; aging, elder abuse and self-neglect; qualitative research methods. Melinda Lewis (pg. 33) Scholarship focus: Poverty and economic inequality, asset-based financial aid, social change, strategies for effective policy advocacy by nonprofit organizations, advocacy evaluation, and advocacy capacity-building for individuals and social service organizations. Alice Lieberman (pg. 33) Scholarship focus: Social work education in child welfare; workforce issues in child welfare; generalist social work education pedagogy. Jason Matejkowski (pg. 35) Scholarship focus: Policies and services involving adults with mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system or who are homeless. Amy Mendenhall (pg. 36) Scholarship focus: Childrenâ€™s mental health including serious mental illness, service utilization, parent and child education and the impact of mental illness on children and their families. Megan Paceley (pg. 39) Scholarship focus: Understanding the impact of non-urban communities on the health and well-being of gender and sexual minority (GSM youth; development, sustainability, and evaluation of gender and sexual minority community organizations. Christopher Petr Scholarship focus: Policy and practice issues in child mental health and child welfare; family-centered practice; professional-consumer relationship. Laurie Ramirez Scholarship focus: Indigenous and Latinx issues; cultural competency; social justice; substance abuse prevention and treatment; community organizing. Edward Scanlon (pg. 40) Scholarship focus: Anti-poverty programs and policies; social justice; policy and social change strategies. Margaret Severson (pg. 41) Scholarship focus: Research and practice in social justice venues, including mental health and suicide prevention programming in detention centers, divorce and child custody mediation, restorative justice and social work ethics. Paul Smokowski (pg. 41) Children and families, Latino immigrant families, rural youth, school, health, psychodrama techniques. 71

Richard Spano (pg. 44) Scholarship focus: Child welfare, particularly foster care, sexual abuse; the history of social work and social welfare, ethics and values as they impact practice. Sydney Spears Scholarship focus: Clinical social work practice; diversity, equity, and inclusion; social justice, trauma-informed care, sensorimotor psychotherapy, trauma-sensitive movement/yoga, mindfulness practices for mental health. Andrew Zinn (pg. 46) Scholarship focus: Child maltreatment and child protective services; foster family care and adoption; juvenile court outcomes; service needs and outcomes of adolescents and young-adults; research methods and statistical analysis.

Complete list of research staff Kimberly Bruns Scholarship focus: Privatization of child welfare serves, university partnerships with child welfare agencies, and supervision and coaching practices. Sharah Davis-Groves Scholarship focus: Promote evidenced based and community based practices to improve family well-being with at risk families. Utilize research findings to guide community based interventions for at risk families. Monika Eichler Scholarship focus: Mental health; supported housing initiatives; international. Cheryl Holmes (pg. 26) Scholarship focus: Frontier and Rural; Integrated Care; Behavioral Health. Michelle Levy (pg. 32) Scholarship focus: Recruitment, retention and workforce issues; health and behavioral health; interprofessional education, integrated care; prevention; rural perspectives; engagement; organizational intervention; cross-systems collaboration. Ally Mabry (pg. 34) Scholarship focus: Evidence based best practices implementation support for organizations providing services to adults and transition age youth who experience serious mental illness; the Strengths Model of Case Management; Development of fidelity scales to measure adherence to emerging best practices in mental health; Client-centered social administrative practices for mental health organizations and state mental health authorities. Susana Mariscal (pg. 34) Scholarship focus: Resilience among children exposed to intimate partner violence; foster care and trauma; parental substance abuse; youth aging out of foster care; Strengths Perspective and strengths-based practice; social work practice with Latinxs; implementation science; and mixed-methods research (with an emphasis on longitudinal analysis). Terry Moore (pg. 37) Scholarship focus: Child welfare management; management reporting; use of data in program improvement planning and management decision making; outcomes research; program evaluation; risk assessment; and abuse/neglect prevention with public assistance populations. Megan Oâ€™Brien (pg. 38) Scholarship focus: Social and contextual influences on health; wealth and financial capability; program evaluation. 72

Jessica Shea Scholarship focus: Aging and disability options. Kellie Spencer Scholarship focus: Shared decisions models of care, including CommonGround, WRAP, and Pathways to Recovery; mental health community. Lora Swartzendruber Scholarship focus: Aging and disability options. Carrie Wendel-Hummell (pg. 45) Scholarship areas: Healthcare and Long Terms Services and Supports Policy, Mental Health over the Life-course, Aging with Disabilities, Mixed Methods Research, Community Based Research.

Complete list of PhD graduates, candidates and students Jared Barton (pg. 52) Jennifer Chappell Deckert (pg. 52) Stacy Dunkerley (pg. 53) Aaron Conrad (pg. 53) Jeri Damman (pg. 54) Susan Frauenholtz (pg. 54) Whitney Grube (pg. 54) Euijin Jung (pg. 55) Hyun Kang (pg. 55) Heather Lassmann (pg. 56) Margaret Lloyd (pg. 56) Kris Matthews (pg. 57) Jungrim Moon (pg. 58) Eunji Nam (pg. 59) Elizabeth Oâ€™Neill (pg. 60) Ashley Palmer (pg. 61) Aly Romero (pg. 61) Patricia Sattler (pg. 62) Nik Schuetz (pg. 62) Alicia Sellon (pg. 63) Alegnta Shibikom (pg. 63) Melisande Statz-Hill (pg. 64) Sherry Warren (pg. 64)

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