ACCOLADES

Michael LaSala, Professor and Director of the DSW Program, was named one of the top 100 contributors to social work journal scholarship in a study published in Research on Social Work Practice.

Lia Nower, Professor and Director of the Center for Gambling Studies and Addiction Counselor Training Program, was awarded the Lifetime Research Award by the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), the leading research, policy, and prevention organization in the U.S. for individuals affected by problem gambling. It is the highest award in the gambling research field, and Dr. Nower is the eighth recipient of the award in the 50 years of the organization. The award is given to a person for “exceptional longstanding achievement in the field of research to assist problem gamblers and their families” and is “only bestowed in exceptional times and circumstances to individuals who exemplify at least twenty years of research on problem gambling.” Dr. Nower was also named senior editor of the journal Addiction and appointed to the Independent Monitory Committee at the Yale School of Medicine.

Assistant Professor and Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Racial Minority Health

Michael Park was reappointed as an editorial review board member for Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and newly appointed to the editorial review board for Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Dr. Park was also selected as a 2022 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar at the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Chiara Sabina, Associate Professor and Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Interpersonal Violence Research, was selected as a 2022 Fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), American Psychological Association Division 27 and was also named a 2023 American Psychological Association Fellow. Dr. Sabina was also awarded a $999,882 grant from the National Institute of Justice, “Understanding Latina Experiences with Victimization, Intersectionality, and Discrimination (LATVIDA).”

Cassandra Simmel, Associate Professor and Incoming Director of the Ph.D. Program, was included as senior research advisor on the National Survey of Child and Adolescent WellBeing, an award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.