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Faculty Kudos Cyprus native Lydia Aletraris, associate research professor, was interviewed November 3, 2020 on Cypriot television’s main news show about the US election. She explained the main issues that concerned American voters and discussed the anxiety and uncertainty that Americans felt. Aletraris was also selected for the inaugural cohort of the Rural Engagement Workshop for Faculty through UGA Public Service and Outreach. https://outreach.uga.edu/programs/rural-engagement-facultyworkshop/
Joon Choi was appointed co-chair to the Society for Social Work and Research’s Immigrants and Refugees cluster. The three year term begins in 2021. Choi will be involved in the SSWR conference abstract acceptance decision-making process.
In October Llewellyn “Lee” Cornelius participated in a panel on social justice titled “Racial/Ethnic and Cultural Contours of Community Interventions, Advocacy, and Change” at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Debbie Salas-Lopez and Cornelius co-authored The Girl from the Bronx: A True Story of Struggle, Resiliency and Courage, a memoir of public policy’s effect on vulnerable populations. In July, Cornelius and Lemuel “Life” LaRoche BSW ’02, MSW ’03, also participated in a discussion on the radio program Athens News Matters about the experience of Black academics at a majority-white institution.
In December 2020 the consumer finance website WalletHub featured expert commentary by Allison Dunnigan on the history of foster care in America and areas in need of improvement.
Jennifer Elkins was featured by Public Libraries Online regarding implementing a trauma-informed approach in libraries to support the most vulnerable populations.
Rachel Fusco co-authored Dynamics of Family and Intimate Partner Violence with Irene Hanson Frieze and Christina Newhill, through Springer Publishing.
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