2022 Annual Report

Cover: Henson Hall stands strong during its final days in the heart of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus

This page: Assistant Professor of Practice Ashley Pennell discusses ideas with students in her Social Welfare Policies & Programs class in Henson Hall Classroom 322

Message from the Dean

At the College of Social Work, we are celebrating 80 years strong! This is an important milestone for our college. The word “milestone” was originally used to describe actual stones by the roadside that told voyagers how far they had traveled and how much further they had to go to their destination. Milestones offered a place and a moment to stop and take stock of where you have been, what you have accomplished, and where you are going next. That is what this momentous milestone offers to us now: an opportunity to reflect on our past and consider the lessons we have learned as we move forward into our future.

A symbol of this change is the planned demolition of Henson Hall and our short-term move into Stokely Management Center in 2024. Henson Hall has served as the College’s home on the Knoxville campus for 41 years, and many current and former faculty, staff, and students have fond memories of the building. When we moved from the small buildings on Lake and Mountcastle Avenues into Henson Hall, the Knoxville branch faculty, students, and staff all were together on the campus for the first time. We have grown so large that the Social Work Office for Research and Public Service (SWORPS), the Center for Behavioral Health Research (CBHR), and the Office of Research are housed in the UT Conference Center. It is our hope that our final (permanent?) home will allow us all to come together again.

We are a college on the rise! We are growing in number, having hired 10 outstanding faculty—talented scholars and educators, and 11 highly skilled staff members to support our expanding educational and research endeavors. Our students are demonstrating their leadership across the college and the community. The College is offering more engagement and continuing education opportunities for our alumni, who themselves are working to better serve the needs of the people of Tennessee and beyond through their practice, leadership, research, and advocacy. Our new Alumni Leadership Council and the newly elected leadership of the Board of Visitors are committed to helping the College be successful in meeting the goals of our strategic plan.

As we reach this important 80-year milestone, we know we have come a long way. We also know that we have much further to go to try to achieve our vision of equitable communities where all people can thrive. No

matter where we are housed, no matter the changing times and the challenges we face, we are committed to working individually and together to educate, study, and work for a just future for all people.

As we reach this important 80-year milestone, we know we have come a long way. We also know that we have much further to go to try to achieve our vision of equitable communities where all people can thrive.”

— Lori Messinger Dean of The University of Tennessee College of Social Work

Lori Messinger, Dean

Farewell to HENSON HALL

By Angela C. Thomas

Progress comes in many forms usually bringing positive results, although at times these results can be bittersweet. As the UT College of Social Work (UTCSW) celebrated 80 years strong in 2022, it is also saying farewell to Henson Hall, the building that the college has called home for the past 41 years.

Since 1982, faculty, staff, and social work students have spent countless hours teaching, working, studying, and learning within the building’s walls. And while there have been other buildings and campuses over the past 80 years including Memphis and Nashville, Henson Hall remains the hub of activity of the main campus in Knoxville. The College of Social Work became synonymous with Henson Hall.

Plans for Henson Hall to come down were recently announced, along with Greve Hall and Dunford Hall. These three buildings will be replaced with a new building for the UT Haslam College of Business. Where the College of Social Work will be relocated remains to be announced, but many have expressed a certain sadness and nostalgia about the demolition while recognizing it is progress for the university. “Several people have told me they feel sad that Henson Hall is going away,” UT College of Social Work Dean Lori Messinger said. “Our students are particularly disheartened at the idea as they have strong ties to Henson Hall. But as the university moves forward, it is part of a larger plan. The College of Social Work will remain strong and vibrant no matter where we land. The work we do permeates walls and buildings. We touch the community from everywhere. We are currently 80 years strong and are looking forward to the next 80 years.”

Looking back on the early years of Henson gives a true glimpse of the progress made. Henson Hall opened in 1931 from a bequest of $63,000 from Martha Henson. It opened originally as a girls’ dormitory designed by Barber and McMurry for a cost of $150,000. In 1931–32, Henson was the institution’s most expensive dormitory, with rooms in Henson costing $110 per year, while residents in other halls paid $92 per year. In 1943 Henson briefly served as a men’s dormitory to house the air cadets training on campus, and then became a men’s dormitory in 1965. The building was taken out of service in summer 1968 and converted to office space. It was used by various colleges and

The College of Social Work will remain strong and vibrant no matter where we land. The work we do permeates walls and buildings.”

— Lori Messinger Dean of The University of Tennessee College of Social Work

departments until it was occupied solely by the College of Social Work from 1982 through today.

Reflecting on the past 80 years, the college’s mission has never wavered. Regardless of the physical location, the mission crosses cities, buildings, and walls. The vision of providing thriving communities with equitable outcomes is embedded in every course and lecture. During Fall 2022, the college boasted 254 BSSW students, 463 MSSW students, 60 DSW students, and 18 PhD students. These numbers are a far cry from the first class 80 years ago which heralded about 25 full-time students.

“In each new decade, the College of Social Work served the people of Tennessee through education, research, community service projects, and other outreach and engagement,” Messinger said. “Like our predecessors before us, we face our own combination of challenges related to the times in which we live. Yet despite any challenges, the college has committed leaders, vibrant faculty, talented staff, an engaged student body, and accomplished alumni. We work every day to leverage our intellectual, financial, physical, and human resources to meet student and social needs and to shape a future of which we can be proud.”

Source: Volopedia. Henson Hall, Creekmore, Betsey B. (2018)., https://volopedia.lib.utk.edu/henson-hall/

UT VETERINARY SOCIAL WORK SEES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS

By Angela C. Thomas

Veterinary Social Work (VSW) occurs in an area of social work practice that attends to the human needs that arise at the intersection of veterinary medicine and social work practice. Comprised of four areas, Veterinary Social Work includes grief and pet loss, animal-assisted interactions, the link between human and animal violence, and compassion fatigue/conflict management.

As the Founding Director of Veterinary Social Work at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Elizabeth Strand has seen significant changes in the field over the past 20 years. Strand is a licensed clinical social worker, experienced family therapist, Grief Recovery Specialist, and MindfulnessBased Stress Reduction Teacher. “When I first started in the field, I had hoped that there would be more social workers in animal shelters,” she said. “Now 20 years later, I am happy to say that it is happening and that even the American Association of Shelter Veterinarians is giving some attention to the topic. I also envisioned more veterinary social workers would be on the ground in veterinary clinics with veterinarians just like medical social workers are in hospitals, and I am equally happy to say that this also is happening, especially in large specialty practices and some of the industry veterinary practices. My professional mission is to

encourage the humane treatment of both people and animals and to care for those professionals who care for animals. A lot of progress has been made over the last two decades in this arena and it is wonderful to have played a part in that.”

Strand fondly recounts her role in creating Veterinary Social Work at UT. “While I was getting my Ph.D., my graduate advisor Catherine Favor, was studying the link between human and animal violence,” she recalls. “I started to read all about the relationship that existed between humans and animals, particularly the way that social work had paid attention to it, so I continued working with her while doing my dissertation on the topic. And then one night it just became very clear to me. I woke up straight out of bed and said, ‘we should have veterinary social work.’ There is school social work, gerontological social work, and medical social work, so why not veterinary social work? A myriad of things fell into place after that, and it seems that I was in the right place at the right time. So, after much hard work, I was able to build the veterinary social work program at UT. And here we are celebrating our 20-year anniversary. The realization of it all still excites me to this day.”

The vision of the veterinary social work program as it was founded in 2002 focused

on attending to human needs at the intersection of veterinary and social work practice. This vision expanded with the generous donation from donors to create the All Creatures Great and Small Endowed Clinical Professorship in the Veterinary Social Work program, which Strand holds. “When Barbara and Eric Witzig created the All Creatures Great and Small Endowment in Veterinary Social Work, it did two things,” Strand explained. “It helped to solidify this new sub-specialty as real and worthy, and it put words to the passion in my heart in caring for all creatures, including veterinary professionals who are as great as the creatures they treat. It is a program dedicated to marrying the professions of veterinary medicine and social work. Sometimes in social work, we are around such deep suffering that we become fatigued, and we lose our compassion. In caring for people who care for animals, in witnessing the healing power of animals, we have the opportunity to grow in compassion every day.”

UTCSW Dean Lori Messinger recently gave approval for creating a Center for Veterinary Social Work, elevating the Program to that of a Center. “It is our vision now to attend to the welfare of all species through excellence in global interprofessional practice,” Strand remarked in reference to the Center. “We are becoming an interprofessional space, which

will allow us to really master what it means to work across these disciplines that attend to both the human and non-human subjects. There are a lot of wonderful human-animal bond programs between our colleges that are going to be supported through the interprofessional space at the Center for Veterinary Social Work.”

In conjunction with celebrating the 20year anniversary, a new book titled The Comprehensive Guide to Interdisciplinary Veterinary Social Work was recently published, with UTCSW’s Veterinary Social Work Instructor Dr. Pam Linden as coauthor. In recognizing the need for such a book and for the excitement around its publishing, Strand explains, “This book responds to the needs that arise at the intersection of people and animals, focusing on human-animal interaction, human-animal studies, the emotional work of caring for animals, and animal-assisted interventions and therapies. Unlike many works that focus primarily on issues at the micro level, such as animal-assisted interventions, this publication is unique in its focus on issues arising at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, encompassing human-animal issues and interactions at the level of individuals and family, groups, institutions, and communities. This publication promotes the need for Veterinary Social Work and will help bring it to the forefront among all constituencies involved.”

continued celebrations

20 years at UT, the Veterinary Social Work program co-hosted with the International Association of Veterinary Social Work to host the 7th Annual International Veterinary Social Work Summit. The 2022 Summit’s theme was “Veterinary Social Work Around the World” and hosted speakers from Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and the United States with participants attending from all over the world. The Summit had 245 registrants, making it the largest Summit yet.

Veterinary Social Work is a One Health intervention, which is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach — working at the local, regional, national, and global levels — with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes by recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. The Summit brings together professionals from social work and veterinary medicine to explore the issues that arise where these professions intersect. Although coming from different countries, the issues facing the professions remain similar such as access to veterinary care, best practices, mental health, diversity, and educating future generations of professionals. The UT Veterinary Social Work program was honored to have been a co-host at such an important conference.

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ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF DISPARITY WITH HEAT MAPPING

Extreme heat kills many Americans every year but not everyone’s risk is the same. Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator Dr. Jennifer First, along with researchers from UT Geography and Public Health teamed up with local community members to map urban heat islands, or UHIs, and collect the data necessary to protect disproportionately affected communities.

UHIs are places where buildings, pavement, and other parts of urban environments can be up to 20 degrees hotter than nearby rural areas, putting people at heightened risk of illness and death during extreme heat events.

Through this project, using heat sensors mounted on their own cars or bikes, volunteer citizen scientists traveled their neighborhoods in the morning, afternoon, and evening on the hottest days of the year, recording temperature, humidity, and their precise location.

First explained that the success of such a large city-wide heat project required strong community partnerships. “Last year we developed a collaborative network—the Knoxville Heat Equity Coalition—which includes researchers, city government offices, nonprofit organizations, students, and community members who are working to advance climate resilience and heat inequities in Knoxville. For the Knoxville Heat Mapping Campaign, we worked with community partners to recruit 50 to 65 volunteers via email listservs, social media posts, flyers, neighborhood events, and word of mouth across the city,” said First.

Knoxville was one of 14 US cities chosen to participate in the 2022 Heat Mapping Campaign supported by the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office, and CAPA Strategies LLC.

“We are extremely grateful that NOAA is helping communities like Knoxville measure their hottest places so that we can use this information to inform strategies to reduce the unequal and unhealthy impacts of heat across our city,” First noted. “By working with community members, this campaign raised awareness among volunteers and residents about heat risk, informed heat adaptation and mitigation strategies, and provided research on how Knoxville’s UHI intersects with equity issues such as housing insecurity, energy burden, transportation, and health care access.”

To review the recap of the project, visit https://osf.io/ukg5z

EXAMINING DISPROPORTIONAL SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS

Dr. Andrea Joseph-McCatty’s school suspension research, funded from the UTCSW Social Justice Innovation Initiative grant, focused on understanding and addressing racially disproportional school suspensions and the ways in which those are also gender disproportionate.

“We know nationally that in the 2017-2018 academic year, over 2.5 million children received one or more out-of-school suspensions,” Joseph-McCatty explained. “While these numbers are going down compared to years prior, students of color and students with disabilities are receiving a greater share of suspensions and expulsions. It’s also important to disaggregate the data to understand trends at the intersection of race, gender, class, and other student characteristics. For example, in 2017-2018, black girls had 4.19 times the risk of receiving an out-of-school suspension compared to white girls. Nationally, they are the only group of girls disproportionately suspended in relation to their enrollment.”

To address high and disproportional suspensions, Joseph-McCatty noted that schools have implemented multitiered interventions, such as restorative justice practices, and positive behavior interventions, which can create positive, predictable, equitable and safe learning environments. While some studies showed a reduction in high and disproportional suspensions from these efforts, discipline disparities often continued to persist.

Some schools are seeking to change these disproportional rates for Black girls and other girls of color by partnering with the community to provide gender and culturally responsive interventions. Yet, a major barrier to intervention is the perception adults hold about Black girls. Instead of receiving developmentally appropriate and socioemotional support, many Black girls are “adultified” – a concept coined to describe how Black girls are disproportionately perceived as less innocent, needing less nurturing, less protection, less support, knowing more about sex and adult topics, and are more adultlike than their peers.

“While some may generally assume that students only receive school discipline for breaking school rules, social scientists have used data to show how race, gender, disability and class bias at the intersection of punitive discipline policies and systematic inequities lead to disproportional suspensions,” Joseph-McCatty stated. “For example, we know that Black girls in particular are getting disciplined in school for wearing their natural hair in afros or having braids, both of which are styles that allow Black girls to embrace their beauty and have cultural pride in the face of Eurocentric beauty ideals that suggest straight hair is more professional. In other cases, Black girls are more likely to receive school discipline outcomes for subjective infractions such as tone of voice, clothing, and disrespect compared to other girls. And that’s part of the way racial and gender discrimination intersects to create disproportional suspensions for Black girls. In my research, I build on these ideas and explore how adverse childhood experiences, including neglect, abuse, neighborhood violence, and parent incarceration and/or death, become another layer by which Black girls are misunderstood.”

To read Joseph-McCatty’s full study, go to https://www. thefinddesign.org/post/black-girl-wellness-tennessee-schools

UNDERSTANDING FACTORS THAT PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN

In her role as the Urban Child Institute Endowed Professor, Associate Professor Dr. Anne Conway’s research goal is to advance the understanding of factors that promote the well-being of children. Her research is organized around one central question critical to the field of social work: What factors are associated with children’s ability to regulate, manage, or control their emotion, attention, cognition, and sleep, and do these abilities, in turn, predict better health, mental health, and educational outcomes?

“With the help of the generous support of the Urban Child Institute, we have been able to purchase electroencephalography (EEG) equipment needed to study brain development and adverse childhood experiences in young children,” Conway noted. “It is important to underscore that we are the only college of social work to have an EEG research and teaching lab to study neural correlates of emotion and cognition and adversity in young children. The few colleges of social work that study neural correlates using EEG focus on adults.”

Conway uses the equipment to study adverse childhood experiences, social determinants of health, and early biomarkers of mental health with infants and young children and their parents. It can also be used to study the effects of early interventions and policies on development.

Assistant Professor Dr. Kristen Ravi also plans to use the EEG equipment to study trauma in children. She will also examine the effect of nature, such as green spaces and parks, on children’s health and brain development. This important piece of research creates an understanding of how investing in green spaces may improve children’s brain development and wellbeing.

“We are creating a social work internship site where students will have first-hand experience studying brain development,” Conway explained. “The promise of neuroscience is that it can inform our social work practice and policies focused on building strong brains. Neuroscience data may help social workers identify predictors of treatment and whether our interventions are working before we observe behavioral changes.”

In addition to integrating neuroscience into the MSSW curriculum, Urban Child Institute members expressed interest in further expansion into the doctoral curriculum. “Last fall, I taught a course entitled Neuroscience for Clinical Practice for Doctor of Social Work clinical students,” Conway said. “By integrating material on development from pre-conception through adulthood, social determinants of health, racism, and the effects of interventions and policies on brain structure and function, students developed knowledge pertaining to clinical and developmental neuroscience that they can apply to social work practice and research. Using a developmental framework, this course provides an overview of brain structure and function across the lifespan and associations with cumulative risks, adverse childhood experiences, social determinants of health, and enriching environmental experiences.”

To read the full 2022 report, go to https://tiny.utk.edu/UrbanChild-22

LINKING VIOLENT RHETORIC TO MASS SHOOTINGS

Dr. William Nugent, along with colleagues Dr. Thereasa Abrams, Dr. Anne Conway and Dr. Andrea Joseph-McCatty, have hypothesized about a link between the violent rhetoric increasingly employed by US politicians and social commentators, and mass shootings. Their recent findings illustrate an understudied dimension of contemporary violence.

Together with Conway, he focused his research on the violent political rhetoric (VPR) in the US. He examined a connection between VPR and mass shootings.

Nugent explained, “There are varying definitions of violent political rhetoric. Essentially it is provocative phrasing used by people with influence that defames, dehumanizes, or is derogatory towards specific groups of people that could justify harming them. Violent political rhetoric can also be more subtle, such as the use of a statement by a politician that a target group, such as LGBTQ+ people, ‘should be very afraid’. Numerous examples of violent political rhetoric by US politicians and commentators can be found, such as statements to the effect that a particular person should be assassinated, beheaded, or put to death.”

Nugent also considered other speculated influences on mass shootings: gun ownership, imitation of other mass shootings, income inequality, and changes in gross domestic product. “We collected data on gun ownership, examined time lags between mass shootings, and tracked income inequality and changes in gross domestic product as possible explanations for mass shootings,” he said. “We then started crunching all the data, using multiple analysis models, looking for possible relationships with mass shootings. What came out was both unsurprising and unexpected. The findings showed a positive link between income inequality and mass shootings and that, generally, periods of decreases in gross domestic product coincided with increases in mass shootings. These findings might support theories that mass shootings are often perpetrated by people under psychological stress and pressure.”

After controlling for these alternative explanations for mass shootings, as Nugent and colleagues expected, there was indeed a positive relationship between VPR and mass shootings. His research suggested that, after controlling for income inequality, changes in GDP, imitation effects, and gun ownership, as VPR increased mass shootings increased.

“I would urge those thinking about the implications of this research to not over-interpret the meaning,” he said. “We do not show definitively that VPR causes mass shootings, but rather that there is a positive association. As VPR increases, mass shootings also appear to increase. The results are consistent with violent political rhetoric being a contributing factor in mass shootings, but many alternate explanations need to be ruled out as well. Much more research is called for and needed, and I hope to continue to explore this field of study.”

To read the complete article on Research Features, go to https://researchfeatures.com/assessing-link-violent-politicalrhetoric-mass-shootings/

Top left: PhD students Eliza Galvez and Namrata Mukherjee; Top middle: (l to r): Nashville MSSW students Jazzmin Mitchell and Linda Sok discuss a class project on the Nashville campus; Top right: MSSW Online Student Morgan Ridgell participates in her online classes; Middle center: UTCSW Professor Stan Bowie teaches in his Social Welfare Policies/Issues class in Strong Hall; Bottom left: UTCSW students head to class in front of Henson Hall; Bottom right: Assistant Professor Kristen Ravi discusses research data with MSSW Student DeAyne Scaife.

MCNABB CENTER PARTNERSHIP Provides UTCSW Alumni with a Seamless Transition to

SERVE

By Angela C. Thomas

Since 1948, the McNabb Center has been the premier provider of behavioral health services in East Tennessee. Over the past 75 years, many changes and achievements have denoted this remarkable milestone. And while change is good for advancement and progress, a consistent presence provides sustainability for the long term. One such constant presence that helped bring McNabb into its 75th year is the continuous hiring of UTCSW alumni.

As the new CEO, Mona Blanton-Kitts knows full well the impact that UTCSW alumni bring to the table. Having graduated with her MSSW in 1992, Blanton-Kitts celebrated more than 35 years with the McNabb Center before becoming CEO. She began her career on the front lines of behavioral health care as a case manager for adults. Over the course of her career, she has overseen an expansive array of services and clinics across 29 East Tennessee counties, many times working alongside other UTCSW alums. “The partnership between the McNabb Center and The UT College of Social

Work is one that I will never take for granted,” Blanton-Kitts said. “Because many of us came through the same program, we share similar core values surrounding our work. Social work is hands on, and it makes a difference. The program at UT taught us how to engage and work with people. It provided a level of professionalism that allowed us to transition smoothly into work after graduation.”

By focusing on an individual’s “Well Mind, Well Being,” The McNabb Center provides a quality and compassionate approach to care from infancy through adulthood and has proudly served individuals with the most needs and fewest resources. Today, the McNabb Center delivers support to more than 36,750 people throughout East Tennessee each year. This is a significant number of people served, many of whom would not otherwise receive the help they need, and many of whom are receiving hands-on help by UT alums.

“The people at the McNabb Center have a heart for social work, and it’s the duty of a social worker to give back,” Blanton-Kitts shared. “The McNabb Center gives UTCSW

students the opportunity to gain experience outside the classroom. We provide placement and supervision in the field which benefits both the college and the center. The result of this experiential education is well-rounded students who are ready to move into jobs when they graduate. We also work closely with the research department on grants, and McNabb staff are often guest lecturers in the classroom. The McNabb Center helped endow the Earl Medley Scholarship ensuring support for future social workers and investing in the future of our field.”

Blanton-Kitts notes that the UT College of Social Work is a special place that is a notch above the rest. “You cannot find this level of education just anywhere,” she explained.

“UTCSW taught us the ethical standards that we have infused throughout the center, and our policy and procedures are written from a social work perspective. We are proud to be social workers, and the education we received at UTCSW both inside and outside the classroom encouraged our love for community mental health.”

The McNabb Center has grown exponentially over the last 75 years, increasing in both size and scope. They have increased services and built a large continuum of care as they fill gaps seen within the community. “As we look ahead to our next 25 years of

service, which will bring us to the century mark, we plan to continue doing what we do best, which is serving others,” Blanton-Kitts stated. “With UTCSW as our partner, I trust we will continue to get better with age. I strongly believe that the experiential piece of the BSSW and MSSW programs sets the college apart and prepares students to enter the workforce in the best way. There is a seamless transition. When we hire alumni from UTCSW, we know they have both quality education and experience. We want the best for our community and will continue to provide the best care to the most vulnerable populations. It is what we do best.”

Mona Blanton-Kitts CEO, McNabb Center

We want the best for our community and will continue to provide the best care to the most vulnerable populations. It is what we do best."

— Mona Blanton-Kitts CEO, McNabb Center

UTCSW Alumni Use Their Skills to Make a Difference in Their Communities

DALLAS KING HELPS CLIENTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM

Two-time UTCSW alumnus Dallas King (BSSW ’17 & MSSW ’18, Trauma certification) works as the Public Defender Social Work (PDSW) Program Director, employed through Tennessee Community Services Agency, TNCSA, contracted with the Public Defender’s Conference.

“I am the Public Defender Social Work (PDSW) Program Director,” King explained. “The Public Defender Social Work program is funded through a federal Byrne/ JAG grant from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs. The governor’s office watches this grant closely and with their blessing, we have been able to expand and provide the state with more social workers and offices following the client-centered holistic defense model.”

The PDSW Program is staffed by master-level social workers who have had substantial training geared toward client needs: struggling with substance abuse, untreated mental health concerns, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, and life consequences that follow arrests. Forensic Social Workers in the PDSW Program are integrated members of the client’s defense team. King’s biggest tasks as Program Director are creating and implementing policies and procedures and providing continued training to all social workers, as well as attorney staff to best support this multidisciplinary practice model.

Going back to school as a single mother, King really appreciated the support she received from the faculty and staff at the college. “One of my favorite memories was having my son attend Dr. Bowie’s class with me on some early mornings before I could take him into preschool,” she said. “He was barely four years old and called him Dr. Dude. To have faculty and staff truly understand my situation, continually encourage me to succeed, and

loving my little boy through it, meant so much to me.”

King learned how to best work in an integrated practice setting. She focused on the medical side of that in school, but the principles surrounding the theories they discussed stayed the same when she moved over from her medical field placements to law offices with the public defenders. “Ethics are always at play, and we follow different ones, but I’m always able to utilize ethical decision-making models to consistently maintain awareness of how to best support staff and clients,” she stated. “I honestly never thought I would land in a macro position or have anything to do with policy, but Dr. Bowie’s consistent passion about policy made a significant impression on how I advocate for my clients and this program. He encouraged us to reach out to legislators and explained how policies and legislation can either drastically help or hurt you and your client population. I think of his lectures often when I’m stepping in the capital building in Nashville to speak with legislators about this program. I loved my time at UTCSW. All my experiences helped shape me into the person and social worker I am today.”

I loved my time at UTCSW. All my experiences helped shape me into the person and social worker I am today.”

— Dallas King

JJ GREEN GIVES

BACK AT HER ALMA MATER

Jadelynne (JJ) Green (MSSW, ‘22) serves as a Professional Academic Coach and First Year Studies (FYS) Instructor on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. She graduated in May 2022 from the advanced standing organizational leadership program.

Green’s job includes supporting students in higher education through one-on-one, group, and class settings to help the students reach their goals and be successful. “We focus on wellness and strengths within the students to assist them in reaching their academic goals,” she explained. “Academic coaching can help students improve their skills and performance. Working with an academic coach can help students study smarter by developing skills in time management, goal setting, and test preparation. I am here for all undergraduate students at UT to help them manage their time, study smarter, plan for tests, and design learning strategies tailored to each individual student. Meeting with a coach is comfortable, low maintenance, and low drama. It’s a chance to talk about their own experience at UT, in and out of the classroom. In addition to academic coaching, I also assist with social media and outreach. It is not as common for social workers to be in higher education, especially where I am, but I think we bring a unique perspective that can assist students in a different way. Change agents are important here too.”

One of Green’s best memories of her time at UTCSW was her resource and development course from Dr. Schriver where she learned about budgeting and organization skills. “The class allowed us to practice writing grants and instilled marketing tools which proved very applicable to the field. In addition, I learned about interpersonal skills, the background of trauma and how it affects individuals, and leadership skills. The holistic view of a person is so important when meeting and assisting them and I feel that my education prepared me for the real world.”

LAKEISHA CONWAY SUPPORTS THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOCIAL WORK PSYCHOTHERAPISTS

Lakeisha Conway (MSSW, '07) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), who has a sincere passion for and commitment to providing clinical supervision and mentoring support to the next generation of social work psy chotherapists. She was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and holds a BSSW from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and an MSSW from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Memphis Campus). She is licensed through the State of Tennessee with over 20 years combined experience providing psychosocial case manage ment services, crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, supportive counseling, bio-psychosocial assessing, therapeutic counseling, discharge planning, care coordination, mental health, and dual diagnosis treatment, diagnosing (according to the DSM-5) and social work clinical supervision.

“I remain a practicing social worker within VHA at the Department of Veteran Affairs, and since 2014 I have worked as an adjunct instructor/field liaison position at UTCSW,” she explained. “Prior to that, I served as a field instructor for UTCSW and have worked in social work programs at Jackson State, Union University, Ole Miss, and the University of Memphis.”

In 2021, Conway fulfilled one of her professional goals by opening her private practice Best Practice Supervision, Coaching & Consulting, LLC, which offers valuable support to clinical professionals. She thoroughly enjoys partnering with MSSW students and social workers by providing access to supervision on their journey to clinical licensure. “With my supervision style, emphasis is placed on achieving competency in clinical skills while preparing to become a clinical social worker encouraging a holistic approach that nurtures and embraces work-family life balance,” she explained. “I value everyone’s unique learning style and method of performing clinical work. My goal is to assist new clinicians as they grow, learn, and feel challenged and accomplished in their practice. I strive to create and maintain a safe and respectful environment for questions, interactions, and feedback related to the learning process and other important needs within this very valuable partnership.”

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Patrick Angelaccio is a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) program. After graduation, he plans to come back to UT for graduate school. “Coming back to graduate school will allow me to get more certifications and get the training I need to help as many people as possible,” he said. “I will graduate with licenses to help individuals, create stronger communities, and even help write policy to stop systemic problems that have harmed people for centuries.”

Some of his favorite parts of attending UTCSW have been in both academics and in his personal growth. “My professors have expanded who I am, both as a student and as a person, in the community,” he explained. “They have helped me become more empathetic and taught me interviewing skills that I will use in my career path. Additionally, coming from out of state, I felt welcomed by this Big Orange Community. I have met people in clubs and organizations that have changed who I am and who I want to be. Even when I was volunteering in Spain people recognized the Power T and gave me a big ‘Go Vols.’

Social work is something that Angelaccio feels very strongly about. “I can wake up every day and be a volunteer,” he stated.

“I want to be on the frontline of helping people and meeting them where they are. Social workers have the great responsibility to use the community’s strengths to make sure everyone feels welcomed and can get by. Even though it is challenging to face the problems of today including poverty, addiction, injustices, mental illnesses, and loneliness, if we want to make the world better, we can’t be afraid. That’s why social work spoke to me.”

Haiden Lancaster is an MSSW student in her concentration year. She is part of the Extended Study cohort and is in her third and final year. She was instrumental in the “Rocky Top the Vote” campaign in the fall and is working tirelessly to get the word out to students about the importance of voting.

“’The Rocky Top the Vote’ project was something that I worked hard on and am very proud of,” Lancaster said. “One of my favorite parts was getting to design artwork for the initiative such as buttons, flyers, brochures, and the website. I have really loved getting to connect my creative side with my social work side.”

Lancaster is on the clinical track of her master’s program and is working to graduate with a certificate in trauma treatment. She hopes to use those skills to provide therapy in a community-facing agency. Currently, she is interning with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, working with their community crisis response and intervention team. “The work really interests me, allows me to be involved in the local community, and aligns with my skill set so my plan is to pursue something with a similar community focus,” she explained.

In working on the Rocky Top the Vote project, Lancaster worked with several organizations to make it happen. “The College of Social Work partnered with a nonpartisan organization called vot-ER and their Health Democracy Campaign during Voting is Social Work month to promote voter registration last spring,” Lancaster explained. “Vot-ER is the result of an observation made by Dr. Alister Martin, who recognized a demographic overlap between unregistered voters and highly marginalized patient groups. They provide tools and resources for students to lead voter registration initiatives. As a result of the initiative, 265 people were aided on their civic journey - whether that was registering to vote or helping with a mail-in ballot, or checking registration status. It was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it.”

Chenita Rountree a DSW student, represented UTCSW at the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) conference held at Virginia Tech in spring 2022. The conference provides a unique educational and professional opportunity for indigenous and women of color in higher education to network, engage, and learn with colleagues from around the country. Rountree joined several UTCSW faculty at the conference.

“This was my first time attending and I was impressed and excited with the great content shared over those three days,” Rountree said. “All the speakers were amazingly insightful and pioneers in their professional domains. Yet, despite the obstacles that could block their success, they did not let their gender, race, or ethnicity hinder their progress. Perseverance is the best word to describe all the speakers who graced the conference stage. My favorite part of the conference was the workshops. Each workshop offered a new opportunity to learn, make friendly contact with the person beside me, and share enlightening moments with the speaker. Everyone I interacted with during the conference was welcoming and excited to be there. I had breakfast, lunch, and dinner with someone new every day and night. The positive energy was contagious.”

Rountree notes that her professional goals after graduation change frequently. She admits the conference made her appreciate the impact of the academic setting, which would allow her to use her social work skills differently.

Chesney Ward is a PhD student at the UT College of Social Work and is interested in the field of aging and gerontology. “Social work has so many areas of work you can go into in these fields,” Ward explained. “I feel they are still an underserved community and I want to do what I can to help in that area. I have a great mentor who is allowing me to be hands on with projects and is giving me great feedback and guidance on professional development, which has been an outstanding experience.”

Ward graduated from Tulane University with her Master’s in Social Work in 2015. She has been a medical social worker in hospice care for the last seven years as well as working in psychiatric mental health treatment in both inpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care. Ward has an LCSW license in Tennessee and a LLMSW license in Michigan and is actively involved in both the Middle Tennessee NASW Chapter and the Michigan NASW Chapter.

“I really enjoy research and writing so I hope to continue doing that once I graduate,” she said. “I am hoping some of the collaborative research I do with other scholars can lead to new interventions or policies being put into place in agencies and organizations to help the aging population.”

Top left, l to r: MSSW students Adrianna Smith and Kathryn Becker meet up on a break in the Student Union; Top right: MSSW students Jazzmin Mitchell, Linda Sok, Alexis Molzen, and Baylie Spring gather together on the CSW Nashville campus; Bottom left: Assistant Professor of Practice Ashley Pennell helps a student in her Social Welfare Policies & Programs class in Henson Hall Classroom 322; Bottom right: Online MSSW student Emily Norris catches up on homework at a coffee shop.

ADVANCEMENT IMPACT

A LIFE OF SERVICE

Dr. John Erpenbach Graduate Fellowship

Honors UT Alumnus

A new graduate fellowship in the College of Social Work honors the memory of Dr. John Erpenbach (B.S. ’72; M.D. ’75), a physician and advocate for the treatment of substance abuse disorders.

The fellowship was endowed by John’s wife, Natasha Erpenbach. It is designated for master’s level students with an interest in the treatment of substance abuse in a clinical setting. “John served on the board of Cornerstone of Recovery for over 20 years,” Natasha said. “We wanted to honor his dedication to the field of recovery.”

John received his undergraduate degree from UT in 1972 and went on to get his medical degree at UT Memphis in 1975. He was a flight surgeon for the 82nd Airborne Division and continued to serve in the National Guard until his retirement as Colonel in 2003.

Having completed his medical residency in anesthesiology at Vanderbilt in 1984, he later changed specialties and completed a residency in family practice at UT in 1998. He held clinical and academic positions at Vanderbilt University Hospital, UT Medical Center, and was on staff at Park West and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. He finished his medical career at the Veterans’ Administration Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville.

John’s friendship with Bill Hood, founder of Cornerstone of Recovery, led to his long association with the treatment center. He served as a consultant, instructor and physician on call and was a tireless advocate for those facing the challenges of addiction. “Cornerstone’s success was partly due to John’s unwavering support for the mission of helping those seeking recovery from their battle with addiction,” said Steve McGrew, former CEO of Cornerstone.

“John’s life was about service,” Natasha said. “He was the most selfless person I have ever met.” The couple met through Natasha’s work with Friendship Force, an organization which promotes cultural understanding through personal contact. Natasha, a native of Kyrgystan, was serving as a translator for a group of visiting Americans which included John’s parents. Later, she accompanied a group from her country to Knoxville, where John was their guide for a tour of the UT Medical Center. The couple married in 1993 and have a daughter, Sasha.

“My father was serious and meticulous, but he had a wonderful sense of humor,” Sasha said. “You could always tell when he was winding up for a joke. He was a great teacher who believed that every experience could be a learning experience. He wanted me to know how to be on my own and build and fix things. He taught me to rewire light fixtures and how to use tools and how to encounter things in the world. He loved travel and taught me to use maps and to navigate. There was no challenge too great, no problem he couldn’t solve.”

Sasha, a graduate of the University of Mary Washington, will receive a master’s degree in Museum Studies from George Washington University in May. She believes the John Erpenbach Graduate Fellowship would mean a great deal to her father. “He received scholarships at UT and was always proud of me when I received one,” she said. “He was a great proponent of education, and he would want to be associated with a fellowship that provides positive change in the world. It’s a way of making sure that his legacy lives on.”

He was a great proponent of education, and he would want to be associated with a fellowship that provides positive change in the world.”

— Sasha Erpenbach

NEW FACULTY AND STAFF HIRED IN 2022

Zibei Chen, Assistant Professor

Thomas Favale, Jr., Clinical Assistant Professor

Dashawna Fussell-Ware, Assistant Professor

Alicia Hirt, Assistant Professor of Practice

Ian Johnson, Assistant Professor

Katherine Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Practice

Ashley Pennell, Assistant Professor of Practice

Rachel Ross, MSSW Online Field Coordinator

Ali Winters, Associate Professor of Practice

Kyra Velasco, Lecturer

Daryl Chansuthus, SWORPS Director

Jason Davis, Administrative Specialist

Macy Etter, Knoxville Recruiter

Michele Griffin, Human Resource Specialist

Cassidy Hebert, Administrative Associate

Sara Hughes, Administrative Specialist I

Margaret McMillan, Continuing Education Coordinator

Ryan Murr, Web Designer & IT Support

Emily Rodriguez, Academic Advisor I

Kendra Rudder, Director of Communications & Chief Strategist

Amber Mitchell-Spencer, Recruiting Coordinator

2022 RETIRED FACULTY

David Patterson

John Wodarski

UTCSW BOARD OF VISITORS OFFICE

The Executive Committee of the College of Social Work’s Board of Visitors elected new officers for 2022.

Hilary Hamlin (MSSW’76) was named the new board chair and Belva Weathersby is vice-chair.

Hilary Hamlin is an alumna of the college and a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government. She recently retired after a long career devoted to improving health care systems. After working at three mental health centers and two state departments of mental health, Hamlin spent 25 years as a consultant for Healthcare Perspective LLC.  Healthcare Perspective works with non-profits, large counties and states, predominantly in behavioral health, to conduct a wide range of activities from analyzing current systems, identifying gaps in systems, and helping to determine solutions.

UTCSW ALUMNI LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

The UTCSW formed an Alumni Leadership Council to shape and support the alumni program. These graduates, representing each of the CSW programs and coming from a variety of geographic locations, will help the College better serve alumni needs. In addition to serving as ambassadors to encourage alumni peers to connect with the college, the council will work with CSW staff and faculty to develop alumni events, identify areas for training and CEU opportunities, share UT event information, recruit students for the college, and help to discover new field placement opportunities for current students.

Belva Weathersby is director of early education and youth for the Metropolitan Action Commission in Nashville Davidson County Government. Her long and distinguished career has focused on child development. She is former director of Head Start in Nashville and has served in leadership roles in the Tennessee Department of Education, Georgia’s Head Start program, and the State of Georgia’s Children’s Cabinet. Weathersby is a social worker by training, with an MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University.

CHAIR

Shanel

Keena

Bishop, Farmington Hills, MI (DSW, 2016)

Jonathan Allen, Jackson TN (MSSW, 2016)

VICE CHAIR

Friday-Gilbert, Memphis TN (MSSW, 2019)

SECRETARY Jordan Thomas, Knoxville TN (MSSW, 2020)

Kia Batiste, Alexandria VA (MSSW, 2019)

Mai Ferrell, Nashville TN (MSSW, 2005)

Kylan Hadley, Nashville TN (MSSW, 2020)

Amber Hale, Nashville TN (MSSW, 2018)

Marriah Mabe, Knoxville TN (MSSW, 2007)

Ashlie Seibers, Lebanon TN (BSSW, 2018 | MSSW student, 2022)

Latisha Simmons, Soddy Daisy TN (MSSW, 2009)

Sandra Wiggins Long, Natchitoches LA (DSW, 2020)

Brittany Foster, Houston TX (MSSW, 2018)

Kayla Parker, Dandridge TN (BSSW, 2020)

JOHN J. DUNCAN SR. AWARDS FOR SENIOR ADVOCACY HONORS TWO UTCSW ALUMS

Two UTCSW alums were honored at the 20th Annual John J. Duncan Sr. Awards for Senior Advocacy Gabrielle Blake received the Professional Recipient Award and Cynthia Finch received the Community Recipient Award.

Blake is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Franklin & Kyle Elder Law where she has worked since 2010. Finch launched the non-profit, New Direction Health Care Solutions in 2017, which focuses on innovative approaches of dealing with health care disparities for people of color and consulting work for new start-up businesses.

Blake is a Certified Dementia Practitioner by the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners. Blake is active in the Knox County community, regularly presenting at workshops and educational events that serve seniors. She is the chair of the advisory board of the Senior Companion Program. She serves on the board of directors of Random Acts of Flowers, is President of the Tennessee Society of Health Care Social Workers and a member of the Purple Cities Alliance. Blake also volunteers with Girl Scouts, Alzheimer’s Tennessee, the Daily Living Center, and Beacon of Hope. For over 20 years, she has devoted herself to serving vulnerable elders in the community and to serving the professionals and the many agencies supporting older adults.

Finch’s volunteer work includes serving on the Boards of the East Knoxville Free Medical Clinic, Knoxville Branch of the NAACP, Building Bridges Readmission Coalition, Tennessee Society of Health Care Social Workers, Knoxville Case Management Society, Tennessee Association of Home Care – Hospice Task Force and more. Finch’s most recent work during the pandemic involved COVID testing and hosting numerous vaccine clinics. Her work has been instrumental in getting over 80,000+ people tested, vaccinated, and educated. Finch initiated a weekly faith leader update meeting to help faith leaders make informed decisions on keeping their congregation safe during the pandemic. The group has grown to over 180 people across the state.

l to r: Gabrielle Blake, UTCSW Associate Dean Javonda Williams Moss, Cynthia Finch

230,809

22 Staff participated in THREE sessions of Anti-bias training

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 2022

83 articles published by

26 faculty members in

62 journals

STUDENT FUNDING

$193,286 in scholarships distributed in FY22

49 scholarship recipients in FY22

$2,000 minimum student scholarship in 2022

ALUMNI

over 5,900 College of Social Work alumni living in Tennessee

1,122 registrations for all Continuing Education Program events

1,948 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) granted

300% increase in research expenditures since 2018

95.6%

65% increase in endowment from FY 21 to FY 22

of BSSW graduates and

94.9% of MSSW graduates were employed within 6 months of graduation

Publications 2022

JANUARY

Bowie, S.L., Banks, S., Dopwell, D.M., & Martin, K.B. (2022). A differential analysis of depressed mood symptomology among welfare-reliant African American and Latinx women heads of household. Journal of Poverty, 26(7), 606-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2021.1929659

Cronley, C. (2022). Invisible intersectionality in measuring vulnerability among individuals experiencing homelessness – critically appraising the VISPDAT. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 31(1), 23-33. https://doi. org/10.1080/10530789.2020.1852502

Fields, N.L., Cronley, C., Mattingly, S.P., Miller, V.J., Ramezanpour Nargesi, S.R., Bharmal, E.I., & Chace M. (2022). Leveraging app technology to measure the impact of transportation disadvantage: The development of myamble. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 40(2), 157-180.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2022.2036298

First, J.M., & Houston, J.B. (2022). The mental health impacts of successive disasters: Examining the roles of individual and community resilience following a tornado and COVID-19. Clinical Social Work Journal, 50, 124–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-021-00830-y

Joseph-McCatty, A. A., Sanders, J. E., Massey, M., Hnilica, R. J., & Williams, R. D. (2022). Tracking the early stages of the disciplinary gaze among students experiencing childhood adversities. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2022.2027314

Leat, S., Cronley, C., Hyun, K.K., & Naz, F. (2022). Examining the feasibility of shared mobility programs for reducing transportation inequities: Perspectives from the front-line. Journal of Poverty, 26(7), 622-640.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2021.2010858

Mennis, J., McKeon, T.P., Coatsworth, J.D., Russell, M.A., Coffman, D.L., & Mason, M.J. (2022). Neighborhood disadvantage moderates the effect of a mobile health intervention on adolescent depression. Health & Place, 73 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102728

Nugent, W.R., Abrams, T.E., & Joseph, A.A. (2022). The relationship between violent political rhetoric and mass shootings. Journal of Social Service Research, 48(2), 246-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2021.2 018089

Nugent, W.R., & Daugherty, L. (2022). A measurement equivalence study of the family bondedness scale: Measurement equivalence between cat and dog owners. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/ fvets.2021.812922

Sharp, E.H., Palen, L.A., & Coatsworth, J.D. (2022). Development and properties of the parental support of leisure exploration measure. Journal of Leisure Research, 53(1), 139-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2021.198

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Tonui, B.C., Ravi, K.E., & Xu, L. (2022). African immigrant acculturation scales in the USA: Asystematic review. The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 52(1), 374–395. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa245

Twis, M., Petrovich, J., Cronley, C., Nordberg, A., & Woody, D. (2022). A mixed-methodsanalysis of case manager stress at a homelessness services center. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 19(1), 19-41. https://doi.org/10 .1080/26408066.2021.1989355

Yoon, S., Cummings, S., Nugent, W.R., & Forrest-Bank, S. (2022). How spousal physical abuse impacts suicidal ideation among communitydwelling older adults: The effects of protective factors. Aging & Mental Health, 26(1), 130-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1844144

Zaharakis, N.M., Mason, M.J. & Berkel, C. (2022). Responsiveness to Health intervention for cannabis use in young adults predicts improved outcomes. Prevention Science, 23, 630–635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121022-01333-z

Zottarelli, L.K., Moreno, A., Miranda, A., Xu, X., & Sunil, T.S. (2022). Basic needs initiatives at Texas community college Hispanic-serving institutions: Changes in service offerings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46(1-2), 138-144. https://doi.org/10. 1080/10668926.2021.1973611

FEBRUARY

Abrams, T.E., Lloyd, A.A., Held, M.L., & Skeesick, J.D. (2022). Social workers as members of burn care teams: A qualitative thematic analysis. Burns, 48(1), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.001

Agbemenu, K., Mencia, J.J., de Rosa, C., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., & Ely, G. (2022). Family planning research in African immigrant and refugee women: A scoping review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 33(3) 416-426. https:// doi.org/10.1177/10436596211072891

Cernasev, A., Kline, K.M., Barenie, R.E., Hohmeier, K.C., Stewart, S., & Forrest-Bank, S.S. (2022). Healthcare professional students’ perspectives on substance use disorders and stigma: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 2776.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052776

Chen, Z., & Zurlo, K.A. (2022). The role of secured and unsecured debt in retirement planning. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43, 667-677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-022-09828-1

Gavin, A. R., Woo, B., Conway, A., & Takeuchi, D. (2022). The Association between racial discrimination, posttraumatic stress disorder, and cardiovascular-related conditions among non-Hispanic Blacks: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions-III (NESARC-III). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(1), 193–200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00943-z

Wallis, D., Coatsworth, J.D., Mennis, J., Riggs, N.R., Zaharakis, N., Russell, M.A., Brown, A.R., Rayburn, S., Radford, A., Hale, C., & Mason, M.J. (2022). Predicting self-medication with cannabis in young adults with hazardous cannabis use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031850

Zottarelli, L.K., Blake, S.A., & Garza, M.T. (2022). Communicating heat-health information to the public: Assessing municipal government extreme heat event website content. Weather, Climate, and Society, 14(1), 311-321. https:// doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0019.1

MARCH

Castro, A., & West, S. (2022). The case for basic income experiments. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 41(2), 639-644. https://doi. org/10.1002/pam.22385

Held, M.L., Rai, A., Huslage, M., & Ayalew, Y.D. (2022). An examination of risk and protective factors on the mental health of first-and second-generation immigrant adults during an exclusionary policy context in the United States. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 19(3), 331-355. https://doi.org /10.1080/26408066.2022.2041519

Johnson, I.M. (2022). Aging in the downtown corridor: Mapping the neighborhood experiences of Seattle's unhoused adults over age 50. Journal of Aging Studies, 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100997

Ravi, K.E., Rai, A., & Lindsey, S. (2022). Systematic review of the psychometric properties of culturally responsive domestic violence measures. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 0(0). https://doi. org/10.1177/15248380211073844

Rafieifar, M., & Held, M.L. (2022). Youth detrimentally affected by exclusionary immigration policies: A call to action for social work practice and education. Journal of Policy Practice & Research, 3, 213–220. https://doi. org/10.1007/s42972-022-00053-6

APRIL

Huslage, M., Rai, A., & Held, M.L. (2022). Building partnerships and trust: Research with vulnerable immigrant communities. Families in Society, 103(2), 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894211034776

Squillace, M., & Linden, P. (2022). The lived experiences and occupational performance and satisfaction of young adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) as related to fine motor skills. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 10(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1920

MAY

Chen, Z. (2022). Identifying factors of a financial literacy scale used among vulnerable populations. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 33(3), 396-406. https://doi.org/10.1891/jfcp-2021-0015

Chen, Z., & Friedline, T. (2022). Make the underbanked visible: Who are the underbanked, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 33(2), 160-170. https://doi.org/10.1891/jfcp-2021-0046

McGarity, S.V., & Morris, Z.A. (2022). People with disabilities and COVID-19 economic impact payments. Journal of Poverty, 27(2), 185-196. https://doi.or g/10.1080/10875549.2022.2080029

Scoresby, K., Wallis, D., Huslage, M., & Chaffin, K.M. (2022). Teaching note— Turn on the CC: Increase inclusion for all your students. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2062510

Zottarelli, L.K., Moreno, A., Miranda, A., Xu, X., & Sunil, T.S. (2022). Basic needs initiatives at Texas community college Hispanic-serving institutions: Changes in service offerings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Community Colleges’ Responses to COVID-19, 143-149. https://doi. org/10.4324/9781003297123-20

JUNE

Johnson, I., Light, M.A., Perry, T.E., Moore, M., & Lewinson, T. (2022). Understanding the ephemeral moment of COVID avoidance hotels: Lessons learned from acknowledging housing as central to dignified later life. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 66(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.202 2.2087129

Jones, A., Scoresby, K., Duong, C. (2022). Navigating grief and pregnancy loss through online story telling. Qualitative Social Work, 0(0). https://doi. org/10.1177/14733250221108634

Kim, Y.K., Yu, M., Cronley, C., & Yang, M. (2022). Peer victimization, depression, and sexual risk behaviors among high school youth in the United States: a gender-based approach. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2019-0139

Rai, A., Ravi, K., Syriac, I., & Voth Scragh, R. (2022). Development and validation of a culturally responsive instrument to measure abuse through in-laws among South Asian immigrants. Greenwich Social Work Review, 3(1) 219-231. https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v3i1.1272

Rai, A., Ravi, K., Yates, H., & Bamwine, P. (2022). Tenure track and COVID-19: Who bears the burden? Greenwich Social Work Review, 3(1), 232-235. https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v1i2.1304

Seiter, N.S., Lucas-Thompson, R.G., Prince, M.A., Quirk, K., & Coatsworth, J.D. (2022). Mindful partnering: Introducing a theoretical construct and testing psychometric properties of the mindful partnering measure. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 21(2), 167-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332 691.2021.1926386

Wagner, B.A., & Bowland, S. (2022). Using a flipped classroom approach to teach research. Advances in Social Work, 22(1). https://doi. org/10.18060/25236

JULY

Chen, Z., Friedline, T. & Lemieux, C.M. (2022). A national examination on payday loan use and financial well-being: A propensity score matching approach. Journal of Family Economic Issues, 43, 678–689. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10834-022-09853-0

Crutchfield, J., Findley, E., Cronley, C., Hyun, K., Arabi, M., & Brown, A. (2022). Transportation infrastructure as a social justice issue: Mixed methods analysis of a suburban boomtown. Urban Social Work 6(2), 168-188. https://doi.org/10.1891/USW-2021-0013

Held, M.L., First, J.M. & Huslage, M. (2022). Effects of COVID-19, discrimination, and social support on Latinx adult mental health. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24, 1446-1458. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s10903-022-01382-0

Held, M.L., Villarreal-Otálora, T., McPherson, J., & Jennings-McGarity, P. (2022). Politics, pandemics, and trauma: Understanding and addressing Latino health needs through a culturally informed lens. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.877328

Ravi, K. E., & Black, B. M. (2022). The relationship between children’s exposure to intimate partner violence and an emotional–behavioral disability: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 23(3), 868–876. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838020979846

Ravi, K.E., Black, B.M., & Hoefer, R. (2022). State teen dating violence school legislation in the United States: A content analysis. Partner Abuse, 13(3), 366-401. https://doi.org/10.1891/PA-2021-0039

AUGUST

First, J.M., Shin, H., Figueroa-Caballero, A., Okker-Edging, K., Spialek, M.L., & Houston, J.B. (2022). Posttraumatic stress related to Orlando nightclub shooting: LGBTQ identity and media use. Journal of Loss and Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2116823

Held, M.L., First, J.M., Huslage, M., & Holzer, M. (2022). Policy stress and social support: Mental health impacts for Latinx Adults in the Southeast United States. Social Science & Medicine, 307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. socscimed.2022.115172

Held, M.L., Villarreal-Otálora, T. & Jennings-McGarity, P. (2022). Latino immigrant service provision in Tennessee and Georgia: Provider perceptions. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24, 875–888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01286-5

Kline, K. (2022).  A conceptual framework for recovery from eating disorders: an adoptive approach to the recovery capital model. Social Work in Mental Health, 21(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2114

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Mason, M.J., Coatsworth, J.D., Russell, M., & Mennis, J. (2022). Breaking the connection between depressive symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents with a text-message delivered intervention: A randomized controlled pilot trial in primary care. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, 3(4), 495–507. https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221100529

Ravi, K.E., Rai, A. & Schrag, R.V. (2022). Survivors’ experiences of intimate partner violence and shelter utilization during COVID-19. Journal of Family Violence, 37, 979–990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00300-6

Ricciardelli, L.A., McGarity, S., & Nackerud, L. (2022). Social work education and the recognition of rights in the digital tech age: Implications for professional identity. Social Work Education, 41(1), 90-104. https://doi.org/10. 1080/02615479.2020.1805427

SEPTEMBER

Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Hoy-Ellis, C., Kim, H.-J., Jung, H. H., Emlet, C. A., Johnson, I., & Goldsen, J. (2022). Generational and social forces in the life events and experiences of lesbian and gay midlife and older adults across the iridescent life course. Journal of Aging and Health, 35(3–4), 265–281. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221125517

McCall, W.T., Anderson, J.G., Myers, C.R., Sagherian, K, & Bamwine, P. (2022). Was definitely different because they were kids: Caring for patients from a school shooting. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 29(5), 252-261. https://doi. org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000673

Nugent, W.R., & Daugherty, L. (2022). A measurement equivalence study of the family bondedness scale: Comparison between Black/African American and White pet owners, Anthrozoös. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2022 .2121048

Rai, A., Held, M.L., Huslage, M., & Alawiyah, T. (2022). A review of immigrant experiences during Trump administration and COVID-19: Differences by race. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(1), 1-30.  https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2022.2113580

Ravi, K., Rai, A., Lawler, A., & Cronley, C. (2022). Intimate partner violence effects on children’s academic achievement: Results from a nationally representative sample. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1086/722421

OCTOBER

Burrow, D., Ellis, K., & First, J. (2022). Intended response to tornado watches among Tennessee residents. Weather, Climate, and Society, 15(1), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-22-0066.1

First, J.M., Ellis, K., & Strader, S. (2022). Double trouble: Examining public protective decision-making during concurrent tornado and flash flood threats in the U.S. Southeast. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103297

Huslage, M., Cronley, C., Roark, E.M., & Scoresby, K. (2022). How to spend the newly dedicated public transportation funding: Investigating transportation access among individuals experiencing homelessness. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2022.2127884

Lee, S., & First, J.M. (2022). Mental health impacts of tornadoes: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 13747. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113747

Linden, P. (2022). Veterinary and other animal-related practice management and veterinary social work. In Loue, S. & Linden, P. (Eds.). The Comprehensive Guide to Interdisciplinary Veterinary Social Work, pp. 247267, Springer Publishing

Mason, M.J., Coatsworth, J.D., Zaharakis, N., Russell, M., Wallis, D., Brown, A., & Hale, C. (2022). Treating young adult depression with text-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.09.005

Padilla-Medina, D. M., Williams, J. R., Ravi, K., Ombayo, B., & Black, B. M. (2022). Teen dating violence help-seeking intentions and behaviors among ethnically and racially diverse youth: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 23(4), 1063–1078. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838020985569

Rai, A., Held, M.L., & Vidal de Haymes, M. (2022). Afghan refugee resettlement in the United States: Implications for service provision. Families in Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894221122581

Ravi, K.E., Haselschwerdt, M., & Niederhauser, V. (2022). Prevalence and impact of exposure to childhood domestic violence on college students’ health and perceived academic success. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(1), 122-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2022.2130021

Wicklund, A., Andrews, B., & Coatsworth, J.D. (2022). School concussion policy in Colorado: Lack of knowledge and access are barriers to education. The Journal of School Nursing, 38(5), 442-448. https://doi. org/10.1177/1059840520964925

NOVEMBER

Freitag, C., Johnson, I., Berridge, C., Parsey, C.M., Ramirez, M., & Allard, S.W.(2022). Meeting older adults’ food needs during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons and challenges from Washington State. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2139125

Fussell-Ware, D.J., Ballentine, K.L., Flores, A.T., Mangum, L.C., Omowale, S.S., Mackenzie, K.T., Ballard, A.J., Thyberg, C.T., & Ashcraft, L.E. (2022). Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to promote anti-racism in social work higher education. Advances in Social Work, 22(2), 270-286. https://doi.org/10.18060/24936

Wing, D., (et al), & Mason, M.J. (2022). Recommendations for identifying valid wear for consumer-level wrist-worn activity trackers and acceptability of extended device deployment in children. Sensors, 22(23), 9189. https:// doi.org/10.3390/s22239189

DECEMBER

Bowie, S.L., Banks, S., & Johnson, O. (2022). Case management and employment training outcomes for welfare-reliant African American and Latinx women heads of household. Urban Social Work, 3(5), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1891/USW-D-20-00018

Chen, Z., Fedina, L., DeVylder, J., Lemieux, C. M., King, C. & Abbott, K. (2022). Pandemic financial hardships and suicide risk in a nationally representative sample of young adults. Social Work in Mental Health https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2161861

First, J.M., Ravi, K.E., Smith-Frigerio, S., & Houston, J. B. (2022). Mental health impacts of Hurricane Harvey: Examining the roles of intimate partner violence and resilience. Social Work Research, 46(4), 293–303. https://doi. org/10.1093/swr/svac021

Foster, C.R., Held, M., & Carter, A. (2022). Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and race-based trauma on the mental health of Black social work providers. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, https://doi.or g/10.1080/15313204.2022.2155285

Huslage, M., Ely, G.E., Nugent, W.R., Auerbach, S., & Agbemenu, K. (2022). Reproductive autonomy in Appalachia: An investigation into perceived contraceptive pressure. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi. org/10.1177/08862605221140035

Larick, J., Graf, N.M., & Thompson, P.L. (2022). Presenting Issues of concern among active-duty service members with depression and/or suicidality. Military Behavioral Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2022.2151533

Leat, S.R., Ravi, K.E., Nordberg, A., & Voth Schrag, R. (2022). Exploring the feasibility of shared mobility services for reducing transportation disadvantage among survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Transport & Health, 27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101517

Morris, Z.A., McGarity, S.V., Goodman, N., & Zaidi, A. (2022). The extra costs associated with living with a disability in the United States. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 33(3), 158–167. https://doi. org/10.1177/10442073211043521

Parrott, K.A., Huslage, M., & Cronley, C. (2022). Educational equity: A scoping review of the state of literature exploring educational outcomes and correlates for children experiencing homelessness. Children and Youth Services Review, 143, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106673

Ravi, K.E., Robinson, S.R., & Schrag, R.V. (2022). Facilitators of formal help-seeking for adult survivors of IPV in the United States: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 23(5), 1420–1436. https://doi. org/10.1177/1524838021995954

Russell, M., Coatsworth, J., Brown, A., Mennis, J., Zaharakis, N., Rodriguez, G.C., & Mason, M. (2022). Peer network counseling effects on substance use: An individual participant data meta-analysis integrating three randomized controlled trials. Prevention Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-02201468-z

Twis, M., Petrovich, J., Cronley, C., Nordberg, A., & Woody, D. (2022). Trauma and powerlessness among people experiencing homelessness: Implications for administrative practice. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2022.2159907

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