UT College of Social Work 2020 Annual Report

Social Works The University of Tennessee College of Social Work | 2020

Stepping Up in Challenging Times

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Cover: MSSW student and Knox Education Foundation intern Liz Gonda spins with a student on the playground at Lonsdale Elementary School in Knoxville.

This page: A UT staff member takes a selfie while marching in Knoxville’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade alongside other faculty and staff, students, and community members.

CONTENTS The Promise of Guaranteed Income

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Alumni Stories

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Equity and Inclusion

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Student Highlights

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Addressing the Costs of Disability

Advancement Impact

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By the Numbers

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Faculty Achievements

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Publications 22

Message from the Dean The faculty, staff, and students of the UT College of Social Work rose to meet the unique challenges and opportunities of 2020. We brought our creativity and passion for social justice to the work of finding new approaches and developing deeper learning. Challenges core to our values, skills, and knowledge dominated the year, with a pandemic bringing to the fore the ways that racial and economic health disparities shape the mental health and well-being of our communities. At the same time, the gruesome reality of culturally sanctioned anti-Black racism and violence again made headlines. The twin pandemics challenged our thinking and work in ways that none of us had ever experienced.

Our faculty and field instructors partnered to teach new virtual approaches to mental health and community service, while students supported COVID patients and their families.

The Coalition of Black Social Workers and the associate dean for equity and inclusion provided leadership in responding to the trauma and pain in the Black members of our community and engaged our faculty, staff, students, and alumni in re-examining and redesigning the social systems in which we work, research, and serve.

When a tornado roared through Middle Tennessee, we rallied to provide emergency assistance and gather needed supplies.

While our politically and culturally divided country fought to define truth and meaning in a contentious election, our faculty and students helped register hundreds of voters, coordinated trainings on talking across differences with respect, and engaged in research that provided the data we needed for substantive policy conversations.

As we worked to create a learning community that provided meaningful support and opportunity for growth and achievement in socially and physically distanced settings, our commitment to one another drove us forward, and the positive results are clear: our academic programs continue to grow, with our largest cohort of online MSSW students to date and the expansion of our BSSW program to an online format.

Our students progressed in their studies, and we saw a record number of social work graduates. Our faculty and staff increased

their externally funded research and produced a strong list of publications and (virtual) presentations.

New administrators joined the faculty to lead our research endeavors and oversee our doctoral programs. Additionally, we launched a new postgraduate trauma certificate. We engaged our alumni in our largest online continuing education offering to date, with more than 350 attendees, and provided free online training and discussions with nationally recognized leaders on the topics of anti-Black racism. And our alumni continued to make us proud by working to meet individual and community needs and to change systems that were not functioning.

While I am focusing on resilience and creativity, I do want to acknowledge that for all of us—myself included—2020 was a deeply traumatic year. At the printing of this report, difficult days still lie ahead. As dean, I hope that each person connected with the College of Social Work is doing things in their personal lives to care for themselves while acknowledging the pain and trauma of their own journeys. As I understand our profession, when social workers practice self-care we are able to find longevity and creativity in our professional lives.

With that, I am pleased to share this annual report with you so you can see some of the amazing accomplishments of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni. I hope we never see another year like 2020—but I know that if we do, these are the people I want by my side. I am proud to be the dean of the College of Social Work and to be part of the amazing team that pulled together to make these accomplishments possible.

Lori Messinger, Dean

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The Promise of

Guaranteed Income

New research center investigates the impact of basic income

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uaranteed income, also known as universal basic income or citizen’s income, is the concept of a government-guaranteed payment that each citizen receives. The idea has varied historical roots. It first appeared at the beginning of the 16th century and continued to evolve through the 20th century, when it began to be discussed more intensely. The world’s first fullblown basic income scheme was launched in 1976 with the Alaska Permanent Fund, which provides annual dividends to all inhabitants of Alaska.

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Guaranteed income is intended to provide an economic baseline. While it carries the expectation that most recipients will work, the guaranteed income acts as a safety net. Those who become unemployed have time to pursue the best options for their situation rather than feeling desperate to take whatever work they can find. The cash enables self-worth, allowing people the economic freedom to make their own choices.

Assistant Professor of Social Work Stacia West and Amy

Castro Baker, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, served as coprincipal investigators of the first mayor-led guaranteed income pilot, the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, or SEED, launched in Stockton, California, in February 2019.

SEED led to the founding of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (mayorsforagi.org), an initiative that includes several pilot programs and 40 mayors across

the country advocating for a guaranteed income.

To explore the concept further, MGI and the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice established the Center for Guaranteed Income Research (penncgir.org), housed at Penn and led by West and Castro Baker. Through the center, they will work with other leading researchers to guide MGI pilot cities through a learning agenda and oversee research design and implementation.

The goals of the new center are to consolidate the key learnings from pilot programs in MGI member cities, to address knowledge gaps in the contemporary understanding of guaranteed income’s impact for Americans, and to allow the organization to layer data with anecdotal evidence in federal advocacy.

MGI member mayors are signing on to the learning agenda with an eye toward moving the needle on poverty and matching the urgency of the current economic moment with evidence-based policy proposals. The agenda builds on the existing body of cashtransfer literature as well as the implementation and research lessons learned in Stockton to build an evidence-rich pilot-topolicy pipeline.

MGI was awarded a $250,000 grant from Arrow Impact, a newly established private foundation focused on improving economic opportunity for low-income families and strengthening the efficiency of the philanthropic ecosystem.

GUARANTEED INCOME INCREASES EMPLOYMENT, IMPROVES FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH Following the first year of the SEED guaranteed income study, West and Castro Baker released their preliminary analysis in

March. The findings, which received national coverage including articles in the Atlantic and the Economist, show that guaranteed income drastically improves job prospects, financial stability, and the overall wellbeing of recipients. The study counters long-held narratives that unrestricted cash payments disincentivize work.

SEED is a randomized control trial distributing $500 a month for 24 months to 125 recipients.

The cash is unconditional, with no strings attached and no work requirements, and recipients were selected randomly from neighborhoods at or below Stockton’s median household income. An independent evaluation of the program was funded by the Evidence for Action program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The program’s entire $3 million budget was funded by philanthropic dollars, including a $1 million grant from the Economic Security Project.

Results from the first year show that recipients obtained full-time employment at more than twice the rate of nonrecipients. Recipients were less anxious and depressed, both over time and compared to the control group. They also saw statistically significant improvements in emotional health, fatigue levels, and

overall well-being. Recipients had a greater ability to pay for unexpected expenses, which was particularly important as the research period covered in these results concluded just as the pandemic began.

“The last year has shown us that far too many people were living on the financial edge and were pushed over it by COVID-19,” said Michael Tubbs, former Stockton mayor and the founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. “SEED gave people the dignity to make their own choices, the ability to live up to their potential, and improved economic stability going into the turmoil of the pandemic.”

People spent the SEED money on basic needs, including food (nearly 37 percent), sales and merchandise (22 percent, on home goods, clothes, and shoes, and at discount and dollar stores), utilities (11 percent) and auto costs (10 percent). Less than 1 percent was spent on alcohol and tobacco.

Full findings from SEED will be available in 2022. After the conclusion of the MGI demonstration projects, the center will release a report that includes national findings from all sites addressing key research questions.

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“Black Men in Social Work” panelists share insights at the Coalition of Black Social Workers’ inaugural conference.

Equity and Inclusion Moving from Theory to Action The College of Social Work made great strides in addressing the strategic priority of equity and inclusion during 2020, despite the pandemic.

The goal of the college’s Office of Equity and Inclusion is to implement awareness and change in the college through a series of programs and events, all of which fall under the direction and leadership of Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion Camille Hall.

Critical Conversations training for 12 faculty members took place during the summer, allowing them to then train the remaining faculty and staff over two additional sessions. The college’s diversity action plan was submitted to the Division of Diversity and Engagement, laying out strategies for the 4

coming years. “While there is still work to be done, I am energized by the progress we have made and inspired by the promise of its outcome,” said Hall.

The college’s Generating Justice Speaker Series took place through Facebook Live.

Guest speakers Caroline Randall Williams and Peniel Joseph attracted large audiences and engaged viewers with interesting and relevant topics. Internally, more than 40 faculty and staff members participated in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) or White Accountability Group.

The groups met monthly for members to discuss important works on anti-Black racism and hold one another accountable in their work to improve social justice.

The Coalition of Black Social Workers, under the leadership of Assistant Professor Carmen Reese Foster, had a stellar 2020, with programs, events, awards, and official status as a registered nonprofit agency.

“I am so grateful for this gift and very thankful for our Board of Directors and their hard work to make the 501(c)3 a reality,” said Foster.

The coalition exists to engage, connect, and empower Black social work students and professionals in the community, with the goal of increasing awareness about issues specific to the Black community and cultivating a network of support.

“My hope is that this coalition continues to provide a channel so we may all be encouraged to always fight for justice, even when we are alone and even when it is hard,” said Foster.

The coalition sponsored a social justice field trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute for all students in early 2020 and a conference in the spring, followed by panel discussions and antiracism talks through the summer and fall, including “How to Be an Ally: A Panel Discussion

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projects proposed in 2020

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projects funded in 2020

$63,500 in total funding in 2020

Camille Hall with Black Social Workers” and “Is Antiracism Enough?” The group capped off the year by receiving the university’s Student Organization of the Year award.

Also attaining new heights in 2020 was the Social Justice Innovation Initiative. Made possible through a gift by longtime college supporter Susan Cooper, the initiative offers a unique framework for understanding many of society’s most pressing issues around education, health care, and social justice and for developing avenues to address those issues.

The program was able to fund seven of the 10 projects proposed in 2020, with a total funding amount of $63,500. Two projects received grants of $15,000, the highest amount awarded.

The first, Increasing Computer Science Skills While there is still work to be done, and Academic Self-Efficacy among Girls to I am energized by the progress Address Social Issues that Matter to Women (Girls Who Code), is working to increase computer we have made and inspired by the science education, skills, and academic selfefficacy among girls—disproportionately of promise of its outcome.” minority race and lower income—in Knox — Camille Hall County. The project team is made up of Associate Professor Courtney Cronley, Social Work Office of Research and Public Service Director of Information Technology Deidre Ford, Knoxville–Knox County Community Action Committee Director of Special Projects Lisa Higginbotham, and doctoral student Melody Huslage.

The second program to receive a $15,000 grant, Examining the Disproportional Suspension of Black and Brown Girls in Tennessee, is creating a university–community partnership to support awareness about the disproportional suspension of girls of color, examine the problem through an intersectional lens, create a community-centered action plan, and report on the disproportional exclusion of girls of color across Nashville schools with recommendations for practices and policies to mitigate inequitable discipline. Project team members are Assistant Professor Andrea Joseph; Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion Camille Hall; Teralyn Hobbs (DSW ’21), a clinical social worker practicing in Honolulu, Hawaii; and MSSW students Kelsey Cardin, Ashley Honeycutt, and Sarah Link.

As the College of Social Work strives for excellence, its professional values, ethics, history, and future demand that social work educators, researchers, and practitioners be culturally competent and vested in responding to oppressive institutional, societal, and political trends.

The college therefore seeks diversity in its faculty, field instructors, students, and staff. Cultural relevance and sensitivity to the personal, social, economic, and political needs of vulnerable high-risk groups are emphasized in the education, research, and service of students and faculty. The college continued to implement awareness and change in 2020 and is committed to doing so in 2021 and beyond.

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A significantly higher cost of living is the reality for many people with a disability in the US. But the federal poverty level treats the income of people with and without disabilities as equal, leaving millions ineligible for essential social welfare benefits. ew research from Assistant Professor of Social Work Stephen McGarity and Zachary Morris, an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University, addresses many of the issues of disability costs.

Who is counted as poor has major implications for access to critical social welfare benefits. The research analyzed four nationally representative surveys to estimate the extra costs of disability in the US. On average, it found that working-age Americans with disabilities require an additional 28 percent of income (or $17,690 a year for those at the median household income) to maintain the same standard of living as adults without disabilities. By adjusting the federal poverty level for the extra costs of disability, they estimate that an additional 2.2 million people with disabilities would be counted as poor.

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McGarity and Morris were awarded a grant of more than $88,000 from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation to research the economic disadvantages experienced by people with disabilities. The project includes collaborative work from Nanette Goodman, a senior researcher in the National Disability Institute, and Asghar Zaidi, from the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.

The project draws on multiple national surveys to provide the first statistical estimates of the extra costs of living with a disability in the US. In a recently published article in the Journal of European Social Policy, Morris and Zaidi estimate the extra costs for people living with disabilities in 15 European countries. The current project extends this line of research to the United States.

Previous research has explored the effect that disability has on income. Even without factoring in the higher cost of living, working-age adults with

disabilities are twice as likely as those without disabilities to have incomes under the poverty threshold. They are less likely to be employed than their peers without disabilities, and those who are employed have lower wages on average. Additionally, family members often reduce the amount they work to provide informal support to family members with disabilities, further reducing the household income.

In US public policy, income is used to measure poverty and establish eligibility for meanstested public programs. Because these income measures do not consider the additional costs associated with living with a disability, they understate the true level of economic hardship experienced by households that include a person with a disability.

The extra costs of disability fall into two broad categories: direct and indirect costs.

Direct costs are expenditures people make because they have a disability. The largest direct costs are for personal assistance services and health care, with out-of-pocket costs for people with a disability more than twice as high as those without a disability. They also include additional costs for shipping purchases when an in-person pickup option is not accessible,

wheelchair ramps, acquiring and maintaining service animals, vehicles that can accommodate a wheelchair, food for special diets, and housing that is accessible and convenient.

Indirect costs include earnings that people with disabilities forego because of employment

Americans with disabilities require an additional

28%

of income to maintain the same standard of living as adults without disabilities

discrimination and other barriers to work. They also include costs borne by family members who may reduce their amount of paid work or take lower-paying jobs that allow for the flexibility to provide care to their family member with a disability.

Unlike countries such as the United Kingdom and Sweden, the US does not have an allowance program that specifically addresses the extra costs of disability. Most public disability expenditures are

DIRECT COSTS

focused on wage replacement and health insurance for working-age people who, based on a stringent disability determination process, are deemed unable to work.

The extra costs have been recognized, however, in legislation, administrative rules, tax code adjustments, customized budgeting for home and community-based services, and provision of in-kind benefits.

RESETTING THE POLICY TABLE FOR GREATER EQUITY

The federal government is currently considering wideranging proposals for disability policy reform. The idea of adjusting the poverty rate for the extra costs of disability has not yet entered public discourse on the proposals, despite a widespread understanding of its implications for the 20 percent of the US population included in the disability community.

Resetting the policy table for greater equity will require recognition of these significant differences in public benefits policy and the tax code. Ignoring them, on the other hand, will perpetuate the financial insecurity experienced by people with disabilities and their families.

INDIRECT COSTS

Personal assistance services

Wheelchair ramps

Food for special diets

Health care

Service animals

Accessible housing

Shipping purchases

Wheelchairaccessible vehicle

Earnings that people with disabilities forego because of employment discrimination and other barriers to work

Costs borne by family members providing care to their family member with a disability

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Faculty Take on Grand Challenges STRENGTHENING DISASTER PROTECTIONS Assistant Professor Jennifer First is studying human risk, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity to disaster events and climate change. Her work focuses on the psychological impacts of disaster events and measuring capacities found to support adaptation and resilience. Her research has received support from the Natural Hazards Center.

Severe weather often includes overlapping tornado and flash flood warnings, but the recommended protective actions for the two events are contradictory—sheltering below ground for tornadoes and moving to high ground for flash floods. Using a convergent framework, First’s interdisciplinary study combines atmospheric, geospatial, and social science methodologies to examine a location’s climatological risk and societal exposure to

tornado and flash flood events and the relation of those factors to how residents perceive, respond to, and prioritize protective actions when dual warnings occur.

When extreme events such as these threaten communities, it is paramount that researchers collect perishable data before, during, and immediately following the disaster to ensure that vital information is not lost. This type of research is fundamental to the advancement of the field, and it can provide life-saving information to decision makers and ultimately promote the collective good.

DEVELOPING PLATFORMS FOR LATINX VOICES Associate Professor and Nashville campus MSSW Program Director Mary Held focuses her scholarship on strengthening knowledge related to trauma and resilience among immigrant communities to inform services provided in new destination states. Her work is situated in the current sociopolitical climate of both immigrantsending nations and the United States.

Held recently received funding from UT’s Office of Research and Development for a study of stress, resilience, and mental health in Latinx adults. Held will study how stress due to discrimination, enforcement of new immigration policies, and COVID-19 may influence mental

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wellness and whether resilience factors buffer those influences.

The project includes both immigrants and people born in the US. Data from Latinx adults is needed to better understand their perceptions and experiences of resilience, key stressors, and mental health and to improve services provided to those in need. Held’s project employs a cross-sectional survey design to assess the correlation of these stressors as well as the mitigating role of resilience on depression and anxiety for Latinx adults.

New Leadership Faculty Douglas Coatsworth, Betsey Bush Endowed Professor in Behavioral Health and Associate Dean for Research

Lizzie Bowland, DSW Program Director and Professor Gretchen Ely, PhD Program Director and Professor

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

BLACKWELL HONORED WITH NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Michael Blackwell, director of the Program for Pet Health Equity and chair of the Access to Veterinary Care Coalition, works to improve access to veterinary care, especially for families with limited means. He was honored with the 2020 Avanzino Leadership Award presented by Maddie’s Fund—a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals—in recognition of his leadership and dedication to the human-animal bond.

The award includes a $25,000 grant.

Like his father, Blackwell has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Tuskegee University. He also has a Master of Public Health degree from Loma Linda University. He has served as dean of UT’s College of Veterinary Medicine, chief of staff in the Office of the Surgeon General of the US, deputy director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, and chief veterinary officer of both the US Public Health Service and the Humane Society of the United States.

FOSTERING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOMELESSNESS David Patterson, Endowed Professor of Mental Health Research and Practice, focuses much of his research on homelessness.

Patterson launched the Knoxville Homeless Management Information System, known as KnoxHMIS, in 2004 to provide a secure webbased database of demographic and service delivery information for individuals experiencing homelessness. The project operates as a community outreach collaboration between the College of Social Work and the Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS).

As part of the university’s land-grant mission, KnoxHMIS works closely with community partners and operates the community’s collaborative database on homeless services, needs, and outcomes; facilitates CHAMP, a coordinated entry program matching homeless individuals with services and housing; hosts and maintains Knox

New Field Faculty & Staff Brittany Adams, Coordinator of Field Education, Online BSSW Program, and Associate Professor of Practice Hannah Brown, Administrative Specialist for Field Education

Housing Help, an online social service resource guide; disseminates timely information through the Community Dashboard on Homelessness and community-focused reports; and partners with the homeless service community in strategic planning and policy development.

Knoxville City Council has approved funding for the KnoxHMIS CARES project that Patterson is leading. Patterson, Program Manager Nate First, and the team will continue their community outreach through SWORPS and UTCSW to foster greater understanding of the social consequences, human impact, and other deleterious effects of homelessness.

New Recruitment & Communications Staff Becca Huppi, Recruiter—Nashville Caitlin Moore, Recruiter—Knoxville Angela Thomas, Marketing & Communications Manager

RETIRED FACULTY IN 2020 Mary Ann Cunningham Freida Herron Marlys Staudt

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1. UT students distribute meals at Grandfamilies Meal Connect, sponsored by College of Social Work partner Knoxville–Knox County Community Action Committee, at Beardsley Farm in Knoxville.

2. Faculty, staff, and students visit the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, Alabama.

3 & 4. Members of the Coalition of Black Social Workers serve at the West Nashville Dream Center following the tornadoes that struck the Nashville area in March.

The group partnered with Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods to provide fresh produce to neighbors who live in a food desert.

5. Candice Hinkle, assistant director of the Program for Pet Health Equity, consults with a client.

6. Students gather with community partners at the Highlander Center as part of a collaboration funded through a Social Justice Innovation Initiative grant.

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Social Work Is Essential

Alumni Stories from the Pandemic’s Front Lines In times of crisis, the services provided by social workers become even more important. These vignettes from the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate some of the ways alumni have been stepping up with resilience and determination to care for the people they serve.

UNSUNG HERO

Elizabeth Waters (MSSW ’06) is the trauma survivor network coordinator at UT Medical Center. Her role is getting to know patients to help them navigate the system—a role that took on even more significance when COVID-19 meant no visitors were allowed.

One young woman, hospitalized for 80 days after nearly dying in a car crash early in the pandemic, counts Waters among the “unsung heroes” at UTMC who made her recovery possible.

Waters said, “We were all experiencing this grief and trauma of the pandemic, and being able to support others during this time. . . . I was glad to come to work. I was not concerned about what was going to happen to me if I went to see patients. I wanted to see patients because I knew they were here alone without their families. They were able to decompress with us and talk about feelings or just regular day-to-day stuff.”

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ESSENTIAL, DEFINED

Sunshine Parker (MSSW ’06; JD ’14), now an associate judge for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Tribal Court, was serving as EBCI human services director through most of the pandemic. In that role, she was responsible for maintaining the safety and welfare of the community.

“Our jobs haven’t changed because of the pandemic,” Parker said in spring 2020. “We don’t see a decrease in the number of kids who need to come into foster care, for example, or cases that have to be investigated. And like every other place in America, we’re dealing with the opioid epidemic.

People are at home, with all their normal support systems gone. They may not be able to get to their meetings or access them online.”

Parker’s department worked to supply people with free phone service, and the community stepped up, she said, offering rides to neighbors and lending them cell phones. Social workers who couldn’t connect with clients by phone or internet made in-person visits, wearing masks that Parker and a community group made.

I wanted to see patients because I knew they were here alone without their families. They were able to decompress with us and talk about feelings or just regular day-to-day stuff.”

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ALUMNI STORIES

MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE

A core principle of social work is meeting people where they are. For Esther Jo Alcorn (MSSW ’09), that meant sitting in a parking garage. Alcorn, a social worker in Vanderbilt Hospital’s Emergency Room, spent two hours in a car with the wife of an elderly patient who was in the ER last spring.

“On a normal day, I would have met with her in a hospital family room and provided emotional support and education surrounding her husband’s condition and care,” Alcorn said. No visitors were allowed in the hospital because of pandemic restrictions, so Alcorn sat in the woman’s car and checked in by phone with the medical staff every 30 minutes.

“We use what we need to take care of the patients and their family members—not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well,” said Alcorn.

CHILD SAFETY 24/7

Ashlie Seibers (BSSW ’18) was serving as a regional placement services specialist for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services when the pandemic began. For her, being an essential employee meant continuing to ensure child safety 24 hours a day, seven days a week, during the pandemic.

“Child abuse and neglect have not stopped due to COVID-19, and neither have the children entering the foster care system,” Seibers said in spring 2020. “We need foster parents in every county so our children can stay in the same schools and daycares, near their families, and minimize further trauma by being placed away from everything they know. While not everyone may be able to become a foster parent, I would encourage everyone to find their own ways to support the children and families in your communities.”

READY, SET, PIVOT

Flexibility is the watchword for Jordan Frye Shields (BSSW ’15, MSSW ’16).

As a community schools resource coordinator for the Knox Education Foundation (formerly the Great Schools Partnership), Frye Shields works with neighborhood groups, businesses, nonprofit agencies, and faith-based organizations to address barriers to student and community success. She is also an adjunct instructor in the College of Social Work.

The pandemic shifted her work from community development to direct need provision, she said. Frye Shields’s community school worked with a local church’s food pantry to provide a distribution site for supplemental food and other essentials like diapers and school supplies.

“This emergency is exposing needs that already existed,” she said.

Now Frye Shields is sharing lessons learned from the pandemic with her students and volunteers.

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ALUMNI STORIES

Alumnae Focus on Nashville Youth Kylan Hadley (’20) and Adrianna Carter (’19) met as students in the Nashville MSSW program’s organizational leadership concentration. Now they’re collaborating on a project to help the youth of Nashville feel safe, stable, and part of a nurturing community.

“Adrianna and I became friends in our intro to macro social work class and remained close for the remainder of our program,” Hadley said. “She and I completed field placements at the Oasis Center [an organization providing a wide range of services for Nashville-area youth] at the same time.”

Carter was hired by the Oasis Center after graduation. When Hadley graduated the following year, she began working with the Metro Public Health Department as the coordinator of ACE (All Children Excel) Nashville.

“ACE Nashville is a collective impact initiative whose mission is to prevent and mitigate the lifelong impact of childhood adversity to improve the safety, health, and prosperity of our community,” explained Hadley.

“We have close to 500 individual members representing 130-plus organizations. Our vision is for Nashville to be a safe, stable, and nurturing community for all.

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“Our leadership team has been invested in incorporating youth voice for some time,” Hadley said.

“When we began planning our next quarterly meeting, we were all concerned about the impact of pandemic-related isolation and disruption on our youth.

We were also inspired by youthled movements in our city and country that have led to so much positive change.”

Hadley got in touch with Carter, whose work with the Oasis Center includes the Mayor’s Youth Council, a leadership group of high school students from across Nashville. “The Mayor’s Youth Council is all about youth confronting the most challenging issues facing our city,” Carter explained. “We connect with government officials, give input on government policies and practices that affect youth, bring youth together to discuss key issues at the Mayor’s Youth Summit, participate in city-wide service like the MLK Day Nashville Celebration, and advocate for initiatives by youth and for youth.”

Hadley asked Carter if the Mayor’s Youth Council would be willing to participate in the event, and Carter invited Hadley to attend the council’s next meeting to present a training and inform members about the opportunity

at ACE. “That meeting was wonderful, and the young people on the council were very interested in learning more and contributing to the mission of ACE Nashville,” said Hadley.

“We reached out to Dr. Sheila Peters, a renowned psychologist from Fisk University with a long history of working with young people from culturally diverse backgrounds. . . . We were committed to creating space for the MYC members to do their thing. We did not plan topics for them to discuss but invited them to outline their own event. They focused on the challenges of the pandemic related to isolation and education, the political divisiveness and contemptuous election, and the role that social media has played in raising the profile of youth voice.”

Hadley said the effects of the collaboration were deeply moving for those who attended the meeting, which was held over Zoom in late January.

“Many of our members remarked that it was the best quarterly meeting they could remember,” she said. “We were so blessed by the voices of the Mayor’s Youth Council and by Adrianna’s leadership. We look forward to exploring ways to partner in the future. It was an incredible privilege to collaborate with my good friend Adrianna on this event, because I have admired her since our first days at UTCSW.” As Carter continues her work with the Oasis Center and the Mayor’s Youth Council, she is also grateful for Hadley and the collaboration they developed.

“Working with Kylan was wonderful and reminded me of our time together at the UT College of Social Work. College initially brought us together, and now our similar goals of helping the youth in Nashville allow us to keep working together.”

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

CSWE Minority Fellows Are Making an Impact

Hannah Lozano Two social work students were selected for the Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program. These fellowships, funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, are intended to help reduce the effects of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities by increasing the number of individuals trained to work with underrepresented and underserved racial and ethnic minority persons with, or at risk for, mental health or substance abuse disorders. Recipients must identify mental health or substance use disorder service delivery to racial or ethnic minority populations as their focus and be committed to seeking employment in mental health or substance use disorder services or prevention with the target population immediately after graduation for at least two years, in Lanalle Darden order to have time to make an impact.

Second-year MSSW student Hannah Lozano was awarded the Master’s Minority Fellowship. “Communities of color are vastly underrepresented in helping professions, including social work,” Lozano said. “Providing an opportunity for ethnic minority students to engage, collaborate, and develop their skills and interests through this program is invaluable as it strengthens the presence of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and People of Color] scholars in the field and increases social work resources for communities I believe that having a mentor of color. I am looking forward to engaging with social work students across the country who share a who is willing to invest time and commitment to equity and change. effort into a student’s professional “I owe a great deal to my faculty research mentor Dr. [Patricia] Bamwine, who encouraged development has a valuable me to apply to the MFP. Having a mentor who impact in the professional challenges me and believes in me has allowed me to grow intellectually and professionally. I development of aspiring scholars.” believe that having a mentor who is willing to — Hannah Lozano invest time and effort into a student’s professional development has a valuable impact in the professional development of aspiring scholars.”

Lanalle Darden, in the final year of her DSW, was awarded the CSWE Doctoral Minority Fellowship. She currently serves as the director of child, adolescent, and family services for a community mental health center with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health.

“In this role, I work to expand school mental health services in my region and collaborate with multiple youth-serving agencies to ensure that there is no wrong door to the system of care for youth to receive mental health services,” she explained. “I also serve as zero suicide coordinator for the Santee–Wateree region and am working to address the problem of treatment disengagement among emerging adults who are transitioning from the child to adult mental health systems.”

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Community partner Hands on Nashville, or HON, provides relief efforts in the wake of the Nashville tornadoes. On May 27 the college recognized HON with its Light the Way Award, which honors an agency or community organization that exemplifies the values and advances the mission of social work.

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Lawson Endowed Graduate Fellowship Opens Doors For KE’Marvin Pitts (MSSW ’20), earning a graduate degree was the next step toward his career goal. As an undergraduate football player at Troy University, Pitts envisioned a career in sports. When an injury benched him, he began to KE’Marvin Pitts reflect on other challenges he’d faced.

“I saw that seeds had been planted even before I got injured,” he said, “grieving the loss of my father when I was 15, facing the responsibility of getting a scholarship, working hard academically while being an athlete.”

He began to explore how he might help athletes facing similar situations develop resilience.

UT was his first choice for a graduate degree in social work. The Phillip and Janet Lawson Endowed Graduate Fellowship made that important next step possible. “The fellowship opened the door in allowing me to learn and develop clinically at a premier level and become the professional I am today, serving student athletes in their mental health,” Pitts said.

Following graduation, Pitts accepted a job at the University of Southern California. He works in USC’s athletics department as a therapist on the Heather Beverly sports psychology staff. “I’m part of a team which provides individual therapy, mental health outreach, and supports student athletes in their overall well-being,” he said. Now embarked on the career he dreamed about, Pitts said, “The Lawson Fellowship was and always will be a blessing for me.”

After 20 years as a voice teacher and middle school choir director, Heather Beverly (MSSW ’21) found herself at a crossroads. “I had a longtime interest in social work,” she said. “As a teacher, I would often have students who were struggling with family situations and other issues, and I wanted to be able to help them in a meaningful way.”

Beverly enrolled in the MSSW program in 2019, and with the help of the Lawson Endowed Graduate Fellowship she received her degree in May. “The fellowship enabled me to continue attending graduate school full time,” Beverly said. “As a wife and mom of two children juggling my studies on top Phil Lawson of a busy life, and in the middle of a pandemic, I am truly grateful for this invaluable financial assistance.’’

Her goal is to become a licensed clinical social worker in private practice, working with children and adults. “This is the beginning of a second career for me, and this fellowship has given me a tremendous boost as I move toward a fulfilling new role in social work.”

Phil Lawson (BS accounting ’73), chairman of LHP Capital LLC in Knoxville, and his wife, Janet, established the fellowship in 2017. They were This is the beginning of a second interested in increasing the College of Social Work’s ability to attract and retain top students. career for me, and this fellowship “Social work is a small college with a big impact,” has given me a tremendous boost Lawson said. “Graduates serve communities as I move toward a fulfilling new across Tennessee and beyond, improving the lives of people at risk and helping them overcome role in social work.” challenges. We’re glad to be part of this — Heather Beverly important work.”

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Private giving supports our students and faculty and strengthens our program. For information about making a gift to the College of Social Work, contact Stephanie Piper, senior director of advancement, at spiper@utk.edu.

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ADVANCEMENT IMPACT

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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.”

— Elizabeth Strand

Veterinary social worker Andrew Lufkin mentors college ambassador Patrick Angelaccio (BSSW ’22).

A Legacy of Compassionate Care On a visit to UT in 2012, animal lovers Barbara and Eric Witzig were inspired by a meeting with Elizabeth Strand, director of the Veterinary Social Work program. The couple’s interest grew as they learned more about veterinary social work.

In 2014, they created the All Creatures Great and Small Endowed Clinical Professorship within the program.

The Witzigs are now both deceased, but their commitment to animals and animal caregivers lives on. A recent bequest from the Eric and Barbara Witzig Trust will provide additional resources to the professorship and expand research and practice in this important field.

“When Barbara and Eric created the All Creatures Great and Small Endowment in Veterinary Social Work, it did two things,” said Strand.

“It helped to solidify this new subspecialty 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.” Strand was the first All Creatures Great and Small Endowed Professor, a position she still holds.

The Veterinary Social Work program is a partnership between the College of Social Work and the College of Veterinary Medicine. It offers graduate and undergraduate

training focused on grief and bereavement, compassion fatigue, the link between animal and human abuse, and animalassisted therapies.

“It’s a program dedicated to marrying the professions of veterinary medicine and social work,” Strand said. “Sometimes in social work, we are around such deep suffering that we become fatigued—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.”

After Barbara Witzig’s death in 2015, Eric Witzig continued to enjoy visits to campus and updates from Strand. He passed away in February 2020.

“Eric would mentor me about what I needed to do to grow veterinary social work, and he was right on every count,” Strand said. “I still have some promises I made to him that I intend to keep. The generous bequest to the All Creatures Great and Small Endowed Clinical Professorship ensures that not only I, but those that come after me, will be able to keep our veterinary social work promises and honor Eric and Barbara’s legacy.”

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190,474 student field placement hours in 2020

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Publications 2020 JANUARY

Abrams, T. E. (2020). Exploring the role of social work in U.S. burn centers. Social Work in Health Care, 59(1), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2019.1695704 Bamwine, P. M., Jones, K., Chugani, C., Miller, E., & Culyba, A. (2020). Homicide survivorship and suicidality among adolescents. Traumatology, 26(2), 185–192. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000230 Held, M. L., Jones, A.*, & Forrest-Bank, S. (2020).

Predictors of Latinx youth health and emotional well-being: Social determinants of health perspective.

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7, 1188– 1201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00744-4 Kroshus, E., Cameron, K. L., Coatsworth, J. D., D’Lauro, C., Kim, E., Lee, K., Register-Mihalik, J. K., Milroy, J. J., Roetert, E. P., Schmidt, J. D., Silverman, R. D., Warmath, D., Wayment, H. A., & Hainline, B. (2020). Improving concussion education: Consensus from the NCAA–Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 54, 1314–1320. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102185 Leitch, J., Gandy-Guedes, M., & Messinger, L. (2020).

The psychometric properties of the Competency Assessment Tool for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2020.1712138 Macmaster, S., Holleran, L., & McClernon-Chaffin, K. A. (2020). Harm reduction: Empirical and theoretical support for non-abstinence-based prevention services for adolescents. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 2(1-2), 91–111, https://doi.org/10.1300/J394v02n01_06 Ricciardelli, L. A., McGarity, S., & Nackerud, L. (2020).

Social work education and the recognition of rights in the digital tech age: Implications for professional identity. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1805427 Voth Schrag, R. J., Ravi, K. E., & Robinson, S. R. (2020) The role of social support in the link between economic abuse and economic hardship. Journal of Family Violence, 35(1), 8593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-018-0019-8

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Voth Schrag, R. J., Ravi, K., Robinson, S., Schroeder, E., & Padilla-Medina, D. (2020). Experiences with help seeking among non–service-engaged survivors of IPV: Survivors’ recommendations for service providers. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220963861 Wicklund, A., Andrews, B., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020). School concussion policy in Colorado: Lack of knowledge and access are barriers to education.

Journal of School Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840520964925 Wodarski, J. S. (2020). Evidence-based social work practice: The conundrum. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 17(5), 511–513. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1793860 Yoon, S.*, Cummings, S., Nugent, W. R., & ForrestBank, S. (2020). How spousal physical abuse impacts suicidal ideation among community-dwelling older adults: The effects of protective factors. Aging and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1844144

FEBRUARY

Held, M. L., & Lee, S. (2020). Relationship between volunteering and perceived general health of individuals with serious mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 56(2), 348–352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00475-9 Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Seiter, N. S., Broderick, P. C., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020). Mindfulness interventions to reduce impact of interparental conflict on adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(2), 392–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01599-y Neugebauer, R., Wickramaratne, P., Svob, C., McClintock, C. H., Gameroff, M. J., Miller, L., & Conway, A. (2020). Contribution of religion/spirituality and major depressive disorder to altruism. Journal of Affective Disorders, 262, 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.031 Swan, L. E. T., Auerbach, S. L., Ely, G. E., Agbemenu, K., Mencia, J., & Araf, N. R. (2020). Family planning practices in Appalachia: Focus group perspectives on service needs in the context of regional substance abuse. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041198

Voth Schrag, R. J., & Ravi, K. (2020). Measurement of economic abuse among women not seeking social or support services and dwelling in the community.

Violence and Victims, (35)1, 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00154 Wicklund, A., Roy, A., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020).

Providing a medical definition of concussion: Can a simple intervention improve self-reported concussion history in youth athletes? Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000000813

MARCH

Clark, K. A., Blosnich, J. R., Coulter, R. W. S., Bamwine, P., Bossarte, R. M., & Cochran, S. D. (2020). Sexual orientation differences in gun ownership and beliefs about gun safety policy. Violence and Gender, 7(1), 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2019.0019 Mason, M., Mennis, J., Moore, M.*, & Brown, A.* (2020). The role of sex, executive functioning, and perceptions of safety on urban adolescent substance use. Addiction Research & Theory, 28(2), 144–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1601708 Volk, J. O., Schimmack, U., Strand, E. B., Vasconcelos, J., & Siren, C. W. (2020). Executive summary of the Merck Animal Health Veterinarian Wellbeing Study II. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 252(10), 1231–1238. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.252.10.1231

APRIL

Linn, B. K., Ely, G. E., & Staton, M. (2020). Latent profiles of health and reproductive risk and protective factors among women in Appalachia. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 20(2), 155–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2020.1748976 Robinson, S. R., Ravi, K., & Voth Schrag, R. J. (2020).

A systematic review of barriers to formal help seeking for adult survivors of IPV in the United States.

Trauma Violence Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838020916254

MAY

Despard, M. R., Friedline, T., & Martin-West, S. (2020).

Why do households lack emergency savings? The role of financial capability. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, (41), 542–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-020-09679-8

Fields, N., Miller, V., Cronley, C., Mattingly, S., Hyun, K., Shademi, S., & Williams, J. (2020). Interprofessional collaboration to promote transportation equity for environmental justice populations: A mixed methods study of civil engineers, transportation planners, and social workers’ perspectives. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 5, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100110 Mason, M. J. (2020). Depressive symptoms moderate cannabis use for young adults in a text-delivered randomized clinical trial for cannabis use disorder.

Addictive Behaviors, 104, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106259 Ravi, K. E., Black, B. M., Mitschke, D. B., & Pearson, K. (2020). Karen refugee youths’ satisfaction with a teen dating violence prevention program. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 29(1–3), 221–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2020.1712570 Wicklund, A., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020). Concussion disclosure in middle and high school youth: Who gets the message and are they trained to receive it?

Journal of Concussion, 4, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059700220924499

JUNE

Cronley, C., Murphy, E. R., & Petrovich, J. C. (2020).

Homelessness from a holistic paradigm: Bridging gaps in curriculum through supplemental education opportunities. Journal of Social Work Education, 56(S1), S16–S27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2020.1723762 Helms, K. L., & Held, M. L. (2020). Navigating the challenges of integrating and assessing interprofessional education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020(162), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20389

JULY

Agbemenu, K., Auerbach, S., Ely, G. E., Aduloji-Ajijola, N., & Wang, H. (2020). Family planning trends among community-dwelling African refugee women. Public Health Nursing, 37(4), 478–486. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12725 Black, B., Ravi, K., & Hoefer, R. (2020). Determining the existence and strength of teen dating violence policy: Testing a comparative state internal determinants model. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520935529 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK

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Dabelko-Schoeny, H., Fields, N. L., White, K., Sheldon, M., Ravi, K., Robinson, S. R., Murphy, I. E., & Jennings, C. (2020). Using community-based participatory research strategies in age-friendly communities to solve mobility challenges. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 63(5), 447–463. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1769787 Ely, G. E., Linn, B. K., Staton, M., Hales, T. W., Agbemenu, K., & Maguin, E. (2020). Contraceptive use in Appalachian women who use drugs and were recruited from rural jails. Social Work in Health Care; 59(6), 365–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2020.1769249 First, J. M., Yu, M., & Houston, J. B. (2020).

Development and validation of the disaster adaptation and resilience scale (DARS): A measure to assess individual disaster resilience. Disasters. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12452 Hobbs, S., McCloskey, M. L., Johnson, S. L., Coatsworth, J. D., & Bellows, L. (2020). Intervention mapping of maternal self-care practices to facilitate intervention design. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 52(7), S40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2020.04.098 Joseph, A. A., Wilcox, S. M., Hnilica, R. J., & Hansen, M. C. Keeping race at the center of school discipline practices and trauma-informed care: An interprofessional framework. Children and Schools, 42(3), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdaa013 Kinney, A. R., Eakman, A. M., Schmid, A. A., Henry, K. H., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020). Protective and healthrelated factors contributing to resilience among student veterans: A classification approach. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 74(4), 740–765. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.038331 Mason, M. J., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2020).

Adolescents’ response to a text message-delivered tobacco use intervention by depressive symptoms and sex. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 29(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2020.1792021 Wodarski, J. S. (2020). The multi-factorial complexity of social work practice and implications for interventions. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 17(4), 385–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1774457

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AUGUST

Abrams, T. E., & McGarity, S. (2020). Psychosocial determinants of burn-related suicide: Evidence from the national violent death reporting system. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 42(2), 305–310. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa152 Baker, A. C., Martin-West, S., Samra, S., & Cusack, M. (2020). Mitigating loss of health insurance and means tested benefits in an unconditional cash transfer experiment: Implementation lessons from Stockton’s guaranteed income pilot. SSM Population Health, 11, 100578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100578 Conway, A. (2020). Longitudinal associations between parenting and inattention, impulsivity, and delay of gratification in preschool-aged children: The role of temperamental difficultness and toddler attention focusing. Developmental Neuropsychology, 45(5), 309–329. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2020.1797042 Ely, G. E., Hales, T. W., & Agbemenu, K. (2020). An exploration of the experiences of Florida abortion fund service recipients. Health and Social Work, 45(3), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlaa012 Kinney, A. R., Schmid, A. A., Henry, K. L., Coatsworth, J. D., & Eakman, A. M. (2020). Protective and healthrelated factors contributing to resilience among student veterans: A classification approach. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4). https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.038331 Ricciardelli, L. A., McGarity, S., & Nackerud, L. (2020).

Social work education and the recognition of rights in the digital tech age: implications for professional identity. Social Work Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1805427

SEPTEMBER

First, J. M., Danforth, L., Frisby, C. M., Warner, B. R., Ferguson, M. W., & Houston, J. B. (2020).

Posttraumatic stress related to the killing of Michael Brown and resulting civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri: Roles of protest engagement, media use, race, and resilience. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 11(3), 369–391. https://doi.org/10.1086/711162 Kroshus, E., Cameron, K. L., Coatsworth, J. D., D’Lauro, C., Kim, N. J., Lee, K. M., Register-Mihalik, J., Milroy, J. J., Roetert, E. P., Schmidt, J. D., Silverman, R. D., Warmath, D., Wayment, H. A., & Hainline, B. (2020). Improving concussion education: Consensus from the NCAA–Department of Defense Mind Matters Research & Education Grand Challenge. Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 20(3), 88–95.

McGarity, S. V., Okech, D. O., Risler, E., & Clees, T. J. (2020). Assessing financial capability among people with disabilities. Journal of Social Work, 20(5), 657–672. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017319860308

OCTOBER

First, J. M., Shin, H., Ranjit, Y. S., & Houston, J. B. (2020). COVID-19 stress and depression: Examining social media, traditional media, and interpersonal communication. Journal of Loss and Trauma; 26(2), 101–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2020.1835386 Gomez, A. M., Downey, M. M., Carpenter, E., Leedham, U., Begun, S., Craddock, J., & Ely, G. E. (2020).

Advancing reproductive justice to close the health gap: A call to action for social work. Social Work, 65(4), 358–367. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa034 Held, M. L., Nulu, S., Faulkner, M., & Gerlach, B. (2020). Climate of fear: Provider perceptions of Latinx immigrant service utilization. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7(5), 901–912. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00714-w Messinger, L., Natale, A. P., Dentato, M. P., & Craig, S. L. (2020). Conflict in field: LGBTQ social work students’ stories of identity management, discrimination, and practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 56(4), 708–720. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1661912 Ochocki, S.*, Frey, A. J., Patterson, D. A., Herron, F., Beck, N.*, & Dupper, D. R. (2020). Evaluating the Zones of Regulation intervention to improve the selfcontrol of elementary students. International Journal of School Social Work, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.4148/2161-4148.1046 Smith, R.*, Mindrup, R., Foley, L., Porter, R., Herron, F., Patterson, D., & Wooten R. (2020). Engagement in mental health services after CIT: The effects of mobile crisis team involvement. Journal for Advancing Justice, III, 15–36.

NOVEMBER

Bowland, S., & Hines-Martin, V. (2020). Strengthening health in mixed-age housing communities. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 43(2), 218–234. https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.43.2.8 Cronley, C. (2020). Invisible intersectionality in vulnerability among individuals experiencing homelessness: Critically appraising the VI-SPDAT. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2020.1852502

Crutchfield, J., Hall, J. C., Ortega-Williams, A., & Webb, S. L. (2020). Colorism and the poetics of resistance among black youth: An application of the colorist-historical trauma framework. Journal of Black Studies, 51(8), 813–831. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934720935849 Lucas-Thompson, R. G, Rayburn, S., Seiter, N., Broderick, P. C., Smyth, J. M., Coatsworth, J. D., McKernan, C. J., & Henry, K. L. (2020). Learning to BREATHE “Plus”: A multi-modal adaptive supplement to an evidence-based mindfulness intervention for adolescents. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 760. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.579556 Wodarski, J. S. (2020). Preparing social services and public services professionals for meaningful roles in disaster services. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 17(6), 637–647. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1798835

DECEMBER

Cummings, S. & Kropf, N. (2020). Older adult cohousing communities: The lived experience.

Innovation in Aging, 4(1), 109–110. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.361 Fields, N., Ravi, K., & Dabelko-Schoeny, H. (2020).

Outdoor spaces, transportation, and environmental justice: A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis.

Innovation in Aging, 4(1), 701–702. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2463 Mintu Miah, M. D., Naz, F., Hyun, K., Mattingly, S. P, Cronley, C., & Fields, N. (2020). Barriers and opportunities for paratransit users to adopt ondemand micro transit. Research in Transportation Economics, 84, 101001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.101001 Rai, A., & Ravi, K. (2020). Navigating academia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Greenwich Social Work Review, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v1i2.1158 Ravi, K. & Tonui, B. (2020). A systematic review of the child exposure to domestic violence scale. The British Journal of Social Work, 50(1), 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz028 Tonui, B., Ravi, K., & Rodriguez, P. (2020). COVID-19: Social work reflections on challenges and lessons.

Greenwich Social Work Review, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v1i2.1168

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