Category: Fellow News
A talk on high performance and leadership from Fellow John Tropman
Academy Board member John Tropman teaches in University of Michigan’s School of Social Work, Business School and Executive Leadership program. In this podcast he talks leadership in a podcast and delves into orchestrating high performing persons into high performing organizations. Listen here: https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/107198/the-challenges-of-leadership
Class of 2019 Fellow Katherine Magnuson receives award
University of Wisconsin Madison’s Katherine Magnuson has been awarded the Wisconsin Partnership Program Award. Magnuson, a 2019 Academy Fellow, will focus focus on improving health outcomes in early childhood education through the award. More….
Fellow Macy on domestic violence
Discussion on domestic violence and organizations who assist from Fellow Rebecca J. Macy at UNC Chapel Hill: https://chapelboro.com/focus-carolina
Domestic violence and children: reviews from Fellow Jeffrey Edleston
Fellow and USC Dean Jeffrey Edleson reviews 31 articles in this journal entry that expands common definitions of how children witness adult domestic violence.
Award for Fredriksen-Goldsen
Academy Fellow Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen has been named the 2018 recipient of the Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging by the American Gerontological Society of America. Read more on her award.
Edleston featured on New Zealand Public Radio
UC Berkeley Dean and Fellow Jeffrey Edleston is an expert on the Hague Convention and domestic violence. He was featured on New Zealand public radio on a local case. Read more:
Delva Receives New Appointment
Boston University Dean Jorge Delva was recently appointed as director of the BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH). More……
New research on school safety and violence from Academy Fellows
Take a look at some commentary and practical ideas on school safety and violence from Fellows Ron Avi Astor and Rami Benbenishty. The two jointly published a new book from Oxford University Press.
Hawkins and Catalano release new book
Academy Fellows Richard Catalano and David Hawkins recently released their new book Communities That Care. Both Fellows were also selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work Research.
AASWSW to Induct 21 New Fellows in San Francisco
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare will induct 21 new Fellows for their accomplishments as scholars and practitioners for achievement and advancement of social good during a ceremony on Jan. 18, 2019, at the Society for Social Work and Research’s annual conference in San Francisco. The ceremony begins at 6:45 p.m.