School of Social Work
MSW Student Overcomes Obstacles to Find Success
Precious Price’s early years were tough. She was born to a single mother, the fourth of six children. “I grew up in and out of foster care placements.” At 12, she was placed in foster care until she aged out at 22. “I ended up in several different placements while in care, but remained in […]
Three SSW Faculty Receive Scholarship Facilitation Fund Grants
The UConn Vice President for Research awarded three Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF) grants to School of Social Work faculty for the spring 2016 semester. The grants will facilitate the growth of extramural research and increase scholarly publications produced by faculty. This builds on the School’s success in receiving these awards. In 2015, the VPR awarded grants […]
Collaborations with State Agencies Yields High-Impact Research
The School of Social Work maintains robust partnerships with the State of Connecticut, linking social work researchers with state agencies, such as DMHAS and DCF. “These are important collaborations because social work is a research discipline and profession, and it’s also a practice profession,” says Dr. Nina Rovinelli Heller, dean of the School of Social […]
UConn Partners with State on Child Welfare Project
The federally funded program seeks to prepare an ethnically and linguistically diverse group of social workers to work with vulnerable children and families.
SSW Hires Three Tenure Track Faculty
Dean Nina Rovinelli Heller announced the appointments of three new tenure-track assistant professors to begin in Fall 2016. “Together, these three candidates bring excellent research and scholarship achievement and potential as well as teaching, practice and community engagement skills”, she said. “Their focus on violence prevention in child welfare, interpersonal violence and corrections will significantly […]
Friends are Unreliable Sources for Drinking Study
Dr. Michael Fendrich’s research was featured in the inaugural issue of the UConn Health Journal In recent years, researchers have turned to friends of people in alcohol studies to verify what the subjects report about their drinking habits. People in the same social situations are sought out, in part, because of the inherent impairment caused […]
Preparing Graduates for the Child Welfare Workforce
The UConn School of Social Work and the CT Department of Children and Families (DCF) have established theConnecticut Partnership for Child Welfare Excellence. The SSW is one of only eleven schools of social work in the U.S. to be selected to participate in this five year federal grant funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for […]
School of Social Work Preparing Graduates to Work With At Risk Youth
Eighteen second year Casework and Group Work students are engaged in a program at the School of Social Work, in partnership with the Department of Mental Health and Addictions Services (DMHAS). The focus of this three year grant is to train MSW students to work effectively with the young adult population, ages 18-25, with serious […]
Doctoral Student Jason Ostrander Receives Award
Jason Ostrander is the recipient of the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA) Outstanding Student award. The award recognizes the contributions of a BSW or MSW student who has been involved in community or organizational practice. Dr. Louise Simmons, his dissertation advisor, nominated Jason because of his “amazing career and academic record related […]
SSW Welcomes Dr. Caitlin Elsaesser to the Faculty
Dr. Elsaesser joined the School of Social Work faculty in August. She teaches research in the MSW and doctoral programs. Her research agenda focuses on evaluating the developmental impact of childhood violence exposure and victimization over the life course. She is examining and contributing much needed insight into how specific forms of violence exposure and/or […]