SSW Faculty, Ph.D. Students Share Recent Studies at Society for Social Work and Research Conference
UConn School of Social Work offered 42 presentations at the conference, representing the work of 23 faculty members and 18 students
Professor Rebecca Thomas presented “Social Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in Bulgaria: Understanding the Role of Civil Society in Building Support Systems" on Jan. 18 during the 30th annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference. The study is co-authored by Ph.D. student Fizza Saghir, MSW.
Several members of the UConn School of Social Work community attended, presented, and networked during the 30th annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference held Jan. 14-18 in Washington, D.C.
The conference, titled “Leading for Transformative Change: Aligning Social Work Science with Policy and Practice,” offered more than 500 symposia, research workshops, networking receptions, roundtables, flash talks, paper and poster presentations.
UConn School of Social Work offered 42 presentations at the conference, representing the work of 23 faculty members and 18 students. Topics ranged from college outcomes for youth with experience in foster care, to an analysis of the social work certification system in China, to intimate partner violence among LGBTQ+ populations in Southeast Asia, to an examination of states’ approaches to determining child care costs.
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), incorporated in 1994, is a non‐profit, professional membership organization. SSWR supports social workers, social welfare professionals, social work students, social work faculty and researchers in related fields.
Additional photos taken at the conference are below: (Photos courtesy of Cristina Wilson, UConn School of Social Work)
The School of Social Work offered 42 presentations at the conference, representing the work of 23 faculty members and 18 students.Ph.D. student Craig Mortley presented his research on “Legal Evolution of ‘Membership in a Particular Social Group’ in U.S. Asylum Law: Implications for Queer Asylum Seekers” on Jan. 15. He also presented at the conference’s opening presentation “Research, Inspire, Support, and Excel (RISE) Seminar.”Ph.D. students Zhenrong Su and Kylie Harrington presented “Social Worker Preparedness to Work with Far-Right Clients” on Jan. 16. Their study is co-authored by Jon Phillips, assistant professor; Kelsi Carolan, assistant professor; and Gio Iacono, assistant professor.Ph.D. students Zhenrong Su also presented his study titled “The Pitfalls of Progress: An Analysis of the Social Work Certification System in Mainland China” on Jan. 16.Madri Hall-Faul, Ph.D.’24 (SSW) presented “Contested TANF Spending: Pregnancy Resource Centers and the Politics of Public Funds” on Jan. 16. The study is co-authored by Professor Kathryn Libal; Ph.D. student Elnara Klicheva; and Emily Loveland, Ph.D.’24 (SSW).At left, Cristina Wilson, Zachs Chair in Social Work and professor in the School of Social Work, spoke at the “Invited Journal Editors Workshop: Forum on Publishing Qualitative Research” on Jan. 16. Wilson is editor-in-chief of Families in Society, a preeminent social work journal.
