School of Social Work

Catherine Havens ’74 MSW, ’84 JD, center with back to camera, leads a roundtable discussion on current issues in social work with alumni from the School of Social Work. Clockwise from left, Carlos Rivera ’94 MSW, Patricia Wilcox ’78 MSW, Joseph Bisson ’93 MSW, Heidi McIntosh ’92 (SFS), ’98 MSW, and Robin McHaelen, ’94 MSW.

Challenges in Social Work Today

A panel of alumni from the School of Social Work discusses current issues and challenges in the field of social work.

Social Work Researchers Studying Relief Efforts for Iraqi Refugees

The displacement of half a million people from Iraq as a result of the U.S.-led war is a humanitarian crisis that has long-term consequences for Iraq and neighboring countries, according to social work researchers Kathryn Libal and Scott Harding. Yet, they say, while the media have focused on U.S. military casualties and other costs of the war in Iraq, the displacement crisis has been largely ignored. Since 2006, the two researchers have been studying how services are being provided to Iraqi refugees in Jordan.