The faculty, staff and students of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis will offer more than 60 presentations at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference, a key convening of leading researchers in the field. Their findings cover topics such as food insecurity, place-based community development interventions, and social workers鈥� role in preventing gun violence.
Centered on the theme 鈥淎chieving Equal Opportunity, Equity, and Justice,鈥� the conference will take place Jan. 10 鈥� 14, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
During the conference, Professors Sean Joe and Melissa Jonson-Reid will also be聽inducted as fellows聽in the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare for their distinguished accomplishments as scholars and practitioners dedicated to advancing social good.
To honor their achievements, the Brown School will host a reception on Friday, Jan. 12, 6:30 鈥� 7:30 p.m., in the Tulip Room of the Marriott Marquis Washington D.C.
Consult the listings below to explore the breadth of ways to connect with Brown School researchers throughout the conference. All events will take place within the Marriott Marquis Washington D.C.
Thursday, January 11
| 8:00 AM | Ross Brownson | |
| 8:00 AM | Renee Cunningham-Williams | |
| 1:30 PM | Hyunil Kim | |
| 1:30 PM | Stephen Roll, Samuel Taylor, Sam Bufe, Michal Grinstein-Weiss | |
| 2:00 PM | Whitney Sewell | |
| 2:30 PM | Ellen Frank-Miller, Meredith Covington, Michal Grinstein-Weiss | |
| 2:30 PM | Whitney Sewell, Harry Taylor, Darrell Hudson | |
| 3:15 PM | 鈥� | 鈥婥hien-jen Chiang |
| 3:15 PM | Ellie S. Wideman, Allison E. Dunnigan, Melissa Jonson-Reid | |
| 3:15 PM | Hyunil Kim, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Brett Drake | |
| 3:45 PM | Employee Financial Wellness Programs (EFWPs) | Ellen Frank-Miller, Meredith Covington, Michal Grinstein-Weiss |
| 3:45 PM | Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Stephen Roll, Sam Bufe | |
| 4:15 PM | Michael Sherraden | |
| 4:45 PM | Sondra Beverly, Margaret Clancy, Michael Sherraden |
Friday, January 12
| 7:00 AM | Nancy Morrow-Howell | |
| 8:00 AM | Tonya Edmond | |
| 8:00 AM | Tonya Edmond | |
| 8:00 AM | Yu-Chih Chen, Chien-jen Chiang | |
| 8:30 AM | Cole Hooley | |
| 9:45 AM | Von Nebbitt | |
| 9:45 AM | Sojung Park, Songhee Kim | |
| 9:45 AM | Mary McKay, Ozge Sensoy-Bahar | |
| 9:45 AM | Shenyang Guo | |
| 9:45 AM | Renee Cunningham-Williams | |
| 10:45 AM | 鈥� | 鈥婽onya Edmond |
| 1:45 PM | Carrie Pettus-Davis, Antoinette Grier | |
| 1:45 PM | Sean Joe | |
| 1:45 PM | Michal Grinstein-Weiss | |
| 1:45 PM | Saras Chung, Kyle A. Pitzer, Peter S. Hovmand | |
| 2:15 PM | Chien-jen Chiang, Yu-Chih Chen | |
| 3:15 PM | Maxine Davis, Melissa Jonson-Reid | |
| 3:30 PM | Wendy Auslander, Shih-Ying Cheng, Donald R Gerke, Rachel Voth Schrag | |
| 3:30 PM | Eleni Gaveras, Wendy Auslander | |
| 3:30 PM | Andrew Foell | |
| 3:30 PM | Yiqi Zhu | |
| 3:30 PM | Harry Taylor | |
| 4:00 PM | Sam Bufe, Stephen Roll, Michal Grinstein-Weiss | |
| 5:00 PM | Sojung Park, Timothy D. McBride, Ja Kyung Jang | |
| 5:15 PM | Sondra Beverly, Margaret Clancy, Michael Sherraden | |
| 5:15 PM | Tonya Edmond (Moderator) |
Saturday, January 13
| 8:00 AM | Sara Beeler-Stinn | |
| 8:00 AM | Tess Thompson, Maria P茅rez, Maxine Davis, Donna Jeffe | |
| 9:00 AM | Aytakin Huseynli | |
| 9:45 AM | Carrie Pettus-Davis | |
| 12:45 PM | Michael Sherraden | |
| 4:00 PM | Enola Proctor | |
| 4:00 PM | David A. Patterson, Josh Chen | |
| 4:00 PM | 鈥� | Cashell Lewis |
| 4:30 PM | Allison E. Dunnigan, Hollee McGinnis | |
| 5:30 PM | Von Nebbitt, Sean Joe |
Sunday, January 14
| 8:00 AM | David A. Patterson | |
| 8:00 AM | Tess Thompson, Patricia Kohl, Sonia Boyum, Matthew Kreuter | |
| 9:45 AM | Lindsay A. Bornheimer, Mary McKay | |
| 9:45 AM | Shih-Ying Cheng, Takashi Amano | |
| 9:45 AM | Yu-Chih Chen, Nancy Morrow-Howell | |
| 9:45 AM | Oejin Shin, Takashi Amano, Sojung Park | |
| 9:45 AM | Hyunil Kim, Brett Drake | |
| 10:15 AM | Lindsay A. Bornheimer, Mary McKay | |
| 10:15 AM | Kyle A. Pitzer, Andrew Foell, Natalicio Serrano | |
| 10:45 AM | Cal Halvorsen, Yu-Chih Chen | |
| 11:15 AM | Ericka Lewis, Donald Gerke, Patricia Kohl | |
| 11:30 AM | Yi Wang, Sojung Park | |
| 11:30 AM | Katherine Marcal | |
| 11:30 AM | 鈥� | Maya Williams |
| 1:00 PM | Von Nebbitt, Takashi Amano |