The Brown School community will take part in more than 60 presentations during the Social Work and Social Policy annual conference, January 15-19, 2020. Held at Washington D.C.’s Marriot Marquis, the theme this year’s meeting is “Reducing Racial and Economic Inequality.”
In addition to presentations, there are several additional conference events of interest to the Brown School community:
- Mark Rank, Herbert H. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, will host a book signing for 鈥淭oward a Livable Life: A 21st Century Agenda for Social Work鈥� at the Oxford University Press Booth from 1:30 鈥� 2:30 p.m. on Friday, January 17. Rank, who edited the volume, will be joined by two of the more than 30 Brown School contributors: Mary McKay, Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School, and Edward Lawlor, William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Special Assistant to the Provost. The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of the book.
- Research Professor Margaret Sherraden will be inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare on January 17 at 7:00 p.m. AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare. The ceremony will take place in Independence Salons D&E, with a reception immediately following the event.
- The Brown School will honor the National Institute of Mental Health’s Denise Juliano-Bult with a Champion of Social Work Research Award during this year鈥檚 Aaron Rosen Lecture on Saturday, January 18 at 11:30 a.m. She is being recognized for her commitment to scientific excellence and steadfast support of social work scholarship, research, development and training.
- The Brown School sponsors the Aaron Rosen lecture on January 18, and this year’s speaker is University of Washington Professor Karina Walters, who focuses on the historical, social and cultural determinants of health among American Indian and Alaska Native populations as well as chronic disease prevention research.
Please see the list of Brown School presentations below; presenting authors are noted by an asterisk where applicable.
Thursday, January 16
| 8:00 a.m. | Mary McKay | Archives, ML 4 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Lessons Learned and Strategies Shared: How to Successfully Develop your Scholarly Agenda as an Underrepresented Junior Faculty Member | David Patterson Silver-Wolf | Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2 |
| 8:00 a.m. | Who’s Included & Who’s Not: Incorporating a Racial Equity Lens into Social Work Research Methods Training | Sheretta Butler-Barnes | Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2 |
| 1:30 p.m. | Kyle Pitzer* Gena McClendon Michael Sherraden Aura Aguilar | Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Michael Sherraden | Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Michael Galvin | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Gena McClendon* Kyle Pitzer Michael Sherraden Aura Aguilar | Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Fred Ssewamala | Independence BR C, ML 4 | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Andrew Foell | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Chien-Jen Chiang* Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Proscovia Nabunya* William Byansi Ozge Sensoy Bahar Mary McKay Fred Ssewamala | Independence BR H, ML 4 | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Yiqi Zhu* Ying Ma | Marquis BR Salon 10, ML 2 | |
| 4:15 p.m. | Thabani Nyoni | Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4 | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Thabani Nyoni | Independence BR C, ML 4 |
Friday, January 17
| 9:45 a.m. | Maria Gandarilla Ocampo* Brett Drake Melissa Jonson-Reid | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Aytakin Huseynli | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Ashley Jackson | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Jin Huang | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Brett Drake Melissa Jonson-Reid | Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2 | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Nancy Morrow-Howell | Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2 | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Margaret Sherraden | Independence BR C, ML 4 | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Byron Powell | Treasury, ML 4 | |
| 12:45 p.m. | Melissa Jonson-Reid Tonya Edmond | Liberty Ballroom N, ML 4 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Michal Grinstein-Weiss* Olga Kondratjeva Aytakin Huseynli Stephen Roll | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Aytakin Huseynli | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Aytakin Huseynli* Michael Sherraden | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Patrick Fowler Peter Hovmand Jessica Cohen | Independence BR C, ML 4 | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Sicong Sun | Independence BR A, ML 4 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Margaret Sherraden | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 鈥�3:15 p.m. | 鈥婱ark Rank | 鈥婭ndependence BR Salons D/E, ML 4 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Jin Huang | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Sara Beeler-Stinn* Tanya Renn Manik Ahuja Yu-Chih Chen Renee Cunningham-Williams | Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2 | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Yu-Chih Chen* Sicong Sun | Independence BR A, ML 4 | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Yingying Zeng Sophia Fox-Dichter | Marquis BR Salon 7, ML 2 | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Von Nebbitt | Capitol, ML 4 | |
| 4:15 p.m. | Yu-Chih Chen* Sicong Sun | Independence BR A, ML 4 | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Sicong Sun* Yu-Chih Chen | Independence BR A, ML 4 | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Mark Rank | Independence BR Salons D/E, ML 4 | |
| 鈥�6:30 p.m. | 鈥� | 鈥婣shley Jackson* | 鈥婱arquis BR Salon 14, ML 2 |
| 5:30 p.m. | Melissa Jonson-Reid | Marquis BR Salon 12, ML 2 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Von Nebbitt | Marquis BR Salon 8, ML 2 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Autumn Asher BlackDeer* David Patterson Silver Wolf | Marquis BR Salon 9, ML 2 |
Saturday, January 18
| 9:45 a.m. | Andrew Foell* Kyle Pitzer Natalicio Serrano | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Eleni Gaveras* Chris Weatherly | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Yuanyaun Yang* Proscovia Nabunya Fred Ssewamala | Independence BR F, ML 4 | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Darejean Dvalishvili* Proscovia Nabunya Ozge Sensoy Bahar Fred Ssewamala | Independence BR F, ML 4 | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Wendy Auslander | Independence BR H, ML 4 | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Chien-Jen Chiang Melissa Jonson-Reid Brett Drake | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Sojung Park | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 |
Sunday, January 19
| 8:00 a.m. | Linyun Fu Yiqi Zhu | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Leopoldo Cabassa* Xiaoyan Wang Christopher Weatherly | Mint, ML 4 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Phylicia Allen* Sheretta Butler-Barnes Maya Williams Ashley Jackson Helen Robinson | Supreme Court, ML 4 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | William Byansi* Proscovia Nabunya Ozge Sensoy Bahar Fred Ssewamala | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Shenyang Guo Yu-Chih Chen | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Sojung Park | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Shih-Ying Cheng | Independence BR B, ML 4 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Leopoldo Cabassa | Treasury, ML 4 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Hannah Szlyk* Sean Joe Ryan Lindsay | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Sojung Park | Marquis BR Salon 6, ML 2 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Sean Joe | Independence BR G, ML 4 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | David Patterson Silver Wolf* Autumn Asher BlackDeer | Marquis BR Salon 13, ML 2 |