Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Like many school social workers, Cassandra Klein has an office stocked with snacks, clothing, socks, coats, gloves and other essentials students might reach for throughout the day. She even has weekend bags of food and produce to send home with students in need. As a family support specialist at…

Tian Xia, a PhD student in social welfare, and recent alumna Katie Russell gave a poster presentation at The Violence Prevention Research Conference. Co-sponsored by the University of New Hampshire and the University of Kentucky, the conference took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from July…

Signal Cleveland: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the Mandel School’s “Classroom Without Walls'' initiative, which offers up to nine free credits for local professionals willing to share their real-world experiences in classes…

Block Club Chicago: Amy T. Khare, research director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed plans from the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) to fix up more vacant buildings at a North Side development. “CHA’s past actions have proven it consistently fails to develop what it…

AARP Magazine: Francisca García-Cobián Richter, research associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study highlighting the startling gaps between the financial well-being of Ohio’s older Black residents and their white counterparts,…

Hands-on experiences: 6 CWRU students share how they’re spending their summer From clinical rotations in emergency departments to hands-on roles in engineering and nonprofit organizations, students at Case Western Reserve University are gaining invaluable experiences through internships this…

This past May, Assistant Professor Adrianne M. Fletcher published a book titled Helping Hands, Healing Hands with the Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. “Geared to the four- to eight-year old, Helping Hands, Healing Hands is about family engagement, work ethic and planning for the future,” Fletcher…

cleveland.com (subscription required): Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, outlined some of the issues concerning a spike in gun violence this summer in Cleveland. “You can’t just go around doing…

The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely to suffer behavioral, physical, emotional, social and mental-health consequences. In other words, youth exposed to violence are at serious risk for a lifetime of…

'By identifying violence exposure and trauma symptoms early on, we can intervene effectively and mitigate the long-term consequences for these vulnerable individuals.' The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely…