Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

WKYC: Ric Kruszynski, director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) in the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the state’s new $6 million grant to launch the Substance Use Center of Excellence at the university to help combat Ohio's growing opioid epid...

A community partnership wants more babies to reach their first birthday Angela Newman-White grapples with a devastating reality: In 2022 alone, 90 babies in Cuyahoga County died before their first birthday, with the mortality rate far higher for Black infants than white infants. “...[We] have fail...

WEWS: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed proposed changes to federal assistance and food benefits. "[SNAP benefits] along with Medicaid, are one of the most far-reaching of our social s...

Braveheart Gillani, a doctoral student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected for the Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans People of Color (2-QTPOC) Award, which will be presented at the 2023 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting Oct. 26–29 in...

Wenxing Wei and Darrell Coleman, doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Social Sciences, were accepted into the Virtual 2023 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Doctoral Students at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and the Program for Research on Bla...

Dexter R. Voisin, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences, has been elected president of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD). He will serve a three-year term beginning July 1. Founded in 1986, NADD is a volunteer membership org...

Assistant Professor Adrianne M. Fletcher will return to the Mandel School with the elevated role of associate dean for equity and belonging on July 1. She was on a leave of absence serving as the Supreme Court of Ohio’s first diversity, equity and inclusion director since last May. In her governmen...

Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice, will complete 3.5 years of service as associate dean for research and training on June 30, stepping down to give more attention to her research and scholarship. Dr. Rolock served in this role when the research portfolio of the sch...

Professors Mariusz Baranowski and Piotr Jabkowski, of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, spent a week in Cleveland meeting with Mandel School faculty and students to explore research and teaching collaborations between the two universities. The Polish sociologists were the guests of profe...

Establishing clear title allows residents stay in, improve their homes, contributing to neighborhood stability on Cleveland’s east side It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one form ...