Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Duncan Mayer, a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Victor Groza, the Grace F. Brody Professor of Parent-Child Studies, recently co-authored an article published in the American Journal of Evaluation.  In their article, titled “Promoting…

U.S. News & World Report: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study that found young Black children living in racially segregated U.S.…

Along with PhD student Marina Mandrikova, they break stereotypes to highlight Africa’s role in Byzantine art and culture For Betsy Bolman, art history chair and the Elsie B. Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts, being awarded the 2023 Tsiter-Kontopoulou Prize was a unique honor. “It was quite…

Good Morning America: Ivan Conard, research associate in the Center on Trauma and Adversity at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the effort to use hip-hop to bridge the gap between mental health struggles in communities of color—with music as a healing…

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences held an event at the home of Visiting Committee member and alumna Susan LaPine (MNO ’97) on Aug. 10 to publicize an innovation in its nonprofit management programming—a new Professional Certificate in Nonprofit Fundraising—and to…

Class Year: August 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work During the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ diploma ceremony May 19, graduating student Sydney Evans was called to the Maltz Performing Arts Center stage not once but four times. Chosen by her…

Serena Wheeler’s first encounter with the communication sciences field was through her brother, who has autism and works with a speech-language pathologist. But despite this early, personal connection to the field, Wheeler didn’t initially consider it as a career. Instead, she came to Case Western…

WEWS: Bobbi Beale, co-director of the Center for Innovative Practices at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said children and teens are notoriously influenced by their peers, and when they’re in…

Before starting classes at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Allysia White had her sights set on a particular experience: study abroad. “I love to travel so study abroad wasn’t a question of if I was going, it was more of a question…

Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Adult Mental Health Name of Summer Job/Organization: Open Sky Wilderness Therapy and Restorative Solutions, both in Colorado When considering how he’d spend his summer, Seth Rose found two opportunities related to his…