Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Associate Professor Kathleen J. Farkas will retire effective June 30, 2023. She has devoted 35 years of exceptional scholarship, teaching and service to the Mandel School, Case Western Reserve University and the academy. Dr. Farkas has made significant scholarly contributions to the areas of…

The Mandel School is small and mighty—we made it to the top because of you! This year, in support of student scholarships, we set a very ambitious goal of $60,000 for our annual Day of Giving on Tuesday, April 4. With your partnership, we surpassed it to raise nearly $66,000—thank you! In…

Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice, was appointed to the board of directors for nonprofit Kinnect. Kinnect is an Ohio-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring permanent families for all children in the shortest time possible and connecting those families with…

Class Year: August 2023 Degree Program: MSSA Online Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change Hometown: Timonium, Maryland Field Education Organization: FosterHope Sacramento in Sacramento, California Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you…

Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work Concentration: Child and Adolescent Mental Health with a Trauma Focus Anna Marie Giubileo always had the desire to work with people. As an undergraduate psychology major at Case Western Reserve University, she realized she wanted…

Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: MSW Online Concentration: Mental Health with Adults Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina Field Education Organization: Alternative Paths in Medina, Ohio Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you doing? I was employed as a…

We are eager to build upon Dean Dexter Voisin’s vision to substantially prepare our students with the unique skill set required to address human and social welfare issues affecting our communities today. With your gift, you are supporting Dean Voisin’s progress in his tenure to advance leadership…

Ashley Withrow, Katie Russell and Braveheart Gillani, PhD students at the Mandel School, recently penned an article that was published in The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. Their paper was titled “Mindfulness training for law enforcement to reduce occupational impact: A…

Spring break is a time when many students pack their bags, hop on planes and... continue their studies in faraway destinations. Such opportunities to study abroad are just returning to pre-pandemic levels, and—with visits to countries including Greece, Poland, Spain and beyond—Case Western Reserve…

WEWS: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, weighed in on another school shooting in Denver, part of a recent uptick in violence in classrooms that is putting pressure on school leaders. “It’s a big…