Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Exactly 102 years ago today, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to ensure voting rights for women—though full electoral equality for women of color didn’t come until decades later. After decades of activism by suffragists to achieve this right, many thought the…

Class Year: 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health After building her research skills as an international investigator at a pre-employment background screening firm, Theresa Aldrich was seeking a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Public Health (MPH)…

August is National Black Business Month, a time that celebrates and promotes the support of Black-owned businesses in the United States. In honor of this month, The Daily sat down with several Case Western Reserve University students, alumni, faculty and staff members who double as business owners…

Lauren Steiner If you live in Cleveland, you have reason to celebrate National Nonprofit Day today, Aug. 17, which recognizes the incredible work nonprofit organizations do for their communities. Our city has a long history of nonprofit innovation as the birthplace of the Community Chest…

Global News Radio (Canada): Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the differences between gun crimes in Canada and the United States. “We are using the wrong comparison,” he said. “The U.S. is a huge outlier in the number of its…

Amy Khare, research director for the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, penned a piece titled “Advancing Racial Equity within Federal Housing Policy.” Khare’s article appeared in Cityscape, which is published by…

Assistant Professor Ann Nguyen had her National Institute on Aging (NIA) Scientific Meeting Grants (R13) application, on which she is a co-investigator, selected for funding. Scientific Meeting Grants support national or international meetings, conferences and workshops. NIA accepts applications…

Assistant Professor Jessica Wojtalik was selected to receive a Loan Repayment Program (LRP) award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The title of her project is "Confirming the Neuroprotective Effect of Cognitive Enhancement Therapy on Fronto-Temporal Gray Matter Loss in Early…

Mirna Martinez (SAS ’20) recently sat down for an interview with CALÓ News about her path to becoming a queer Oaxacan, first-generation American, bilingual therapist at EMDR and Trauma Therapy Center in Burbank, CA.  Martinez is also a director for Case Western Reserve University's Latinx Alumni…

WEWS: Jennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed her "Take A Break" micropractice deck, a pocket-size deck of 28 cards—based on the brain science of stress and healing—to soothe, settle or energize the body and mind.   Read the article