Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

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

In this issue: Save the Date Upcoming CEU Opportunities Upcoming Alumni Events School News Media Mentions and Publications Alumni News Employment and Career Development Opportunities Read the July 2022 Inside the Action Newsletter

Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the necessity of developing an action plan to eradicate gun violence in an article published in Keeping Students Safe and Helping Them Thrive, an…

BBC News:  Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed how “red flag” laws can be an effective way of preventing would-be mass shooters from large-scale attacks. “These are people who were either troubled, emotionally dysregulated or…

Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an op-ed regarding policies he said have failed and undermined Ohio’s juvenile justice system, making communities less safe. Titled “Mandatory bindover - unfairly turning children into adults,”…

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of…

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of…

First Year Cleveland (FYC) has transitioned to the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. FYC was previously a part of CWRU’s School of Medicine, and the move to the Mandel School will allow the organization to shift into a more…