As part of its 100th anniversary celebration, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will launch a Centennial Speaker Series to address pressing issues in the fields of social work and nonprofit management. The series will begin Sept. 30 with the first of five research and training colloquia that feature Mandel School alumni returning to campus from around the United States to share their expertise on a variety of topics, including veteran homelessness, addiction recovery and aging well.
Centennial Speaker Series events will be held at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center, Room 115, and also will be livestreamed. Each event is open to the public and free, unless the attendee would like social work continuing education credit ($10 for alumni; $25 for non-alumni). To register, visit msass.case.edu/Centennial.
Serving Veterans: Research and Policy
Sept. 30, 3–5 p.m.- Mark Chapin (GRS ’95, social welfare), PhD, team leader at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Annapolis Veterans Center, will present “Research on Military Families and Deployment: Hero Stories and Horror Stories.”
- Lisa M. Pape (SAS ’90), executive director of the VA Homeless Programs Office for the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs, will present “Policy Perspectives on Serving Homeless Veterans.”
Addiction Recovery
Nov. 4, 3–5 p.m.- Amy R. Krentzman (GRS ’08, social welfare), PhD, assistant professor at University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work and an adjunct research investigator in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School, will present “Three Good Things: Mixed-Methods Research, Gratitude, and Addiction Recovery.”
- Lou LaMarca (SAS ’12), clinical director at Community Assessment & Treatment Services and adjunct faculty member at the joint MSW program at Cleveland State University and the University of Akron, will present “Three More Good Things: Protective Factors, the Recovery Model, and Knowing How To Interpret Research.”
Cultural Competency: Training and Program Evaluation
March 18, 3–5 p.m.- Vivian Jackson (GRS ’08, social welfare), PhD, assistant professor at the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development and the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, will present “Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Cultural Linguistic Competency for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families.”
- Toby Martin (CWR ’96; SAS ’98; GRS ’07, social welfare), PhD, senior research scientist in The Evaluators’ Institute at George Washington University, will present “Cultural Considerations in Planning and Implementing Program Evaluations.”
Aging Well: Research and Services
April 8, 3–5 p.m.- Charles A. Emlet (GRS ’98, social welfare), PhD, professor of social work at the University of Washington, Tacoma; adjunct associate professor with the University of Washington School of Social Work; and affiliate faculty with the UW Center for AIDS Research, will present “Aging Successfully with HIV.”
- Mary McNamara (SAS ’03), administrative manager with the City of Cleveland Department of Aging, will present “Making Cleveland an Age-Friendly City.”
