Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
At Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, equity, innovation and transformation are more than just values—they’re deeply embedded in all of the research and work we do, and the news we make. Stay up to date on how students, faculty, staff and alumni at the Mandel School are tackling mental health challenges, addressing inequalities, leading community transformation and more.
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Mandel faculty members retire after 20+ years of service
After decades of research, teaching, mentoring and shaping the future of social work, five faculty members at the Case Western Reserve University Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences are closing a remarkable chapter in their careers and retiring at the end of the…
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September 25, 2020
The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) will host a lecture titled "Burst the Bubble—Build Community" Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 3 to 4 p.m. The lecture is part of the OIDEO's annual Power of Diversity Lecture Series. This event will feature Mark Chupp, co-director of the…
September 23, 2020
In partnership with the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning, the Mandel School Voter Engagement team will offer a Vote 2020 Campus Wide Open House Thursday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. EST. During the open house, members of the CWRU community can sign onto Zoom to ask questions about voting,…
September 08, 2020
When Grover “Cleve” Gilmore agreed to lead the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in 2002, his appointment was only supposed to last a year. After all, he was a longtime professor of psychology, not social work. And, the request had come from an interim president,…
September 04, 2020
Misty Luminais, Rachel Lovell, Maggie McGuire, Joanna Klingenstein, Angela Kavadas and Laura Overman, all researchers at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, wrote a piece about the impact of victim advocacy integration on cold case investigations by the Cuyahoga County…
September 04, 2020
Researchers at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education contributed to a book titled Bullying in Schools by writing chapters for the piece. Daniel Flannery, director of Begun Center, and Dalhee Yoon, a 2020 PhD graduate from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of…
August 28, 2020
Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, recently appeared on The Conversationalist Podcast's mental health series. Flannery discussed how mental health relates to gun violence in the U.S., and the steps, if any, being taken to prevent it. He…
August 28, 2020
Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, collaborated with other authors to publish a piece titled “Digital conversations about suicide among teenagers and adults with epilepsy: A big-data, machine learning analysis”. The…
August 28, 2020
Gabriella Celeste, policy director at the Schubert Center for Child Studies and co-chair of the Ohio Lead Free Kids Coalition, encouraged Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Minority Health Strike Force to maintain the momentum for addressing the lead crisis outlined in the February 2020 “Action Plan for…
August 28, 2020
Tyrone Hamler, a doctoral candidate at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, collaborated on a piece titled “A Reflection of and Charge to Gerontological Social Work: Past Pandemics and the Current COVID-19 Crisis.” The letter reflects on social work responses to…
August 21, 2020
Laura Voith, assistant professor and faculty affiliate at the Center on Trauma and Adversity, and Meghan Salas Atwell, senior research associate at the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, were awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The…