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 School honors 2025 Alumni Award winners during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
As members of the Case Western Reserve University community celebrated Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2025, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences took time for a more personalized celebration: recognizing exemplary alumni. More than 60 Mandel School alumni…
Recent News
April 04, 2018
Between 3 and 8 percent of children in the United States identify as LGBTQ, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA. But for children in foster care, the number is as high as 19 percent. Children with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are at greater risk for issues such as…
April 02, 2018
What leads to risky sexual behavior in adolescence seems to vary by gender, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. For boys, there’s a direct connection to child abuse. For girls, marijuana use appears to be a risk factor. “In social science research there are so many…
March 30, 2018
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, in partnership with John Carroll University, Cuyahoga Community College and Cleveland State University, will host the 12th International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education, “Bridging the Divide in Polarized Societies,”…
March 27, 2018
With unprecedented access to data from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Case Western Reserve University researchers gaining better understanding of sexual offenders New research from Case Western Reserve University has experts re-thinking what was previously believed about the patterns of…
March 23, 2018
Jennifer Madden, adjunct faculty at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, had her research on successful affordable housing cross-sector collaboration profiled by the Urban Institute in How Housing Matters. How Housing Matters is an online resource featuring…
March 23, 2018
Add one more entry into Case Western Reserve’s list of efforts that U.S. News & World Report rates among the nation’s top 10. Along with degree programs in nursing and social work that achieved lofty positions in the rankings released this week, the law school’s Health Law specialty moved up…
March 14, 2018
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect a change in location. The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity Power of Diversity Lecture Series continues with a talk by Mark L. Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development and…
March 09, 2018
Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development and founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed Income Communities (NIMC), and Amy Khare, research assistant professor at the Mandel School and the research director for NIMC, gave a talk at…
March 07, 2018
A Case Western Reserve University professor is joining an interdisciplinary group of 19 experts in academia from around the country speaking out against gun violence. Daniel J. Flannery, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, is part of a national…
March 02, 2018
Mark Joseph Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development, has been named to the George Gund Foundation’s board of trustees. Joseph is the founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, which conducts research and consulting…