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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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January 19, 2024
Three researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently contributed to the new book Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning with Our History, Interrogating Our Present, Reimagining Our Future, edited by Laura Abrams, et al. and…
January 19, 2024
Three researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently contributed to the new book Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning with Our History, Interrogating Our Present, Reimagining Our Future, edited by Laura Abrams, et al. and…
January 18, 2024
WEWS: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, discussed the grim statistics of children and teenagers killed by gun violence. “I think we’re beyond a blip,” he said. “I think it’s a trend. I think what’s different today is this feeling that gun…
January 16, 2024
Dean Fazekas (SAS ‘91) has stayed involved with his alma mater since graduation. A sex addiction therapist in the Cleveland suburb, Rocky River, he has served in various capacities on the alumni board of Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences since 1993, including a…
January 16, 2024
The St. Louis American: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed his new research that found a link between religiosity and favorable behavioral outcomes. Staying linked with strong social support networks, in other words, serves as a…
January 12, 2024
Megan Holmes, professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, has been elected a 2024 Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). SSWR Fellows are members of the Society who have served with distinction to advance, disseminate and translate research that addresses…
January 12, 2024
Jeesoo Jeon, a doctoral candidate at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was recently honored for her abstract at the Global Flourishing Conference. Scoring among the top 10 submissions, her abstract was titled “Household Challenges and Child flourishing:…
January 12, 2024
The Group of Advancement for Doctoral Education (GADE) recently awarded Laura Voith, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, the 2024 Donna Harrington Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students. Established in 2017, this…
January 11, 2024
Bismarck Tribune: Laura Voith, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the relationship between domestic violence and mental health. “Certain childhood experiences can put people at risk to committing domestic violence in the future,”…
January 10, 2024
cleveland.com (subscription required): Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, discussed the staggering number of people who died from unintentional drug overdoses in Ohio in 2022, a 5% decrease from the previous year’s all-time high but still…