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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Transforming futures: $5M Mandel Foundation grant expands scholarships, boosts enrollment and supports workforce
In January 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation awarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising master’s degree students, known as “Mandel Scholars.” “It is rare to receive such a…
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March 21, 2023
At the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Jasmine Myers is pursuing her online Master of Science in Social Administration with a clear goal in mind: to help victims of human trafficking. Unfortunately, the cause is personal for Myers—and it’s one she resolved to protec...
March 20, 2023
Class Year: May 2023
Degree Program: MSW
Concentration: Aging
Hometown: Shaker Heights, OH
Field Education Organization: Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland, OH
Describe your field education practicum experience and any work/projects you have done.
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March 17, 2023
Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel published an article in Autism titled “Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults.”
This is their second publication from their study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) caregivers that was funded by a Mt. Sinai Catalytic ...
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March 17, 2023
Braveheart Gillani, a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Kristen Kirschgesler, web services librarian at Lillian & Milford Harris Library, recently penned an article titled “Sites of Possibilities: A Scoping Review to Investigate the Mentorship o...
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March 17, 2023
Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences published an article in “Autism,” titled “Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults.”This is their second publication from their study of autism ...
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March 16, 2023
Braveheart Gillani, a PhD student at the Mandel School, and Kristen Kirchgesler, web services librarian at the Lillian and Milford Harris Library, recently penned an article titled “Sites of Possibilities: A Scoping Review to Investigate the Mentorship of Marginalized Social Work Doctoral Students.”...
March 15, 2023
Geneva B. Johnson (MSSA '57) was the special guest on the first episode of the Mandel School's new podcast, Change Leaders.
Johnson led a long and distinguished career in social work and nonprofit management. Starting as program director with the YWCA in Houston, Texas, she became a successful nonp...
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March 15, 2023
Dexter Voisin
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can learn how careers in social work are making a difference in society with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Impact Talk series in March.
Mandel School Dean Dexter Voisin will present “Amer...
March 14, 2023
cleveland.com: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, weighed in on the surge last year in the number of children who succumbed to fatal violence—both those killed by it and those accused of perpetrating...
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March 14, 2023
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Master of Nonprofit Organizations program Thursday, March 23, from 7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom.
Attendees will discover how the program’s alumni ha...