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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
March 13, 2023
WEWS: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, discussed the recent surge in juveniles charged with murder—along with those killed—compared with past years in Cuyahoga County.
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March 10, 2023
Ann Nguyen, assistant professor, received a new grant funded by the Research Centers Collaborative Network from a parent grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). This is a two-year grant, totaling $50,000. She is the principal investigator on the grant, alongside co-principal investigator…
March 10, 2023
Ann Nguyen, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, received a new grant funded by the Research Centers Collaborative Network from a parent grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). This is a two-year grant, totaling $50,000. She is the…
March 08, 2023
Assistant Professor Marjorie N. Edguer will be the new director of the Mandel School's School Social Work program, succeeding Senior Instructor Emerita Sarah S. Andrews, whose guidance and dedication helped build the program many years ago. Edguer has experience as a school social worker, as well…
March 08, 2023
Mandel School adjunct professor Jocelyn Rosnick wrote an op-ed for cleveland.com titled, Working together to protect reproductive health care rights in Ohio. Rosnick teaches SASS 512: Legislative and Political Process and is the policy director for the ACLU of Ohio. Read the article