Sharon E. Milligan is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Interim Dean in Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Chair of the Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) / Master of Social Work (MSW) program, Chair of the Master in Nonprofit Management Organizations (MNO) program, and Associate Professor of Social Work. She was also the Associate Director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development.
Milligan has taught graduate courses in community development, social welfare policy and research methodology, and directed a study to uncover technology for evaluating conditions and assets in low-income communities. She has also lead several funded research projects focusing on health and minorities.
A contributor of scholarly articles to professional literature, Milligan’s publications appear in Women and Health, The New England Journal of Medicine, Controlled Clinical Trials, Social Work in Health Care, The Gerontologist, Ethnicity and Disease, Community Mental Health Journal and Arthritis Care and Research.
Teaching Information
Courses Taught
Research Information
Research Interests
- Urban Poverty
- Evaluation of Neighborhood Change Initiatives
- Systems Change Research
Recent Funding
Recent Grants
Rejuvenating Reminiscence: Senior Storytellers & Student Biographers
Faculty Mentor (MSSA Thesis: David Harris Student)
MacGregor Foundation
$10,000
2010–2011
NPI (Reform Initiative) CanDo Database
Project Director (Co‐Project Director: Robert Fischer)
Neighborhood Progress, Inc.
$156,500
2006–2011
Strategic Investment Initiative Support
Project Director (Co‐Project Director: Robert Fischer)
Neighborhood Progress, Inc.
$130,000
2006–2011
Publications
Milligan, S. (2010). The Joint Degree in Social Work and Business Administration at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.: A Case Study. Social Welfare Research Bulletin. Special Issue, 3(21), 57–69.
Education
Additional Information
Concentration
- Masters of Nonprofit Organizations
- Undergraduate Minor in Social Work
- Health, Community Practice for Social Change
Affiliations
- The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
- Poverty Center papers and reports, housed at Digital Case, Kelvin Smith Library’s storehouse of academic papers.
- NEO CANDO, Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing, is a free and publicly accessible social and economic data system of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
In the News
Grover C. Gilmore retires after 20 years as Mandel School dean and 46 years at CWRU
June 29, 2021
Sharon Milligan named interim dean of the Mandel School
June 23, 2021
David B. Miller appointed Associate Dean
May 5, 2021
Sharon E. Milligan appointed to Kendall Institute Advisory Board
July 1, 2020