Sharon Milligan is an Associate Professor of Social Work, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) and Master in Nonprofit Management Organizations (MNO) programs at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio., U.S.A. At the Mandel School, she is also Associate Director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development.
Dr. Milligan teaches graduate courses in community development, social welfare policy and research methodology. Dr. Milligan directed a study to uncover technology for evaluating conditions and assets in low-income communities. She directed several funded research projects focusing on health and minorities. A contributor of scholarly articles to professional literature, Dr. 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
David B. Miller appointed Associate Dean
May 5, 2021
Sharon E. Milligan appointed to Kendall Institute Advisory Board
July 1, 2020
Ecuador and India Brown Bag Info Sessions – August 29 & 30
by Mandel School on August 24, 2017
Research ShowCASE on April 15th Features Mandel School
by Mandel School on April 15, 2016
Alumna hosts Deans Gilmore and Milligan on radio show
by Mandel School on February 19, 2016