Symposium Highlights
Highlights from the 22nd National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work
Keynote Address
Embracing Difference in Social Work Scholarship: Roles for Emerging Scholars
Lorraine Gutierrez - University of Michigan
Professor Lorraine Gutierrez has a joint appointment with the School of Social Work and Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan and is a faculty associate in American Culture.
Her teaching and scholarship focus on multicultural and community organization practice and methods for multicultural education in higher education. She brings to her work community-based practice and research in multiethnic communities in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit and Seattle. Current projects include identifying methods for multicultural community-based research and practice, multicultural education for social work practice, and identifying effective methods for learning about social justice.
Dr. Gutierrez has published over 30 articles, chapters, or books on topics such as empowerment, multicultural practice, and women of color. Her contributions to undergraduate education have been recognized by the Aurthur F. Thurnau Professorship. She is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Social Work Education.
Session 1 : Cultural ties and acculturation
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Dr. M. Faridul Alam"Bracing for and Embracing Difference in America's Majority Minority Metropolis: Children of Bangladeshi Immigrants Coming of Age in New York City" |
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Dr. Nancy M. Lucero"Mantaining Cultural Ties: Perspectives of Four Generations of Urban-based American Indians on the Evolving Nature of Cultrual Connectedness" |
Session 2: Family Resources
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Dr. Susan Roll"A Study of the Coping Strategies of Financially Vulnerable Families Facing the Child Care Cliff" |
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Dr. Youngmi kim"Impacts on Parental Resources on Child Educational Outcomes: Assets and Mediating Pathways" |
Session 3: Issues for Professionals
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Dr. Christine l. Plackis"Embracing Our Professional Differences: The Interface of School Social Workers with Child Protective Services" |
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Dr. Jacky Thomas"Intrapsychic Predictors of Professional Quality of Life: Mindfulness, Empathy, and Emotional Separation" |
Session 4: Parents
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Dr. Caroline E. Reid"What Happends When Daddy's Child-Support Payments Stop?" |
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Dr. Joanne Quinn-beers"Experience of Mothers Adopting Through the Foster Care System" |
Session 5: Strengths
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Dr. stephanie scott"Resilience in Undocumented, Unaccompanied Children: Perceptions of the Past and Future Outlook" |
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Dr. Theda Rose"Social Integration and Mental Health Promotion: A Study of Black Adolescents" |
student poster presenters |
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Karen Call"Childcare Opinions Project" |
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Gina Mattivi Stango"Cultural Competence in Social Work Education and Practice: A Comprehensive Literature Review" |
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Nitisha burkhead"Service Needs for Offenders with Co-Occuring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems" |
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Dr. Dana BAynard harley"Perceptions of Hope and Hopelessness among Inner City African-American Adolescents: A Qualitative Study Utilizing Grounded Theory and Photovoice Methods" |
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Allison gibson"Difficulty Diagnoses: Examining Caregivers' Experiences with Dementia Diagnoses" |
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Christing L. Sielski"Safe at Home: Readiness-to-Change Norms in Intimate Partner Violence Treatment" |
Knowledge Bank Project
The College of Social Work is working with the Ohio State University Libraries' Knowledge Bank to preserve the papers presented at the Symposium. Please look for National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work under "Communities and Collections". Through the Knowledge Bank, each paper has a permanent URL and can be located more easily. We are excited about this project and think you will find this a great resource in doctoral research.
For information on the presenters' dissertations, please see -
OhioLINK Library Catalog - Type the phrase "digital dissertations" in the title search
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