Dr. Keith A. Anderson was awarded the Faculty Achievement Award from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) at the annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in Boston, MA. GSA's annual scientific meeting brings together more than 3,500 of the brightest minds in the field of aging and is the premier gathering of gerontologists from both the United States and around the world. AGESW’s Faculty Achievement Award is given to early-stage faculty members with a record of excellence in teaching and research in gerontological social work. AGESW provides leadership in the areas of gerontological social work education, research, and policy, and fosters cooperation, collegiality, and an exchange of ideas among social work educators, researchers, and students committed to or interested in gerontology.
Dr. Sharvari Karandikar-Chheda has been reappointed to a second three-year term on CSWE’s Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education.
Dr. Keith Warren is the recipient of the 2011 Ohio Therapeutic Community Association De Leon Research Award. This award is given for research that “Best exemplifies the melding together of theory and research and uses the best strategies to apply them to the Therapeutic Community treatment model.”
Dr. Carla Curtis, appointed to serve a three-year term on the Council on Social Work Education’s Council on Leadership Development.
Dr. Susan Saltzburg, reappointed to a second three-year term to serve on CSWE’s Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression.
Dr. Holly Dabelko-Schoeny was recently selected to participate in a workgroup meeting with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is a division of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the meeting was to identify and prioritize content to include in the new NCHS biennial National Survey of Long-Term Care Providers. She has also been selected as the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education’s (OAGE) Researcher of the Year, given to a researcher whose work has lead to the ”improvement of services for older adults and who has supported the expansion of research in the aging field in Ohio and nationally. The OAGE Awards Committee was impressed by the breath and depth of Dabelko-Schoeny’s research, especially in adult day care. It felt that her research has made a significant contribution to the field of aging and will help to improve services.
Dr. Amber Moodie-Dyer, appointed as a member of the Steering Committee and a co-chair of the Parents and Families Theme Group for the National Child Care Policy Research (CCPRC). CCPRC is comprised of grantees and contractors who have worked on research projects and partnerships funded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It works with ACF to increase national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues, and link child care research with policy and practice.
Dr. Theresa Early has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the Autonomous University of Mexico's National School of Social Work in Mexico City. Her study is titled, "Youth as Social Actors: Countering Crime and Improving Neighborhoods in Mexico City." Click here to read more about this honor.
Dr. Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah, to speak at Oyoko Methodist Senior High School in Oyoko-Koforidua, Ghana, summer 2011 while conducting research on human trafficking and fisheries.
Dr. Rudolph Alexander, Jr. served as keynote speaker for the Dr. King Birthday Breakfast on January 18, at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, MI. He also spoke later that day in Niles, MI, in honor of Dr. King.
Dean Thomas K. Gregoire has been accepted into the Leadership Academy in Aging for 2010-11. This program, sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Hartford Foundation, is specifically designed for deans and directors who aspire to further raise their school’s profile in the area of aging. Gregoire’s acceptance into the academy is consistent with the College’s mission and strong commitment to both professional education and to community-based aging research.
Dr. Theresa Early was elected to a three-year term on the Steering Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) at its annual meeting in Denver, CO, in April 2010.
